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Wall plaque in memory of Johannes Rotheram MD

plaque | memorial

stone

Limestone oval slab, beaded border, decorative surround.

JOHANNES ROTHERAM. M.D.
OBIIT 18º MARTII, 1787,
ÆTATIS SUŒ 68.
EXIMIAS ANIMI DOTES
SCIENTIARUM STUDIO EXCULTAS
PUBLICO NON SUO
EMOLUMENTO IMPERTIVIT

Latin

John Rotheram, Doctor of Medicine, died 16^th March, 1707, in the 68^th year of his age. The extraordinary stores of his own mind, polished by a deep study of the sciences, he imparted for the public good, and not for his own emolument. [A B Wright, 1823 p.118]

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1787

His father was Caleb Rotheram [see HEXAB1109].
Burial register: John Rotheram, medical doctor of Newcastle upon Tyne, 22 Mar 1787.
1823: A B Wright on p.99 has this tablet “Beneath” that to his father Caleb in the South aisle of the Chancel.
“In the choir is a monument to the memory of the Rev. Peter Rumney, of Hexham; one to Caleb Rotheram, D.D.; and another, with a Latin inscription, inscribed to John Rotheram, M.D.” [Mackenzie, Northumberland, vol.II, 1825 p.281] This means the plaque has been moved from the chancel, possibly the south wall where remains the Rumney plaque [HEXAB1040].

H 0.61 m | W 0.96 m | D 0.10 m

Foot 1.74 m from ground, N of St Etheldreda's Chapel

South Transept/East Aisle/Bay 1

CND: STEW5; EM 212; NCH3 198

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