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St Lawrence Church, Towcester-Monumental Inscriptions

Benson
Image of Benson coat of arms
Coat of arms at base of monument
Image of memorial to Eliz. Benson

Drawing by T. Trotter

"Juxta Repositae Jacent Animarum Reliquiae
Gulielmi Benson Armigeri,
Elizabethae Benson Uxoris suae,
Filiiq: Utrisque Unici Georgii Benson,
Qui natu Die 4th Martii An. 1682, Primios
(Natum sic nolente) desut Vivere Die 12, Jan. An. 1684.
Pater natus 18th die Aprilis, An. 1649,
Obiit Die 5 Novembris, An. 1691.
Uxor Elizabethae Benson Clarissimo Patre
Et Viro Venerahili Joharme Wallis S.T.P.
Et Matheseos Professore Oxoniae, Nata
Die 23 Septembris Anno 1658,
Cum Diu fuisset conjugis et Pueri Superstes
Vitam summa Integritate Actam
Morte Clausit Pientissima Julii 16 An. 1703

Quorum Memorae Sacrum Monumentum Hoc
Posuit Anna Blencowe, viri Honorabilis Johannis
Blencowe Militis Unius Justicariorum de Banco
Conjux, et Elizabethae Benson Sola Soror
et Testamenti Executrix"