Monument in St Clement’s Church, Knowlton, Kent commemorating Sir John Narborough RN and James Narborough RN d. 1707 in the loss of the ‘Association’
Location
St Clement's Church, Knowlton, Kent, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / Sr. JOHN NARBROUGH Bart. / & / JAMES NARBROUGH Esq / the only surviving sons of Sr. John Narbrough Knt. / Admirall of the Fleet in the Reigns of King Charles / the 2d. and King James the 2d. who with their entirely / belov'd Father in Law Sr. CLOUDESLY SHOVEL Knt. / Rear Admirall of Great Brittain and Admirall and / Commander in Cheife of the Fleet under her Present / Majesty Queen Anne, were unfortunately Shipwreckt / in the Night upon the Rocks of Scilly the 22d. of / October 1707. / Great was the Loss of these two Young Gentlemen whose / Obliging Conversation, Constant Friendship, & Religious / Duty were the Admiration of all that knew Them. They were / Ingenious, Virtuous, Pious, / Happy in their Inclinations, Happy in their Fortunes / Unhappy only in their Fate / The Ardency of their Affection had this Peculiar in it, / That their Mutuall Impatience of living long Asunder, / was the Great Occasion of their Dying both Together, / The Elder in the 23d. and the Younger in the 22d. Years of their Age / Dame ELIZABETH SHOVEL, their disconsolate Mother / as a Perpetual Memorial of her Inexpressible Greife / Hath raised and for ever Consecrated this Monument. / Nescit Naufragium Virtus'
Details
Type: Monument
Vessel: Association
People
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/10/1707
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Narborough, James
Age: 22
Date of Death: 22/10/1707
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: John Newman 'Buildings of England: North East and East Kent' (Harmondsworth, 1983) p. 368; Rupert Gunnis 'History in Marble', 'Country Life' vol. cxviii, pp.396-398 (25 August, 1955).