Wall monument in All Hallows Church, Barking, Essex commemorating Captain John Lytcott RN d. 1697
Location
All Hallows Church, Barking, Essex, England
Transcript
'Near / this place lyeth the Body of Giles Lytcott, [late of] / Stratford Langthone in ye County of / Essex Esqr youngest son of Sir Iohn Lytcott of / East Moulsey in ye County of Surrey by M[argaret] / Daughter of Sir Nicholas Overbury [& Sister of] / Sir Thomas Overbury who was [poisoned in] / the Tower. He was born ye 2nd of November, / 1633 and dyed August ye 11th 1696 in ye / 63rd year of his age. He was ye first Controller / General of all ye Accompts of ye Customs [of] / England & of all ye English Colonies / which Office he executed from / 1671 to ye time of his death. He married Sarah / Daughter and Heiress of Richard Culling of / Woodlands in ye County of Devon Gent: by whom / [he had] 5 sons & 5 Daughters. His eldest son Giles / dy'd in ye East Indies in ye Streights of Molucca / going to China in ye year 1688. His second son / Iohn dy'd in ye West Indies Comander of His Majests. / shipp ye Pembroke 10 months after his Father / aged 27 years. He had served his Majesty King / William in all ye war with France & was [in all] / engagements by sea during ye war but dy'd in / ye squadron under ye comand of Admiral Nevil / in ye fatall sickness wherein so many Brave / men Lost their lives'
Details
Type: Wall monument
Vessel: HMS Pembroke
People
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1697
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy