Memorial

Commemoration of Midshipman Henry Arney on family tablet Salisbury Cathedral Wiltshire

Arney family tablet including Midshipman Henry Arney Salisbury Cathedral Wiltshire

Source: Copyright Clive Farmer

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Salisbury Cathedral, Bishops Walk, Salisbury, SP1 2EJ, England

SU14300 29534

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 74113
Description: On a slate backboard , an ornate marble tablet , top and bottom horizontal , sides sloping outwards , at bottom animal feet resting on a plinth , at top on a horizontal pediment in the centre a draped urn , on each side curved decorative architectural features . The lettering incised and coloured black .At the bottom on the slate backboard the makers name incised "Osmond Sctr" (abbvn for Sculptor)
Inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORYOF WILLIAM ARNEY ESQ MANY YEARS AN/INHABITANT OF THIS CLOSE.HE DIED 28TH JAN 1824/IN THE 70TH YEAR OF HIS AGE/THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY HIS AFFLICTED WIDOW AND CHILDREN/A SLIGHT TESTIMONY OF THEIR LOVE & GRATITUDE TO THE BEST OF/HUSBANDS AND PARENTS AND A MEMORIAL OF THE GENUINE WORTH/AND MANY VIRTUES THAT ADORNED HIS CHARACTER/ALSO OF MARIA, WIDOW OF THE ABOVE WM ARNEY WHO DIED/JAN 23RD 1845 AGED 72 ;AND WHOSE REMAINS LIE INTERRED/IN THE ADJOINING CLOISTERS/HENRY GEORGE THEIR 3RD SON A MIDSHIPMAN ON BOARD HMS LARNE DIED NOV 6TH 1817 AGED 17/THE REVD FREDERICK EDWARD ARNEY THEIR 4TH SON CURATE/OF FICHELDEAN IN THIS COUNTY DIED APRIL 1ST 1837 AGED 35/AND WAS ALSO BURIED IN THE CLOISTERS /