English: St Saviour's Church, Tor Mohun, Torquay, Devon, inscribed tablet to John Ridgeway (c. 1517 – 1560) alias Peacock of Abbots Carswell and Tor Mohun in Devon, a lawyer who served as a Member of Parliament, twice for Dartmouth in 1539 and 1545 and twice for Exeter in 1553 and 1554. On the monument to his son Thomas Ridgeway (1543–1598), a Member of Parliament for Dartmouth in 1584 and father of Thomas Ridgeway, 1st Earl of Londonderry (c. 1565 – 1631). The Latin inscription is as follows:

Johannes Ridgeway Armiger vir libere et ingenue educatus acuti ingenii et in rebus agendis egregie versatus eoq nomine de patria et republica optime meritus summae et integrae fidei apud reges Henricum Octavum Edovardum Sextum et Mariam reginam. Pater Thomae Ridgeway hic conditi avus Thomae Ridgeway Militis filii haeredis eiusdem Thomae hoc loco etiam requiescens et cuius digna memoria nunc quoq(ue) posteritati com(m)endatur. Elizabetham Wentford faeminam omni laude dignam hac aede sepultam habuit conjugem e qua sobolem reliquit Thomam hic placide dormientem filium unicum haeredem filias vero duas primogenitam (Margaretam) Hugoni Earth Armi(ge)ro conjugatam alteram (Annam) ..... Prideaux Armigero in matrimonium datum

Which may be translated: "John Ridgeway, Esquire, a man liberally and nobly educated, of sharp intellect and outstandingly skilled in effecting business and on that account most well deserving ..... Of the highest and unblemished loyalty towards Kings Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth and Queen Mary. The father of Thomas Ridgeway here buried, the grandfather of Sir Thomas Ridgeway, Knight, son and heir of the same Thomas, also resting in this place, the worthy memory of whom now also is commended to posterity. Elizabeth Wentford, a woman worthy of all praise buried in this church, he had as his wife, by whom he left progeny Thomas, here peacefully sleeping, his only son and heir, two daughters, the first-born (Margaret), married to Hugh Earth (i.e. "Yeoworthe"), Esquire, the second (Anne) given in marriage to ..... Prideaux, Esquire".