Bishop, Charles

In memory of the reverend Charles Bishop, Rector of Elkestone and Rudford and one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in this County, whose abilities as a Divine, taste as a Scholar, and uprightness as a Magistrate entitled him to that veneration and respect which he had not only the satisfaction to merit, but the peculiar happiness to enjoy. His engagements in education thro a long course of years, having necessarily extended his connections, such was the excellence of his heart, so attractive his manners, that his friendships became as numerous as his acquaintances,  such was the undeviating [...] of his nature, that every tye grew stronger by time, while those who knew his benevolence ....