REPLY1851
Epitaph
By μ.
The name of the "worthie knyght" is *Sir Thomas Gravener*, as A. B. R. might have seen in the printed Catalogue of the Harleian MSS. Who he was, is a more difficult question to answer; but there was a family of that name settled in Staffordshire, as appears from MS. Harl. 1476. fol. 250. The epitaph in question (at fol. 28 b of the old numbering, or 24 b of the new, *not* fol. 25 b.) is inserted among several short poems written by Sir Thomas Wyatt; and the epitaph itself has a capital W affixed to it, as if it were also of his composition: but I do not find it inserted in Dr. Nott's edition o…
Topics: Epitaphs, Manuscripts, Historical Errors, Literature
Locations: Staffordshire, British Museum, Scotland, Musée Britannique