Description

TINTAGEL TINTAGEL
SX 08 NE
4/189 Tombchest of Thomas Hemince 4
metres to southwest of south
transept of Church of St Materiana
GV II
Tombchest. 1702. In memory of Thomas, son of John and Tamsin Hemince who was killed
by lightning in 1702. Slate stone rubble chest with rectangular slate lid.
Inscribed with marginal inscription in upper case lettering and verse in central
panel:
The body that heere buried lyes
By lightning fell, deaths sacrifice
To Him Elijah's fate was given
He rode on flames of fire to Heaven
Then mourn no more Hees taken hence
By the just hand of Providence.
O God the Judgements of thy feat
Are wonderous good & wonderous great
Thy ways in all thy works appear
As thunder loud, as lightning clear.

Listing NGR: SX0506088437

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26517643

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]