Table Tomb Approximately 14 Metres South Of South Porch Of Church Of St Mary The Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Castle Point local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. A C18 Monument, tomb.
Table Tomb Approximately 14 Metres South Of South Porch Of Church Of St Mary The Virgin
- WRENN ID
- night-column-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Castle Point
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1986
- Type
- Monument, tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SOUTH BENFLEET HIGH STREET TQ 78 NE 1/13 Table tomb approx. 14 metres south of south porch of Church of St. Mary the Virgin
GV II
Table tomb. Circa 1728. Red brick base, black header diapering, stone slab with moulded edges. The inscription, much worn in some places to James Matthews, farmer and hoyman, who served in almost every parish office between 1706 and 1728. "sixty three years our Hoyman sailed merrily around. Fourty four lived parishioner where he's aground. Five wives bear him thirty three children. Enough, land another as honest before he gets off." At the head of the inscription is a circle with foliate scrolls and a stork with folded wings, said to be the Matthews Coat of Arms.
Listing NGR: TQ7782586121
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