Leigh Stainsby Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameRobert LEE Senr
79,229
Birth1642
Death16 Jul 1726, Salcombe Regis270
Burial21 Jul 1726, Salcombe Regis79,229
Misc. Notes
Bur as ‘Lee, Robert Senr’
79 Age from MI at Salcombe Regis: ‘Underneath are the remains of Robert Lee who died 16th July MDCCXXVI. Anno aetis suce LXXXIV’
270 Photo of inscription, taken by Jeremy Pike, 2008, gives this as: “Underneath / Lye the remaines of / Robert Lee / Who Dyed the 16th Day of July / MDCCXXVI. Anno Ætis fuce LXXXIV. / See, See, Spectators, and behold / Whether you’re young, or whether old / What you in time must be. / For Strength nor Beauty cannot fave / Nor Wealth protect you from the grave / You shall be duft like me.” This wall tablet is topped with a cherub’s head and wings, with a skull and an hourglass in each of the top corners. The capitals U, R, & L are elaborately decorated.
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Spouses
Birth19 Jul 1660, Branscombe, DEV124,256
Death< 16 Feb 1685/6, Branscombe, DEV124,256
Marriage1 May 1685, Branscombe, DEV124
Birth< 25 Dec 1647, Otterton, Devon269
Burial3 Dec 1729, Salcombe Regis270
Marriage18 Feb 1689, Otterton, Devon271