Military Rank:

Lieutenant

First Name:

John

Last Name:

Yeats

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

June 1645

Inscription:

HERE LYBTH THE BO
DY OF LEIFTENNT
lOHN YEATS LATE
OF MACLESFEILD
WAS BORNE IN
THE CONNTY OF
SALOP. HE WAS
BVRIED THE FIFT
DAY OF IVNE
AN DOMMI
1645.

Allegiance:

Parliamentarian

Condition:

Very Poor

Condition Description:

Grave stone is cracked at the top and the inscription is worn. A coat of arms at the base of the stone is very worn.

Memorial Notes:

In the burial register there is an entry that states that 'John Yaats' was 'Leiftenant to Captain Clough'. It is likely that he was part of the Parliamentarian garrison that was based at Warrington after 27 May 1643 under the Governorship of John Booth.

There was a rector at the church with the same surname at this time but there is nothing to show whether this young officer was
his son.

How he died is also not known. There was no fighting going on locally at that time so he probably died a natural death.