Memorial: M620

Monument at Holy Trinity Church, Hull commemorating Thomas Ferres d. 1631

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Hull, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS FERRES / WHO DIED 31ST JANUARY 1637 / AGED 62 YEARS / BORN IN A HUMBLE AND OBSCURE STATION, HE RAISED HIMSELF TO DISTINCTION AND HONOUR. / HE WAS MASTER OF A SHIP TRADING FROM HULL FOR SEVERAL YEARS / HE WAS ADMITTED A YOUNGER BROTHER AND SUBSEQUENTLY AN ELDER BROTHER OF TRINITY HOUSE / AND THREE TIMES ELECTED WARDEN OF THAT CORPORATION / HE WAS ALSO SHERIFF AND MAJOR OF HULL / IN THE ABUNDANCE OF HIS PROSPERITY HE DID NOT FORGET THE NEEDY / KNOWING THAT IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE / AND HAVING EXPERIENCED THE PERILS OF THE SEA HE ADMINISTERED ESPECIALLY TO THE WANTS / OF THE AGED AND WORN OUT SEAMAN. / CAREFUL IN HIS LIFETIME TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS / HE DEVOTED AT HIS DEATH THE BULK OF HIS PROPERTY TO PURPOSES OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY / TO MARK THEIR ADMIRATION OF HIS CHARACTER AND RESPECT FOR HIS MEMORY / THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE'

Details

Description: Bust of Ferres on a plinth behind full-length figures of an angel holding a cup to the lips of an aged seaman.
Type: Monument
Position: North side of chancel
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1859
Artists: Thomas Earle

People

Ferres, Thomas
Age: 62
Date of Death: 31/1/1631
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master. Elder brother Trinity House
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Notes: Original ledger with armorial bearings on floor nearby.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters