Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Mary Magdalene, Tortington

Inscription:

SACRED
to the Memory of
William Mill Leeves ESQ.RE
who departed this Life
on the 26th Day of Auguft
1788
in the 51ft Year of his Age.
He
was the only Son of William Leeves ESQ.RE
and FRANCES his Wife one of the Daughters
and Coheireffes of WILLIAM MILL ESQ.RE
of Greatham in this County.
ALSO of MRS ELIZABETH LEEVES
his Widow
who died 24th October 1809
in the 76th Year of her Age.

Monument details:

Type: Internal Monument.

Monument Condition: Unknown.

Inscription Condition: Unknown.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Leeves.

First Name(s): William Mill.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 26 Aug 1788.

Age: 51.

Comments:

On the north wall of the nave is a graceful 19th-century memorial to the Leeves family. It has a black marble surround with a white marble inscription panel, decorated with the impaled arms of husband and wife, ribbons and thin trails of leaves outlining its sides. In a further play on the family name, crossed sprays of oak and palm lie at the foot of the panel.

Source: Church Guide

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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