Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Rotherhithe commemorating Captain Thomas Stone d. 1666
Location
St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe, London, England
Transcript
'As the Earth the Earth doth cover / So under this stone lies another / Here lyes in this Vault the Body of Capt Thomas Stone, Junior of this Parish. / He departed this Life the 9th August 1666 and had to wife Agnes, which surviveth / To you that live possess'd great Troubles do befal, / where we that sleep by Death do feel no harm at all. / An honest life does bring a joyful death at last, / and life begins when death is overpast. / Death is the Path to life, and way to endless wealth, / the door whereby we pass to everlasting Health. / These forty years and two have passed here my Life / And eighteen years thereof thou, Agnes wert my wife. / My loving wife farewell God Guide thee with His Grace / Prepare thyself to come and I will give thee Place. / Acquaintance all farewel, and be assur'd of this / Thou shall be brought to Dust as Tho. Stone here is'
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Date of Death: 9/8/1666
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain
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Bibliography: A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' (London, 1897) p. 248. John Aubrey 'The Natural History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey' pp29-30.