Catherine Hampson

'Step grandmother of William Beville NOT mother of William Buell.

NOT mother of any Beville children. Mother-in-law of Robert Bevill II NOT wife.''''''

The historical antiquities of Hertforshire: with the original of counties .. .In the first Chappel, which belongs to Caishebury , you may behold a fair and costly Monument erected on the North Side hereof, whereon the Effigies of a noble Lady standing in an Arch, defended with two Marble Columns on either Side, kneeling upon a Cushion, having a short Cloak over her Shoulders, and a Gown girt round her, with a Sursingle, a Bon- grace, and a Hood tyed behind her, and an Hour Glass plac't before her; with the Words underneath her contained in 1 John cap. ii, rer. 17. Then a Table plac't before her with a Book upon it, and divers Texts in Scripture engraved upon it in Words at Length, Job cap. xix, ver. 25 — 27, then follows John cap. ii, vir. 25, 26, 1 Thes. cap. iv, ver. 14. On the Top of the Tomb three Coats of Arms are engraved, in the Middle is a Woman's Coat of Arms, with a black Table of Marble underneath ; and at the Foot of this Monument lies a Marble with this Inscription: Seventy two Years of Goodness lies inhum'd Under this Stone her Bones may be consum'd By Time, but Memory Shall with her Soul live to Eternity, To rich and poor, her Children and her Friends, Her Life was dedicated, she bad no End But Love and Charity, and her good Mind God grant to us which here are left behind. A little Space below follows these Words.

To the Memory of the vertuous Lady Katherine Rotheram, late Wife to Sir John Rotheram ; first espoused to Sir Robert Hampson, Kt. and Alder man of LONDON, by whom she left two Sons and two Daughters; she departed this Life the 22d of Feb. Anno Dom. 1625