Inscription
Here lyeth the body of Nicholas Latham borne in Brigstock grete park, Being the sonne of John Latham gentl. keeper of the said parke, which Nicholas was parson of this church onlie by the space of fiftie & one yeares having noe other dignitie or lands or goods left him by his auncestors during which time he diligentlie fedd his flock wth spiritual & bodily food. Hee builded 2 hospitals, one in Barnewell for 14 poore people & one in Oundle for 18 poore widdowes. Hee founded 5 free schools for yonge children, one in Barnwell, one in Oundle, one in Hemington, one in Weeklie, & one in Brigstock, & gave mani other charitable gifts, as charitable exhibition to 2 Schollers in Cambridge, repayr of bridges and highways, relief to such as have losses, & yearlie clothing to 45 poore children. All which doe amount to the Valew of three hundred pounds by the year for ever. When he was 45 years of age he married Marie Foster the daughter of Henrie Foster of Burwast in Sussex yeoman by whom he had a sonne which died an infant. This worthi pastor departed this life the 4 daye of August in the year of his age 72. Anno Domini 1620.
Gravesite Details
Black marble tablet with M.I., along with a bust of Latham and a display of his arms.
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