Memorial at Montrose Parish Church commemorating James Ogilvy d. 1634, mariner
Location
Parish Church, Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Transcript
'HIC IACET IAC / OB OGILVIVS RE NAVTICA INSIGNIS DEO / ET HOMINIBVS GRATVS PIETATIS [VLTOR AC SCELER=CVM HOSTIS AC]ERRIMV[S QVI]IN / PAT / RIAM CAELESTI / EM MIGRAVIT AN / NO 16[3]4', 'MENS / MANET ET / VIRTVS CE / TERA MO / RTIS ERVNT / OMNIA SIC IBVN / T SIC IVIBVS IBIT / IS IBVNT' (Here lies James Ogilvy, a notable seaman, pleasing to God and men, a follower of good, a most bitter foe to sin, who passed to his heavenly home in the year 1634. Mind and virtue alone abide, the rest belong to Death. Everything shall pass away. As we have passed away so shall you and the rest.)
Details
Description: The first two lines effaced to take a nineteenth century inscription.
Type: Gravestone
Type: Gravestone
People
Ogilvy, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1634
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:
Age:
Date of Death: 1634
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: Flora Davidson '17th century tombstones of Angus and the Mearns an inventory' p. 43