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596 HISTORY OF LIMERICK. . .
The following on a black marble slab in a pillar at the entrance to the
choir :-
This manvment was erected by
WilIiam Yorke, to the memory of his deceased
father Alderman William Yorke,' who
lyes here interred ; was thrice mayor, gave
above fovr hvndred povnds for
bvlding the exchange and freely'bestowed itt
on this corporation ; contribvted to
the bells and chymes which were cast
and set up in his maioraltyes ; was charitable
to the poore, constant to his friend;
died in the trve Christian faith, the last year
of his maioralty, April 1, 1679, ztatis
sve 42. leaving William, Itoger, and Jane,
by Anna the davghter of Henry Hart, Esq.
In the pillar near the western door entrance, is the following curious
inscription quaintly cut in old-fashioned letters, gilt :-
Mements Mory.
Here lieth littell Samvell
Earrington, that great vnder-:
taker, of famiovs citties
clock and chime maker,
He made his one time goe
early and lattei, bvt now
he is retvrned to God his Cre-
ator, the 19th of November then he
west, and for his memory
this here is pleast by his
son Ben.' 1693.
The Pery chapel is one of the more recent improvemen& iq the cathe-
dral; it is sitdated in the south-west aisle, is lar e, and beautifully orna-
mented; the ceiling is done up in bright blue an d silver stars, the walls
in gray marble, and underneath are the tombs to which the remains of the
Pery family are consigned. A white marble monument, with a full length
recumbent effigy of Lord Glentworth, admirably executed by Baily, and
of the finest workmanship; is an object of much attraction in the Pely
chapel. The monument bears the following inscription :-
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1 The family of Alderman Yorke, who was of Dutch origin, is mid to be represented by the
preaent ~nch6ss of Rovigo.
9 Ben having been a clock and chime maker, bad a contract from the corporation of Cashel
for fitting up and making a clock, for five ponnde.
HISTORY OF L~MERICE.
Here lie the mortal remains of
Edrnond Henry Lord Glcntworth,
eldest son and heir of
Henry Hartstonge Lord Glentworth, and
Annabella, his wife,
grandson and heir of Edmund Henry,
Earl of Limerick, Viscount Limerick, Baron
Glentworth of Xallow, and Baron Foxford of
Stackpole Court, in the county of Clare, in
the peerage of the United Kingdom.
He was born on the 3rd day of March, 1809,
and married on the 8th of October, 1836,
Eve Maria, second daughter of Henry Villebois,
of AIuham House, in the county of
Norfolk, Esq.
He departed this life on the 16th of February,
In the year of our Lord, 1844.
This monument is erected to the memory of
her beloved husband, by his widow.
The Pery chapel, which is railed off by a heavy iron railing or grating,
produces a subdued sombre effect, suggestive of thoughts befitting a rest-
ing place sacred to the noble dead. Over the chapel is the hatchment
of the deceased. It has a stained glass window of thrce lights, and it
also contains the Stackpole and Roche (Catholic) vaults.
In the north aisle is a tombstone to the memory of Nicholas Rice, Esq.,
counsellor-at-law n , and his wife Mary Rice :-
Arms of
the Rice family,
cut on a floriated shield.
Here lies interred,
the body of Nicholas Rice, Esq.,
counsellor at law,
who departed this life the
19th day of March, 1509,
aged 56 years,
&d also the body of Mary Bice,
his wife,
who died the 15th day of March, 1724,
aged 54 years.