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St. Lawrence's Church, Towcester - Monuments

Benson
  Benson monument   Drawing by T. Trotter (1802)    
  Benson monument Drawing by T. Trotter (1802)  
  Coat of arms at base of monument   Drawing by T. Trotter (1802)    
  Coat of arms at base of monument Drawing by T. Trotter (1802)  



"Juxta Repositae Jacent Animarum Reliquiae
Gulielmi Benson Armigeri,
Elizabethae Benson Uxoris suae,
Filiiq: Utrisque Unici Georgii Benson,
Qui natu Die 4th Martii An. 1682, Primios
(Natum sic nolente) desut Vivere Die 12, Jan. An. 1684.
Pater natus 18th die Aprilis, An. 1649,
Obiit Die 5 Novembris, An. 1691.
Uxor Elizabethae Benson Clarissimo Patre
Et Viro Venerahili Joharme Wallis S.T.P.
Et Matheseos Professore Oxoniae, Nata
Die 23 Septembris Anno 1658,
Cum Diu fuisset conjugis et Pueri Superstes
Vitam summa Integritate Actam
Morte Clausit Pientissima Julii 16 An. 1703

Quorum Memorae Sacrum Monumentum Hoc
Posuit Anna Blencowe, viri Honorabilis Johannis
Blencowe Militis Unius Justicariorum de Banco
Conjux, et Elizabethae Benson Sola Soror
et Testamenti Executrix"



Mary and George Benson
The drawing of the slab is of blue granite, displaying the arms and inscription of George Benson Esq. (T.Trotter (1802))

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF
GEORGE BENSON ESQ.
OF THIS TOWNE,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
APRIL THE 30TH ANNO DOM
1687,
AGED 88 YEARS
AS ALSO THE BODY OF MARY
RELICT OF THE SAID GEORGE
WHO DIED NOVEMBER THE
21ST A.D. 1693




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This page is from the Towcester and District Local History Society website.
Acknowledgements and a full list of sources and references can be found [here].
The section was last updated on 18th April 2007

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