Tombstone Tuesday: The Rose Memorial
Although this isn’t a tombstone over a grave as such, it is three tablets of gravestones actually high on the wall of St. Nicholas Church, Lower Winchendon, Buckinghamshire which are inscribed with many details about various members of the Rose family who are buried “in the Vault beneath”.
As they are high on the wall it is difficult to photograph them clearly enough to be able to read the inscriptions, but we also took a video film of this and I was able to transcribe it from that.
The transcription for this Memorial is as follows:
Rose Memorial in St. Nicholas Church, Nether Winchendon, Bucks
(1st Tablet)
In the Vault beneath was
deposited the remains of
Susannah
Wife of Mr. Thomas Rose Esq
(unreadable)
also of Jane (unreadable)
(unreadable)
(unreadable)
also of John, son of John Rose
of Grey’s Inn, London, Gentleman (unreadable)
of the said Thomas and Susannah Rose
and Elizabeth his Wife
(unreadable)
(unreadable)
Aged 8 months
also of Catherine the only child of
the said Jane by her (unreadable)
and died the (unreadable)
Aged 2 Years and ? Months
also of Mary Lowe(?) (unreadable – possibly the daughter of)
Thomas and Susannah Rose
of The Temple, London
who died the 22nd of December 1800
Aged 29 Years
________________________________________
The Remains of Elizabeth second Wife of
the said Thomas Rose who died
the 24th of March 1800 aged 60 Years were
her own desire to be interred near her Relations
on the South Side of the Church Yard
________________________________________
The said Thomas Rose died ye 3rd February 1809 Aged
68 Years & his Remains are deposited in the same Vault
All the Sons of the said Thomas and Susannah
namely Thomas, John, Richard, William and Joseph
and their fourth and youngest Daughter Anne who
married Mr. Richard Rose Junr. survive them
Their eldest Daughter Elizabeth who married
Mr. Thomas Randolph died the 2nd of December 1798
Aged 36 Years and was buried at Long Crendon.
(2nd Tablet)
In Memory of
Mr. Thomas Rose
eldest Son of
the late Thomas and Susannah Rose
who died a Bachelor
the 27th(?) September 1810(?)
Aged 49(?) (could be 19?)
And of
William Rose
Their Fourth Son
who died a Bachelor
the 14th of July 1833
Aged 39(?) Years (could be 59?)
And of
Richard Rose
Their Third Son
died the 15th of June ?
Aged 71 Years
John Rose, Their Second Son
Died 4th July 1842
Aged 74 Years and was buried
near his wife at Saint Clement’s
Danes, London
_________________________________
(unreadable)
The remains of
(unreadable) Constance Rose
Eldest daughter of William
Rose Esquire and Martha his wife
who died 30th September 1854
Aged 13 Years
He was the Youngest Son of
Joseph and Louisa Rose
This William Rose
A Barrister of the Middle (could be Temple?)
Died 30th April ?? Aged 44(?) Years
leaving the said Martha his Wife
and eight surviving children
His remains are in the same Vault
____________________________________
(3rd Tablet)
Anne Youngest Daughter of the said
Thomas and Susannah Rose
and wife of Richard Rose Junr.
Died 13th(?) November 1818(?) Aged 40 Years
William Second Son of the said
Richard and Anne Rose
Died 15th(?) August 1804 Aged 6 months
Four children of Joseph Rose
(youngest son of the said
Thomas and Susannah Rose)
and Louisa his Wife died in infancy viz.
Harriet Elizabeth 26th April 180?
Aged 11 months
Mary 5th(?) December 1805 Aged 5 months
Thomas Joseph 16th(?) June 1807
Aged 4(?) months
Louisa ? January 1815 Aged 6 months
Three other children of the said
Joseph and Louisa Rose viz.
Anne who died 21st(?) Novr. 1829 Aged 18 Years
Susanna Louisa who died 17th Oct 1831
Aged 28 Years and
Jane who died 3rd July 1833 Aged 25(?) Years
and their Mother the same Louisa Rose
who died 29th Febry. 1832 Aged 53 Years
was buried in a Vault in St. Mary’s Church
Aylesbury
Their Father the same Joseph Rose
died ? Oct(?) 1858 aged 30(?) Years and
was buried in the Vault in this Churchyard
There is a tremendous amount of information on these stones, even if some of it is difficult or impossible to decipher. And the naming of all the different children for different couples is just so very helpful too. If only many other tombstones were this informative!!