Memorial: M1248

Monument in St Margaret’s Church, Barking, Essex commemorating Captain John Bennet RN d. 1719

Location

St Margaret's Church, Barking, Essex, England

Transcript

'To the Pious Memory of Capt John Bennet senior late of Pool in the county of Dorset who died 8 Maii MDCCXI Aetat 74. And of Mary his wife who deceas'd 9 Januar MDCCXV Aetat 46 [?]. Both lying here interred. Captain John Bennet their only son who died 30 Januar MDCCXVI Aet 40 and layeth in a vault under an altar tomb in the church yard. Ordered by his will this monument to be erected which accordingly was perform'd by Abraham Edlin Gent his acting executor. He bequeathed to the poor of this Parish 100L distributed among them by the aforesaid executor as also 10L more to be disposed of in like manner by the hands of the church wardens. To the corporation of Pool the place of his nativity 300L for the use of the poor there. And 10L to the poor of Harbridge in Hantshire. All paid by his executor'

Details

Description: Half effigy of John Bennet in contemporary costume. The inscription above as a draped cloth. The figure is flanked by reliefs showing the bow and stern of a warship. Below, a relief of navigational instruments (back staff, cross staff, quadrant) above a winged skull. On either side, a relief of a globe.
Type: Monument
Position: North nave
Artists: Thomas Green
Vessel: HMS Lennox

People

Bennet, John
Age: 40
Date of Death: 30/1/1717
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Bennet coat-of-arms to which family not entitled.
Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) p. 99.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1996
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters