Memorial

Edward Coker

Plaque recording the death of Edward Coker in Bridport following a skirmish during the Monmouth Rebellion St Mary's Church Bridport

Source: Copyright Clive Farmer

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Current Location

St Mary's Church, 84, South Street, Bridport, West Dorset, Dorset, DT6 3NW, England

SY 46589 92593

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 26610
Description: Brass rectangular plaque with a black wood border all within a varnished ornate moulded plaster frame with laurel leaves and at top a cherub's head and wings . At top of the plaque the Coker family coat of arms ,then the inscription , which together with the decorative elements incised and coloured black.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF EDWARD/ CROKER GENT SECOND/ SON OF CAPT ROBERT/ CROKER OF MAPOWDER/ SLAYNE AT THE BULL/ INN IN BRIDPORT JUNE THE 14TH/ AN DO 1685 BY ONE VENNER/ WHO WAS AN OFFICER UNDER/ THE LATE DUKE OF MONMOUTH/ IN THAT REBELLION/

Plaque

Height: 304.8mm

Width: 304.8mm

Made from: Copper

Condition: Good