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Title
Sir Matthew Decker: Sarcophagus and Obelisk
Date
1759
Medium
artificial stone & cement
Accession number
TW9_CW_S014
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Decker family
Work type
Tomb or mausoleum
Owner
the Decker family
Custodian
Church of Saint Mary Magdalene
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscription on sarcophagus: IN THE VAULT BENEATH WERE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF SIR MATHEW DECKER BART ON THE 25TH OF MARCH 1749 AND OF HIS RELICT LADY DECKER ON THE 12TH OF MAY 1759 ALSO OF CATHERINE THEIR DAUGHTER AND WIFE OF RICHARD 6TH VISCOUNT FITZWILLIAM OF MOUNT MERRION IN THE COUNTY OF DUBLIN IN THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND SHE DIED ON THE 8TH OF MARCH 1786 THE REMAINS OF WILLIAM VISCOUNT FITZWILLIAM SON OF THE ABOVE NAMED RICHARD AND CATHERINE WERE ALSO INTERRED HERE HE DIED ON THE 4TH OF FEBRUARY 1816 IN THE 71ST YEAR OF HIS AGE AND BY HIS WILL FOUNDED AND ENDOWED THE MUSEUM AT CAMBRIDGE THAT BEARS HIS NAME
Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Paradise Road, Richmond
TW9 1JL
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