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Unfortunately our photograph of this memorial is blurred.   We had taken a few close-up shots too and have attempted a transcription (see below).   John Aubrey's Wiltshire Collections book also has a transcription of the memorial, which you can see at   Aubrey Text (page 370).   There are quite a few differences between ours and Aubrey's transcription - namely spellings of names and dates - and for the few words we could not read from the photograph we have used Aubrey's word(s).


Not far from this place
Lyeth the body of
Sir THOMAS BENET Kt
Doctor of Lawes and one of ye Masters
in Ordinary of his Majestie’s most High and
Honourable Court of Chancery who departed
this Mortall Life on Munday ye XXVII of
June in ye year of our Lord MDCLXX
in ye LXXVIII year of his age.
He maryed to his first wife Charlott ye
daughter of William Harrison of London
Marchant by whom he had 2 daughters
Charlott ye dyed ye XXX of March in the
year MDCXXXIX, & Mary now liveing
He maryed to his 2nd wife Thomazine one of
ye Daughters & Coheir of George Dethicke
of Grey’s Inne Esq: eldest son of Sir William
Dethicke Kt. alias Garter Principall King at
Armes by Whom he had Issue Thomas
Benet Esq his only son and Heir and
Thomazine a daughter that dyed young.


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