Wall tablet in Church of St Thomas with St Nicholas, Bedhampton, Hampshire, dedicated to Admiral Stephen Poyntz d. 1847 and Lieutenant Stephen Poyntz d. 1836
Location
Church of St Thomas with St Nicholas, Bedhampton, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / AS A TRIBUTE OF FILIAL AFFECTION TO THE / MEMORY OF STEPHEN POYNTZ, / OF BROCKHAMPTON HOUSE, ESQUIRE, ADMIRAL, / WHO DIED ON THE 12TH MAY 1847, AGED 77 / AND FRANCES LYDIA, / HIS RELICT, / WHO DIED ON THE 9TH AUGUST 1847, AGED 79 / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF STEPHEN POYNTZ, / THEIR ELDEST SON, A LIEUT. IN THE R.N. / WHO DIED ON THE 1ST APRIL 1836, AGED 32, / AND OF WILLIAM JAMES POYNTZ, SON OF / CAPT EDWARD HENRY POYNTZ, AND MARY FRANCES HIS WIFE, / WHO DIED AN INFANT IN THE YEAR 1837, / WHOSE SEVERAL REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN A VAULT / WITHIN THE CHANCEL OF THIS CHURCH'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Black and white marble
Artists: Maile & Son
People
Age: 77
Date of Death: 12/5/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Poyntz, Stephen
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1/4/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)