Richard Hudson - Newtown Linford

A large and impressive stone in All Saints Churchyard, Newtown Linford, distinctive for the crack from top to bottom along which it has slipped.

Here lyeth the Body of Richard Hudson

who departed this life November the 8th

Anno. Dom. 1689 Aged 69 years

Here also lyeth the Body of Elizabeth

the Daughter of Richard Hudson by

Elizabeth his wife, she departed this life

March the 6th Anno. Dom. 1701 Aged 21 yer

Here also lyeth the Body of Elizabeth

the wife of Richard Hudson she

Departed this life July ye 10th Anno. Dom.

1716 Aged 79 Years

 

The size of stone and quality of engraving mark this out as an expensive piece of work compared to others here of similar date. The spelling, layout and capitalisation of letters are all more regular than on the smaller stones.