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An Honest Lawyer

This is a memorial to Edward Trelawney of Bake who died in 1630. The monument is by Robert Wills, 1639 and carries teh wonderful inscription 'Here lies an honest lawyer, wot ye what. A thing for all the world to wonder at'.

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University of London
Image Caption: 
An honest lawyer, Pelynt
Asset Author: 
Mary Siraut