NEAR THIS PLACE ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF FORMERLY FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, AND SUCCESSIVELY MASTER OF THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS OF SHIPTON, BEVERLEY, AND WAKEFIELD IN THIS COUNTY. TO AN ACCURATE AND EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF HE JOINED A CORRECT JUDGEMENT, A REFINED AND ELEGANT TASTE. THE MILDNESS AND UNAFFECTED HUMILITY THE GUILELESS SIMPLICITY OF HIS LIFE AND MANNERS, WHILST A FAITHFUL ATTENTION TO THEIR IMPROVEMENT IN LEARNING COMMANDED THEIR ESTEEM AND VENERATION. THEY HAVE CAUSED THIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED, AS A TESTIMONY OF THEIR AFFECTION. A plain marble tablet, executed at York, is also placed in each of the schools over which he presided, with the subjoined inscription, varying Williamson, T. Esq. Welton near Hull. Williamson, W. Esq. Hull. Willoughby, Rev. Henry, Guiseley. Wilsford, Richard, Esq. Pontefract. Wilson, Rev. Henry, Haversham near Kendal Wilson, Joshua, Esq. Pontefract. Wilson, Daniel, Esq. Dalham Tower, Westmorland. Wood, Loftus near Wakefield. Wright, Rev. i Bewick near Ferrybridge. Zouch, Rev. T. Wycliffe near Greta Bridge, Yorkshire. in some inconsiderable passages from the one originally proposed *. M. S. JOANNIS CLARKE, A. M. QUI HUIC SCHOLÆ PRÆPOSITUS SUMMA CUM OMNIUM LAUDE AC PREDICATIONE IN OPTIMIS UTRIUSQUE LINGUÆ SCRIPTORIBUS EXPLICANDIS JUDICII SUBTILITATE, ET INGENII ELEGANTIA PERPOLITA MORES HUMANITATE ADEO TEMPERAVIT, HINC FREQUENTISSIMAM ADOLESCENTIUM CORONAM QUI EUM QUASI PATREM BENIGNUM ATQUE DILECTISSIMUM EX VULTU MODESTO, OBTUTUQUE SUAVI ET PLACIDO INCULPABILI VITÆ INTEGRITATE ORNATISSIMUS ; IMMO PERPULCRUM PRIMEVE INNOCENTIÆ EXEMPLUM. PIGET EHEU! REFERRE QUAM VIRUM HUNC OPTIME DE REPUBLICA MERITUM INGRATA ETAS NEGI.EXERIT, ÆRUMNIS CONFECTUM, SINE HONORE, SINE PRÆMIO PAUPERTATE ET INOPIA TANTUM NON OPPRESSUM VIDERIT. NATUS IN VILLA DE KIRBY MISPERTON, IN COMITATU EBORACENSI, iii MAII, A. D. 1706, IN EADEM VILLA HUMATUS EST xi FEBRUARII, A. D. 1761. * They were both drawn up by Dr. Zouch, who received the Thanks of the Meeting above-mentioned for his "elegant and pathetic composition." |