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Wigton church.

On the north entrance into the Quire, there is a plate of brass on the wall, with this

Inscription:

A MEMORATIVE

EPITAPH

For the worthy and loving

COLONEL THOMAS BARWISE,

Who died the 15th day of December, 1648;

Aetates suæ 27.

Stay passenger! for there bold Barwise lies,
Whose sainted spirit soars above the skies;
Stout, wise, yet humble, fitted in each part
For more command, of comely body, pious heart;
Dear to his people, country, kindred dear,-
Dear to his own associates every where ;
Who, living was life's lively portraiture,
And dying Colonel lives crowned sure.

This Thomas was father to Mr. Barwise of Ilekirk.

In 1612, William Lawson, the Vicar, being removed to Hutton, the Vicarage was given by Bishop Robinson, to Sir Thomas Warcup, Clerk; which Thomas long before his death, caused his monument to be erected in the Church-yard, with the following Epitaph (all except the date of his own death), of his own composing.

Thomas Warcup prepar'd this stone,
To mind him oft-of his best home;
Little but sin and misery here,
Till we be carried on our beere ;
Out of the grave and earth's dust,
The Lord will raise me up I trust ;
To live with Christ eternallie,
Who one to save himself did die.

Mihi est Christus et in vita et in morte lucram. Phil. 1, 21. Obit Anno 1653.

St. Mary's, Carlisle.

ON MR. E. SIMPSON.

Nipt by the winds unkindly blast,
Parch'd by the sun's director ray ;
The momentary glories waste,

The short liv'd beauties die away.

ON MR. J. DIXON.

Step soft ye friends, on hallow'd ground ye tread,
Lest you disturb the mansions of the dead;
A tender parent rests in peaceful dust,
His manners gentle, and his actions just;
Esteem'd he was by all, by all approv'd,
And died lamented, as he liv'd beloy'd.

ON MR. ROBERT BOYES,

Teacher in Castle-street.

How greatly useful once, avails thee not,
Thy jokes and foibles soon will be forgot;
We're not ungrateful, now thy loss we see,
And raise this tombstone to thy memory.

Erected by his Scholars.

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ON MR, THOMAS CARLYLE,

Who died, November 15, 1816.

In life's long passage upright truth was thine,
In thy cold dust what spirit used to shine;
Fancy and truth, and energy and zeal,
What most we love in life and losing feel;

And ne'er did sorrowing friends to Heav'n commend,
A fonder parent or a firmer friend.

Near this place are deposited the remains of

GEORGE LAMONBY,

Of Newtown, in this Parish,
CARRIER ;

Who departed this life, on the 19th of Feb. 1792;
In the 76th year of his age.

ALSO, OF

ANN LAMONBY, HIS WIFE,

Who departed this life on the 11th of Feb. 1802; In the 84th year of her age.

ALSO, IN MEMORY OF

FRANCIS LAMONBY,

Of Newtown, Tanner ;

Son of the above George and Ann Lamonby,

Who departed this life, on the 18th October, 1809;
In the 48th year of his age.

Beneath this grass I mould'ring lie,
Content to live and pleas'd to die;
Life has its comforts it is true,
For which to God our thanks are due,
But Heav'n is the place of rest,

Where good men ever will be blest.

TO THE MEMORY OF

WILLIAM MILES,

Late Master-gunner of Carlisle Castle,

Who departed this life, 11th of January, 1814; Aged 74.

He was in his Majesty's service 59 years, viz.-38 in the Royal Artillery, and 21 in the Civil department of the honorable board of Ordnance.

That all must die is nature's firm decree,

But how, or when, or where, is hid from thee;
Be ever watchful then, preparing still,

And welcome death, come here when ere he will.

On a brass plate fastened to a tombstone,

TO THE MEMORY OF

ROBERT KIRKMICHAEL, JUN.

Who departed this life, the 24th of October, 1788;

Aged 60 years.

Affliction sore with patience bore,
Physicians were in vain,

Till death did seize and God did please,
To ease me of my pain,

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