  1469. Robert Dallahouse (Daluss), Master 1462, died 1469, was buried at St. Martin’s in the Vintry with the following inscription on his tomb:— As flowers in feeld thus passeth lif, Nakyd, then clothyd, feble in the end, It sheweth by Robart Daluss and Alyson his wyf Christ yem save fro the power of the Fiend. obiit 1469. 1510. John Den, buried at St. Margaret’s, Westminster. Here lyes undyr this ston John Den Barbor Surgeon And Agnes his wyf, who to heuyn went MCCCCC and X that is verament For who soul, of your charite Sey a Pater Noster and an Ave Marie. 1580. William Green, Master 1564, died 1580, was buried in the church of Allhallows the Less. Before this time that here yee have seene, Lyeth buried the body of William Greene, Barbor & Surgeon & late Master of that Company And Clark of this Church yeeres fiftie; Which William decesyd the truth for to say The month of December the fourth day. The yere of our Lord God as by books doth appere On thowsand fyve hundryd and eighty yere. 1598. Thomas Bankes, Master 1596, died 1598, was buried in the church of St. Michael le Querne. Thomas Bankes, Barber Chirurgeon, Deputie of this Ward, who had to wife Joan Laurence, by whom he had issue seven sonnes and ten daughters. 1610. William Gale (Master 1595, 1610) was buried in the church at Monken Hadley, where there is a brass with the following inscription:— Blessed are they yt concydereth ye poore & needie. Here lyeth the bodye of William Gale Citizen & Barber Chyrurgion of London who dyed the XIX daye of November 1610. Then being ye second tyme Master of his Company, he had 2 wives, Elizabeth & Suzan & had issue by Elizabeth V soÑes and 8 daughters and was LX and X yeares of age or thereabout at ye time of his death. 1655–6. John Gale (son of William Gale, Master 1595), Surgeon of Bushey, gave the Company £16 per annum for an Anatomy Lecture, died 1655–6 and was buried in Bushey Church. Here in hope of a happy resurrection through Christ, lies the body of John Gale, Esq. who was father to Mary Gale, by his second wife Jane, and sister to Mrs Elizabeth Terry, both which are here interred next unto him; he lived to the age of 70 years, and peaceably departed this life Jan 5th 1655. 1668. Charles Stamford, Master 1659, died 1668 and was buried at St. Katherine’s near the Tower. Here lyeth interred the body of Charles Stamford, Chirurgeon, who departed this Life June 24th 1668; also Elizabeth his Wife, and sixteen children. Mille modis morimur mortales, nascimur uno: Sunt hominum, morbi mille, sed una salus. Weep not for them, since they have gone before To heaven, where Barbers there are many more. |
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