Headstone – Thomas & Mary Ward
Description
Large headstone with 2 full-thickness breaks, and inscription worn almost to illegibility. It has a raised border with rounded corners around the inscription, and an urn carved in relief at the top. It commemorated the brewer Thomas Ward (1742-95), of Dagger Lane (according to Battle's 1791 Directory), his widow Mary (1735-1812) and children who died in infancy. The inscription is supplied mainly from John Barton's transcript in Monumental Inscription in Holy Trinity Churchyard (1860).
Inscription and donor(s)
[In Memory of
THOMAS WARD
Brewer of this Town, who
departed this Life 6th Decr 1795
in the 55th Year of his Age
He was a tender husband,
an indulgent father
and a sincere friend.
Also [__] his children who died in their infancy.
Also MARY WARD, relict of
THOMAS WARD,] who died
29th April 1812
Aged 77 Years.
