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Tragically Charles Cook died on 20th March 1767 aged only 30. He was killed by a falling tree. Whilst I can't find anything about the man when he was alive [bar he had a wife called Sarah] his demise is all there for you to see recorded on his incredible gravestone. He is wearing a rather marvellous tricorn hat and one has to assume that whoever paid for this was someone with money as it must have cost a pretty penny with all that florid carving. It has been restored and is now listed and I can see why. You don't often come across examples as good as this in Sussex. This one is in Walberton and is well known locally. Hope everyone has a good weekend.
Arilx
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That's a gorgeous gravestone! Poor chap, trees can be deadly! xxx
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting that so little is known about him, yet he has a marker so grand.
ReplyDeleteThe most touching series to me is that a young man died when a large stone rolled on top of him while working at a quarry. He was buried in a tiny cemetery a short walk from my house. On his right side is a small marker with his name as well. A few short months after his birth, his son was born. At two years of age, he died too. On the left side of his father, his mother is buried. Barely out of her teens, after two such great losses, she herself died. Those three old graves touch my heart every time.
What a fantastic gravestone, and how wonderful that it has been restored and is listed. Not sure this would happen here in Belgium ... xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a little gem.
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