Jefferis Monument In The Churchyard Approximately 3.5M South Of Church Of St Michael

SO 90 NE DUNTISBOURNE ROUSE DUNTISBOURNE ROUSE VILLAGE

6/86 Jefferis monument in the churchyard approximately 3.5m south of Church of St. Michael

GV II

Chest tomb. Dated 1611. Limestone with contemporary brass inscription plate. Long and narrow with plain ends and sides. Very thick chamfered top and chamfered base. Inscription plate on south side reads: 'AN / ELEGIE OF ELIZABETH JEFFERIS WYDOWE OF JOHN / JEFFERIS OF DVNSBVRNE VPON HIS DEATH WHO / DECEASED THE XII DAY OF SETEMBER 1611 / TWO BODYES ONE VNITED HART CONTEINED / FAST LINCKT IN LOYAL LEAGVE OF TRVE AFFECTION / BVT DEATH, THAT SVCH A SWEETE CONTENT DISDAIND / MAD OF ONE HALFE TO IMMANVRE DISCRETION / ONE HALFE YET LIVES ALASSE, WHY LIVES IT LONGER? / IT LIVES TO MAKE MY GRIEFE AND SORROWES STRONGER / YET TILL THE TIME MY FATALL THRED BEE SPUNNE / MY HALFE SHALL PAY PERPETVALL OBSEQVIES / AS FRESH AS WHEN MY FIRME LOVE FIRST BEGVNNE / AND DECK THY HEARSE WITH ENDLESS ELEGIES / WHEN IN SELFE SAME THRISE DESIRED SHRINE / MY BODY SHALL THE LAST REST TAKE BY THINE / WE HAD VIII CHILDREN IIII SONNES / & IIII DAVGHTERS AS FOLLOWETH / JOHN ELIZABETH / GEORGE ANNE / THOMAS SVSANA / JOHN ELIZABETH / THIS JOHN JEFFERIS DECEASED WAS YE YOVNGEST SONNE / OF HIS FATHER RICHARD JEFFERIS OF DVNSBVRNE.' A very early example of a brass inscription plate.

Listing NGR: SO9853806055