Church of England
Dinnington
Somerset
South Somerset
ST 40302 12766
1
1649
Recorded Ledgerstones
Dinnington, Church of St Nicholas: Ledgerstone 1
The ledger stone to Worthington Brice is carved from a large rectangular piece of very fine-grained black stone. The incised carving is delicate and easily decipherable given its central location in the main thoroughfare.
The central inscription is framed within a Doric arch with a winged hourglass above, representing mortality as the passage of time or ‘time flies’. Beneath the inscription is the coat of arms: the dexter half depicts the Brice arms and the sinister, the Every arms of Worthington Brice’s wife, Joan Every, surmounted by a helm with the Brice crest depicting ‘a lions head, erased, ermine, pierced with an arrow’.
Possibly Lias
1649
Approximate ~ 2130 x 1010 mm (l x w)Depth not established
HERE LIETH
THE BODY OF
WORTHINGTON
BRICE, GENT
WHO WAS BURYED
THE 14TH DAY OF
MARCH: AN DOM
1649
Atatis suæ 63
Christi virtute
resurgam
It has fared remarkably well, particularly when compared with the lias flooring into which it is set, and considering its location in the main thoroughfare.
