Monument at Merton College Chapel, Oxford commemorating Henry Savile d. 1622
Location
Merton College Chapel, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Transcript
‘MS / HENRICVS SAVILE MILES COLLEGII / MERTONENSIS CUSTOS / ETONENSIS PRAEPOSITV / FVI / EXVVIAS CORPORIS FRVSTRA SIT QVI HIC QVAERAT / SERVAT PRAENOBILE DEPOSITVM ETONA / PERENNEM VIRTVTVM AC BENEFACTORVM / MEMORIAM / QVIBVS COLLEGIVM VTRVMQ. ACADEMIAM IMPRIMIS / OXONIENSEM COMPLEXVS EST, IPSVMQVE ADEO / MVNDVM HABET SIBI DEBENDI REVM / AFFECTVS INSVPER PENTISSIMAE UXORIS / POSSIDET ISTE LAPIS B.M.P. Margereta Coniux obsequentissima / in hoc uno quod posuit pie immorigera / OBIIT Ao DNI CIC . ICC . XXI, FERBRVAR : XIX’ [painted over figures] 'Chrystsostomus', 'Ptolomaeus', 'Euclides', 'Tacitus'.
Details
Type: Monument
People
Age:
Date of Death: 1622
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Scholar
Organisation: Merton College; Eton
Extra
Bibliography: Dr Jean Wilson 'Ethics Girls', 'Church Monuments' vol xiii (1998), p. 91.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2018
Photographer: B. Tomlinson