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Memorial: M4644

Monument in Waltham Abbey, Essex commemorating Robert Smith d. 1697

Location

Church, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England

Transcript

'Sub hoc marmore sepultae iacent exuviae Roberti Smith Navis Onerariae quondam Gubernatoris qui diversas mundi plagas visitavit Unde famam reportavit etiam et divitias. Vir fuit Integer vitae scelisque purus Utpote qui Inter marium hostiumque discrimine fortitudinem nunquam amisit inter res pecuniarias Probitem semper serravit Res humanas et cunque secundas tandem pertasus Villam prope ab hoc Templo sitam Solitudinis gratia petiit. Ubi procul negotiis dum Agricultura se dedit Otium egit non ignobile. Natos fuit apud BANBURY in agro OXONIENSI Nones Februariae Aerae Christi MDCXXXVII ex familia antiqua quidem et olim satis opulenti. Quam postea inclinatam et ad angustias Fortunae quo dammodo redactam Ipse vivens pie sustantavit et moriens probe curavit Calendis Martii anno Domini MDCXCVII Quiem vis sex lustra complererat Dum ad Sacra ex more suo frequentanda se comparabat Apoplexia percussus Ex integra Valetudine celeri pede ad beatam transiit immortalitatem. MARIAM DUFFEILD e MEDMENHAM in Comitatu Buckinghamiensi Unicam habuit ex que prolim quidem nullam suscipit... '

Details

Description: Sarcophagus with an urn above. There are four cherubs' heads at the corners above shields of arms. On the sarcophagus within a garland of gun, pistol, crown, astrolabe, cross staff, back staff, sounding lead, sand glass; a relief of a ship labelled 'Industria' avoiding a rock labelled 'Socordia'. Inscription and urn carved on the black marble lid.
Type: Table tomb
Position: North chancel aisle
Materials: Alabaster, black marble
Artists: Grinling Gibbons

People

Smith, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1697
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: E. Higgs 'Waltham Abbey' (Pitkin 1979); K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) p. 97, 120 (illustration).
Recorder: Timothy H. Wilson 1979
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