Inscription
Between his Deservedly Beloved Wives, viz. Dorothy, Daughter of Sr. John Temple of The Kingdon of Ireland, Knight; and Katherine Daughter of William Longueville, of The Temple, Esq; lies buried Sr. Basil Dixwell, Baronet. Who was Son and Heir of Sr. Basil Dixwell, by Dorothy, Daughter of Sr. Thomas Peyton, of Knowlton, in this County, Bart. And who, for a great Number of Years, was Lieutenant of Dover Castle, and Auditor of the Excise. The Former of which honourable Posts he voluntarily resign'd, some few years before his Death; but, kept the Latter to The Time of his Death; which happened on the 26th of March, in the 84th Year of his Age; and, in the Year of Our Lord 1750; Leaving his Estate, as he had no Heirs, of his own Body, to George Oxenden Esq, Second Son of his Nephew Sr. George Oxenden, of Deane, in this County, Bart; who, thereupon, by Virtue of an Act of Parliament, took The Name, together with the Arms & Crest of Dixwell.
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