Memorial: M3699

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Ripple, Kent commemorating Captain Andrew Rand d. 1680

Location

St Mary's Church, Ripple, Kent, England

Transcript

'Here lyeth the body of / CAPT ANDREW RAND son of Mr ANDREW RAND / of DEALE who married MARY the / daughter of Mr SARLES MARCH: Hee / Dyed [3rd July] 1680 in ye 70th year of his Age. / And of MARY their Daughter married to / JOHN PARKER Gent and Merchant of the / Citty of LONDON. Shee departed this life / the 25th day of November 1670 / in the 36th Yeare / of her / Age'

Details

Description: Marble cartouche surrounded by palm branches, with a scroll and acanthus leaves at the top. A draped urn above. At the base of the cartouche, carved flowers and fruit flanked by two panels with ships in relief. Coat of arms below. Arms: Or, a lion rampant, gules, charged on the neck with three chevrons, argent; impaling a cross, flury, between four dogs heads, erased.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Chancel
Materials: white marble

People

Rand, Andrew
Age: 70
Date of Death: 3/7/1680
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Associated ledger on the floor.
Bibliography: John Newman 'Buildings of England: North East and East Kent' (Harmondsworth, 1983), p. 434. See also Kent Archaeological Society, inscription recorded by Rev. Bryan Fausett 1759. Andrew Rand buried on 7th July 1680.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981
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