What is recorded here

Graveslab in Fethard is a graveslab in Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland. It stood at the extreme end of the ruin outside the east window of the ancient chancel in the graveyard of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist. The centre carried a cross engraved Salvator Mundi above a Latin inscription recording that James Everard, a burgess of the town, died in December 1667 and his wife Anastasia Donoghue erected the monument that year. Its exact location is no longer known.

Davis White (1892, 99) refers to a graveslab which was in the graveyard (TS070-040031-) of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. According to his description, from Rev. R. H. Long, it was 'In the Church yard at extreme end of ruin (that is outside east window of ancient chancel)' and is described as follows, 'In the centre a cross upon which is engraved 'Salvator Mundi'. Long (1907-09, 179) transcribed the inscription as: HIC JACET JACOBUS / EVERARD BURGENSIS / HUJUS OPPIDI QUI / OBIIT DEC 1667 / CUJUS UXOR / ANASTATIA DONAGHUE / ME FIERI FECIT 1667. Knowles (1903, 131-2) also notes this graveslab and gives the translation of the latin inscription as, 'Here lies Don James Everard, Burgess of this Town, who died in December, 1667. His wife, Anastasia Donoghue, erected this Monument 1667.' The exact location of this monument is unknown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

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