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 30 Devon Notes and Queries, CONJUGIS A FATO CEDO INCURVATUS AD URNAM QUI VITAE CONSORS FUNERIS IBO COMES. Bowed down by the death of my wife I ant going to her tomb her partner in life — in death I will he her comrade. GUALTERUS LEACH MILES SISTAS CHARE PATER CITIUS FILIUS ET HAERES SYMONIS MEA CURRIT ARENA LEACH MILITIS MEDIUS UT POSSIM VOTI NUNTIUS OCCUBUIT FATO ESSE TUI Walter Leach Soldier son and heir of Simon Leach Soldier predeceased him. Stay dear Father my sands have run more quickly in order that I may be able to be the bearer of your prayers, SIMON LEACH GUALTERI MILITIS FILIUS ET HAERES REGIS CAROLI SECUN DI EXULIS ASSERTOR STRENUUS OBIIT DESIDERATISSIMUS JUIN 2S ANO DOM x66o TERTIUS EN SEQUITUR NULLI TAMEN ILLE SECUNDUS JUDICIO RARUS RARUS ET INGENIO Simon Leach son and heir of Walter Leach a gealaus supporter of King Charles the Second when in exile died deeply regretted aigth June A,D, 1660, Lo a third generation follows yet second was he to none distinguished /or At> discretion distinguished also for his talent. SIR SIMON LEACH KNIGHT OF THE BATH SON OF SIMON LEACH ESQR BURIED 30TH JUNE 1708 The whole is carved in white Beer stone, with Devonshire marble pillars and enrichments, repaired in places with plaster and is a handsome specimen of memorial sculpture of the Jacobean period. It is now in bad repair and owing to settle- ments is threatening to fall, and has been temporarily supported by wooden posts and beams. I have not been able to find a previously recorded description of the tomb. Mr. Rogers's Ancient Sepulchrtd Effigies of Devon^ published in 1877, only deals with monuments erected prior to 1550. Sir Simon Leach's pedigree is fully given in Col. Vivian's Visitations of Devon as presented at the 1620 Visitation and