ST PETER'S CHURCH
TAWSTOCK, DEVON
A memorial plaque on painted marbled wood, erected by Rachel (nee Fane) Countess of Bath in dedication to the memory of her great-nephew George Fane. George was a Captain in the Royal Navy and died a commander of HMS Lowestoffe in the harbour of New York in 1709.
The inscription reads as follows:
THAT FEW AND EVILL ARE THE DAYES OF FRAILE
MORTALE MAN THE LIVEING MAY HEERE READ IN
THIS INSCRIPTION DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF GEORGE FANE BORNE THE 8TH DAY OF MARCH
AO: DNI: 1668 : HE DYED THE 11TH DAY IN THE
SAME MONTH HE WAS ELDEST SONNE TO SR:
HENRY FANE OF BAISELDON IN THE COUNTIE
OF BARKS KNIGHT OF THE NOBLE ORDER OF YE
BATH AND OF ELIZABETH HIS WIFE DAUGHTER
AND HEIRE OF YE FAMILI OF THE SOUTHCOTTS
OF CAVERLY IN THIS COUNTIE THIS REMEMBRANCE OF
HIM IS ERECTED BY RACHELL COUNTESE DOWAGER
OF BATH ANNT UNTO THE AFORESD SR: HENRY
HIS FFATHER AND GREAT ANNT UNTO HIM THE
SAID GEORGE
[image copyright: Jane Sercombe Lewis]