In memory of James Leigh Esq^r who died on Mar^h 31^st 1774 aged 49

Inheriting the virtues of his ancestors, he shone in every

endearing character of private life; the best husband, father,

brother, friend, in public he was an excellent magistrate, ever

studious to support justice and relieve distress, independent of

Yet well affected to government, a friend to liberty and an enemy

to the licentiousness of the time, his zeal for religion, this church

which he chiefly rebuilt, and its worship which he constantly

attended, declare, prepared as he was by habits of virtue,

a sudden death exhilarated his reward

He married Mar^h 10^th 1753 the Right Hon^ble Lady Caroline Brydges,

eldest daughter of Henry Duke of Chandos, by his first wife, Mary

daughter of Charles Earl of Ailesbury, by whom he has left an

only son, she erected this monument in testimony of his virtues

and her affection.

In memory of

The Right Hon^ble Lady Caroline Leigh

Wife of James Leigh Esq^r

Of Adlestrop, in the county of Gloucester

Who departed this life December the 8^th 1804

Aged 74 years

To the best of wives

and most affectionate of mothers;

this tablet is erected

As a small gratitude by her only son

James Henry Leigh, Esq^r