18 May 1734: The epitaph on the tombstone of the prolific William Strutton of Patrington, buried this day
John Hobson. 1877. The Journal of Mr. John Hobson, Late of Dodworth Green. Yorkshire Diaries and Autobiographies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Ed. Charles Jackson. Durham: Surtees Society. A (morbid) compendium of everyday England. It is sometimes unclear whether the date given is that of an occurrence or that on which news reached his capacious ears. Get it:
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Here lyeth the body of William Strutton, of Padrington, buried the 18th of May, 1734, aged 97, who had by his first wife 28 children, and by a second wife 17. Own father to 45; grandfather to 86; great grandfather to 97; and great great grandfather to 23; in all 251.
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Abbreviations:
- ER: East Riding
- GM: Greater Manchester
- NR: North Riding
- NY: North Yorkshire
- SY: South Yorkshire
- WR: West Riding
- WY: West Yorkshire
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The editor notes various other mentions of Mr Strutton.
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Here lyeth the body of William Strutton, of Padrington, buried the 18th of May, 1734, aged 97, who had by his first wife 28 children, and by a second wife 17. Own father to 45; grandfather to 86; great grandfather to 97; and great great grandfather to 23; in all 251.
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