What is recorded here

17th-century memorial located inside St James' Parish Church (DU018-020346-) that was described by Thomas Dineley as follows; 'In the same Church is also this monument and Inscription : Here lyeth the body of [Anthony] Stoughton of the city of Dublin, Esqr, sometimes clerk of his Maties High court of Chancery Starr-Chamber in this Kingdome, who having bin officer thereof for the space of [forty] yeers together ended this life the 5th of September Anno Domini mdcxxvi [1626], being the 82 yeer of his age; as also the body of his dear and loving wife Margaret Stoughton who deceased the 17 day of May in the year of our Lord God mdcxxxiii [1633], being the 67 yeer of her age, for whose memory this monument was erected.' (Ball 1913, 293). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 June 2023

A 17th-century Christian memorial gravestone; of local historical significance as a recorded example of early modern funerary practice.

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