Southsea February
vi Mdccclxxxviii,
Aged xci
"Blessed are the pure in heart
for they shall see God"
"Blessed is that servant whom his Lord
When he cometh shall find so doing"
Natt xxiv - xlvi
Over The North Wall Of The Chancel:
Hic Maria
Uxor Gulielmi York,
Humata Jacet: Decessit Deci
mo Quarto Calendas Septem-
bris MDCCXXIX, post Secun
dum et Quadragesimum (sic)
Aetatis Annum
Terram Sinistra occupat
Martha, Chara issorum Soboles,
Quae Coelestem animam efflavit
24°. Nov: A.D: MDCCXXXIV
Aetat Suae 18°.
((Here Mary
wife of William Yorke,
lies: Deceased the 14th Calends
September (i.e. 18th October by
the present day calendar)
(in her) 42nd year
The ground on the left is occupied
by Martha, a most dear offspring
who went to heaven expired
24th November AD 1734 (Present not
Roman calendar)
In her 18th year))
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