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All Saints, Orton, Orton S, Cumbria, NY62220839 -- Dr Richard Burn, died 1785:-
"SACRED / To the Memory of / RICHARD BURN, LL.D. / For nine Years VICAR of this Parish / And more than Twenty CHANCELLOR of the Diocese. / He was an impartial Magistrate, / An able Divine of [ bled] Piety, / A learned and [honest] Man: / Not less distinguished for his Knowledge and Labours / In the Civil and Ecclesiastical Laws of this Kingdom / Than for his acute investigation of the History / And Antiquities of this County, / Conspicuous for his Judgement, Probity, and [Conscience] / And the general complacency of his Manners, / Affable and chearful in Conversation, / Sincere and steady in his Attachments, / His improved endowments rendered him / An Ornament to his Country: / His Disposition endeared him to his Friends, / In Health / He was unremitting in the discharge / Of his Parochial Duties, / In Sickness, / Calm, Patient, and Resigned. / He Died 12. Nov. MDCCLXXXV / Aged 73. / ANNE, his WIFE Died 7. Jan. MDCCLXX / Aged 73. / She fulfilled the important relative Duties, / Of Wife, Mother, and Neighbour, / With propriety worthy the imitation / of Posterity." (photo 31.12.2010)