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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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