“Here lyeth the body of Henry Sanford, of Ninhead in the county of Somerfet, efq; who was buried the 9th of February 1644. Alfo Mary his wife, daughter of Henry Afhford, of Afhford in the county of Devon, efq; who was buried the 3d of Sept. 1662.”
“Two Fords conjoyn'd incorporate,
A hufband and his fpoufed mate,
Make one fair ftreame whofe very name
Might give to heraldry a theme.
But as propenfe all rivers runne
Into the ocean whence they come;
Soe they to earth their tending have,
Both here concenter in the grave.”
“Here lyes the body of William the fonn of William Sanford, ofNinhead, efq; and Ann his
wife, who died Aug. 19, 1715.”
“Subtus bene requiefcunt offa Annæ Sanford, Gulielmi Sanford, armigeri viduæ, quæ obiit 6° die Aprilis anno falutis 1777, ætatis 59.”
Againft the eaft wall of the fouth aile is a plain black monument, with the following infcription, without name or date:
“A little booke and taper's light
Did folace me in my laft night;
My taper fpent, booke clos'd I late,
In bed thereon to meditate:
With what improvment thinke - I know
Then volumes more, or funne can fhow.”
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