Mainprise Tomb Circa 10 Metres South West Of Church Of St James is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tombstone.
Mainprise Tomb Circa 10 Metres South West Of Church Of St James
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-wicket-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Tombstone
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HAMSTERLEY HAMSTERLEY NZ13SW 11/75 (inset) Mainprise tomb circa 10 metes south-west of Church of St. James GV II
Headstone. Circa 1785 to John Mainprise of South-side and members of his family to 1820. Sandstone ashlar slab c. 1.4 metres high, with shaped top. Pecked top panel with low-relief paired skulls under winged head and crown with motto ITA VITA. Acanthus and palm leaves at sides over incised scrolled wing heads flanking Greek inscription. Long, well-cut inscription begins 'What lies buried & neglected/beneath your feet contiguous to this Stone/was formerly JOHN MAINPRISE'. Rear inscription in Hebrew and verse 'Consider Man weigh well they Frame/The King the Beggar are the Same/Dust form'd us all, each breathes his Day, Then sinks into his native Clay'. Eroded line of Greek below, and inscriptions to other members of family.
Listing NGR: NZ1271230882
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