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Title
Monument to John (d.1686) and Thomas (d.1720) Wainwright
Date
c.1720
Medium
marble
Accession number
CH1_CJ_S013
Acquisition method
commissioned for Bishop George Berkeley
Work type
Panel
Owner
Chester Cathedral
Custodian
Chester Cathedral
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade I (England and Wales)
Listing date
06/08/98
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Cathedral opening times
Inscription description
JOANNI WAINWRIGHT AVO / THOMÆ WAINWRIGHT patri / LLDD / Illi a Waltono / Huic à Perfono, / Cancellarijs hujufce DiŒcefeos conftitutis / In eodem fepulchro compofitis; / Quos tranquillumiter, et privatæ femita vitaæ / Detulit ad tumulum, charos, æquifque bonifque / Si non Floryerint opibus, laribufque fuperbis, / Jufritiam, morefque, fidemque etjura colebant. / Dives eris, Patriæ decis, quicunque nepotum / Tales laude pari, Tales virtutibus æquas / Joannes wainwright unus Buronum de / Scattario in regno Hiberniæ