Memorial: M2014

Memorial in St Nicholas’s Church, Deptford commemorating John Benbow d. 1708

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England

Transcript

'Here lyeth ye Body of JOHN BENBOW / Elder Son of Adm. JOHN BENBOW Viz. / Admiral of Ye White By Martha His Wife / He died November ye 17, 1708 in ye 27th / Year of His Age.'

Details

Description: Formerly carved with Benbow arms.
Type: Ledger
Position: North aisle floor

People

Benbow, John
Age: 27
Date of Death: 17/11/1708
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Shipwrecked at Madagascar in 1702 whilst mate of an East Indiaman. Son of Vice-Admiral John Benbow. Church also holds brass coffin plate to William Benbow died 4/4/1729 aged 38.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'; A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' London, 1897); J. Summerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 27, p. 281 (Cambridge,1941).
Recorder: TMW

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