Margaret Pymm (d. 1683/4)
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Margaret Pymm (d. 1683/4)
A ledger stone in the north nave transept is dedicated to the memory of Margaret Pymm.
The black marble rectangular ledger measures 869mm x 1985mm.
Incised Roman letters with an armorial shield: Pymm Sable a fess argent and three owls or with three cross- crosslets sable on the fess impaling Dering Or a saltire sable.
Inscription
S. To the Memory of
MRS MARGARET PYMM
One of the Daughters of FINCH DERING of
CHEARING in this County Esq
and widdow of IOHN PYMM Gent
who exchanged this life for
a Better on the 20th of March
Anno Dom 1683/4
References
Rochester Cathedral features an exceptional collection of over 100 ledger stones, each atop an individual or family burial vault.
