Headstone 178
~ Sandstone ~ Gothic rounded top, with semi-circular shoulders

- Richard Rendle 1771 – 24 February 1853
- Aged 82 years
- of Polperro
- Husband of Mary Rendle
- “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord” Revelation 14:13
- Mary Rendle 1775 – 4 November 1860
- Aged 85 years
- Possible connection to Headstone 195
Will of Richard Rendle, Yeoman of Talland, dated 19 May 1853. PROB 11/2172/271 National Archives. Will has been transcribed which shows the division of property, clothes, money and a copy of Doctor Tofts Bible, between the family.
Ancestry records – show in the 1841 census Richard Rendle as a shoemaker, born and living in Polperro with his wife Mary and daughter Priscilla.


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