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St Cuthbert, Kentmere, Cumbria, NY45630411 -- Memorial to Bernard Gilpin:-
"... IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF ... / BERNARD GILPIN / BORN AT KENTMERE HALL OF HONOURABLE LINEAGE HE BECAME FELLOW / OF QUEENS AND STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH OXFORD: HE ACCEPTED THE / PRINCIPLES OF THE REFORMATION AND WAS ONE OF ITS NOBLEST EXPONENTS / IN A PERILOUS TIME HE FACED THE PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH AND THE / ANGER OF THE QUEEN FOR TRUTH AND DUTY: A PATTERN PARISH PRIEST / HE WAS AS SAINTLY AS HE WAS BRAVE: AS GENEROUS AS HE WAS JUST: / AS PRACTICAL AS HE WAS ENTHUSIASTIC. AN ARDENT STUDENT OF / SCRIPTURE HE DID NOT UNDERVALUE PRIMITIVE TRADITION. AN / IMPASSIONED MISSIONARY HE WON THE NAME OF THE APOSTLE OF / THE NORTH. ... / NA. 1517. OB. 1583." (photo 17.10.2008)