Vincent, Hannah

In Latin: Sacred to the memory of his Hannah, best of women, most excellent mother and dearest wife: beautiful, but without vanity: pleasant, but without frivolity: Christian, but without superstition. This stone was placed here as a memorial of his everlasting grief at the bidding of William Vincent, S.T.P., Dean of this Collegiate Church. Hannah came from the noble house of the Wyatts of Wychwood in Oxfordshire, the daughter of George Wyatt and Hannah Wood; born Aug.3rd 1735, married 15th Aug. 1771, and died 17th Feb. 1807. [Translation courtesy of Westminster Abbey website, amended.]