Image Description
Monument to Thomas Smith d.1577. This monument was moved from
the old church.
Sir Thomas is depicted 'stiffly' reclining, head propped up on
elbow. There is a shallow coffered arch behind the figure, flanked by two Ionic
columns, with an entablature carrying two black obelisks and the large
achievement shown above.
The inscription within the arched recess reads thus:
Thomas Smithus Eques auratus huius Maneriu DNS,
cum Regis Edvardi sexti tum Elizabatha Regina Consiliarius, ac
frimi nominis Secretarius eorundemq, Principum ad maximos Reges
legatus Nobiliss ordinis Garterii Cancellarius, Ardae Australisque
Claneboy in Hibernia Colonellus, Iuris civilis supremo titulo etiam
num Adolescens insignitus Orator, Mathematicus, Philosophus,
excellentiss (vs) Linguarum Latinae, Grecae, Hebraicae, Gallicae etiam
et italica callentiss (vs) Proborum et ingeniosorum hominum favtor
alieniss Deniq sapientia, pietate, integritate insignis et in omni vita
sev aeger sev valens intrepidus more, cum aetatis svae 05m annum
compleuisset in aedibus suis Montaulensibus 12o die
Augusti, Ao Salutis 1577 pie et suauiter
in Domino obdormiuit