Memorial: M4349

Ledger in St Mary’s Church, Tenby commemorating Robert Salter d. 1764

Location

St Mary's Church, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'Under this stone / Lies the body of ROBT SALTER / Late Master of the / Kelmstoun Sloop of Emsworth / Who dyed May 30th 1764 / Aged 50 years / With youthful Strength the Seas I have Sail'd / In Boreas Storms I have toiled / But now pale Death hath brought me low / And lav'd me like a Child / This stone / Erected by Frances his Wife' '

Details

Type: Ledger
Position: Floor, north aisle
Materials: Black limestone
Vessel: Kelmstoun

People

Salter, Robert
Age: 50
Date of Death: 30/5/1764
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Sighted B. Tomlinson 5/9/2018.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978

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