Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon

Location: North Wall of Ratton Chapel.

Inscription:

TO
THE CONJUGAL VIRTUES
AND
LAMENTED MEMORY
OF CHARLOTTE
THE WIFE OF INIGO THOMAS
OF RATTON. IN THE PARISH ESQ:
TO
HER MENTAL ENDOWMENTS,
AND PERSONAL GRACES,
CUT UNTIMELY IN HER EARLY BLOOM
HER AFFLICTED HUSBAND DEDICATES
THIS MARBLE:
A MONUMNET TO HIS IRREPERABLE LOSS
AND OF HIS HUMBLE RESIGNATION
TO THE DIVINE WILL.
SHE WAS THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF HENRY PEIRSE ESQ
OF BEDALE IN YORKSHIRE: SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT
LISBON, ON XVII DAY OF APRIL MDCCC AGED XX
YEARS AND XI MONTHS: AND WAS INTERRED IN THE
CEMETERY OF THE ENGLISH FACTORY IN THAT CITY
.

Monument details:

Type: Stone Tablet.

Monument Condition: Excellent.

Inscription Condition: Excellent.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Thomas.

First Name(s): Charlotte.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 17 Apr 1800.

Age: 20.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Rosalind Hodge.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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