Description

SX 07 NW ST KEW ST KEW
5/194 Tombchest of John Carne lm to south
- of south aisle of Church of
St. James
GV II
Tombchest. 1709. In memory of John Carne, gent, who died in 1709. Ashlar stone
chest with slate lid. Lid with incised panel with nowy-head at top and bottom and
well engraved inscription in upper and lower case lettering with serifs and coat of
arms below with pelican pecking its breast. Verse
'When I consider'd new Jerusalem
Wherem's reserv'd my Crown my diadem
Oh then I Long'd the same for to enjoy
And leave this world which doth my peace anoy
I come dear Lord the floods here rise
These troubled seas some nought but mire
My soul unto her Saviour flies
Farewell false world Heaven's my desire'.
Tombchest of high quality.

Listing NGR: SX0216876884

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26410417

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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