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
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