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Church of St Editha

A Grade I Listed Building in Tamworth, Staffordshire

St Editha: inscription from the memorial to John Ferrers of Tamworth, d.1680, & son Humphrey

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Hic situs est JOANNES FERRERS de TAMWORTH-CASTRO Arm., filius HUMPRIDI FERRERS equ : aur : unicas ; antiquissimi FERRARIORVM stirpis (olim de FERRARIIS et DERBY Comitum) heres masculus, ac preecipui ejusdem familice germinis, ultimus.

Qui quidem JOANNES, por hmrodes fremellas de FREVILL, MARMION, MONTFORT, et BOTETORT (quondam hujus Regni Baronibus) oriundus, Ex ANNA conjuge DUDLAI CARLETON, Equ. aurati, serenissimo naper Regi CAROLO ab intimis concilijs Unius Clericorum:

filium unicum, HUMFRIDUM, Equ. suratum, ac DOROTHEAM filiam, praenobili RICARDO, ARRANLAE (in Hibernia) Comiti (flio nobilissimi ORMONLE Ducis JACOBI natu-secundo) enuptam suscepit.

Diem obiit xiiij Augusti A MDCLXXX, Etatis sun 52.

Juxta heic pariter situs est HUMPRIDUS FERRERS, Eques auratus, prefati JoannIs filius unigenitus; qui ELIZABETHAM, GERVASII PIGOT de THRUMPTON, in Aagro NOTINGHAMENSI, filiam, in uxorem duxit:

e qua filiam anicam, nomine ANNAM, modo superstitem genuit; patre tamen vivo, die sexto Septembris, A MDCLXXVIIJ obijt, AEtat : sure anno 25.

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