Wall monument in Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.)

At St Mary's parish church (KK019-026115-) in Kilkenny. Two, now separate, sections of a mural monument commemorating Jacob Archdeacon (d. 1636) and Catherine Woodlocke (Carrigan 1905, vol. 3, 94; Cockerham 2009, 358). Originally comprised of a rectangular inscribed slab below a triangular armorial plaque, both composed of fossiliferous limestone. The rectangular panel has raised edges and a Latin inscription in false relief Roman capitals: JACOB’ ARCHDEACON MERCATOR ET HVIVS VRBIS KILKENIENSIS BVRGENSIS. HOC, SIBI ET VXORI CATHERINAE WOODLOCKE ET POSTERIS SVIS, VIVVS MONVMENTVM POSVIT. FATO CESSIT ILLE [ ] OBIJT HAEC [ ] ANNO [ ] DIE [ ] MENSIS [ ] ANNO [ ] DIE [ ] MENSIS [ ] EPITAPHIVM. HAEC MIHI QVA CONDAR FERALIS CONDITVR VRNA ET TIBI QVEM PARILI SORTE SEPVLCHRA MANENT. QVISQVIS ES EXTINCTOS VERMIS PRAEDABITVR ARTVS ET QVAE ME PRIMVM, TE QVOQ.. FATA PREMENT. VT RECTE VIVAS, MORTIS MEMOR ESTO, SEPVLTVS. STERNVM VT POSSIS VIVERE DISCE MORI. 1636 The upper tier has the armorial shield surrounded by foliage. It shows the initials IA on the right side and KW on the left the motto below reads: DEVS PROVIDEBIT God will take care" [of us] The monument was placed in the N transept of the ‘Monuments Room’ wall c. 1960. It was removed from this wall in 2015 and is now placed against the E wall in the N transept. Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil Date of upload: 9 January 2023

Jacob Archdeacon and Catherine Woodlocke are commemorated by a wall monument in St Mary's parish church, Kilkenny, dating to the early 17th century; the monument reflects the architectural and funerary traditions of the period and is significant as a historical record of local gentry burials.