The (only) inscription on the monument is to Richard, the third son of Richard Jervoise, who resided in the old Manor House (afterwards Lawrence House) after Henry VIII had purchased it from Lord Sandes.
This monument stands between the Chancel and the Lawrence Chapel, and supports part of the wall and roof of the Church. It is probable, as already stated, that the tomb originally stood free, and that it was brought into service in this way when the arch to the Lawrence Chapel was rebuilt in 1784. It is of freestone, now painted, and consists of a deep semi-circular arch, with moulded archivolt, standing on two piers which form the responds of the arch, pilasters being introduced on the face of the piers above the springing, and the whole being crowned by a horizontal entablature which breaks forwards over the pilasters... It seems evident that the monument is incomplete, and that it was originally intended to have an altar tomb beneath the arch.
(Survey of London 1921)
This monument stands between the Chancel and the Lawrence Chapel, and supports part of the wall and roof of the Church. It is probable, as already stated, that the tomb originally stood free, and that it was brought into service in this way when the arch to the Lawrence Chapel was rebuilt in 1784. It is of freestone, now painted, and consists of a deep semi-circular arch, with moulded archivolt, standing on two piers which form the responds of the arch, pilasters being introduced on the face of the piers above the springing, and the whole being crowned by a horizontal entablature which breaks forwards over the pilasters... It seems evident that the monument is incomplete, and that it was originally intended to have an altar tomb beneath the arch.
(Survey of London 1921)
The (only) inscription on the monument is to Richard, the third son of Richard Jervoise, who resided in the old Manor House (afterwards Lawrence House) after Henry VIII had purchased it from Lord Sandes.
This monument stands between the Chancel and the Lawrence Chapel, and supports part of the wall and roof of the Church. It is probable, as already stated, that the tomb originally stood free, and that it was brought into service in this way when the arch to the Lawrence Chapel was rebuilt in 1784. It is of freestone, now painted, and consists of a deep semi-circular arch, with moulded archivolt, standing on two piers which form the responds of the arch, pilasters being introduced on the face of the piers above the springing, and the whole being crowned by a horizontal entablature which breaks forwards over the pilasters... It seems evident that the monument is incomplete, and that it was originally intended to have an altar tomb beneath the arch.
(Survey of London 1921)
This monument stands between the Chancel and the Lawrence Chapel, and supports part of the wall and roof of the Church. It is probable, as already stated, that the tomb originally stood free, and that it was brought into service in this way when the arch to the Lawrence Chapel was rebuilt in 1784. It is of freestone, now painted, and consists of a deep semi-circular arch, with moulded archivolt, standing on two piers which form the responds of the arch, pilasters being introduced on the face of the piers above the springing, and the whole being crowned by a horizontal entablature which breaks forwards over the pilasters... It seems evident that the monument is incomplete, and that it was originally intended to have an altar tomb beneath the arch.
(Survey of London 1921)
Inscription
virtvtis præmivm lavs
Richardi, lector, gervoisi fvnera cernis,
vna hic parte svi, corpore nempe iacet.
Ivrisconsvltvs, ivs mortis non fvgit atræ
ivs habet in ivvenes, ivs habet inq senes.
Omnes illa rapit, nvllo discrimine sævit:
serivs, avt citivs, mors trvcvlenta venit.
Illa fvrens ivvenis ivvenilia fila resolvit,
annis ah, ivvenis, mente erat iste senex.
Hvnc svper astra tvlit vitæ constantia, mortis
exitvs, et veræ religionis amor.
Illi vita fvit christvs, mors optima lvcrvm,
mortvvs ergo svis, vivit at ille deo.
obijt 6° die feb.
Ao Dñi 1563
Ao ætatis svæ, 27.
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