Memorial: M3049

Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Admiral Sir John Ashby, RN d.1693.

Location

St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

[Slab] 'Hic jacet corpus / Johannes Ashby Equitis Auratii / qui obiit July 12 Anno Dni 1693 / Aetatis suae 48' [Wall tablet] [Translation] 'Sacred to the memory of / Sir JOHN ASHBY, Knight / Praefect at the Courts of SANDGATE / on whom, for his unshaken fidelity and approved of / Valour, in the engagement with the French at / BANTRY BAY / where he gloriously fought for his King and Country, / His Majesty conferred the honour of Knighthood / He afterwards gave many single examples of his bravery / and skilfulness in naval affairs / By which he obtained the post of Admiral and Commander / in chief of the Royal Navy, and general of marines / Adorned with these honours / He exchanged earthly glory for immortality / 12th July 1693'

Details

Description: Curved black marble inscription tablet, broken pediment above with urn, flanked by pilasters, trophies on a carved panel below and coat of arms at the base.
Type: Wall monument
Position: South aisle
Materials: Black marble
Vessel: Defiance

Event

Battle of Bantry Bay; Third Anglo-Dutch War; Battle of Schooneveld; Battle of Texel; The Glorious Revolution; War of the English Succession; Battle of Beachy Head; Action at Barfleur; Battle of La Hogue

Event Date

1689

Event Category

1688-1697 War of the League of Augsburg

People

Ashby, John
Age: 48
Date of Death: 12/7/1693
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral; General of Marines
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Marble floor slab in addition to the wall monument
Bibliography: Hugh D.W. Lees 'Chronicles of a Suffolk Parish Church: Lowestoft St Margaret' (Lowestoft 1949); 'Dictionary of National Biography'.

JSON

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