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023. Floor Slab - Samuel Marshall d.724 / Anne Marshall d.1737

Location:  North Aisle

 

  1. The monument consists of a rectangular stone slab set into the floor. The slab has incised lettering in Roman Caps. With Caroline Miniscule: the place names are in Copperplate Caps and Miniscule: the names and dates are in Renaissance Corsiva lettering. The whole field of the memorial stone is set inside an incised reeded line. The slab is worn away in some parts and is illegible.
  2. Stone
  3. First half of 18th Century
  4. h. 230cms    w. 186 cms.
  5. HERE/Lyeth interred the Body /of SAMUEL MARSHALL/of Burton. . ƒon of JOHN MARSHALL of BARROW/Who departed this life/June 13th 1724/Aged 68
    Here lyeth interred the Body of ANNE the wife of the above/ƒaid SAMUEL MARSHALL.She/departed this life at Beaumont/Leys in this County/25 day of December in the year of our /Lord, in the 88th Year of her/age.
    *(The rest is illegible)
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Last Updated. 15-April-2019 By admin