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Four kings in camps he truly served,
And from his loyalty ne'er swerv'd,
Father ruin'd and son slighted,
And from the Crown ne'er requited.
Loss of estate, relations blood,
Was too well known, but did no good;
With long campaigns and paines oth' govt
He could no longer hold it out.
Always a restless life he led,
Never at quiet till quite dead.
He marry'd, in his later days,
One who exceeds the comon praise;
But wanting breath still to make known
Her true affection and his own,
Death kindly came all wants supplied
By giving rest-which life deny'd."
K.
Above the doorway leading the chamber, over the porch, is a brass, 18in. by 9½in., taken from a flat stone in the North aisle, engraved in capital letters:-
"Here resteth the body of Lisle Cave, | late of Horsepool, in the County of Leicester, Esq., | the 5th sonne of Francis Cave, of Baggrave, in the | same County, Doctor of Lawes, and borne at Stanford, in the County of Northampton, wch | Lisle Cave first married Mary, ye daughter of Rob. Sampson of Carsey, in ye County of Suff. Esq., who | died at Horsepoole, leaving him issue 4 daughters; | and after he married Judeth, the daughter of Willm. | Porter, of Estcott, in ye County of Warwick, Esq., | by whom he had issue 2 sonnes and 4 daughters. He dyed the 10th of Feb. 1622—1623. |
Dugdale says this brass had a coat of arms in his day, viz:— Quarterly, 1 and 4 a fret, 2 and 3 erm on a bend, three ——— erased with a greyhound in chief collared.
L.
In St. Thomas' or Dyer's Chapel, now used as a Baptistery, on the East wall is a large monument, having two bas relievo busts of females, and two lozenges of arms, (plate iii.,) and inscriptions on two panels:—
"Sacred to the memory of DAME MARY BRIDGEMAN, | Sole Daughter of Sir Thos. CAVE, | of STANFORT, in ye County of LEICESTER, Bart. |
