Here lieth the body of Richard Drake, Esq., one of the Queries of ovre Soveran Elizabeth’s stable, who liued in great credit wth all men, & in great favor wth his Prince as any man of his calling. He maried Vrsula Stafford, daughter of Sr. William Stafford and Dorothy Stafford, descended from the honorable house of Buckingham. He died the xi day of July, 1603, in the 69 year of his age. He had issv only Francis Drake who hath erected this monvment in memorial of him.

On the molded base of black marble:
Ultimus hic sit honos tumulo superaddere carmen.
Carmen funereum no dare, credo nefas.
Hoc mandat pietas, mandat veneranda potestas;
Clarum mandavit nomen honosque viri.
Cujus vita fuit mortis meditatio voera;
Cujus mors etiam religiosa fuit.
Terra cadaver habet; melior pars oethera scandit;
Fata tulere necem; facta dedere decus.