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--- Tombstone Inscription
Near This Place Repose the Mortal Remains of
The Honorable Agneta Yorke.
Second Wife and Relict of
The Right Honorable Charles Yorke,
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain,
Second Daughter and Co-Heiress
of Henry Johnson of Great Berkhempstead, Esqr.
Mother of the Right Honble C.P. Yorke,
of Vice Admiral Sir J.S. Yorke, K.C.B.
and of Caroline, Late Countess of St. Germans.
Born November 11th 1740. Died December 30th 1820,
in the 81st Year of Her Age.
In Youth She was Most Lovely, in Woman Hood Most Dignified,
In Old Age Most Venerable.
It was Truly Said of Her When in Her Prime,
That it was Difficult Which to Admire Most,
The Beauty of Her Virtue, or the Virtue of Her Beauty.
In Her Breast Were United the Tenderness of an English Woman
and the Spirit of a Roman Matron.
The Faculties and Endowments of Her Mind,
Were of the Highest Order.
Her Unions, Her Principles, All the Sentiments of Her Heart,
Were Sincere, Upright and Noble.
Her Simple Life Was That of a Real Christian.
Proud Without Austerity and Charitable Without Ostentations.
May I Die the Death of the Righteous.
And May My Latter End Be Like Hers.
C.P.Y.
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1740 - 1820 (80 years)
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