Parker, Francis

In Latin: If you ask, Traveller, who lies here? Take the account in few words, I was Francis Parker, Born at London, educated at Cambridge, Where I obtained (I know not whether I deserv'd it,) The Degree of Master of Arts. I served the Lords Francis, Robert, Fulk Brook, In the Character of Tutor, Secretary, and Steward, For almost 45 Years, with what Integrity and Assiduity, Let the Survivors, who know it, declare; I deceas'd at London; in the House belonging to the Brooks, where I generally lived, on the 10th of November, The Year of our Lord, 1693, of my Age, 67. When I rise again with my Lords , who are sleeping near me , may I hear the joyful Eulogy , Well done thou good and Faithful Servant! [Translation from "A Brief Description of the Collegiate Church and Choir of St. Mary's (Warwick, 1819).]