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All three died of Scarlet fever within a month in 1802

Nearby underneath this Marble (in one vaulted family Grave) Are deposited the Remains of William-Maria-Charles Hedden Fortescue The promising Offspring Of John and Maria Fortescue Of this Parish.

They died 18 Sept, 9 Oct, 15 Oct 1802. Aged Sixteen, Nine, Seventeen Years

Christian Reader, Bewail not the guileless virtuous Dead, Who must be happy, but think the tenduous Sympathy of the fond afflicted Parents, Who in the short space of five weeks, by a Raging Scarlet Fever, so fatal chiefly to the young, were mournfully bereaved of all their Children, Reflect too upon the slender Thread of human Life, And the uncertain End of human Things. Be Wise And Live for Ever.

Also John Fortescue, Father of the Above, who died the 6 th of January 1820, Aged 74 Years. Also Maria Wife of John Fortescue who died the 26 th of September 1822, aged 70 years.