Inscription
[The next two inscriptions are for the same woman, one taken from a 1714 manuscript of Sir Robert Haselrige, and the other copied by Mr. Smyth in 1747 according to Nichols. Nichols was only able to find the second inscription.]
In this vault lyeth by him Dame Elizabeth Hesilrige his wife. She was a woman of singular piety, great prudence, and charity. She was one of the coheirs of George Fenwicke, of Brinckbourne, in the county of Northumberland, esq. He had by her one son and four daughters. She died the 30th of May, 1673.
Within this vault resteth ye body of the lady Elizabeth Hesilrige, the late wife of Sir Thomas Hesilrige, baronett. She was a woman of singular piety, great prudence, rare for charity, an incomparable mother, and a most admirable wife; this narrow marble cannot containe all her just commendations: in a word, she was the Phoenix of her sex. She departed this life the 30th day of May, in the yeare of our lord 1673; and left one son, three daughters, and a most sorrowfull husband. This lady was the eldest daughter of George Fenwicke, of Brinckbourne, in the county of Northumberland, esq.
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