Christopher Lethbridge (1654-1713) of Pilton
Detail of Christopher Lethbidge's monument in Pilton Church,
together with transcription and translation from the
Latin.
Juxta
Hoc Monumentum
Quod ipse in sui suorumque
Memoriam Vivus Vidensque.
Extruxerat Jacet Christopherus
Lethbridge, Armiger, qui natus
Annos 59 mortem obiit Junii 28
Annoque Domini 1713.
Hujus Reliquiis suas adjunxit
Margareta Uxor, Philippii Bouchier
Generosi Filia, Maritum Vidua decennii
Intervallo secuta, viz: die Nov. 3tio
Anno Christi 1723. Pari
Amoris Fœdere Conjunctos
Par Annorum Terminus
Clausit
Translation by the Rev William Henry Morris Bagley, Vicar of Pilton in his book 'Some Account of Pilton Priory and Church' (1907 ).
Near this Monument which he himself in his lifetime erected under his own supervision in memory of himself and his family lies Christopher Lethbridge, Esquire, who died on the 28th June in the year of our Lord 1713, aged 59 years. Mingling her remains with his, Margaret, his wife, the daughter of Philip Bouchier, Gentleman, followed her husband after an interval of ten years which she passed in widowhood, namely on the 3rd of November, in the year of Christ 1723. United by an equal bond of love, an equal number of years closed their lives.
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