Ledger Stone 41
~ Slate ~ This stone lies positioned next to one of the central stone pillars, losing a corner of the compact inscription.
~ Orientation ~ South/North ~ Centre Aisle ~ 77 x 83cm // 2’6″ x 2’8″
- Filley Barrett 1771 – January 1776
- Aged 5 years
- Daughter of .. & Filley Barrett
- Thomas Barrett 1774 – 21 January 1775
- Aged 6 weeks
- Son of Reginold & Filley Barrett
Weep not for we our mother so Dear –
Nor Lament no more for we in Vain –
In Sweet Oblivion now we reƒt. within ye Silent Grave –
And Bleƒsed by ye Lord of Hoƒt. he took but what he Gave.
Memorial Verse
This memorial can be connected to other young children’s burials inside and outside Talland Church. The Will of Reginold Barrett (1730-1779) states he was a mariner of Talland Parish. He married Mary Toms (1726-1762) in Lansallos on 23 June 1753. Ledger Stone 15 records her death and that of their son Reginold Barrett (1756-1761). Seven months after his wife’s death, Reginold married Phillis Rowet (1741-) on 16 April 1763 at Talland Church. A further three of their children are remembered; Filley Barrett (1765-1765) Ledger Stone 15 and Reginold Barrett (1766-1769) together with William Barrett (1769-1770) on a Headstone 89 in the east graveyard. There are many different spellings for both forenames and surnames.
Talland Church Headstones 
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