HEXAB1274
Missing Carr Sepulchre
ledger | memorial
Likewise [i.e. near George Ritschel's ledger near the pulpit] the sepulchre of the Carrs, with these inscriptions:
Copyley the son of Mr. Richd Carr
died November 1644
Mary the daughter of Cuthbert Carr
who died April 12th 1648
Here lyeth the body of Mr. Thomas Carr
who died the 3rd of June ano dom. 1696
Benoni Carr obit 25 die 9bris
ano dom. 1708
‘obit 25 die 9bris’ = ‘died 25th November’
1644–1708
Hexham Register: 1644. 6 Nov. Copline son of Richd. Carr buried; 1648. 12 April. Mary, daughter of Cuth. Carr, buried; 1696. June 5. Mr. Thomas Carr buried in the Chancel.
1712. 24 Nov: Administration of the personal estate of Mr. Benoni Carr of Hexham, granted to Mary his widow. [Raine Test. Ebor.]
“Copley Carr; buried 4th Nov., 1644. Benoni Carr, bailiff of Hexham and attorney-at-law; of the Spital; buried in Hexham choir, 27th Oct., 1708; administration granted 18th Oct., 1712, to widow, Mary.” [NCH3 p301]
A later Carr ledger stone [HEXAB1056] is still in the chancel.
Documented in past, now lost.
Unknown
Warburton MS in PSAN vol.8 1898 No.18 p.146



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