William and Mary Hooper memorial - St Petrock - Exeter, Devon - Stone Church Artefacts on Waymarking.com

Memorial of William and Mary Hooper in St Petrock's church, Exeter.

Somewhat sombre portrait-busts. William Hooper was a merchant and former churchwarden, who died in 1682. His wife Mary, had died twenty-four years earlier ? bearing their tenth child. They are wearing the costume of puritan bourgeoisie in the time of the Commonwealth, although William also sports the full-bottomed curled black wig that became fashionable with the Restoration.

"Limestone and Asburton marble. Mary died in 1658 and William in Jan 1682/3 – which seems a strange date perhaps! Although England did not formally adopt the practice of the civil New Year starting on Jan 1 until 1752, it was already becoming common to regard Jan 1 as the start of the year rather than Lady Day- which celebrates the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and bear a son – Jesus. Dates falling within that January to March period were shown as falling in either of those two years depending on your system of counting!."

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The inscription on the monument reads -
In memoriam charissimi patris
Gulielmi Hooper hujus civitatis Mer-
catoris haud vulgaris notae, cum vixis-
set anos 65 urbem hanc reliquit in
spe melioris non manufactae sed aeternae
in caelis obijt Januarij l7o 168?.
Non habemus hic manentem civitatem
sed futurum inquirimus. Heb. 13, v. 14
Benjamin filius a primo secundus
ac patris haeres moerens posuit.

In memoriam,
Feminae Lectissimae conjugis castae ac
fidelis, matris providae ac prudentis.
Mariae Hooper fidei intemeratae vitae
inculpatae quae bonam partem elegit
et nunquam auferetur abea : novem
liberos peperit et decimum parturiens
animam Deo reddidit 25 die Sept 1658.
Mulier timens Jehovam ipsa laudabatur,
xxxi., Prov. xxx.

Approximate Age of Artefact: 1683 Relevant Website: Not listed

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