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Slate back with white marble sarcophagus surmounted by an urn with wilted foliage.
Inscription: To the memory of Henry Cropper, of Loughborough, Gentleman, and of Elizabeth, his widow. He died the 5th of June 1812, in the 81st year of his age; And she the 3rd of February 1826, Also in her 81st year. He was a native of this parish; where resided and died several of his paternal ancestors, of whom the first was Henry Cropper his great - grandfather, interred in the chancel of this church in 1692. She was the heiress of George Chapman, of Thringstone, in Leicestershire; and her only surviving offspring is Joseph Almond Cropper, of Grays Inn, Barrister At Law-.
Signed in the lower right corner by Gaffin of Regent Street, London. (Photo Oct 2015).