Barton, Philip

In Latin: Beneath the lowest step of the sanctuary lies Philip Barton, S.T.B. Canon Residentiary and Subdean of this Cathedral Church, and also Rector for forty-four years of the parish church of Buriton in the county of Hampshire. Born in the countryside of Worcestershire, educated at Winchester School, he later flourished as a Fellow of New College among the men of Oxford. A truly Christian preacher, whose sermons, whenever they were delivered, all who were present felt to be powerful, fruitful, and brilliant. Exceptionally learned, yet a despiser of his own fame, being modest beyond compare; a man adorned with every virtue and duty, whose sweet manners made his company most pleasant as well as deeply erudite; a mind capable of all things and finely polished; a piety not simulated. All who knew him admired and cherished him. On the twenty-fourth day of June, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, 1796, intent upon the life to come, he willingly yielded to fate. The mourning Maria Batchellor caused this  sepulchral marble to be placed for a meritorious brother