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Area V: Tower & West end of Nave | In hujus Ecclefiæ navi pofitæ sunt reliquiæ Iohannis Midgley Nuper de Scolemore Generofi, Viri Moribus et Vitâ integerrimi. Quiqß Juris et Legum Peritiam, (Qua haud mediocriter Pollebat). In humanis præcipue Officiis Liberaliter excoluit. Necnon Bathsebæ Uxoris, Iohannis Hollings De Crofley-hall Gen. Filiæ Natu maximæ Quatuor illis nati sunt Liberi; Quorum Duo, Iohannes et Elisabetha Vitas, poft brevem nimis Ufuram, Reddiderunt Maria et Martha, Filiæ Superftites et Cohæredes, In Parentum charifsimorum Memoriam Hoc Marmor Pofuerunt. Iohannes ob Iunii 23. 1730 æt 55 Bathsheba ob Augti 29. 1736 æt 49 Roundel: Filiæ et Cohæredes fupradictæ Maria, Uxor Samuelis Lifter de Little Horton. Armigeri, Ob. Oct. 28, 1762, Aet.43. Et MARTHA innupta Ob. Jun. 14, 1778, Aet. 56. Translation: In the nave of this Church are deposited the remains of John Midgley, Gentleman, late of Scholemore. He was a man of very sound morals and ways of life. He generously exercised such knowledge of common law and statute law as he had (in which his ability was more than just moderate) in notably philanthropic duties. Here are also the remains of his wife, Bathsheba, the eldest daughter of John Hollings, Gentleman, of Crosley Hall. Four children were born to them, of whom two, John and Elizabeth, yielded up their lives after an all too short possession of them. Mary and Martha, the surviving daughters and joint-heirs set up this marble (monument) in memory of their dearly loved parents. John died on June 23rd, 1730, aged 55 Bathsheba died on August 19th, 1736, aged 49. Roundel: The aforesaid daughters and joint-heirs, Mary (wife of Samuel Lister of Little Horton, Esquire) died on October 18th, 1762, aged 43; and Martha died unmarried on June 14th, 1778, aged 56. |