| Near the south door is an eighteenth-century marble wall
monument to four generations of the Shakespeare family (right). While the church was out of use, vandals damaged the memorial. The
Shakespeare Arms, urns, and bird crest are now in fragments, as is the winged skull at the
base. photograph courtesy National
Monuments Record |
The monument in 1941
The inscription reads:
Near this place was Interred
GEORGE SHAKESPEARE
of PACKENTON PARVA Gent.
THOMAS SHAKESPEARE Gent.
And GRACE his Wife.
THOMAS SHAKESPEARE Gent.
and MARY his wife.
Which Mary was Daughter of
WILLIAM LAPETH Gent.
They had issue
Two Sons and Two Daughters,
THOMS, GEORGE, MARY and GRACE.
GEORGE SHAKESPEARE
He Departed this Life
The 27th of May 1725 Aged 43.
By whom this Monument was Erected
In a pious regard to the Memory
of his Great Grand Father,
Grand Father, Grand Mother,
Father and Mother,
Brother and himself,
1726 |
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