“In Colyton church is the monument .. which exhibits the effigy of a lady kneeling, with five sons in front and two daughters behind, also kneeling, erected by her son, the antiquary:-
HERE LIETH THE BODY OF KATHERIN DAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER POPHAM, OF
HUNTWORTHI IN THE COVNTI OF SOMERSET, ESQVIER, THE SISTER OF SIR
JOHN POPHAM LO. CHIEF JVSTICE OF ENGLAND, LATELY THE WIEF OF WILLIAM
POLE ESQVIER THE ELDER, UNTO WHOM SHEE BROUGHT FOORTH WILLIAM POLE,
KNIGHT, AND DOROTHY THE WIEF FIRST OF THOMAS ERLE, ESVIER, SECONDLY OF
WALTER VAVGHAN, KNIGHT, WHICH WERE LIVEING: AND ALEXANDER, HUGH,
RICHARD, ARTHURE, AND AMY WHICH DIED YOUNGE: SHEE DIED THE 28 OCTOBER
1588, UNTO THE MEMORY OF WHOM, SR WILLIAM POLE KNIGH. HER SON, HATH SET
THIS MONVMENT.”338