Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

All Saints, Beckley

Inscription:

To the Memory of
ODLARNE HOOPER, Clerk
who died August 2nd 1769
Aged ?68? Years
Also his Wife died
March 4th 1773
Aged 73 years.
ODLARNE their Son died December 19th 1734
aged 12 Years
JOHN died an infant
MARY their Daughter died June 21st 1749
aged 21 Years
ANN their Daughter died August 22nd 1760
aged 14 Years
JOHN died December 29th 1766
aged 26 Years
THOMAS died November 2nd 1803
aged 78 Years
Elizabeth died Nov 8th 1819
aged 84 Years.

Monument details:

Type: Stone Tablet.

Monument Condition: Excellent.

Inscription Condition: Excellent.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Hooper.

First Name(s): Ann.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 22 Aug 1760.

Age: 14.

Grave Number:

CH 14.

Comments:

This large memorial on the south wall of the chancel commemorates 9 members of the Hooper family. The inscription on the canopy is hard to read from the photograph. Names and dates have been checked against the transcription available in the church. The name of Odlarne's wife is not given on the monument (just referred to as his wife).

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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