First Name:

Richard

Last Name:

Towneley

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1706?

Inscription:

DOM [Deo Optimo Maximo] et pia memorie
Richardi Towneley de Towneley armigeri: Hujus Pater Carolus Regias Caroli primi parves secutus in Pralio apud Marston Moor prope Eboracum occubuit, nec unquam interfedi corpus inventum.

To the greatest and best God and pious memory
Richard Towneley of Towneley the squire: His father Charles was slain in the Battle of Marston Moor, near York, following King Charles the First, and his body was never found.

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

Stone discoloured and lettering difficult to make out in places