Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

Parish Church, Chiddingly

Location: Church.

Inscription:

HEER LYETH BURIED THE BODY OF WILLIAM JEFFERAY GENT
HE DIED ON THE 29 DAY OF OCTOBER AN: SALYT: 1611: A TXT: SVAY 68
HE MARRIED AWDRAY SOLE DAUGHTER & HEIRE OF THO: HARVEY CI
TIZEN & GROCER OF LONDON, BY WHOM HE HAD ISSUE 2 SONNES & 7
DAUGHTERS WHO ARE YET ALL LIVING: HE WENT TO THE GRAVE IN A
FULL AGE AFTER HE HAD LIVED IN GOOD REPORT & KEPT HOWSE
WITH HIS SAID WIFE THE SPACE OF 42 YEARS TOGETHER IN THIS PARISH
& HAD SEEN MANY OF HIS CHILDRENS CHILDREN:
THO: JEFFERAY FILIVS EI PRIMOG PAPRI DILECTO
MEMORIL & OBSERVANTIA ERGO POSVIT AN 1612RS.

Monument details:

Type: Internal Monument.

Monument Condition: Good.

Inscription Condition: Good.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Jefferay.

First Name(s): William.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 29 Oct 1611.

Age: 68.

Comments:

The Latin translates to: Thomas Jefferay the first born son of his father raised this memorial in the year 1612.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Carol Harrison.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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