Image: Nathaniel Still monument, Saint Mary the Virgin, Hutton, Somerset, UK - 20100930

Description: An etched stone mural monument to Nathaniel Still (died 2 February 1635) of Hutton, Somerset, England, UK, high on west wall of south aisle in the parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Hutton. The deceased was the first husband of Jane Whitmore (1587–1639) (pictured on the monument) who married Henry Dennis (Feb 1594 – 26 June 1638), High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, after his death; and the son of John Still (c. 1543 – 26 February 1607/8), the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The inscription on the monument reads: "In memory of Nathanill Still of this parrish Esq., who dyed the second day of February Anno Domini 1626. Not that he needeth monuments of stone for his well-gotten fame to rest uppon but this was reard to testifie that hee lives in theire loves ye yet surviving for unto vertu who first raised his name hee left the preservation of the same and to posterity remaine it shall when brass and marble monuments shall fall".
Title: Nathaniel Still monument, Saint Mary the Virgin, Hutton, Somerset, UK - 20100930
Credit: Own work; originally uploaded to en.wikipedia on 16 September 2011.
Author: Lobsterthermidor at en.wikipedia.
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