KK-STMG-360

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

HIC. JACET. JOANNES. ROTHE. ROBARTI. FILIUS. QUONDA[M]. BURGENSIS. OPPIDI. KILKENIENSIS. QUI. OBIIT. XXXX. DIE. MENSIS. SEPTEMBRIS. A.D. 1590. ET. LETITIA. ROTHE. EIUS. UXOR. QE. OBIIT. XXXX. DIE. MARTII. A

Memorial Type: 
Mensa Altar Tomb
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Unknown
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Unknown
Orientation of face: 
East West
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
206
Width (cm): 
85
Thickness (mm): 
0
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1590
Inscription date primary: 
1590
Inscription date secondary: 
1602
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Technique of inscription: 
False Relief
Name of recorder: 
C. O Drisceoil
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

John Rothe and Letitia Rothe c.1590 Mensa of altar-tomb or ledger slab. Rectangular slab with richly-foliated cross with fleur-de-lis terminals on a shaft that rises from a stepped base. Quarters of the cross contain mini replicas of main cross-head. Cross-head rises from a shaft which rises from a pillar-base. Streamers flank the cross-shaft. Latin black-letter inscription in false-relief occupies the dexter and top. This was transcribed by Carrigan (1905 iii, 95) as: HIC. JACET. JOANNES. ROTHE. ROBARTI. FILIUS. QUONDA[M]. BURGENSIS. OPPIDI. KILKENIENSIS. QUI. OBIIT. XXXX. DIE. MENSIS. SEPTEMBRIS. A.D. 1590. ET. LETITIA. ROTHE. EIUS. UXOR. QE. OBIIT. XXXX. DIE. MARTII. A