Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

All Saints, Beckley

Inscription:

HIS
disconsolate WIDOW
and
affectionate DAUGHTER
DEDICATE this TABLET
to the
memory of RICH'D POLLARD
late of RYE
Ob: 17th JUNE 1791 EA: ?38?
On TOMBS Encomiums are but vanity spent,
A virtuous LIfe is the best MONUMENT.

Monument details:

Type: Stone Tablet.

Monument Condition: Excellent.

Inscription Condition: Excellent.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Pollard.

First Name(s): Richard.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 17 Jun 1791.

Age: 38.

Comments:

Age is very hard to read from the photograph.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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