and to the time of his death. He had only one son, Frederick, who succeeded to the title and estate, and three daughters. Of the daughters, two died unmarried; the third, Augusta, married the Rev. Dr. Henry Jenkin, Rector of Wotton and Abinger; but she died without issue. Sir Frederick was in the army in the early part of his life; and was in Elliot's Light-Horse, when that regiment so highly distinguished themselves in the famous Battle of Minden, in Germany, in 1759. He married Mary, daughter of William Turton, Esq. of Staffordshire, and, dying without issue in 1812, he left his estate to his Lady. She lived at Wotton, where she fully maintained the honour and great respect which had so long attended the family there. Her taste for botany was displayed in her garden and greenhouse, where she had a curious. collection of exotic, as well as native, shrubs and flowers. The library shared her attention. Besides making additions to it, she had a complete Catalogue arranged by Mr. Upcott, of the London Institution.

This lady by her will returned the estate to the family, devising it to John Evelyn, Esq., descended from George Evelyn, the purchaser of the estate in 1579.

The following are epitaphs to the memory of the writer of this Diary, and part of his family, interred in the Dormitory adjoining Wotton Church.

For his Grandfather, who settled at Wotton, on an alabaster monument, written by Dr. Comber, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and afterwards Dean of Durham :

D. O. M. S.

Georgio Evelino, Arm. non minùs
Vitæ et Morum exemplo, quàm dignitate

conspicuo, quem plenum annis (inoffensæ
vitæ decurso itinere, quale sibi optâ-
verint Magni illi, qui inanem strepitum
tranquillitati posthabendum putârunt)
Mors immatura abstulit, namq;
rebus omnibus, Deo omnia benè vertente,
affluens, quibus vita beata efficitur,
repetito non infelici delectu matrimo-
nio, Liberos ad filios 16 octoque
filias, penè octogenarius decessit senex:
Parenti charissimo, et benè merenti
Richardus Evelinus, filiorum natu minimus,
Monumentum cum carmine morens
posuit, quod non tam Patris vivo hominum
ore victuri, quàm propriæ Pietatis
testimonium esset.

Obiit 30 die Maii, An. Dom. 1603.
Etatis suæ 73.

On another alabaster monument, are the figures of a man and his wife kneeling, and five children; below is this inscription:

Epitaphium

verè generosi, et prænobilis Viri, D. Richardi
Evelini armigeri, in agro Surriensi, hîc
subter in terrâ conditi.

Quem Pietas, Probitas, claris natalibus ortum,
Prolis amor dulcis, Vitaq. labe carens,
Religionis opus, quem Vota Precesq; suorum,
Et morum niveus candor, aperta manus,

Reddebant olim charum patriæq; suisq;

Vertitur in cineres hâc Evelinus humo.
Lector, ne doleas, cum sis mortalis, abito,
Et sortis non sis immemor ipse tuæ.

Obiit Quinquagenarius

corporis statu vegeto, vicesimo die Decembris anno

Salutis humanæ

1640, Liberorum quinq. Pater, relictis quatuor superstitibus, tribus scil. filiis cum

unicâ tantùm filiâ.

Festinantes sequimur.

On another monument, fixed to the same wall:

To

the precious memory of
ELLEN EVELYN,

the dearly beloved wife of Richard Evelyn, Esq.
a rare example of Piety, Loyalty, Prudence, and Charity,
a happy Mother of five Children,

George, John, Richard, Elizabeth, and Jane;

the 22d of her marriage,

and the 1635th of Man's Redemption,
put on Immortality,

leaving her name as a monument of her perfections,
and her Perfections as a precedent for imitation.
Of her great worth to know, who seeketh more,
Must mount to Heaven, where she is gone before.

On a white marble, covering a tomb shaped like a coffin raised about three feet above the floor, is inscribed :

Here lies the Body

of JOHN EVELYN, Esq.
of this place, second son
of Richard Evelyn, Esq.;
who having serv'd the Publick

in several employments, of which that
of Commissioner of the Privy-Seal in the
Reign of King James the 2d was most
honourable, and perpetuated his fame
by far more lasting monuments than
those of Stone or Brass, his learned

and usefull Works, fell asleep the 27 day
of February 1705-6, being the 86 year

of his age, in full hope of a glorious
Resurrection, thro' Faith in Jesus Christ.
Living in an age of extraordinary
Events and Revolutions, he learnt
(as himself asserted) this Truth,
which pursuant to his intention
is here declared-

That all is vanity which is not honest,
and that there is no solid wisdom
but in real Piety.

Of five Sons and three Daughters
born to him from his most
vertuous and excellent Wife,
Mary, sole daughter and heiress
of Sir Rich. Browne of Sayes
Court near Deptford in Kent,
onely one daughter, Susanna,
married to William Draper
Esq., of Adscomb in this
County, survived him; the
two others dying in the
flower of their age, and
all the Sons very young ex-
cept one named John, who
deceased 24 March, 1698-9,
in the 45 year of his age,
leaving one son, John, and
one daughter, Elizabeth.

On another monument at the head of, and like the

former:

MARY EVELYN,

the best Daughter, Wife,

and Mother,

the most accomplished of women,
beloved, esteemed, admired,

In the Church of St. Nicholas, Deptford, on the eastwall, to the south of the altar, is a marble mural tablet, with the following inscription to the two children of Mr. Evelyn, whose early loss he has so feelingly lamented in his Diary:

R. EVELYN. I. F.

Quiescit hoc sub marmore,

Unà quiescit quicquid est amabile,

Patres quod optent, aut quod orbi lugeant ;
Genas decentes non, ut ante, risus

Lepore condit amplius ;

Morum venustas, quanta paucis contigit,

Desideratur omnibus.

Linguæ, Latina, Gallica,

Quas imbibit cum lacte materno, tacent.
Tentârat Artes, artiumque principiis

Pietatis elementa hauserat.

Libris inhæsit improbo labore

Ut sola mors divelleret.

Quod indoles, quod disciplina, quod labor
Possint, ab uno disceres.

Puer stupendus, qualis hic esset senex
Si fata vitæ subministràssent iter!
Sed aliter est visum Deo :
Correptus ille febriculâ levi jacet,
Jacent tot unà spes Parentum !