NEAR THIS PLACE IS INTERRED Mr. THOMAS
DOUGLAS BORD IN EDINBURGH, YE 10 TH OF
MAR 1630. HE WAS ENDUED TO AN EMINENT
DEGREE WITH YE GRACES OF GODLINESS, PIETY,
PERVENT DEVOTION UNEXAMPLED HUMILITY,
BENEVOLENCE, MEEKNESS AND GRATITUDE
KNOWING AND IN WISE IN YE DOCTRINE
AND PRECPTS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE
STRICTLY PRACTIES WHAT HE KNEW
HE LIVED 52 YEARS IN STRADBALLY HALL WITH
ALEX DUDLEY AND POLE COSBY ESQRS.
AND WAS AT FIRST TAKEN AS PRECEPTOR AND
AFTER ENTERTAINED BY THEM FOR HIS GREAT
WORTH AND GRATITUDE FOR HIS LOVE AND
FAITHFULNESS TO YE FAMILY
HE DIED YE 6 TH OCTOBER 1734 IN THE
HUNDREAD AND FOURTH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERRECTED BY HIS
AFFECTE AND FAITHFUL FRIEND POLE COSBY ESQRE.
" THE SWEET REMEMBRANCE OF THE JUST
SHALL FLOURISH WHEN HE SLEEPS IN DUST"
PSA : 112: V. 6.
BLEST HE YE MEN WHO SPARE HIS BONES AND
CURST BE THEY WHO MOVE THESE STONES.