Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Bekesbourne, Kent commemorating Captain Richard Fogg RN d. 1681
Location
St Peter's Church, Bekesbourne, Kent, England
Transcript
'Here lyeth ye body of Richard / Fogg Esq. descended of the / Ancient family of Foggs of / this County he faithfully sarued / King Charles First as Captaine / of Seurall of his men of ware /at sea afterward he retired / himselfe to a private life in this / Parish; & attained unto ye eighty / fifth yeare of his age; deceased / ye 15th day of August / in ye yeare of our lord one / Thousand six Hundred / eighty one.'
Details
Description: Black marble slab with incised Roman lettering in an architectural surround, with a scrolled broken pediment on a stepped cornice. Above the arms and crest of the Fogg family.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Vestry West Wall
Materials: Marble, stone
Type: Wall monument
Position: Vestry West Wall
Materials: Marble, stone
People
Fogg, Richard
Age: 85
Date of Death: 15/8/1681
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 85
Date of Death: 15/8/1681
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Arms. Blazon: Argent, on a fess sable between three annulets as many mullets pierced of the first, in chief a crescent for difference. Crest: On a wreath, a unicorn's head argent, collared and bearded or. DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2007
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2007