Memorial: M5961

Memorial in Portsmouth Cathedral to Richard Holford d. 1703

Location

Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'Neare this place lyeth / the body of Richard Holford Esqr. Eldest son / of Sr. Richard Holford of Lincolns Inn in / Com. Middx. Kt. Who having spent about / Tenn years in the service of King Wm. Ye / 3d of glorious memory and of her present / Majestie in the Navy Royall departed this / life the 16th day of Septmr. 1703, aged 28 / yeares & 7 months / Also the body of Stainer Holford son of the / Sd. Richards Holford Esq. and Anna his wife / who departed this life the 17th day of March / 1701 aged one year & 3 months. / This Monument placed here by ye / Sd. Anna ye disconsolate widow / in Memory of her late deare / husband and Sonn.'

Details

Description: The tablet covered by a carved draped cloth, a winged skull below, two cherubs' heads above, flanking the family arms and crest.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side of nave
Materials: Marble

People

Holford, Richard
Age: 28
Date of Death: 16/9/1703
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters