Plume, Thomas (1675-1704)

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Note MI in Longfield:
40. A window on the south side of the nave, by the pulpit - Erected by members of the University of Cambridge -
To the Glory of God, in humble gratitude for the life and benevolence of Thomas Plume, D.D., sometime Archdeacon of Rochester, founder of a Professorship in the University of Cambridge - A benefactor of this and neighbouring parishes - His body lies in this churchyard until the daybreak - His works do follow him - [His tomb is under the window in the Yard - for the inscription see earlier].

Hic subtus jacet Archidiaconus Roffensis
Peccatorum Maximus, utinam et poenitentium
Nomen quaere in libro vitae
Veniet iterum, qui me in lucem reponet, dies
Obijt XXo die Novembris MDCCIV Aetatis
Suae LXXIV

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