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 Tombstones in the Recess Chancel ''Revd. Rolandus Jones''

Hic jacet Rolandus Jones clericus filius Rolandi Jones clerici Natus Swimbrook juxta Burford in Comii Oxoii Collegii Merton Universitate Oxoii Alumnus Parochiae Bruton Virginia Pastor Primus & delectissimus funcuone Pastorali annis 14 fideliter d     Parochiae quam maximo de      Obiit Ap 23 die Æ tatis suae 48 Anno D 1688   Rev. William H. Wilmer, D. D.

Beneath this marble a vaulted grave was found on which was marked in cement the date

July, .

The Rev. William H. Wilmer, D. D., Rector of Bruton Parish Church, President of the College of William and Mary, and President of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Died July the 24th, 1827.

"We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren" * * * "and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him."

This marble was placed here when the Chancel was restored to the East, at the time of the restoration of the Church in 1905.