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Lovell, his wife Eleanor (nee Bradford) and their two daughters, Maria and Eleanor. The in-scription touching the latter is : " Eleanor . . . obiit Jun 14 1681. Hanc, subito et immaturo (ipsos pene inter hymenaeos) fato correpiam mcestissimus 1 - u x i t m a r itus, et in gratam piamq. parentum sororis et dilectissimae conjugis mem-oriam, monumentum hoc erigi voluit." The month Jun. might easily be a mistake for Jan. Roughly translated, the above may be rendered as, "Her afflicted husband mourned her snatched away well nigh on her wedding day by a sud-den and untimely fate ; and he resolved to have this monument erected to the pleasant (agree-able) and pious memory of parents, sister, and most-beloved spouse." Tradition connects this sudden death with the story of the bride play-ing at hide and seek. It is curious that in Haynes Bayly's song the bridegroom's name should be Lovell. There is no mention in the monument of the name of the bereaved hus-band. The father, Edward Lovell was fourteen years rector of Bawdrip, and fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, and died in 1675, so he could not have been present at the wedding as represented in the song. He came from Bat-combe, near Castle Cary, at which latter place the Lovells were seated in very early days. It
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