SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
SIR THOMAS SHEPPARD BART:
WHO DIED AT THIS PLACE ON THE 21ST NOVEMBER 1821
IN THE 75TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
ALSO
TO ELIZABETH FIRST WIFE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 27TH OF SEPTEMBER 1800
IN HER 43RD YEAR
SHE WAS THE ONLY CHILD OF THE REV^D COTTON. D.C.L.
OF CRAKEMARSH HALL IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD
BY HIS WIFE HESTER MARIA ONLY CHILD AND SOLE HEIRESS
OF SIR CHARLES TYRRELL BART OF THORNTON
SIR THOMAS MARRIED SECONDLY MARGARET
SISTER OF JOHN BEARDSWORTH ESQ^R
OF ENFIELD IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
BY WHOM HE HAD NO ISSUE AND WHO DIED AT UTTOXETER
ON THE 23^RD OF DECEMBER 1813
AND WAS BURIED IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF THAT PLACE

HOPPER, LONDON