Wall tablet in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk commemorating Admiral of the White, Sir William Rowley RN d. 1768 and Vice Admiral of the White, Sir Joshua Rowley RN d. 1790
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR WILLIAM ROWLEY, K.B. / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE; / WHO DIED THE 1ST OF JANUARY, 1768, / AGED 79 YEARS. / ALSO OF / SIR JOSHUA ROWLEY, BART. / VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE; / WHO DIED THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY 1790 / AGED 59 YEARS. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY SIR WILLIAM ROWLEY, BART. / SON AND GRAND-SON, / TO COMMEMORATE HIS AFFECTION WHILST LIVING, / AND PERPETUATE THEIR MEMORY WHEN DEAD.'
Details
Description: Two Rowley coats of arms carved on a rectanglar panel above the inscription. This has a rectangular pediment, with anthemion acroteria. A flaming lamp is placed above, flanked with an ensign and pennants and an anchor and compass.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Wall of south chancel
Materials: White and grey marble
Date Erected: 1813
Artists: John Bacon, the younger
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Wall of south chancel
Materials: White and grey marble
Date Erected: 1813
Artists: John Bacon, the younger
People
Rowley, William
Age: 79
Date of Death: 1/1/1768
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rowley, Joshua
Age: 59
Date of Death: 26/2/1790
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 79
Date of Death: 1/1/1768
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rowley, Joshua
Age: 59
Date of Death: 26/2/1790
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton 1984