KK-STMG-316

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

JACOB' ARCHDEACON MERCATOR ET HVIVS VRBIS KILKENIENSIS BVRGENSIS. HOC, SIBI ET VXORI CATHERINAE WOODLOCKE ET POSTERIS SVIS, VIVVS MONVMENTVM POSVIT. FATO CESSIT ILLE [ ] OBIJT HAEC [ ] ANNO [ ] DIE [ ] MENSIS [ ] ANNO [ ] DIE [ ] MENSIS [ ] EPITAPHIVM. HAEC MIHI QVA CONDAR FERALIS CONDITVR VRNA ET TIBI QVEM PARILI SORTE SEPVLCHRA MANENT. QVISQVIS ES EXTINCTOS VERMIS PRAEDABITVR ARTVS ET QVAE ME PRIMVM, TE QVOQ.. FATA PREMENT. VT RECTE VIVAS, MORTIS MEMOR ESTO, SEPVLTVS. STERNVM VT POSSIS VIVERE DISCE MORI. 1636.

Memorial Type: 
Lower tier mural monument
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Unknown
Orientation of face: 
North
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
460
Width (cm): 
111
Thickness (mm): 
0
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1636
Inscription date primary: 
0
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: 

Jacob Archdekin and Catherine Woodlock mural plaque c.1636 This was the lower tier of a mural monument, of which no. 318 formed the upper section. Slab in south transept when recorded by Carrigan (1905 iii, 94). Rectangular panel with raised edges. Lowest line of inscription covered over. Latin inscription in false-relief Roman capitals transcribed thus by Carrigan (1905 iii, 94): JACOB' ARCHDEACON MERCATOR ET HVIVS VRBIS KILKENIENSIS BVRGENSIS. HOC, SIBI ET VXORI CATHERINAE WOODLOCKE ET POSTERIS SVIS, VIVVS MONVMENTVM POSVIT. FATO CESSIT ILLE [ ] OBIJT HAEC [ ] ANNO [ ] DIE [ ] MENSIS [ ] ANNO [ ] DIE [ ] MENSIS [ ] EPITAPHIVM. HAEC MIHI QVA CONDAR FERALIS CONDITVR VRNA ET TIBI QVEM PARILI SORTE SEPVLCHRA MANENT. QVISQVIS ES EXTINCTOS VERMIS PRAEDABITVR ARTVS ET QVAE ME PRIMVM, TE QVOQ.. FATA PREMENT. VT RECTE VIVAS, MORTIS MEMOR ESTO, SEPVLTVS. STERNVM VT POSSIS VIVERE DISCE MORI. 1636.