In St. Michael's churchyard, at Litchfield, an ancient tombstone was
lately discovered, which had been buried in the earth a great number
of years. Upon it are deeply cut the following inscriptions:--
Here lyes the Body
of William Clarke,
who was Clarke of this
Church 51 years, and buried
March 25th, 1525, aged 96.
Here lyes the Body
of William Clarke,
Clarke of this Church 71
years, who died Septem. 26,
1562, and aged 86.
The father lived in the reigns of six different kings, viz. Henry the
Sixth, Edwards the Fourth and Fifth, Richard the Third, and Henry the
Seventh and Eighth. The son in seven reigns, viz. from Edward the Fourth
to Mary the First.
_Morning Chronicle, October 8, 1822._
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