Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Peter, Folkington

Inscription:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
SARAH,
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THOMAS SHEPPARD,
OF FOLKINGTON PLACE, ESQUIRE,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL 1845,
IN THE SEVENTIETH YEAR OF HER AGE.
HER MEMORY IS EMBALMED
IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW HER.
BY THE EXPERIENCE OF LONG COURSE OF YEARS
IN WHICH AS
THE MOST AFFECTIONATE OF WIVES AND MOTHERS,
SHE FORMED THE COMFORT OF
A NUMEROUS CIRCLE OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED
WIITH THOSE OF HER PARENTS RICARD AND ROSE DOWN,
IN THE FAMILY VAULT AT FRIEN BARNET, HERTS.
THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD
HATH TAKEN AWAY BLESSED BE
THE NAME OF THE LORD
JOB.1.21.

Monument details:

Type: Internal Monument.

Monument Condition: Excellent.

Inscription Condition: Excellent.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Down.

First Name(s): Richard.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: Not given.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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