Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon

Location: North Wall of Ratton Chapel.

Inscription:

Sacred
to the Memory of
Inigo Thomas Esqre.
of Ratton in this Parish
who died xxi December mdcccxlvii
in the lxxxi year of his age
beloved and respected by all who knew him
As some faint testimony
of his many virtues that adorned his character
the remembrance of which
is indelibly impressed upon their own hearts,
this last sad tribute of grateful affection
is erected by his devotedly attached
and sorrowing widow
and his ten surviving children.

Also of
Frances Ann, widow of the above and only daughter
of George iv Viscount Midleton, of Peper Harow, Surrey, by
Frances Pelham daughter of Thomas 1st Earl of Chichester
of Stanmer in this County.
Born Dec xviii mdcclxxxii. Died Feb xix mdccclxxxiii.
And now Lord what is my Hope: truly my Hope is even in Thee.
.

Monument details:

Type: Internal Monument.

Monument Condition: Excellent.

Inscription Condition: Excellent.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Earl of Chichester.

First Name(s): Thomas.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: Not given.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Rosalind Hodge.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

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