Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Mary, Yapton

Inscription:

Sacred to the Memory
of
STEPHEN ROE, Citizen of London;
born in this Parish and buried at Tillington
who by his Will dated Octr 17th 1766 gave
the Interest of Twelve Hundred Pounds
(three pr cent South See Annuities)
To the Poor of this Parish Yearly for ever
The Parent hence shall ne're depart
But lead each Babe with joyful heart
To view this sacred stone
Here Gratitude delights to dwell;
And Young and Old shall always tell
The Good that ROE has done.
Soft Pity now shall comfort Woe
And Ignrance learn her self to know
By Bounty taught and fed
Orphans and Widows more and more
And Children yet unborn shall pour
Their blessings on him dead.

Monument details:

Type: Internal Monument.

Monument Condition: Unknown.

Inscription Condition: Unknown.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Roe.

First Name(s): Stephen.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 17 Oct 1766.

Age: Unknown or not given.

Comments:

Date is the date of his will, not death. Monument situated below the dormer window on the north side of the chancel arch.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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