a scull; above which statue is
this inscription--

"Sacred to the memory of _Thomas Deacon_, Esq., a native of this
city; sometime high sheriff of this county: a person eminent for
his morality and good life; a true son of the established church: a
constant attendant on her worship and service: his piety consisted
not in empty profession, but in sincerity and unaffected truth. He
had an ample estate, which he fairly acquired, and increased by an
honest industry, and managed with excellent prudence, and disposed
of to laudable purposes. His charity (even in the time of his life)
was very large, extensive, and exemplary; of which he has left a
lasting monument in this city, by founding a charity school, and
endowing it with a freehold estate, of above one hundred and sixty
pounds per annum: And also, by settling another estate of
twenty-five pounds per annum, for a constant annual distribution of
alms to poor ancient inhabitants of this city. Having thus laid up
in store to himself a good foundation against the time to come, he
quietly departed this life, on the 19th day of August, 1721, aged
70 years.

"To whose memory as an instance of her conjugal affection, Mary,
his sorrowful relict, caused this monument to be erected."

Beneath his effigy, and upon the front of the tomb, is the following
inscription--

"In memory of _Mary_, the relict of Thomas Deacon, Esq.; daughter
of John Harvey, of Spalding, gent. To which place she was a kind
generous benefactor, and bestowed upwards of L400 in pious and
useful charities. She gave also to Fleet L250, for founding a
charity school in that parish. To the poor of this city, she
extended her daily bounty, so private as not to be told; so large
as not to be equalled; to which she added several public
benefactions, and gave towards augmenting the vicarage of St. John
Baptist L100; and likewise L100 to the salary of the grammar
school; she died January 27th, 1730, aged 77 years."

In a recess adjoining this monument, is a neat tablet to the memory of
_Mary_, the mother of the Rev. J. S. Pratt, formerly a prebendary of
this cathedral, and vicar of the parish of St. John the Baptist,
Peterborough.

Underneath this, a handsome tablet to the late _William Strong_, D.D.,
forty-five years archdeacon of this diocese, and for nearly half a
century a magistrate for the L