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APPENDIX E. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.

Stone slab in High Wycombe Church.
Here lyeth the Body of
Thomas Archdale Esq
who departed this 1ife
August 9th 1711,
aged 36 years.
Arms. Archdale, impaling, Sable, a chevron ermine between
3 millrinds or, on a chief argent a lyon passant gules, Turner.
The shield is surmounted by the Archdale crest and helm.

 

Tablet in St. Nicholas' Church, King's Lynn.

“ Near this place are deposited the remains of Anne, wife of John Wilson Esqr, who departed this life 26th September 1767, aged 65. She was a virtuous woman, whose example in all relations of 1ife was worthy of imitation.  Also six of their children were here buried, Catherine,  Mary,  Eliz.,  John,  Robert, John, their eldest son, was buried at Didlington 1725, Archdale perished at Sea on board ye Prince George man-of-war (burnt 11th April 1758) on his travels to Italy. John Wilson Esqre departed this life 14th May 1781, in tbe 84th year of his age. He was Sheriff of this county 1735, Mayor of this borough 1753, and in every stage of his life a just and worthy man.”

Arms. Sable, a wolf salient or, in chief a fleur-de-1ys between two crescents argent, Wilson impaling Archdale.

Gravestone in Southwick Churchyard, Co. Durham.
William Rowley Archdall,
Incumbent of this Parish.
Died April 19th l863,
aged 60 years.
Catherine Archdall
wife of the above,
Died October 16th 1881,
aged 70 years.
Sophia Elton Freeman, daughter of
Francis Elton and Louisa Hewan Freeman,
and grand-daughter of the above,
Died October 31st . . . . . , aged 5 months.

 

Mural tablet in Mullingar Church, Co. Westmeath.

Here 1ie the remaims of the Rev. Randolph Adams, who was descended from an illustrious family in Lincolnshire, born himself at Oxford, graduated A.M. and S.T.D at Trinity College, Dublin and died in 1675. Also in memory of his wife Mary, eldest daughter of John Archdall Esq. of Darsham in Suffolk, and their numerous descendants. children and grandchildren. Repaired by order of their desceudant, Randal Adams, of Rathconnell, in 1819. ”

Note. The original inscription is in Latin. See Gent. Mag. , Nov. 10. 1847, p. 484.

 

Stone tablet in Lusk Church, Co. Dublin.
Below
liethe the Body
of
William Archdall,
Citizen of Dublin.
Born September 29th 1683
and
Died September 6th 175l.
This monument was erected
To the memory
of a
Tender Husband,
An affectinate Father,
A sincere friend.
And an honest Man,
by
Henrietta,
His afflicted Widow,


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by Henry Blackwood Archdale. Printed at the Impartial Reporter Office, Enniskillen, by Wm. Trimble , 1925
2nd Ed. (Rev.), Combs &c. Research Group, Inc., © 2000