GRAVES & MEMORIALS
SARA POLLARD MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION
ST PETER'S CHURCH
TAWSTOCK, DEVON
Memorial plaque on painted wood to a Lady in Waiting to Rachel (nee Fane) Countess of Bath.
It bears the following inscription:
Here under Lieth the
Remains of Sara the Wife
of Richard Pollard Gent:
Educated in the French, and
English Courts, And thought Worthy
to attend the Right Hon: the
Countisse of Westmoreland, And by
her, Recommended to wait on her
most dear Daughter Lady Rachel
Countisse of Bathe.
This Sara
Was Daughter to Monsr: Voysin a Syndique
of Gineva, Who most Honorably lost
his Life in defence of that free
City, Her Grandfather was the learn
ed Henricus Stephanus, And Isaac
Caursabon was her Uncle.
She died 30th Jan:
MDCLII
[image copyright: Jane Sercombe Lewis]