Memorial formerly at Saint Mary Woolnoth, London commemorating Sir William Phipps d. 1687
Location
Saint Mary Woolnoth, London, England
Transcript
'Near to this place is interred the body of Sir William Phips [sic], Knight, who, in the year 1687, by his great industry discovered among the rocks, near the Banks of Bahama on the north side of Hispaniola, a Spanish plate-ship which had been under water forty-four years out of which he took in gold and silver to the value of 300,000 pounds sterling; and with a fidelity equal to his conduct, brought it all to London where it was divided between himself and the rest of the Adventurers'
Details
Type: Tomb
People
Phipps, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1695
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: shipbuilder
Organisation:
Age:
Date of Death: 1695
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: shipbuilder
Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Monument no longer in existence. 1st Governor of the colony of Massachusetts Bay.
Bibliography: Philip Ellaby Cleator 'Treasure for the taking' (London, 1960).
Recorder: David Saunders 1983
Bibliography: Philip Ellaby Cleator 'Treasure for the taking' (London, 1960).
Recorder: David Saunders 1983