Memorial: M6598

Memorial in St Nicholas’ Church, Rochester, Kent, commemorating John Austen and his son, Thomas Austen

Location

St Nicholas' Church, Rochester, Kent

Transcript

HERE LYETH YE BODY OF HENRY LEAFE SOMETIME MAIOR OF YS CIT & ALSO YE BODY OF HENRY AUSTEN GRANDCHILDE OF YE SAID HENRY LEAFE, ALSO YE BODY OF ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF HENRY LEAFE, MOTHER TO YE SAID HENRY AUSTEN & WIFE TO JOHN AUSTEN ESQR: ONE OF YE 4 MASTERS OF HIS MA'TIES: NAVYE & SOMETIME MAIOR OF YS CITY, ALSO YE BODY OF ELIZABETH AUSTEN, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AUSTEN ESQR: ONE OF YE 4 MASTERS OF HIS MA'TIES: NAVYE, SONNE OF YE SAID JOHN AUSTEN, SHEE WAS AGED 22 YEARS: & DECEASED YE 7TH MARCH 1635

Details

People

Austen, John
Age: unknown
Date of Death: unknown
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Royal Navy
Austen, Thomas
Age: unknown
Date of Death: unknown
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Roger Morris. 1/12/1987

JSON

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