What is recorded here

Memorial stone in Kilmore (ballintober North By.) is a memorial stone in Kilmore (ballintober North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands within the graveyard of a Church of Ireland church and records James King, the son of Edward King, Bishop of Elphin, who died on Saturday the 2nd of April 1687 at the age of 77. The stone bears a lion crest above the motto In God is my trust.

A Church of Ireland church, which has a monument on its W wall of James King, the son of Edward King, Bishop of Elphin, dated 1687 (Craig 1976, 14; Hanly 1994) is within the graveyard (RO018-002004-). The memorial is described by Bayly (1903, 427) as '6' 6'' by 2' 6" (c. 1.98m x c. 0.75m)' and beneath a crest of a lion and the motto ‘In God is my trust’ the inscription reads: HEER. LYES. THE. BODY. OF / JAMES KING. OF. CHARLESTOWNE / ESQ. THE SON. OF. DOCTOR. ED-/WARD KING. BISHOPP. OF. EL-/PHIN. WHO DYED. ON. SA-/TURDAY. YE 2ND OF. APRILL/ IN. YE YEAR. OF. OUR. LORD/ GOD. 1687. BE/ING. YE 77TH/ YEARE/OF. HIS. ADGE/ANNO DOM./1.68.7 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 30 June 2015

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