Tomb of Sir George Forster- detail 17
Image 17 from the Index: note the inscription running along the top, which reads in English:
Here lyeth Sir george forster knyght son and heyre of humfray forster esquier coson and one of the heares of Syr stephen popham knyght and elizabeth wif of the same sir george daugtur and heire of John dalamare esquier son and heire of thomas dalamare esquier son and heire of thomas dalamare knyght which elizabeth dyed the vii day of december in the yere of our lord god MCCCCCXXVI and whyche syr george dyed in the year of our lord…1533.
Along the sides of the tomb are a total of 19 figures, which may be “weepers” or just possibly the couple’s children who were the same number!
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