Fulham with an annual dinner, or in such other manner as might appear most proper for their benefit. In 1816 the legacy was invested in the purchase of £161. 5s. 10d. 3 per cent. Reduced Annuities, producing £4. 16s. 8d., per ann. The maintenance of the tomb is still the first charge on this charity. Any surplus is devoted to treats for the children of the Fulham

National Schools.

ROE.-A flat marble stone marks the grave of Joseph Roe (d. 23 Dec. 1815), sergeant of His Majesty's Chapels Royal. His children, Eliza, Mary, George and Joseph, are also buried here. The last named died 15 Nov. 1824. There are also buried in this vault Elizabeth Roe (d. 19 Sep. 1838), widow of Joseph Roe, Catherine Roe (d. 30 Dec. 1831), and Thomas Roe (d. 19 May 1873), her husband.

LOWTH. In this section of the Churchyard, near the chancel, cluster the tombs of no less than eight Bishops of London. Taking them in the order of the dates of their deaths they are: Compton, 1713, Robinson, 1723, Gibson, 1748, Sherlock, 1761, Hayter, 1762, Terrick, 1777, Lowth, 1787, and Randolph, 1813, exactly a century intervening between the death of the first and the last of the group. The graves are in two rows. Those immediately outside the chancel are six in number. Taking them in the order in which the monuments stand these are: Lowth, Terrick, Sherlock, Compton, Hayter and Robinson. Near the wall adjoining the Vicarage are the other two, also side by side, namely, Randolph and Gibson. The first to which we come is that of Bishop Lowth.

The tomb, which stands near the present Vestry door, consists of an elegant monument of white marble, enclosed within iron rails. It bears on the north side the following inscription :

"Robert Lowth D.D. | Lord Bishop of London | Died November the III MDCCLXXXVII, | In the LXXVIIth Year of his Age. | Mary Lowth his Wife | Daughter and Heiress of | Lawrence Jackson of Christ Church | Hants Esq′ | died March XIVth MDCCCIII, | in the LXXIVth Year of her Age."

The south side is inscribed:

“Thomas Henry Lowth, | Fellow of New College, Oxford, | And Rector of Thorley, Herts, | Died June the VIIth MDCCLXXVIII. | In the XXVth year of his Age. | Frances Lowth, | Died July the XXIst MDCCLXXXIII, | In the XXVIth Year of her Age. | Martha Lowth, | Died March the XIIth MDCCCXII, | In the LIISD Year of her Age. | Robert Lowth, M.A. | Prebendary of St. Pauls and Chichester, | And Rector of Hinton Ampner, Hants, Died August XVIII", MDCCCXXII. | In the LXIst Year of his Age. | Margaret Lowth, | Died March the Xth MDCCLXIX, | In the VIth Year of her Age. | Charlotte Lowth, | Died May the XXIXth MDCCLXVIII, | In the IIIo Year of her Age.”

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On a tablet, which has been affixed at the west end, is inscribed :

'George Thomas, | Fifth son of the Revd Robert Lowth, of Hinton, Hants and Grove House Chiswick and Grandson of | Robert Lowth D.D. Lord Bishop of London, | Born June 25th 1807, Died December 31st 1893."

At the west end are the arms of the Bishopric of London, and at the east end the domestic coat of Dr. Robert Lowth, vist. :

Sa., a wolf saliant arg. (Lowth). On an escutcheon of pretence quarterly, (1) and (4), on a chevron az. between three eagles' heads erased, as many cinquefoils pierced (Jackson): (2) and (3), five lozenges conjoined in fess, each charged with an escallop (Plumpton ?). Crest: On a wreath a wolf's head couped.

The foregoing epitaph tells a story which is full of pathos-the passing away of the children before the parents. While Dr. Lowth was still Bishop of Oxford, he lost his two young daughters, Charlotte and Margaret, who were interred in a vault in the church of St.

James, Piccadilly. The year following his promotion to the see of London witnessed the death of a young and promising son, the Rev. Thomas Henry Lowth, who, like his father, was a Fellow of New College, Oxford. The grief which Dr. Lowth experienced at this heavy loss may be gathered from the fact that it led to the erection of the beautiful tomb of which we are speaking, and which he evidently designed as the family mausoleum. With this object in view, he obtained a faculty for the removal of the bodies of his two little daughters from St. James's to All Saints. On 13 June 1778, the triple funeral took place at Fulham. The Church Registers record:

1778. The Reverend Mr. Thomas Henry Lowth son of The Lord Bishop of London

bu. 13 June.

Margaret and Charlotte two of his Lordship's Daughters who had been buried at St. James's Church were brought from thence and deposited in the same vault with Mr. Lowth 13 June.

On 21 July 1783, Dr. Lowth suffered a still further bereavement in the sudden death at Fulham of his second daughter Frances, then in her 26th year. She was presiding at the tea table at Fulham Palace in company with Bishop Newton. Whilst in the act of placing a cup of coffee on the salver, she called out to the Bishop, "Take this." The cup fell from her hand and she immediately expired. The Church Registers record:

1783. Miss Frances Lowth Dr of the Lord Bishop of London

bu. 28 July.

It may be added that Bishop Lowth's eldest daughter, Mary, died in 1768, aged 13. She lies buried at Cuddesdon. On her grave is a beautiful Latin epitaph, composed by her father. The following extracts are of interest :

"Monday died suddenly Miss Lowth, eldest daughter of the Right Rev. Lord Bishop of London, at Fulham Palace.”. (London Chronicle, July 22-24, 1783, vol. 54, p. 83.)

“Dr. Lowth has been singularly unfortunate in his family losses ; a few years since he was deprived of three daughters in the course of twelve months; soon after he lost a most accomplished and admired son, and now the only remaining daughter but one.”—(London Chronicle, July 26-29, 1783, vol. 54, p. 102.)

The vault was next opened for the interment of Dr. Lowth.

His lordship expired on

3 Nov. 1787, and in the forenoon of Monday 12 Nov. he was buried, with great privacy, in accordance with his express wish. The Church Registers record :

1787. The Rt. Revd. Father in God Robert Lowth Lord Bishop of London.

bu. 12 Nov.

Mrs. Lowth, who died 14 March 1803, is also buried here. The Rev. Robert Lowth, the Bishop's only surviving son, died in 1822. The Church Registers record:

1822. The Rev. Robert Lowth, Chiswick, 60 years

bu. 26 Aug.

Dr. Robert Lowth, who was a student of Christ Church, Winchester, died at The Grove, Chiswick. The last interment in the vault was on 6 Jan. 1893, when George Thomas Lowth, of Kenegie, Ascot, aged 86, was buried. This monument was restored in 1814, in 1838 and in 1878.

TERRICK.—This monument, which is in a fair state of preservation, lies between those of Lowth and Sherlock. It is composed of Portland stone and is of a plain and heavy character. At the west end are the official arms of Terrick, vist. :

Gu. three tirwits (Terrick, a pun on the name) impaled with the see of London.

At the east end is his domestic coat impaled:

Dexter: Terrick as before; Sinister: Apparently three bars azure on a canton in chief three orles (Stainforth).

On the north side is the following inscription :

"Here lie the Remains of Richard Terrick, late Bishop of London, Dean of the Chapels Royal, and One of the King's most honourable Privy Council. He was consecrated | Bishop of Peterborough in July 1757, and translated to the See of London in June 1764. Having discharged the | Sacred Duties of his Functions as became a virtuous and able Prelate, during a Period of twenty years, his great Experience, | and sound Judgement, his Christian Moderation, and Benevolence, would have raised him to a Rank still more exalted, But, though | happy in such a Testimony of his Sovereign's Approbation, | He suffered no Inducement to tempt him, at so late an Hour, | to change his Sphere of Publick Action; well satisfied with the Consciousness of having so spent his Days as to have secured to himself, and to his Memory, that highest and most lasting of all earthly Rewards, the Esteem of Good Men. | He died March the 31st 1777, Aged 66."

The south side is inscribed:

"Under this Tomb are interred the Remains of | Mrs. Tabitha Terrick, Widow of Dr. Richard | Terrick, late Bishop of London. She died February ye 14th 1790 in the 78th | year of her Age."

The Church Registers record:

1777.

The Right Revd Father in God Richard Terrick, Lord Bishop of London

bu. 8 Apl.

SHERLOCK. The cumbrous altar tomb to the memory of Bishop Sherlock bears, at the west end, his official arms, vist.:

Three fleurs-de-lis (Sherlock), impaled with the see of London.

and, at the east end, his domestic coat impaled,

Dexter: Sherlock as before; Sinister: A fess between three elephants' heads erased (Fountayne).

On the north side is the following epitaph :

"In this Vault is deposited the Body of | The Right Reverend Father in God Doctor Thomas Sherlock, | late Bishop of this Diocese, formerly Master of The Temple, | Dean of Chichester, and Bishop of Bangor and of Salisbury, ¦ Whose beneficent and worthy Conduct in the several high Stations which he fill'd, intitled Him to the Gratitude of Multitudes, and to the Veneration of All. | His superior Genius; His extensive, and well applied Learning, His admirable Faculty, and unequal'd Power of Reasoning, as exerted in the Explanation of Scripture, in Exhortations to that Piety and Virtue, of which | He was Himself a great Example, and in Defence especially of | Reveal'd Religion; need no Encomium here, they do Honour to the Age wherein He liv'd, and will be known to Posterity, | without the Help of this perishable Monument of Stone. | He died the 18th Day of July in the Year | of Our Lord 1761, and the 84th of His Age, The Powers of His Mind continuing unimpair'd | through a tedious Course of Bodily Infirmities, which He sustained to the last with a most chearfull | and edifying Resignation to the Will of God."

The inscription was drawn up by Dr. Nichols, Dr. Sherlock's successor at the Temple. The south side is inscribed :

"Iudith Fountayne | Was Married to Dr. Thomas Sherlock | Master of The Temple August 8th 1707 | Died July 23 1764 | Aged 77."

The Church Registers record:

1761. The Right Revd Father in God Dr Thomas Sherlock Lord Bishop of London

In a letter, dated 27 July 1764, John Fountayne of York, writing to his brother-in-law, Edward Weston, after stating that he is the executor of his aunt, Mrs. Sherlock, widow of the

Bishop, adds briefly the contents of that lady's will, and, in a postscript, dated next day, notes, "Mrs. Sherlock bury'd this morning early at Fulham."

Cole, the antiquary, under date 18 June 1764, thus records his visit to the tomb shortly after its erection :

"I had a desire to see Bishop Sherlock's tomb, as he had formerly been my patron in giving me the Rectory of Hornsey. Accordingly I was rowed over (from Putney) and made the following observations. At the east end of the north Vestry of Fulham Church, at about 8 or 12 feet from the same, inclosed within an iron palisado, is erected in the Churchyard in a line with the other Bishops' tombs, a very clumsy and heavy altar tomb of Portland stone and black marble, on which is placed a most monstrous and awkward kind of sarcophagus in no sort of taste, or in the very worst. At the head of the tomb on black marble is engraved the arms of the see of London, mitred, and at the foot those of Sherlock impaling Fountayne."

On the tomb is the sculptor's name, “Iohn Vardy Delin."

COMPTON.-The grave of Bishop Compton is surmounted by a railed table monument, on the top of which are his official arms, vist.:

Dexter: The see of London. Sinister: A lion passant gardant between three esquires' helmets (Compton).

and the following inscription, now almost illegible:

"H. London | EI MH EN | TO | ZTAYPN | MDCCXIII."

(Translation: H. London. "Except in the Cross" (Gal. vi. 14), 1713.)

The tomb, which lies immediately under the East Window of the Church, was, in 1835, repaired by Spencer, second Marquis of Northampton. It was also repaired in 1879. The Church Registers record:

1713. Henry Compton, Lord Bishop of London departed this Life at Fulham House the seventh day of July, and was interd the 14 day in a valt in ye Churchyard at the Chansel end 14 July.

In the same vault are buried the remains of Sir Francis Compton, a brother of the Bishop. Bowack writes:

"At the head of this tomb (i.e. Bishop Compton s) upon the ground lyes a black marble stone over the body of the said Bishop's brother."

The Church Registers record:

1716. S ffrancis Compton, knight.

bu. 28 Dec.

The inscription on the stone of Sir Francis, which is now lost, is thus given by Faulkner: "Here lies the Body of the Honble Francis Compton 5 son of Spenser Earl of Northampton, died Dec. 20, 1716. Aged 87."

Sir Francis Compton was a distinguished soldier. He fought in the Civil War in the reign of Charles I., and, after the Restoration, he had a command in the Horse Guards. He became Lieutenant General of the Horse and Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. He was engaged in the action at Sedgemoor against the Duke of Monmouth. In 1661 he was elected M.P. for Warwick. He was several times married. By his wife Jane, daughter of Sir John Trevor, he had two sons, James and John, both of whom died unmarried, and three daughters, Mary, the wife of Sir Barrington Bourchier, of Benningborough Park, in Yorkshire, knight, and Frances and Anne, both of whom died unmarried. At the time of his death he was the oldest officer in the military service,

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HAYTER.—An elegant altar tomb of stone, covered by a large marble slab, marks the vault of Bishop Hayter. At the west end are the arms of the see of London, surmounted by a mitre and ensigned with crosier and pastoral staff saltier-wise. At the east end are the arms of

Bishop Hayter, vist. :

Three bulls' heads couped, surmounted by an esquire's helmet thereon, on a wreath a bull's head pierced with a spear to the sinister (Hayter).

On the north side is the following inscription, now fast becoming illegible:

"In this Vault lie the Remains of Thomas Hayter, D.D., Lord Bishop of London, | Whose amiable Character ¦ And Conspicuous Abilities | Raised him to the See of Norwich, | In the year 1749. | After having filled that See | With Dignity and Reputation | Twelve years | He was, in October 1761, translated | To London, | Where the Expectations of him were | General and Great. | But | Such was the Will of God | they were soon disappointed, | For he died, | Universally lamented, | January 9, 1762 Aged 59.”

The above epitaph was composed by Dr. Sandford, rector of Hatherop, Gloucestershire, cousin of the Bishop. The Church Registers record:

1762. The Right Revd Father in God Dr. Thomas Hayter Lord Bishop of London. bu. 16 Jan. ROBINSON. The altar monument to the memory of Bishop Robinson lies just south of that of Bishop Hayter, and is the last of this row of six bishops. It faces the east window of the south transept. The sides are of Portland stone and the top is of black marble. The whole is surrounded by iron railings, once gilded. It has recently been repaired. At the west end are the Bishop's official arms, vist.:

Dexter: The see of London; Sinister: On a chevron between three roes trippant as many cinquefoils (Robinson). The whole is surmounted of a mitre.

At the east end is the following domestic coat of the Bishop and his two wives:

In pale, Robinson, as before; Dexter: Three chevrons (Langton); Sinister: A lion rampant (Charlton); an esquire's helmet and mantle surmounted on a wreath thereon a roe trippant. The coat bears the motto Propter et Provide."

The monument has, on the north side, the following inscription :

"Hic Situs est JOHANNES ROBINSON, S. T. P. | Natus apud Cleasby in agro Eboracensi A.D. 1650 7o Novris ubi Scholam extruxit et Dotavit ; | Collegij Orielensis Oxon. Socius Cujus ædificia ampliavit et Scholarium numerum auxit. Legati Regij Vices obijt Stockholmiæ ab anno 1683 usq. 1708. Anno 1692 Causam PROTESTANTIUM strenue asseruit, labantem Regis Suecici animu confirmavit, et ne consilijs Gallicis de nono | Electoratu immergeret, effecit anno 1700 Regem Suecica in itinere periculoso Comitatus | Conjunctionem classium potestatum Foederatum fœliciter expedivit Navigationem Maris Borealis liberam suis et Europæis conservavit | 1711 Privati Sigilii Custodiam ei Commisit ANNA PLE MEMORIE nuper Regina | a quâ Legatus et Plenipotentiarius Regius constitutus, Ultrajectæ PACEM | inter Europos omnes diu optatam ipsam qua HODIE FRUIMUR | et de qua ETIAMNUM GLORIAMUR Stabilivit.”

(Translation: Here lies John Robinson, S.T. P., born at Cleasby in the county of York, 7 Nov. 1650, where he built and endowed a school. He was a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, of which he enlarged the buildings and augmented the number of scholars. From 1683 to 1708 he undertook the duties of Ambassador at Stockholm. In the year 1692 he strenuously supported the cause of the Protestants, strengthened the wavering mind of the King of Sweden, and diverted the influence of French counsels regarding the Ninth Electorate.* In the year 1700, having gone with the King of Sweden on a dangerous journey, he happily accomplished the conjunction of the fleets of the Allies: he established free navigation for his own and other European countries in the North Sea. The late Queen Anne of blessed memory, in 1711, made him Keeper of the Privy Seal, and appointed him Ambassador Extraordinary at Utrecht, where he signed the Treaty of Peace, among all European nations so long wished for, and which to-day we enjoy and glory in.)

* The Ninth Electorate controversy arose about the creation of the New Electorate of Hanover, which took place in 1992. This was considered a triumph for the Protestant interest.