Thomas Symes (1641-1681) - Find a Grave Memorial

Thomas Symes

Birth

1641

Death

22 Nov 1681 (aged 39–40)

Burial

Saint Mary Magdalene Church

Barwick, South Somerset District, Somerset, England Add to Map

Plot

M.I. at West End of North Aisle

Memorial ID

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Thomas Symes, esquire, of Barwick in Houndsborough Hundred, Somerset, died testate with a will dated November 18, 1681, which was proved January 14, 1681/82, and was buried in the chancel of his parish church. He matriculated April 21, 1657 at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1666 was a barrister-at-law at Lincoln's Inn.

Inscription

Hic subter sepultus jacet Thomas Symes, armiger, annos natus 46 [40?], a febri eruptus 22 die Novembris, anno Verbi Incarnati 1681, moestissimam reliquit viduam Merillam, filiam natu minorem Johannis Horner, de Mells, in agro Somersetetensi, equitis aurati: per quam filium unicum Johannem, et unicam filiam habuit, quorum haec infans 6e die Septembris 1671, occubuit, heic etiam sepulta: ille, una cum matre superstite monumentum hoc posuit; pientissima conjux, memoriam mariti sui pie colens, hunc etiam sui locum sepulchri statuens, cum Deo Opt. Max. visum suerit.

Gravesite Details

White marble monument, displaying the Arms: Azure, three escallops in pale Or (Symes); impaling Sable, three talbots passant Argent, two and one (Horner).