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 Head Hotel), he was Churchwarden from 1810 to 1817. He died at Leamington, and was buried in the new burial ground of S. Michael's Church, Coventry—his monument there bears the following inscription, written by his friend Mr. Geo. Eld.

""Underneath rest the remains of"

- Thomas Sharp

(The Arms in the window are wrongly tinctured.)

In the upper quatrefoil is the Paschal Lamb. The subject is carried through the four compartments of this window, viz. "The Parable of the Ten Virgins," there are the figures of the five wise and five foolish Virgins, the form of the eleventh figure "is like unto the Son of God.”

The inscription at base runs—

""Then shall the Kingdom of heaven—be likened unto ten virgins who took their lamps-and went with them to meet the Bridegroom—and five of them were wise and five were foolish.""

It was designed and executed by Messrs. Hardman, of Birmingham, May, 1869.

Placed on the wall below the window is a brass tablet

""To the Glory of God this window was erected in this Church, by Mary, Elizabeth, and Sarah Lea of this parish. A.D. MDCCCLXXI.""

Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah Lea were sisters of H. LEA, Esqre., whose death is recorded by the next window.

Miss Sarah Lea died 17th Feb., 1873, Miss Mary, 17th Aug., 1876, and Miss Elizabeth, 30th July, 1882; they were buried in the family vault, situated in the pathway through the churchyard, near to the North door of the Church.