Notes: The meaning of the Epitaph is doubtful. Tradition says it alludes to the following fact. The bodies of ten drowned persons being driven on shore, were buried in the field of a man who considered it as an invasion on his property, and caused them to be dug up again, when they were removed to the churchyard. The stone on which the inscription was engraved, having been thrown down and almost buried, was cleaned and again set up by Mr. Richmond of Christchurch.
Bibliography: Francis Grose 'The Olio, being a collection of essays, dialogues, letters etc' (London, 1796). William Andrews 'Curious Epitaphs collected from the graveyards of Great Britain and Ireland' (London, 1883).