Military Rank:

Captain

First Name:

John

Last Name:

Freeman

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1643

Inscription:

Captain Johannes Freeman "killed by the stroke of a gunners bullet before the walls of Gloucester"
Hic jacet Johannes Freeman
Centurio Equestris, Filius Johannis
Freeman de Bushley Comitatu
Wigorn: Armigeri, Castris Regis
Obsidione Glouensi Sclopetarioe
Glandis Ictu Trajectus,
. (Salutis\ 1643
Anno J „, .. \ ,., ysEtatis j 23

Here lieth John Freeman, Captain of Horse, son of John Freeman, of Bushley, in the County of Worcester, Gentleman, pierced through by the stroke of a gunner's bullet at the siege of Gloucester, in the camp of the King

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

Some fading of the inscription due to its age and outdoor location. Inscription badly faded at the bottom.