Memorial: M1393

Gravestone at Bosham, West Sussex commemorating Thomas Barrow d. 1759

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Bosham, West Sussex, England

Transcript

In Memory of / THOMAS son of Richard and Ann / BARROW, Master of the sloop Two / Brothers who by the Breaking of the / Horse [sic] fell into the Sea and was drown'd / October 13th 1759. Aged 23 years / Tho Boreas Storms and Neptune's waves / have tos'd me to and fro / yet I at length by God's decree / am harbour'd here below / where at anchor here I lay / with many of our fleet / yet once again I shall set sail / my Saviour Christ to meet'

Details

Description: Carved above the inscription with a sloop in profile with a man being thrown into the sea below a broken hawser under a bowsprit.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Two Brothers

People

Barrow, Thomas
Age: 23
Date of Death: 13/10/1759
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p.207 (Greenwich, 1972).
Recorder: Rina Prentice

JSON

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