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Honest Robert

A memorial stone in the graveyard of St Margaret's church on the National Trust's Felbrigg Hall estate in Norfolk (info).

 

"HERE LVETH THE BODY OF HONEST ROBERT TILSTONE PARK KEEPER TO WILLIAM WINDHAM Esq WHO SET VP THIS IN MEMORIE OF a GOOD AND FAITHFVLL SERVANT he FELL OF HIS HORSE anD DYED VPON THE PLACE THE 4TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1675"

 

Unusually, no mention of Mr Tilstone's age, or of his family.

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Uploaded on April 4, 2018