Date
Type
Information
Source
1718
Born
5th Aug 1741
Married
At St Paul in the Parish of Deptford, Kent; Walter Elmstone of Rye in Sussex, Surgeon and Elizabeth Hope of Rye in Sussex, spinster
London Metropolitan Archives
31st Jan 1762
Died
In the Parish of Rye, Sussex; Mr. Apoyhecary
Sussex Burial Registers
4th Feb 1762
Buried
At St Mary in the Parish of Rye, Sussex
Sussex Burial Registers
Headstone
Here lies the body of Mr. William Hope
of Ashford, in Kent
who dyed April ye 3rd, 1732
aged 75 years
Also here lies the body of Elizabeth
the wife of William Hope
who dyed April the 20th 1732
aged 73 years
Also here lieth the body of Judith
daughter of the above-named James and Judith Hope
who died January the 20 1738
aged 3 years 1 month and six days
Grieve not, dear parents
Not in tears lament
I am gone to Heaven
To you I was but lent
Also here lies the body of Thomas
son of James and Judith Hope
who died the 15th September 1740
aged 13 months
S.B. 1793; C.H. 1802
I.H. 1797
Here lies the body of
Mr. Walter Elmestone
Surgeon, and Freeman of this ancient corporation
He died the 31st day of Janry., 1762
aged 44 years
Here also is buried the body of Elizabeth
his wife
who died Decr., ye 19th, 1782
aged 62 years.
1743
Birth of a son
In the Parish of Rye, Sussex
Sussex Parish Registers