Memorial in Dartmouth commemorating Thomas Goldsmith d. 1714, privateer
Location
Dartmouth, Devon, England
Transcript
'Thomas Goldsmith / who died 1714 / He commended the 'Snap Dragon' as privateer / Belonging to this port, in the reign of Queen Anne / In which vessel he turned pirate / And amass'd much riches. / Men that are virtuous serve the Lord, / And the Devil's by his friend's ador'd / And they that merit get a place / Amidst the bless'd or hellish race; / Pray then ye learned clergy show / Where can this brute, Tom Goldsmith go? / Whose life was one continued evil / Striving to cheat God, Man and Devil'
Details
Type: Tomb
Position: Churchyard
Position: Churchyard
Event Category
1701-1714 War of the Spanish Succession
People
Goldsmith, Thomas
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1714
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Privateer
Organisation: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1714
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Privateer
Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Bibliography: William Andrews 'Curious epitaphs: collected and edited with notes' (London, 1899) p. 66. See 'The Weekly Entertainer', the tomb was apparently sighted by a correspondent in Dec. 18, 1784.
“In one of the angles of Dartmouth churchyard, and at a considerable distance from other graves, is a large tomb, on the stone of which is the following strange inscription.”
However, he does not say in which of Dartmouth's three churchyards the memorial was located.
“In one of the angles of Dartmouth churchyard, and at a considerable distance from other graves, is a large tomb, on the stone of which is the following strange inscription.”
However, he does not say in which of Dartmouth's three churchyards the memorial was located.