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| Memorial to Thomas Smyth before repair |
Received: 22 May 2013
Sir,
Thomas Smith is my 10th great grandfather. Are there any photographs of
the tomb and history in the Church records that you could share?
Were any of the Smiths actual blacksmiths?
"The monument of Thomas Smith (1594) and his wife Margaret is in
the south aisle of the east end of the Parish Church of St. Laurence at
Blackmore. It is an altar tomb of modern brick and cement with two enriched
alabaster pilasters, and upon it repose recumbent effigies of a man in amour
and a woman in ruff and close dress, all of the alabaster repaired with
plaster. In the bell chamber are numerous fragments of the tomb including parts
of the kneeling figures of four sons and two daughters."
HAPPY TRAILS,
WILL FRARY
Replied: 25 May 2013
Dear Will
The Smyth family were very
important in Blackmore during the 15th, 16th and early-17th
century, and have been the subject of much correspondence over the years, all
of which can be found on http://blackmorehistory.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Smyth%20family.
The website has much more
information. Go to http://www.blackmorehistory.co.uk/blackmore.html
You will be pleased to know
that the memorial to Thomas Smyth in the Priory Church of St Laurence was
restored in the 1960s and the fragments of kneeling figures etc put back in
their rightful place.
These Smyths weren’t
blacksmiths when they were in Blackmore.
I’ll post your note onto the
blog to add to the storyline.
Regards
Andrew
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