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Cincinnati Israelite (Newspaper) - February 25, 1870, Cincinnati, OhioFebruary 25, ble a Tablet that even at this distance looked newer than the rest. In another moment he was standing before it Reading the inscription. That inscription was Brief and simple enough but it epitomized a history. A i a a f t t f j of a a j Toa a j j Mcfaw near this spot us the soot of the right Hon. Reginald Temple it de Benham a a he it. Twenty Eroth Baron de Benham. Of the holy roman Empire the title to descend to his Hildreen and their successors forever. Then cause a pm Raposh mural Tablet surmounted by a bust of one Algernon Sackville de Benham in a laced Cravat and a Rami lies wigs a great Man in his generation a capita Ini of the second troop if horse guards a lord of the bedchamber or his highness Prince George of Denmark lord lieutenant and Gustos rot Lorum of the co Tinty of Monmouth and governor of the Island of Guernsey. This a High and puissant lord a As he was styled in the inscription died at St. Peter port a. 1747, and was brought to be Hampton a with much Honor to be buried in the vaults of Hie family. Then Beides these moire imposing monuments were numbers of smaller tombs mostly of gothic design some richly panelled arid decorated with elaborate Coats of arms some vet retaining traces of paint and gilding some nearing recumbent figures of knights and ladies and one adorned with the statue of a portly Abbot in his Mitre a cd Robes. Here too were tablets and brasses and flagstones each with its record one telling How an Only son had fallen at the Battle of Flodden Field on the 9th of september 1513 another lamenting the death of a Young Bride Only four months wedded another setting Forth How a whole family seven in number the children of Jocelyn sixteenth Baron de Benham and Mary his wife were swept away in less than three weeks dating from May 12th, 1667, by a a malignant Mere ancient however and for every reason More interesting than any of these was a Plain Black Marble sarcophagus standing in a dark recess behind the choir upon which Lay the statue a of a Knight in full Chain Armor with his hands folded in prayer his sword and spurs girded on end his dog at his feet. No statue m Alt the Church was so mutilated. Not a feature of his face not a Finger of his Guantt lated hands remained. His very dog was shattered almost edit of form and yet before this Tomb Temple Debenham lingered longer than before any of the others for Here As testified a Modem let into the Wall above pkg the dust of that Geoffry William de Benham upon whom the barony was first bestowed in 1273. A the fought a said the Tablet a for the King at the Battle of Evesham a. D. 1265 accompanied Prince Edward in his expedition to the holy land in 1270 and was among the first of those his former companions of the Cross whom that Prince distinguished by his favor on returning Home asking of England in 1273.�?� of the Date of his birth of the a late of his death of his wife a name and lineage of All the deeds of All his later life no Vestage of record or legend remained having gone the round of the monuments end investigated every Nook and Corner of the Church Temple Debenham turned Back As he was leaving the place and retraced his Steps not to the Tablet under the North window but to that dark Corner behind the choir where Lay the dust of the crusader. Between that shadowy Warrior and himself yawned an abyss of Well nigh six Hundred years and yet to Felt attracted to his grave by a subtler sympathy of kinship than he could anyhow bring himself to Leel for the hero of Gran or the governor of Guernsey or any ethers of those his predecessors who reposed close by in High funereal state. What manner of Man he wondered was he the Stalwart founder a it of so Long a line 1 was he not Only Brave but Wise a was he Good was he Happy lived he to a teen old age build. Ing his House painting Hon Trees cultivating the arts of peace land surrounded by a numerous family a supposing that grave were to Pepperted what would a be found within dust and ashes a Rusty sword a. Pair of Golden spurs a a who could Tell a who indeed not one of All these pompous statesmen not Otie a of these be frilled a it and be Perrini feed courtiers. 1 least of All he the poor obscure 1 musician the landless heir to All these empt honors so beside the resting place of the founder of his family lingered wis mused half in Bitti a teeh8 of subscription s the israelite per annul Deborah. La Nellte and Deborah to one address Rither paper to any part of Europe i of postage an additional charge of i in the county of Monmouth i and count of the holy roman Empire. Born april 14. 1809. Quot or. A p. It. A a we i m Tel . A r p 9 a. Of. A Jfe be. Gay. Or. A died november 6, 1842. I y a Ltd i j 1 to w pfc v a v ? v 1 f % a f a i i a the Young Man read and As he read a deep Djuka flush mounted slowly All Oyer his face and brow. Then the flush faded and left him very Pale a for a Long time he stood on the same spot in the same attitude motionless absorbed in pro found thought. Again and again be read that Brief inscription again and again recapitulated to himself the facts which it recorded. But they were facts of which he found it difficult at first to Realise the full significance. At length i he Drew a deep breath sat himself Down upon i the Altair Tafito and covered his face with his i hands. The Sun had shifted from the painted win-1 Dow and the shadows had changed upon Tibe floor before he looked up from that reverie. I Aik then he arose heavily dreamily like one just roused from a sleep. A one by one he then took the monuments As they came staying to read the inscriptions upon such As were still legible and setting himself apparently to carry array a Clear and per-1 manent recollection not Only of each separate Tomb but of the name and deeds of those who Lay beneath. Happening to have a Pencil and a Small note Book in his pocket he now and then scrawled a line of memorandum As he went along and once he stopped to sketch a Hasty outline of a coat of arms. All this he did methodically earnestly with a strange i look of concentrated purpose in his face such a look As it had never worn in All his life be w w a a a a a a. A 1 is 4f-a it .4. Kp-7-. Wjk y a f a a a p a w x wottslt�?~"3lf to or a it a a. It Ife a a it a fore. I a a is i. R e c if to j Awa a it v s a wgkw1, 4 a or m 4. In up. R Jcj. A it was a Long task for the monuments were 1 Many very Many very various All More or j less defaced. The inscriptions too were difficult to read full for the most part of quaint spelling and crabbed abbreviations and in some i cases almost wholly illegible. Of one for in-1 stance a Beautiful gothic Tomb surmounted by a carved canopy of delicate lace like tracery a he could Only discover that it was erected in memory of one Alan Beauclerk. De Benham slain somewhere in Battle a. D. 1306. Of another and a very curious Monument in High Relief representing a Knight and his lady kneeling face to face with their children kneeling behind them four boys behind the father and four girls behind the Mother All in painted Stone but greatly mutilated he could make out no More than these were the Elf Igsa a of one Marmaduke de Benham and Elizabeth his wife with their family and that they both died on the same Day of the same year some time during the reign of King Henry Vii. But the dates were All effaced and the inscriptions though Long and apparently full of detail a was so chipped and obliterated that even an adept would have been puzzled to do i her it. Next to this group for the monuments succeeded each other in anything but due chronological order came a cumbrous 8tructo? i Cinque Cento pillars relieves and decorated Arches in the midst of which reposed the headless emmy of a certain Simon gnarled de Benham thirteenth barn of that name attired in full trunk Hose starched Ruff and High heeled Shoon. This Nobleman said the latin epitaph inscribe it Amer v edit 11 i Lew fathers life time As Ial army under the id having valiantly it the turks hip lege Cwm of Huff try a a i 16w we a or his services there vend ext created a count Tbs following Are the est�0>llshed rates without deviation eight 11 Usi of this Viz of Type to a Square israelite Deborah a i Square i insertion # 1 00 1 of. Do l monthm.7t. 4 of i of. Do 8 ,-i-.i.� i 10 of a a. S of. 4io 0 months 15 00 12 00. Do 12 months. 25 00 20 60, 1 cold inn in months.�.,�?�800 00 column 12 months. 175 00 i All resolutions votes of triantes a. A5 betrothal notices 1 a % it it a. V a a a 9. We can not change the address of a subscriber unless we have Hla former place of residence named. Rejected manuscript we can not return no communication of invidious personal character will be published. All communications should be written on one Side of the paper Only and addressed to Bloch a co. Vow Debenham a. An wards author of a a Barbara a history chapter xxx. Be Tablet in the Church. A the knights Bones Are dust and his Good sword rust his soul is with the taint 1 Trust a j col Bildua. A said his Moth if windows Facini of the Chancel id the front ins Young Man a ruins by Tome centuries but Tim Square 0

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