Military Rank:

Major General

First Name:

Robert

Last Name:

Harris

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Plaque

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1653

Inscription:

In Memory
Of Robert Harris Esquire, sometimes
Major-Generall of his Majesties forces
before Plymouth, who was buried heere
under, the 29th day of Iune, 1655
And of Honnor Harris his sister, who was
likewise heerunder=neath buried
the 17th day of November
in the year of our Lord
1653

Loyall, and Stout, thy crime this, this thy Praise :
Thou’rt here with Honour laid, though without Bayes

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Very Good

Condition Description:

Shows no 'wear' to the inscription and the while is excellent. The Arms are not painted but show no signs that they ever were so.

Memorial Notes:

Newman Dictionary 685 (Peter Newman, Royalist Officers in England and Wales, 1642-1660 (New York & London: Garland Publishing Inc, 1981). Harris was the brother of Honnor Harris the heroine and central character of Du Maurier's 'The King's General'. Honnor is also mentioned on the memorial but has no other (visible) monument in the Church.