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Description: Ledger stone in Heanton Punchardon Church, Devon, to Sir Robert Basset (1573-1641), lord of the manor of Umberleigh and lord of the manor of Heanton Punchardon, MP for Plymouth in 1593. He died on 11th November 1641 aged 68 and was buried in the Basset Chapel (now the vestry) of Umberleigh Church, in the floor of which survives his plain ledger stone inscribed in Latin as follows: Hic jacet Robertus Basset, Miles, qui (obiit) undecimo die Novembris An(n)o D(omi)ni 1641 aetatis suae 68 ("Here lies Robert Basset, Knight, who died on the 11th day of November in the year of Our Lord the 1641st, of his age the 68th")
Title: RobertBasset Died1641 LedgerStone HeantonPunchardonChurch
Credit: Self-photographed
Author: (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 18:19, 7 April 2016 (UTC))
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