Memorial at St Michael and All Angels Church, Urchfont, Wiltshire to Richard Hallilay, Purser RN d. 1832
Location
St Michael and All Angels Church, Urchfont, Wiltshire, England
Transcript
'NEAR HIS SPOT ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF / RICHARD HALLILAY OF WEDHAMPTON ESQRE. / FOR UPWARDS OF 50 YEARS A PURSER OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET, / AND SECRETARY / TO THE LATE ADMIRALS PEYTON, LUTWIDGE AND ROWLEY. / HE WAS BORN AT WAKEFIELD ON THE 18TH OF JANY. 1736, / AND QUITTED THIS WORLD 2ND. NOVR. 1832 / THE DUTIES OF LIFE HE FULFILLED WITH ZEAL AND INTEGRITY, / BORE ITS TRIALS WITH CHRISTIAN RESIGNATION, / AND DIED IN HOPE OF A BLESSED IMMORTALITY. / "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, SAITH THE LORD: HE THAT / BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE: AND WHOSOEVER / LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME, SHALL NEVER DIE." / ALSO OF SARAH HIS WIFE, / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE REVD. EDWARD GODDARD M.A. / OF CLIFFE PYPARD IN TIS COUNTY, / WHO DIED 6TH. FEBY. 1840, AGED 82 YEARS.'
Details
Position: Vestry East Wall
Materials: Marble
People
Age: 96
Date of Death: 2/11/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Purser
Organisation: Royal Navy