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ixed in the chapel, with the following inscription:— Near to this place rests what was mortal of John Taylor, D. D. Reader, expect no eulogium from this stone; enquire among the friends of Learning, Liberty, and Truth. These will do him Justice. While taking his natural rest, he fell asleep in Jesus Christ, the 5th of March, 1761, aged 66. A tablet has more recently been erected to his memory in the chapel at Norwich, graced with a classic inscription from the gifted pen of Dr. Parr, who was an ardent admirer of his talents and virtues. Dr. Taylor left one surviving son, Mr. Richard Taylor, of Norwich, and a daughter, married to Mr. John Rigby, of Chowbent. From those two stocks have proceeded very widely extending branches. Before his death he had seen grandchildren On the birth of the first was written his tract, The value of a Child, republished in 1816, by Messrs. R. and A. Taylor. growing up around him, several of whom have been till very lately, and some