Prendergast And De Roll Chest Tombs Immediately West Of The Porch Of The Church Of St Lawrence

The Prendergast and de Roll chest tombs are located immediately west of the porch of the Church of St Lawrence in Bidborough. These tombs date from the early 19th century and are made of freestone. The northern tomb is positioned against the south wall of the church and features a rectangular shape with moulded corner pilasters and a coped lid. It commemorates Dorathy Prendergast, who died in 1821. To the south of this tomb is a low sarcophagus with a steeply-coped lid that commemorates Louis Robert Roll, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, who died in 1813. A long verse inscribed on the tomb, transcribed by Skinner, includes the lines: "He stood unchanged at Fortune's bitter frown,/that bore the House of Bourbon down;/He cheered its exile, gained its just applause,/And died at last a martyr to its cause."