St Peter's Church, Dormington (Brydges Monument)

This monument is on the opposite side of the nave to the Carpender Monument.

In spem beatæ Resurrectionis
Depositum Infra Terra tenet Quan-
tum mortale fuit Johannis Brydges
de Priors Court Armig. qui duxit
Vxorem locosam filiam Henrici
Bright de Wigornia S:S: Theologiæ
Baccalaurei per quam Tres
habuit Filias Cohæredes, Obijt
Septo die Augusti Anno Dni~
1669.
Ætatis Suae 65.

Blest Soule: whose happy Mansion is above
In that Quire Where they only Sing and Love
If Saints View humane Actions then shall see
A griefe as great as thy loved memory
Divided thus Ill mounre till Heaven prove just
And once more match my Body to thy Dust

(Transcriptions provided by Rosemary Lockie)