Talland Church Headstones

Lansallos Ledgerstone: 528

Ledger Stone – Lady chapel

• • opc – additional information taken from Lansallos Online Parish Clerk; discrepancies in BOLD

Stone Inscription:

Incised with winged angel's head, in central roundel; hour glass, signifying the passage of time, 
and a skull with ruff, a reminder of mortality.
Remember Death

Here Lyeth the Body of
William Rowett ye ƒon of John &
Rebacca Rowett, was Drowned
the 15 of July 1757 taken up
the 1 day of ...... Buried ye 2 day 
Aged 27; Brother John Drownd
with him & not found Aged 14

The ƒtormey winds and Raging ƒeas
hath toƒt me too & frow
But I am ƒaƒ brought home
in ye harbour here below