Gravestone of Martha, Mary, John and Lucy Baythorn and three infants
Name/Title
Gravestone of Martha, Mary, John and Lucy Baythorn and three infants
Date Made
1795
Medium and Materials
Stone
Public Description (About this object)
Gravestone of Martha, Mary, John and Lucy Baythorn and three infant children. Rectangular stone with a curved top with two raised edges but the bottom of the stone is missing/cut off. The stone is affixed into the floor of the café in the crypt of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Inscription and Marks
Engraved on the memorial: HERE LIETH THE REMAINS/ OF/ MARTHA BAYTHORN,/ WIFE OF EDWARD BAYTHORN/ OF THIS PARISH:/ WHO DIEDTHE 3rd OF DECEMBER 1795,/ AGED 67 YEARS./ ALSO 3 GRAND CHILDREN OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED IN THEIR INFANCY./ ALSO/ MARY BAYTHORN,/ HIS SECOND WIFE:/ WHO DIED THE 25th OF JUNE 1818,/ AGED 57 YEARS./ ALSO/ JOHN BAYTHORN,/ SON OF EDWARD AND MARTHA,/ WHO DIED THE 2ND OF AUGUST 1819,/ AGED 51 (?) YEARS./ ALSO/ LUCY BAYTHORN,/ DAUGHTER OF/ EDWARD AND MARTHA BAYTHORN/ WHO DIED THE 7TH OF JANUARY 1822/ AGED 54 YEARS/ ALSO/ …? BAYTHORN
Object number
SMITF.H.433