Epitaph, c. 1430, for Harry Hawles — two couplets
Subjects: epitaphs; inscriptions; Hawles, Harry, of Arreton (Isle of Wight)
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1.Source: Isle of Wight, Arreton Church brass
Transcription:Here is ybyried under this grave
Harry Hawles his soul god
save
Long tyme steward of the yle of wyght
have mercy on hym god ful of
myght
Editions:
Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph.
Chronicles of the Tombs.
London: Bohn, 1857, and subsequent printings: 46.
Ravenshaw, Thomas Fitz-Arthur Torin.
Ancient Epitaphes from A.D. 1250 to A.D. 1800.
London: Masters, 1878: 9.