Floor Slab – Robert snr, Ann & Robert jnr Sandwith
Description
Badly pitted black slate, with incised inscription (the first few lines partly illegible) commemorating Helmsley-born town clerk Robert Sandwith snr (c. 1742-84), his widow Ann (née Daulton; d. 1798), and their son Robert jnr (c. 1768-1825), a well-respected solicitor who practised in Bishop Lane and has a wall plaque erected by his wife (ID: 110; NADFAS: 1118).
Inscription and donor(s)
[Interred?]
beneath this stone lie the remains
of ROBERT SANDWITH
who died the 22:nd September A.D. 1784
Aged 43 Years
And ANN his Wife,
who died the 30:th December A.D. 1798
Aged [__] Years.
Also the Remains of their Son
ROBERT SANDWITH,
Solicitor of this Town,
who died the 13:th January A.D. 1825
Aged 57 Years.
A Man
eminent and honourable
in his profession,
and deeply regretted by a large
circle of acquaintances.
