Ledger Stone 34
~ Slate ~ A double line incised semi-circular head, with concave shoulders, borders both top and bottom of rectangular stone. Clear roman script in good condition.
~ Orientation ~ North/South ~ North Aisle ~ 126 x 62cm // 4’2″ x 2′
- Elizabeth Prynn 1739 – 11 December 1799
- Aged 60 years
- Parish Records show
- Buried 13 December 1799
- Aged 60 years
- Samuel Prynn 1737 – 13 January 1804
- Aged 67 years
- Parish Records show
- Buried 17 January 1804
- Aged 67 years
- Son Headstone 374
- Son & Daughter Headstone 75
- Grandsons Headstone 375
- Granddaughter Headstone 362
- Granddaughter Headstone 376
- Samuel Prynn is named in the Talland Parish records as a churchwarden in the years 1773, 1778 & 1783. His initials appear on one of the church bells, dated 1773, which was recast in 1913.
- Samuel Prynn married Elizabeth Robins on 27 August 1764 at Talland Church. Her parents were Parkyns Robins and Abigail Mynard.
- Other members of the family are found in the graveyard at Talland Church:
- Son: – Tombchest – Captain of His Majesty’s Royal Navy Parkins Prynn (1777-1838) wounded twice in the Battle of Trafalgar, retired, living at Darloe House, West Looe.
- Grandsons: – Parkins Prynne (1810-1830) & George Francis Prynne (1811-1830), each aged 19 years, whose surnames were amended to include an additional ‘e’ sometime after their deaths, most probably after 1852, when their younger brother John Basset Prynne (1827-1875) was promoted to Captain.
In September 1781 Samuel Prynn was described as: Shipwright of West Looe and Master to the apprentice Edward Parrs.
UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices’ Indentures, 1710-1811
Talland Church Headstones 
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