William Campian 1648
St Peter, Colchester, Essex
The final memorial in this aisle lies near to the door of the vestry, and has at some time been relaid after being broken into seven sections. One could speculate on whether or not this damage relates to the political nature of the memorial at the time it was first laid. It commemorates William Campian, who was killed during the Siege of Colchester during the English Civil War. The missing text has been inserted from a reconstruction in the guide book:
HERE LYETH SR WI[LLIAM] C[AM]PIAN SON
[OF] WILLIAM CA[MPIAN] OF _____
W[HO WAS SLA]IN THE YEARE
OF OVR LO[RD 16]48, OF HIS AGE
34; VPON [A SALLY] OVT OF
THIS TOWNE [IN] IVNE
He was pious valiant Co[nstant] to his prince
Whose Cause he chos[e] and whose fer[vice]
he dy'd [in]
Disturb not his ashes [re]ader: if thou [likest]
his Iudgment, thou w[ilt] praise his action.
William Campian 1648
St Peter, Colchester, Essex
The final memorial in this aisle lies near to the door of the vestry, and has at some time been relaid after being broken into seven sections. One could speculate on whether or not this damage relates to the political nature of the memorial at the time it was first laid. It commemorates William Campian, who was killed during the Siege of Colchester during the English Civil War. The missing text has been inserted from a reconstruction in the guide book:
HERE LYETH SR WI[LLIAM] C[AM]PIAN SON
[OF] WILLIAM CA[MPIAN] OF _____
W[HO WAS SLA]IN THE YEARE
OF OVR LO[RD 16]48, OF HIS AGE
34; VPON [A SALLY] OVT OF
THIS TOWNE [IN] IVNE
He was pious valiant Co[nstant] to his prince
Whose Cause he chos[e] and whose fer[vice]
he dy'd [in]
Disturb not his ashes [re]ader: if thou [likest]
his Iudgment, thou w[ilt] praise his action.