Epitaph, A.D. 1416 — five long and three short lines, irregularly
rhyming
Subjects: epitaphs; inscriptions; Skipwith, Richard, of St. Alban’s
Versification: —
irregular
1.Source: St Alban’s, Hertfordshire, St.Peter’s Church, tomb of Richard Skipwith (d. 1416)
First Lines:In the yere of Crist on thowsand four hundryd ful trow wyth four and
sixteen
I Richard Skipwith…
Editions:
Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph.
Chronicles of the Tombs.
London: Bohn, 1857, and subsequent printings: 45.
Ravenshaw, Thomas Fitz-Arthur Torin.
Ancient Epitaphes from A.D. 1250 to A.D. 1800.
London: Masters, 1878: 6.