Immediately below the monument to Sir John NORRIS is a rectangular marble plaque inscribed:
Sacred to the beloved memory of Mrs Sarah NORRIS, Daughter of the Rt Honble Sir John NORRIS. The delight and constant source of inexpressible happiness to all who knew her. _ Her Soul was delivered from this earthly prison on Jany 19th 1762 in the 50th year of her Age, to receive the reward of the righteous in the Paradise of God. _ Reader _ if a Life whose uniform pursuit was every virtue that cou'd adorn her sex_ if an illustrious example of uncommon Piety in a dissipated Age_ if the brightest elegance of manners with the warmest Benevolence of Soul Mark the character of a Woman worthy to be recorded to Posterity _ Here let the tear drop and hence Receive the accomplished Portrait of female excellence.__ Her afflicted Nephew, John AMBROSE, of Mount Ambrose in the County of Dublin, and Kingdom of Ireland, caused this to be inserted, to perpetuate his irreparable loss, and in testimony of his affection for the Memory of the best of Women. Anno nostrae salutis 1791.
Anno nostrae salutis = in the year of our salvation
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