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Thomas Jermyn with skull

Tomb of 15-year-old Thomas Jermyn, who was killed in 1692 when the broken mast of a ship fell on him in the Thames. The epitaph reads:-

 

"Here Lyeth the Body of

Mr THOMAS JERMYN

A Hopefull Youth, the onley, and most dearly beloved

Sonne of THOMAS, LORD JERMYN and MARY his wife, who most unfortunately lost his life by the accidental fall of a Mast, on the 27th day of December 1692: a day never to be forgotten by his unhappy Father and Mother.

He was aged 15 Years and 26 Days."

 

South chapel, St Nicholas' church, Rushbrooke, Suffolk

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Uploaded on April 8, 2017
Taken on April 7, 2017