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Masonic Chit Chat.
employ that material , instead of bran , to fill the interstices of coffins . No breast-plate or initials could be found to indicate their names or titles ; yet , there seems litle doubt , but that they comprise the remains of John Tynte , Esq ., of Chelvey , in this county , a general of the royal army , and commander in the cavalry , under King Charles the First , in the time of the civil war , who died at the age of fifty-two ; and of Jane , only daughter of Hugh Halswell and grand-daughter of Sir Nicholas
Halswell and the Lady Bridget , his wife ; who was married to the said John Tynte , and died at the early age of nineteen , AiD . 1650 , after giving birth to Sir Halswell Tynte , who united in his person the title and estates of both families . -f The very chaste ancl beautiful monument to the . memory of Sir Nicholas Halswell , his lady , and their numerous progeny , with the effigies of each member of it in full costume , still remaining in the church
atGoathurst , in a high state of preservation , and a most interesting object to every lover of architectural science , as well as to the practical sculptor , was designed and executed under the superintendence of their son , the above mentioned Dr . Hugh Halswell , Prebendary of Winton : and from the inscription the following extract is given , referring to the subjects of this short memoir , in the original Latin , which , in a translation , would lose much of its quaintness and simplicity : —
" Hie jacet Jana Tynte , Hugonis et Millescenti-e Filia unica , unice amata , Uxor Johannis Tynte , Mater Halswell Tynte , Prodigium iEtatis , qua . lentos anticipavit Annos , JEtatemque provixit suam ; Anusque Juyenisque simul ; . Matrona ? simul Decus ac Puellie . —Mei quam dissimilis aliis , tam morte quam Vita . ! Alia ? male obeunt mortem , pii hiec obiit Vitam , iEtatis suae 19 . " Hie Johannes Tynte cle Chelvey in Comitatu Somersetensi
, Armiger - . Infelici Bello infelicioris Caroh fidelis Strategus , Equitumque Prreses ; In Pace assiduus Pacis Procurator , et Membrum hujus Parliament ! vigilantissimum : Bono publico magis consulens quam suo . Qui licit aliam duxisset Uxorem , eamque amabilem , hie tamen una cum Jana . sua recubare moribundus exoptabat iEtatis sua ? 52 . "
Obituary.
Obituary .
PIIE LATE EARL OF DALHOUSIE . —His Lordship entered the army in July , 1787 , having purchased a Cornetcy in the 3 rd Dragoon Guards from which he was appointed Captain in an independent company raised ' by himself , and in June , 179 ] , Captain in the 2 nd battalion Royals . In 1792 , he was appointed Major in the 2 nd Foot , by purchase , and went in command of it to Martini que . Two years after he succeeded to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy , and was wounded in 1795 and obli in
, ged consequence to return to England . In 1798 , his Lordship served in the rebellion in Ireland ; and in 1799 , he embarked in the expedition to the Helder , and was present in all the actions of that campaign . The 1 st of July , 1800 , he received the brevet of Colonel , and was employed in that year under General Maitland before Belleisle , from whence he proceeded to Egypt to join Sir Ral ph Abercrombie , and was present in the actions of the Sth and 21 st of March . He commanded a detachment
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Chit Chat.
employ that material , instead of bran , to fill the interstices of coffins . No breast-plate or initials could be found to indicate their names or titles ; yet , there seems litle doubt , but that they comprise the remains of John Tynte , Esq ., of Chelvey , in this county , a general of the royal army , and commander in the cavalry , under King Charles the First , in the time of the civil war , who died at the age of fifty-two ; and of Jane , only daughter of Hugh Halswell and grand-daughter of Sir Nicholas
Halswell and the Lady Bridget , his wife ; who was married to the said John Tynte , and died at the early age of nineteen , AiD . 1650 , after giving birth to Sir Halswell Tynte , who united in his person the title and estates of both families . -f The very chaste ancl beautiful monument to the . memory of Sir Nicholas Halswell , his lady , and their numerous progeny , with the effigies of each member of it in full costume , still remaining in the church
atGoathurst , in a high state of preservation , and a most interesting object to every lover of architectural science , as well as to the practical sculptor , was designed and executed under the superintendence of their son , the above mentioned Dr . Hugh Halswell , Prebendary of Winton : and from the inscription the following extract is given , referring to the subjects of this short memoir , in the original Latin , which , in a translation , would lose much of its quaintness and simplicity : —
" Hie jacet Jana Tynte , Hugonis et Millescenti-e Filia unica , unice amata , Uxor Johannis Tynte , Mater Halswell Tynte , Prodigium iEtatis , qua . lentos anticipavit Annos , JEtatemque provixit suam ; Anusque Juyenisque simul ; . Matrona ? simul Decus ac Puellie . —Mei quam dissimilis aliis , tam morte quam Vita . ! Alia ? male obeunt mortem , pii hiec obiit Vitam , iEtatis suae 19 . " Hie Johannes Tynte cle Chelvey in Comitatu Somersetensi
, Armiger - . Infelici Bello infelicioris Caroh fidelis Strategus , Equitumque Prreses ; In Pace assiduus Pacis Procurator , et Membrum hujus Parliament ! vigilantissimum : Bono publico magis consulens quam suo . Qui licit aliam duxisset Uxorem , eamque amabilem , hie tamen una cum Jana . sua recubare moribundus exoptabat iEtatis sua ? 52 . "
Obituary.
Obituary .
PIIE LATE EARL OF DALHOUSIE . —His Lordship entered the army in July , 1787 , having purchased a Cornetcy in the 3 rd Dragoon Guards from which he was appointed Captain in an independent company raised ' by himself , and in June , 179 ] , Captain in the 2 nd battalion Royals . In 1792 , he was appointed Major in the 2 nd Foot , by purchase , and went in command of it to Martini que . Two years after he succeeded to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy , and was wounded in 1795 and obli in
, ged consequence to return to England . In 1798 , his Lordship served in the rebellion in Ireland ; and in 1799 , he embarked in the expedition to the Helder , and was present in all the actions of that campaign . The 1 st of July , 1800 , he received the brevet of Colonel , and was employed in that year under General Maitland before Belleisle , from whence he proceeded to Egypt to join Sir Ral ph Abercrombie , and was present in the actions of the Sth and 21 st of March . He commanded a detachment