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Church of St Menefreda

A Grade I Listed Building in St. Minver Highlands, Cornwall

St Menefreda: brass to Roger Opy, d.1517; civilian with marginal inscription & mouth scroll

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Hic jacet Rogerus Opy filius Nicholai Opy et Elizabeth uxoris eius filie Johannis Carminow armigerie qui obijt xiij die mensis Januarij Anno domini millesimo quingentesimo xvij anime propicienta deus Amen

Roughly translated as 'Here lies the body of Roger Opy, son of Richard Opy and Elizabeth his wife who was the daughter of John Carminow, Knight, Who died the 13 day of January in the year of our Lord 1517 on whose soul may God have mercy'

Scroll translated as 'I shall not die but will live and declare the works of the Lord' taken from Psalm cxviii

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on 25 May 2018

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Photo ID: 211964
Building ID: 101332584
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