I don't have handy the inscription. It is in Latin but the translation I have seen is a poetic way of saying the Wm and Catherine each died on their 80th birthday. William's Will calls him William Bassett of Beaupre (which is in Glamorganshire). I suspect the Bassetts of Bath were connected with the Claverton BASSETTs. David --- On Sat, 4/2/11, Harry Tadd <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Harry Tadd <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Fw: Monkton Combe > To: "TonyM" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Saturday, April 2, 2011, 9:35 AM > Do you know what information was > given on the memorial. Does it still exist. > The church was rebuilt in the early 1800s. A Bassett was > Member of > Parliament for Bath in the 17th Century. > Harry > > -----Original Message----- > From: TonyM > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 4:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENG-SOM] Fw: Monkton Combe > > Forwarded by Admin > > > On 2/04/2011 1:57:46 PM, David Attride ([email protected]) > wrote: > > Wm & Catherine Bassett were buried at Monkton Combe (or > at least had an > altar memorial) > in the late 1500s.  This William Bassett was of > Beaupre in the Vale of > Glamorgan. > Does anyone know why he and Catherine left a memorial in > Monkton Combe? > > David in Tennessee > (Bassett researcher) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >