Curious Epitaphs

Part 12

Chapter 122,113 wordsPublic domain

Alfred, King of Northumbria, 179

Aliscombe, 14

Alley, Samuel, 142

Amelia, Princess, 45

Amies, James, 220

Amputation, Death from, 228

Amys, Thomas, 209

Andrews, Sarah, 41

Appleby, H. C., quoted, 167

Architect, 216

Armison, Sarah, 40

Ashford, Mary, 199

Ashover, 77

Atholl, Duke of, 146

Attorney-at-Law, 216

Ault Hucknall, 93

Axon, W. E. A., quoted, 198

Bacchanalian Epitaphs, 105-118

Bagshaw, Samuel, 15

Baily, Mary, 41

Baker, 19

Bakewell, 121-125, 117, 214

Ball, H. W., quoted, 225

Barber-surgeons, 172-173, 177

Bardsley, Rev. C. W., 22

Barker, Christopher, 33

Barnstaple, 139

Barrow-on-Soar, 138

Barton, Norfolk, 209

Barton-on-Humber, 225

Barwick-in-Elmet, 65

Baskerville, 33

Bassoon player, 77

Bath, 80

Battersea, 55

Battle, wager of, 199-201

Beach, Mary, 43

Becke, Rev. J., 136

Beckenham, 42

Beckley, 85

Bede, Cuthbert, quoted, 125

Bedworth, 97

Beefsteak Society, 227

Belbroughton, 126

Bell, Nathaniel, 39

Bellow, J. F., 52

Bellows-maker, 17

Berkeley, 3

Besford, 39

Betts, Sarah, 41

Beverley, 52, 58, 81, 219

Biffin, Sarah, 162

Bill o' Jacks and Tom o' Bills, 201

Billinge, Wm., 49

Bingham, 120

Bingley, 130

Birmingham, 33

Birstal, 97

Blackett, Joseph, 17

Blacksmith, 11

Bletchley, 139

Blind Jack, 149-153

Bloomfield, Mary, 228

Boar's Head, 114-116

Bodger, Samuel, 56

Boles, Richard, 51

Bolsover, 3

Bolton, Lancashire, 158

Bolton, Yorkshire, 153

Bond, Thomas and Mary, 223

"Book of Days," quoted, 86, 128, 218

Booker, Dr., quoted, 199

Bookseller, 9

Booth, Jno., 75

Booth, Tom, 94-97

Boston, America, 28, 30

Botanist, 22

Bowes, 205

Bradbury, William and Thomas, 201

Bradley, William, 159

Bray, Henrietta M., 80

Bremhill, 50

Brewer, 105

Brickmaker, 14

Bridgeford-on-the-Hill, 5

Briggs, Hezekiah, 130

Brighton, 59

Briscoe, John D., quoted, 158

Briscoe, J. Potter, quoted, 110, 203

Bristol, 19, 222

Broadbent, Jno., 132

Bromsgrove, 6

Brousard, James, 36

Browne, Susan, 221

Buckett, Jno., 107

Builder, 14

Bullen, Rev. H., 7

Bullingham, 14

Bunney, 101

Burbage, 91

Burkitt, Jonathan, 226

Burned to death, 213

Burns, Robert, quoted, 109

Burton, 205

Burton, Edward, 202

Burton, Joyce, 213

Burton-on-Trent, 38

Bury, St. Edmunds, 31, 57, 211, 212

Butler, a, 106

Butler, Samuel, 81, 164-166

Butler, Samuel William, 82

Buttress, J. E., 69

Byfield, Sarah, 111

Byng, John, 67

Byron, Lord, 8, 17

Bywater, Jno., 112

Cadman, 86

Caerlaverock, 174

Campbell, Patrick, 65

Carmichael, Jas., 65

Carpenter, 15

Carrier, 8

Cartwright, Hy., 94

Cary, Rev. H. F., quoted, 183

Castleton, 216

Cave, of Barrow-on-Soar, 138

Cave, Edward, 11

Cave, Jos., 10

Cave, William, 11

Caxton, William, 24

Chambers, Dr. Wm., 24, 25

Chancel door, buried at the, 214

Chapman, Dr. T., 154

Chapman, Wm., 42

Charles I., 51

Charles II., epitaph on, 169

Charlton, Jno., 92

Chatham, 110

Chatsworth, 35

Checkley, 135

Chelsea Hospital veteran, 49

Chepman, William, 24-25

Chepstow, 170

Chester, 13, 57, 228

Clay, Hercules, 168

Clay, Thomas, 117

Cleater, Samuel, 214

Clemetshaw, Hy., 73

Cliff, Elizabeth, 213

Clifton, 80

Clockmakers, 1-5

Cloth-drawer, 17

Coachdriver, 7

Coffin, curious, 166

Coincidences, remarkable, 178

Cole, Dean, 137

Cole, of Lillington, 138

Collison, D., 70

Colton, 14

Cooks, 227

Corby, 20

Corporation cook, 227

Corser, Henry, 178

Coster, Claude, 232-233

Cotton, John, 28

Coventry, 34, 101, 103

_Coventry Mercury_, 34

Cowper, Wm., 182, 184-185

Crackles, Thos., 70

Crazford, 119

Creton, 213

Crich, Vicar of, 12

Cricketer, 102, 103

Cruikshank, George, 192-194

Cruker, Joseph, 17

Currie, James, 230

Cynical epitaph, 216

Dalamoth, Jane, 215

Dale, John, 177

Dalry, 222

Danish soldiers, 52-55

Darenth, 110

Darfield, 219

Darlington, 132

Darnborough, Wm., 131

Dart, Rose, 139

Dartmouth, 66

Davidson, Alex., 67

Day, Will., 136

Deaf and dumb man, 205

Deakin, Rowland, 157

Deal, 68, 69

Deal boatman, 68

Deans, Jeanie, 173-174

Death from political excitement, 204

Defoe, Daniel, 181

Depledge, Thomas, 219

Dereham, 182

Devonshire, Duke of, 35

Dinsdale, Dr. F., 207

Disley, 36

Dixon, Geo., 93

"Domestic Annals of Scotland," quoted, 156

Dove, John, 109

Drew, Mary, 210

Drowned, 212-213

Drunkard, 110

Dublin, 30

Duck, S., 87-90

Dunkeld, 156

Dunse, 83

Dunton, 7

Dwarf, Yorkshire, 160

Dyer, 16

Eakring, 94

Early English epitaph, 209

Earthenware, dealer in, 13

Earwaker, J. P., 37

Easton, Wm., 70

Ecclesfield, 94

Edensor, 35, 36

Edinburgh, 24, 32, 186, 229

Edmonds, Jno., 66

Edmonton, 183

Edwalton, 110

"Edwin and Emma," 206

Eltham, 39

Engine-driver, 6

Engineer, 6

Epitaphs on Soldiers and Sailors, 49-72

Epsom, 41

Eton, 111

Etty, Wm., 190-192

Exciseman, 116

Eyre, Vincent, 203-205

Fairholt, F. W., 190

Families, large, 221-222

Fatal prize-fights, 102

Faulkner, George, 30

Female soldiers, 58

Fiddler, 75

Field, Bishop, 135

Field, Joseph, 134

Fisher, Jno., 39

Flixton, 75

Flockton, Thomas, 132

Folkestone, 112

Fools, 85

Fort William, 65

Franklin, Abiah, 30

Franklin, Benjamin, 26-30

Franklin, Josiah, 30

Freland, Mrs., 110

Garden, burial in, 202

Gardener, 36

Garrick, David, 78; quoted, 80, 188

Gaskoin, Jenny, 43-45

Gaskoin, Mary, 45

Gay, 210

Gedge, L., 31

_Gentleman's Magazine_, quoted, 123

George III., 43

George IV., 61

Giant, Yorkshire, 159

Gilling, 218

Gillingham, 84

Gladiator, 101

Glasgow, 83-84

Gloucester Abbey, 167

_Gloucester Notes and Queries_, 181

Goldsmith, Dr. O., 115

Goldsmith, Thomas, 66

Good and Faithful Servants, 35-43

Grainge, Wm., quoted, 153

Gray, Catherine, 13

Gray, John William, 213

Gray, Robert, 18

Great events, 155

Great Limber, 43

Great Marlow, 38

Greenwich, 107

Griffiths, George, 56

Grindon, 220

_Guardian_, quoted, 137

Guy, John, 166-167

Hackett, Robert, 92

Haigh, Brian, 177

Hall, Micah, 216

Hamilton, 72

Hampstead, 4

Hampsthwaite, 160

Hanslope, 102

Harrison, John, 4-5

Harrison, Wm., 71

Hart, Thomas, 120

Hartwith, 131

Haselton, Mary, 211

Hawksworth, Dr., 11

Hayley, quoted, 11, 182

Heardson, Edward, 227

Hedderwick, James, quoted, 84

Hedon, 221

Henbury, 46

Hessel, Phoebe, 58-64

Hessle, 16

Hewet, John, 210

Heywood, James, 15

High Wycombe, 5, 166

Hill, Dr. Otwell, 137

Hillingdon, 46

Hilton Castle, fool at, 86

Hindle, Thomas, 4

Hippisley, Jno., 79

Hiseland, Wm., 49

Hobson, carrier, 8

Hogarth, Wm., 187-190

Honest man, 220

Horncastle, 72

Hornsea, 135

Howard, John, 22

"Hudibras," author of, 164-166

Hughenden, 166

Hull, 70, 71, 72, 74, 112, 127, 134, 212, 215, 223

Hull Fair, giant at, 160

Hulm, John, 34

Huntrodds, Francis, 178

Huntsman, 92, 93, 94, 97

Hutchinson, Henry, 144-5

Hythe, 104

Innkeeper, 106-110

Irongray, 173

Island of Juan Fernandez, 180

Isnell, Peter, 119

Jackson, Thomas, 84

Jenkins, Henry, 153-156

Jennings, Ann, 222

Jewitt, L., quoted, 121

Jobling, Mrs. C., quoted, 163

Jones, Alderman J., 167

Jones, Edward, 25

Jones, Stephen, 228

Joy, Richard, 162

Keeper, 92, 94

Kelly, Rev. John, 145

Kempsey, 40

Kentish Samson, 162

Kettlethorpe, 136

King, John, 42

Kingsbridge, 214

Kirk Braddan, 140-148

Kirk Hall, 214

Knight, Charles, 91

Lackington, James, 9

Lamb, Charles and Mary, 183-185

Lambert, Daniel, 161

Lambert, George, 74

Lambeth, 22

Lanchbury, Sarah, 40

Large families, 221-222

Laurence Lideard, 222

Leake, Thomas, 97-100

Lightning, killed by, 210-211

Lillington, 137

Lillyard, Maiden, 158

Lincoln, 137

Little Driffield, 179

Liverpool, 105, 162

Lloyd, Sarah, 212

Loddon, 176

Logner Hall, 202

London, 7, 49, 86, 102, 108, 115, 192

Longevity, 37

Longnor, 15, 49

Low value of human life, 212

Ludlow, 7

Luton, 93

Lydford, 1

Lynn, 227

Macbeth, Jno., 76

Macclesfield, 228

Malibran, Madame, 78

Manchester, 22

Manxland Epitaphs, 140-148

Market Weighton, 159

Marrying man, 222

Marten, Henry, 170-172

Martin, John, 20, 147

Martyrs' monument, 229

Mason, 14

Mason, Mrs. Mary, 222

Mason, Rev. Wm., 222

Master of foxhounds, 92

Mather, Wm., 36

Mauchline, 109

Mawer, Rev. John, 207

Maxton, 158

M'Carrey, P., 142

M'Kay, Alex., 102

Medford, Grace, 139

Melton Mowbray, 112

Merivale, 134

Merrett, Thomas, 172

Metcalf, John, 149-153

Micklehurst, 112

Middleditch, Wm., 57

Middleton Tyas, 207

Miller, 19

Miller, Joe, 86-91

Miscellaneous Epitaphs, 209-233

Mob-Cap, 45

Model publican, 198

Moore, John, 217

Morecambe, 47

Morris, Captain, quoted, 227

Morville, 92

Mottram, 93

Murdered men, 218-220

Musicians and Actors, Epitaphs on, 73-91

Napier, J. M., 57

Napoleon, Emperor, 142

Negro servants, 46, 47-48, 142

Newark, 168

Newcastle-on-Tyne, 120

Newhaven, 105

Newport, Mon., 76

Newton, George, 93

North Scarle, 57

North Wingfield, 117

Norwich, 73, 80, 111, 221

Notable Persons, Epitaphs on, 149-208

_Notes and Queries_, quoted, 113

Nottingham, 95, 203

Nottingham Date-Book, quoted, 95

Ockham, 16

Okey, John, 158

"Old Mortality," 174-176

Ollerton, 106

Orange, Prince of, 52

Organ blower, 74

Organist, 73, 74

Oxford, 17

Pady, James, 14

Page, Jno. T., quoted, 187, 189, 194-197

Pannal, 106

Parish Clerks and Sextons, Epitaphs on, 119-133

Parkes, Jno., 101

Park-keeper, 37

Parkyns, Sir Thomas, 101

Parr, Edward, 57

Patcham, 218

Paterson, Robert, 174-176

Patrington, 221

Pearce, Dicky, 85

Peirce, Thomas, 3

Pennecuik, A., 156

Pershore, 40

Peterborough, 128, 138

Petersham, 37

Pettigrew, T. J., quoted, 113, 222

Petworth, 41

Philadelphia, 28

Phillips, John, 35

Phillpot, Geo., 68

Pickering, Robt., 71

Pickford, Rev. Jno., quoted, 52

Piper, Scotch, 76

Piscatorial epitaphs, 104

Pleasant, Toby, 46

Plumber, 16

Pope, 210

Portsmouth, 67, 194

Portugal, King of, 20

Potter, 13

Pounds, John, 194-197

Poynton, 37

Preston, 197

Preston, Richard, 132

Preston, Robt., 116

Prissick, George, 16

Pritchard, Mrs., 79

Protestant, a zealous, 202

Pryme, Abraham de la, 53

Punning Epitaphs, 134-140

Punster, 140

Putney, 67

Puzzle, the, 232

Pyper, Mary, 186-187

Quill-driver, 215

Quin, James, 80

Ragged Schools, founder of, 194-197

Railton, Martha, 206

Ratcliffe-on-Soar, 120

Raw, Frank, 120

Regicide, 170-172

Ridge, Thos., 94

Ridsdale, Jane, 160

Ringer, 130

Roberts, Anne, 80

Robertson, John, 222

"Robinson Crusoe," 181

Rochester on Charles II., 169

Roe, Philip, 125

Roe, Samuel, 122

Rogers, Dr. Charles, quoted, 174, 176

Rogers, Rebecca, 113

Ross, Frederick, quoted, 160

Rotherham, 19

Rothwell, Leeds, 132

Routleigh, George, 1

Rudder, Samuel, 181

Rugby, 10

Running footman, 46

Saddleworth, 132, 201

Sailors and Soldiers, 49-72

Salisbury, 102

Sambo's grave, 47-48

Samson, Kentish, 162

Sands, Rev. Samuel, 227

Santon, 148

Sarnesfield, 216

Saving money for a funeral, 228

Scales, Daniel, 218

Scarlett, Old, 128-130

Scatchard, Thomas, 202

Scipio Africanus, 46

Scotland, printing introduced into, 24

Scott, Jno., 105

Scott, Margery, 156

Scott, Sir Walter, 173

Scrivenor, Wm., 227

Scrope, Capt. G., 103

Sculcoates, 215

Seaham, 17

Seizing the dead for debt, 117

Selby, 66, 67, 120

Selkirk, Alexander, 180

Servants, Good and Faithful, 35-43

Sextons and Parish Clerks, 119-133

Shakespeare, Wm., 176

Sheffield, 9

Sherman, Mary, 222

Shoemaker, 17

Shorthand epitaph, 215

Shrewsbury, 86, 157, 178

Sign of the Boar's Head, 114

Silkstone, 13

Simpson, Jeremiah, 202

Skullcross, Philip, 215

Slaves freed, 46

Slater, Joseph, 2

Sleaford, 17

Smith, Isaac, 56

Smith, Robt., 121

Smoke money, 113

Smuggler, 218-219

Soldiers and Sailors, 49-72

South Cave, 201

Southam, 227

Southill, 67

Southwell, 8

Spalding, Jos., 66

Sparke, Rose, 139

_Spectator_, quoted, 68

Spofforth, 149

Spong, John, 16

Sportsmen, Epitaphs on, 92-104

Stalham, 220

Stamford, 161

Stanton Harcourt, 210

St. Helena, 142

St. Peter's, Isle of Thanet, 162

Stockbridge, 107

Stokes, Thomas, 205

Stone, John, 128

Stoney Middleton, 77

Strange farewell sermon, 12

Street, Amos, 97

Straker, Daniel, 52

Stratford-on-Avon, 176

Strutt, Matthew, 214

Strutton, Wm., 221

Suffolk, Earl of, 46

Sunderland Point, 47

Sutton Coldfield, 39, 198

Swain, Charles, quoted, 82

Swair, Edward, 19

Swift, quoted, 85, 90-91

Swift, Geo., 77

"Tales of a Grandfather," 157

Tappy, Jas., 39

Taunton, 18

Tawton, 139

Taylor, John, 13

Taylor, Jno., quoted, 108

Tear, Daniel, 148

Teetotal, author of the word, 197

Tennis ball, 103

Tewkesbury Abbey, 172

Thackerey, Jos., 106

Theodore, King of Corsica, 180

Thetcher, Thomas, 118

Thompson, Francis, 106

Thompson, Rev. Patrick, 140

Thornton, Abraham, 199

Thorsby Park, 95

Thursday, events on, 214

Tideswell, 177

Tidmington, 40

Tiffey, Jack, 140

_Times_, quoted, 3

Tipper, Thomas, 105

Tonbridge, 111

Tonson, Jacob, 26

Tradescants, 21-22

Tradesmen, Epitaphs on, 1-23

Trowsdale, T. B., quoted, 170

Turar, T., 19

Turner, Richard, 197

Twickenham, 43

Typographical Epitaphs, 24-34

Uley, 181

Upton-on-Severn, 107

Uttoxeter, 2

Vegetarian, 181

Wager of battle, 199-201

Wakefield, 73

Walcott, 217

Wales, Prince of, 44

Walford, Edward, 3

Walker, Helen, 173

Walker, John, 5

Wall, David, 77

Wallas, Robt., 120

Warren, Sir George, 37

Watchmakers, 1-5

Watson, Jos., 36

Waverley novels, 175

Weaver, 17

Weem, 64

Welton, 202

Westminster, 24, 78, 79, 165

Weston, 17

Whalley, 198

Whitaker, Dr., 198

Whitby, 178

Whitehall, Rev. J., 135

Whittaker, Wm., 67

Whitty, Mary, 38

Whitworth, Rev. R. H., quoted, 97

Wigglesworth, John, 198

Wilks, Major, 142

Williamson, Adam, 32

Wimbledon, 20

Winchester Cathedral, 51, 118

Windsor, St. George's Chapel, 45

Wirksworth, 215

Wiseman, Wm., 217

Wolstanton, 222

Woodbridge, 66

Wordsworth, Wm., 144

Worme, Sir Richard, 138

Worrall, Thomas, 126

Wrestler, 101

Wright, Joe, 20

Wrightson, Rodger, 206

Wynter, Sir Edward, 55

Yarmouth, 16, 56, 104

York, 191, 212

Yorkshire dwarf, 160

Yorkshire giant, 159

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Hooper's "Notes on the Church of St. Peter of Mancroft, Norwich" (1895).

[2] "Annals of Newark-upon-Trent," by Cornelius Brown, published 1879.

[3] London, 1873.

[4] Jno. T. Page, in "Bygone Hampshire" (1899).

[5] Black's "Guide to Yorkshire."

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