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""Here lyeth ye body of Mr. Samuel Buggs D.D., and Vicar of both Parishes"

- who died in 1633.

A stone which once bore a large brass, as evidenced by the remaining brass studs, has been utilised for this Memorial. Samuel Buggs, Fellow of Sidney Sussex, Cambridge, and M.A. of Oxford, was appointed to the Vicarage of this church upon the resignation of Archdeacon Winter, in 1623, and in 1626 was also made Vicar of Holy Trinity Church. In 1621 he preached a sermon at S. Paul's Cross, entitled, "David's Strait," which he dedicated to the "Mayor, Aldermen, &c., of Coventry," for which the Corporation presented him with £3, 6s. 8d. In the same year, he printed the speech of Dr. Philemon Holland, made to King James when he visited the City,“ together with a sermon preached in the audience, and published at the request of the worthy companion of the practisers of the military garden of the said well garrisoned Citie of Coventree."

It appears that his ministry was not acceptable to the puritanical temper of his time, as the Annalists seem to have rejoiced at his death.

""Here lyeth the body of William Porter Alder"

- man of this City who departed

Wm. Porter, flaxman, was mayor 1752.

""To the memory of Jane Clarke and wife of John Clarke Alderman of this City"

- who departed this life