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Near this place, in the vault underneath, rests the body of Thomas Carew, esq; who was son of Thomas Carew, merchant in London, and grandson of Thomas Carew, esq. of Studley in the county of Devon, and great grandson of Sir John Carew, knt. of Carew Castle in the county of Pembroke in the principality of Wales. He departed this life the 4th day of Sept. in the year 1719. He married Eliza the eldest daughter of John Sanford, esq; of Nynehead in this county, and by whom he had living at his death four sons, Thomas, John, George, Henry and six daughters, Eliza, Mary, Penelope, Ann, Lucy, and Amy, all young and unmarried. He was the best of husbands, and the best of fathers, a sincere friend, a good kind master, a neighbour, and charitable to the poor. Here also lyeth the body of Sarah the daughter of Thomas Carew, and Elizabeth his wife, who departed this life the 4th of April in the year 1714. In memory of her very loving, and entirely beloved husband, this monument was erected by his sorrowful relict A. D. 1721.