John RICHARDS

John RICHARDS

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  • Name John RICHARDS 
    Born of Goodnestone-next-Wingham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 15 Jan 1610  Goodnestone-next-Wingham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I12015  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2019 

    Family Alice AUSTIN,   b. 2 Mar 1548/1549, Adisham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1600, Goodnestone-next-Wingham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 20 Jul 1566  Adisham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Alice RICHARDS,   c. 23 May 1567, Goodnestone-Wingham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. William RICHARDS,   c. 22 May 1569, Goodnestone-Wingham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Priscilla RICHARDS,   c. 5 Sep 1571, Goodnestone-Wingham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Anne RICHARDS,   c. 3 Jan 1573/1574, Goodnestone-Wingham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Judith RICHARDS,   c. 17 Mar 1576/1577, Goodnestone-Wingham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Margaret RICHARDS,   c. 19 Jun 1580, Goodnestone-Wingham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F3555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In The North Isle. 14. On a Neat Monument on The North Wall. [I. ¼ly: 1). Sa. a chevn. arg. with a cresct. sa. for diffce. betw. 3 fleurs-de-lis arg. (RICHARDS). 2). Or, a chevn. gu. with 3 bezants, betw. 3 lions’ paws erased sa. (AUSTEN). 3). Per pale gu. & az. a griffin passt. or. 4). Arg. a chevn. betw. 3 female heads az. with long hair. II. RICHARDS as Above imp. Arg. on a bend. sa. 3 covered cups or]. Gabriel RICHARDS de Rowling in hâc Parochiâ de Goodnestone in Comitatu Cantij, Generosus hic juxta situs est. Cujus Hospitalitatem Vicici (sic for Vicini); et Beneficentiam erga Pauperes, perpetuò testantur hic suum *TT.wxo.poqeiov. Per Mortem in Immortalitatem transmigravit Sept.bris 17 Die Anno Aerae Christi MDCLXXII (1672). Aetatis suae LXXVII. *An Alms House endow’d with £20 Ann. for 4 Single People, Men & Women. Satq Superq datum est Vitae, nam, Rege reverso,/Respondent Votis prospera quaeq suis./Assiduus Numen placatum Calculus addit,/Et Syncerus Amor Crimina multa tegit./Concessis Inopes Fundis ditantur in Aevum,/Effusiq Animi Tessera fixa manet./Viscera pandentem Caelestis Gratia nudis/Accipit, et Lucrum est jam potuisse Mori. 15. On A Flat Stone, with this Coat. [BRODNAX, 1.77. Godmersham imp. RICHARDS as Above]. Here lieth interr’d the Body of Elizabeth the Wife of Robt. Brodnax of St Nicholas Harbledowne Gent: an sole Daughter of Gabriel Richards of Goodnestone Gent: both in the County of Kent. She was born the 9th of Septemb. 1649 and She parted with a transitory and troublesome Life in Exchange for an Eternall the 6th of Feb 1669/70 being in the 46th* Yeare of her Age (*sic for 21st). 16. On Another Flat Stone. [I. RICHARDS as In The last page imp. AUSTEN as In The last page. II. RICHARDS, with a label of 3 points imp. Erm. on a chief indented 3 coronets (SMITH)]. Here lyeth the Bodyes of John Richards, Gent, and of Alice his Wife (Daughter of Valentine Austen, Gent). He died the 15th of January 1609/10. She the 16th of July 1600. Here also lieth the Body of Elisabeth (Daughter of George Smith of Stanford, Gent) Wife of Gabriel Richards Gent. She died the 29th of August 1642. Also here lieth ye Body of John Richards Gent, only Son of Gabriel Richards. He died the 24th of September 1661, Aged 34 Yeares.

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Monumental Inscription, Leland Duncan, (England, Kent: Kent Archaeological Society, http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk).
      16. On Another Flat Stone. [I. RICHARDS as In The last page imp. AUSTEN as In The last page. II. RICHARDS, with a label of 3 points imp. Erm. on a chief indented 3 coronets (SMITH)]. Here lyeth the Bodyes of John Richards, Gent, and of Alice his Wife (Daughter of Valentine Austen, Gent). He died the 15th of January 1609/10. She the 16th of July 1600. Here also lieth the Body of Elisabeth (Daughter of George Smith of Stanford, Gent) Wife of Gabriel Richards Gent. She died the 29th of August 1642. Also here lieth ye Body of John Richards Gent, only Son of Gabriel Richards. He died the 24th of September 1661, Aged 34 Yeares.