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From Historical Hastings
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" He also contributed towards the plate
" used at the altar, and the velvet covering
" for the communion table, and has been a
" benefactor to the Free School. Besides
" which, there is lodged among the records
" of this Corporation (as his gift) his col-
" lection of Treatises, in relation to the Na
" tional Funds and Debts, and several me
" thods for discharging the same, and his
" most seasonable declarations against the late
" South Sea Scheme, and the wicked execu-
" tion thereof, all which, at his own expence,
" he published for the service of his country."
" Set up the 20th Jan. An. Dom. 1721."

Opposite the above, on the south side, is a handsome marble monument, to the memory of the late John Collier, Esq. of this town.

In this Church is likewise a very neat altar-piece, by Mortimer. On the ceiling is a representation of the heavenly regions, and underneath at the corners, are the figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity. - The font is a curious piece of antiquity; it is an octagon, -