Floor Slab – Dr Marmaduke Prickett

Catalogue ID: 558

NADFAS ID: 1279

Description

Somewhat worn black slate, with elegant inscription, which has lost much of its white filling. It commemorates Dr Marmaduke Prickett (1724-53), a Cambridge and Leyden-educated physician who practised in Hull.

Inscription and donor(s)

Here lieth the Body of/Marmaduke Prickett Esq:^r MD:/who departed this Life/18^th of Sep:^r 1753, aged 29/Years.

Subjects

Forename(s)	Family name	Dates
Marmaduke	Prickett	1753

Physical attributes & manufacture

Dimension	Value	Notes
Length	2000mm
Width	1000mm

Location

2017

South Transept – stone previously in this position marked but not numbered or identified by NADFAS

North Nave Aisle (NADFAS (1986))

Condition

2020

Some surface wear and pitting, especially to upper part and L hand side of stone. Inscription has lost much/most of white composition filling. Subject to footfall, furniture scuffing and abrasion/staining.

References

J.A.R. & M.E. Bickford, The Medical Profession in Hull 1400-1900: a Biographical Dictionary (Hull City Council, 1983);

NADFAS (1986)