HERE SLEEPS IN CHRIST / WILLIAM HALE, M.A. / ARCHDEACON OF LONDON, / AND CANON RESIDENTIARY OF THIS CATHEDRAL / AND MASTER OF THE CHARTERHOUSE / WHO DIED ON NOVEMBER 27TH.1870 / AGED 75 YEARS. / HE WAS AN ERUDITE AND / LABORIOUS SCHOLAR / A LEARNED THEOLOGIAN / AN ERNEST AND / CONSISTENT CHURCHMAN. / TO HIS MEMORY / THIS INSCRIPTION IS DEDICATED / BY HIS BRETHREN THE ARCHDEACONS / OF THE PROVINCE OF / CANTERBURY.