Memorial: M1882

Wall tablet at St Bartholomew’s Church, City of London commemorating John Millett d. 1660

Location

St Bartholomew's Church, City of London, London, England

Transcript

'EPITAPH / VPPON CAPT: IOHN MILLETT MARRINER / Many a storme and tempest past, / Here hee hath quiet anchor cast. / Desirous hither to resort, / Because this Parish was the Port, / Whence his wide soul sett forth: and where / His fathers Bones intrusted are. / The Turkey and the Indian trade; / Advantage by his dangers made; / Till a convenient fortune found, / His honesty and labours crownd. / A iust faire dealer he was knowne; / And his estate was all his owne. / Of which hee had a heart to spare, / to friendshipp and the poore a share, / And when to tyme his period fell, / Left his kind wife and children well. / Who least his Virtues dye unknowne, / Commit his memory to this stone', 'OBIJT ANNO AETATIS 59 ANNO DOMINI / 1660 DECEMBRIS 12'

Details

Description: Navigational instruments including dividers, cross staffs and folding rulers carved on either side of the inscription panel, a cartouche with the Millett arms above.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle south side of south east pier of crossing
Materials: Alabaster

People

Millett, John
Age: 59
Date of Death: 12/12/1660
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Notes: Millett made at least three voyages for the East India Company. In 1642 he purchased a vessel called 'Aleppo Merchant' in which he made three voyages for the HEIC in 1643, 1649 and 1650. In 1647 he was elected a freeman of the Company and his son Nicholas was also an HEIC master.
Bibliography: Barbara Tomlinson ‘Commemorating the Seafarer: Monuments, Memorials and Memory’ (Woodbridge, 2015) pp.122-124.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters