Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Andrew, West Stoke

Inscription:

36 FEET FROM THE BACK OF THIS TABLET
LIE THE BELOVED REMAINS OF
MARY
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF
GENL. SIR HENRY AND LADY DE BATRE
(OF KNIGHTS-TOWN, CO. MEATH AND WOOD-END
WIFE OF MERVYN ARCHDALE MAJOR 12TH LANCERS,
WHO DIED IN CHILDBIRTH MAY 17 1890
AT CASTLE ARCHDALE, CO. FERMANAGH, IRELAND.
BY HER OWN REQUEST HER BODY WAS
BROUGHT OVER TO BE BURIED IN THIS PEACEFUL CHURCH YARD
SO NEAR HER LOVED OLD HOME.
ERECTED BY HER SORROWING FATHER
"AND NOW, LORD, WHAT IS MY HOPE? TRULY MY HOPE IS EVEN IN THEE".

Monument details:

Type: Brass.

Monument Condition: Good.

Inscription Condition: Fair.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Archdale.

First Name(s): Mervyn.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: Not given.

Age: Unknown or not given.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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