Memorial at St Nicholas’ Church, Rushbrooke, Suffolk commemorating Thomas Jermyn, RN, d.1692
Location
St Nicholas' Church, Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Here Lyeth the Body of / Mr. THOMAS JERMYN / A Hopefull Youth, the onely, and most dearly beloved / Sonne of THOMAS Lord JERMYN, and MARY / his wife who most unfortunately lost his life / by the accidental fall of a Mast, on the 27th day / of December 1692: a day never to be forgotten / by his unhappy Father and Mother. / He was aged 15. Years and 26. Days.'
Details
Description: Architectural monument surmounted by a broken pediment. A coat of arms on a decorated cartouche is placed in the pediment. Below the arms within the typanum is a winged cherub's head on a black block, surrounded by gilded, foliate decoration. Below the tympanum is a white, double-stepped cornice supported by composite black columns with white gilded capitals. The inscription is on white marble. the effigy rests on a tomb chest decorated with lion's heads holding rings. The effigy lies on its left side with the elbow on a cushion and the right hand on a skull. It wears a full-length loose coat, waistcoat and breeches over a shirt with frilled cuffs and jabot.
Type: Wall monument
Position: South aisle south wall
Materials: Carrara and Belgian black marble, alabaster
Type: Wall monument
Position: South aisle south wall
Materials: Carrara and Belgian black marble, alabaster
People
Jermyn, Thomas
Age: 15
Date of Death: 27/12/1692
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 15
Date of Death: 27/12/1692
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Born 1 December 1677. Thomas Jermyn was a naval officer who died in a when the mast fell on a ship on the Thames.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2011
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2011