Memorial: M975

Memorial at St Helen’s Bishopsgate to Richard Staper d. 1608

Location

St Helen's Bishopsgate, London, England

Transcript

'Here resteth the bodie of the / worshipful Richard Staper electid / Alderman of this cittye Anno 1594 hee / was the greatest merchant in his / tyme the chiefest actor in Discoveri, of / the trades of turkey, and East / India, A man hvmble in Prosperity, / payneful and ever ready in the / affayres publiqve and discreetely', 'Careful of his private, a liberal / howsekeeper, bowntifvl to the poore, / an vpright dealer in the world, / and a devovt aspirer after the world / to come Much blest in his posterity, and / happy in his and their allyavnces. He / dyed in the last Iune Anno Domine 1608 / Intravit ut exiret'

Details

Description: Within two arches kneeling figures of a man with five sons and a woman with four daughters, the monument is flanked by Corinthian columns, strap work and a cartouche of arms above. The hull of a ship on the top.
Type: Wall monument
Position: South side of aisle

People

Staper, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 30/6/1608
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Merchant
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton 1982
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters