Wall monument in at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk commemorating Admiral Bartholomew Rowley, RN d. 1811 at Jamaica
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / BARTHOLOMEW SAMUEL ROWLEY, ESQ., / ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE / AND / COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HIS MAJESTY'S / FLEET, AT JAMAICA; / WHO DIED ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER, A.D. 1811, / AGED 47. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE / OF AFFECTION BY HIS WIDOW / ARABELLA.'
Details
Description: White marble wall monument on a black marble base Type: Wall monument Materials: Marble
People
Rowley, Bartholomew Samuel Age: 47 Date of Death: 7/10/1811 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, commemorating Lieutenant Richard Simmonds RN d. 1814
Location
Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred / To the Memory of / Lieut. RICHARD SIMMONDS / late of Haslar Hospital / who departed this life / the 14th day of March 1814... / ALSO / RICHARD and THOMAS / Lieuts R.N. sons of the above'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Garden of Remembrance Materials: Stone
People
Simmonds, Richard Age: 60 Date of Death: 14/3/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER including full biography. Headstone moved from the grave and propped against south wall. Recorder: R.G. Hart 2002
Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Thomas Cooper Lapworth d. 1857
Location
Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'In memory of Jonathan LAPWORTH who departed this life May 17th 1854). Also, Thomas Cooper LAPWORTH / Youngest son of the above, who was washed overboard / from the ship 'Arctic', while on her passage to New York / December 8th 1857, aged 18 years. / Let friends forbear to mourn and weep / For sweetly in the deep I sleep / This toilsome world I leave behind / A glorious crown I hope to find'
Lapworth, Thomas Cooper Age: 18 Date of Death: 8/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: T.C. Lapworth was apprenticed in 1853, serving on the 'Phoenix' Liverpool from 1853-1856. Liverpool City Record Office 352 CEM 1/3/6/ Seaman's Ticket no. 98727 (Ref. BT 116/54 at Public Record Office). The ship from which he fell would have been 'Arctic Hero', destined voyage Sunderland to New York (Lloyds Register, 1857; 813). Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site. Recorder: Mrs F. Keymer 1988
Wall tablet in St Bartholomew’s Church, Corsham, Wiltshire, commemorating Captain John Edridge RN d. 1856
Location
St Bartholomew's Church, Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / JOHN EDRIDGE, CAPTAIN R.N. / OF POCKEREDGE IN THIS PARISH / WHO DIED 6 JANUARY, 1856, AGED 67 / ALSO OF KITTY BOND, HIS WIFE / OF MARGARETTING, ESSEX / WHO DIED DECEMBER, 1827 AGED 27. / ALSO OF SAMUEL FOYSTER YOCKNEY / OF TORRINGTON SQUARE, LONDON / WHO DIED 27TH OCTOBER 1856 AT RAMSGATE, AGED 67. / ALSO OF ELINOR MARY / SECOND DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND KITTY EDRIDGE / WHO DIED 1ST NOVEMBER, 1851, AGED 24 / ALSO OF ELINOR CONSTANCE / THIRD DAUGHTER OF JOHN EDRIDGE / WHO DIED JUNE 1853, AGED 17 / ALSO OF ELINOR MARY / SECOND DAUGHTER OF AUGUSTUS AND CATHERINE YOCKNEY / WHO DIED 16 MAY, 1854 / ALSO OF AUGUSTUS YOCKNEY J.P. / OF POCKEREDGE IN THIS PARISH / WHO ENTERED INTO REST 23RD APRIL 1892 AGED 65 / ALSO OF CATHERINE, WIDOW OF AUGUSTUS YOCKNEY / OF POCKEREDGE IN THIS PARISH / WHO ENTERED INTO REST 21ST JANUARY, 1906 AGED 80.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Nave south wall Artists: Rogers, Bath
People
Edridge, John Age: 67 Date of Death: 6/1/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS), 1999
