Monument at St Mary’s Church, West Stockwith depicting William Huntingto d. 1714
Location
St Mary's Church, West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire, England
Transcript
'Here lies the Body of / WILLIAM HUNTINGTON Late of this Place Ship-Carpenter, second Son of JOHN and / MARY HUNTINGTON who by his Last Will & Testament after ye / Death of his Mother & the Marriage or Death of his Widow gave / Seven Hundred and Forty Pounds for ye Building of Ys CHAPPEL / and HOSPITAL round about it, and for ye Support of a MINISTER / SCHOOL MASTER, & ten Poor Ship-Carpenters widows and other / CHARITYS, bequeath'd all his Lands in West Stockwith / Gunhouse and Misterton for ever, / He dyed Decembr. the 24. 1714 Aged Forty one years. / The Executing of his Will was committed by ye Founders to ye care of / WILLIAM SAMPSON Junr Gent / MATTHEW SAMPSON Gent / Thomas LOWKER Mercht / HENRY SHAW Gent / of GAINSBOROUGH'
Details
Type: Monument
Materials: White alabaster
Artists: Edward Poynton
People
Age: 41
Date of Death: 24/12/1714
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship carpenter
Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner 'Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire' (Harmondsworth, 1951).
Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1983