Wall monument at St Olave’s Church, Hart Street, London commemorating Elizabeth Pepys d.1669, wife of Samuel Pepys
Location
St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London, England
Transcript
'H.S.E. / cui / Patrem a praeciata familia de St Michel Andegaria / ELIZABETH PEPYS, / SAMUELIS PEPYS, classi Regiae ab Actis, Uxor, / quae in coenobio primum Aula dein educata Gallia / utriusque una claruit virtutibus / forma Artibus linguis cultissima. / Prolem enixa, quia parem non potuit nulla / huic demum placide cum valedixerat / confecto pro amoeniora fere Europae itinere / potiore redux abiit lustratura mundem. / Obiit x Novembris Aetatis 29 coniungii 15 Domini 1669'
Details
Description: Tablet carved with scroll work, cherubs and skulls. A bust of Elizabeth Pepys above.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Chancel
Materials: Marble
Artists: John Bushnell
Type: Wall monument
Position: Chancel
Materials: Marble
Artists: John Bushnell
People
Pepys, Elizabeth
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Date of Death: 10/11/1669
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
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Age:
Date of Death: 10/11/1669
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
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Extra
Notes: Wife of Samuel Pepys.
Bibliography: 'An Inventory of the historical Monuments in London' (London, 1925-9) vol. iv, p. 150b.
Recorder: Timothy Wilson 1979
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Bibliography: 'An Inventory of the historical Monuments in London' (London, 1925-9) vol. iv, p. 150b.
Recorder: Timothy Wilson 1979
Photographer: B. Tomlinson