Robert Preston was buried at St Michael Crooked Lane on 21 March 1730. His memorial was preserved when that church was demolished in 1831. The inscription reads:
Here lieth the Body of Robert Preston
Late Drawer at the Boar’s head Tavern in Great Eastcheap;
Who departed this life March the 16 Anno Dom. 1730
Aged 27 Years
Bacchus to give the Toping World Surprize
Produc’d one Sober Son, and here he lies.
Tho’ nurs’d among full Hogsheads he defy’d
The charms of Wine and ev’ry vice beside
O Reader, if to Justice thou’rt inclin’d
Keep honest PRESTON daily in thy mind.
He drew good Wine, took care to fill his Pots
Had many virtues that outweigh’d his faults
You that on Bacchus have the like dependance
Pray copy Bob in Measure and Attendance.
