Stone No.896
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Flat stone elaborately carved, erected by James Lovell and Epham Forret to their son Alexander Lovell, Oct 1579 aged 28. Arms of the Lovells. The Lovell family at this time held a high position as merchants in Dundee Hic citus est Alexander Lovell filius et Jacobi Lovell civis Deidonanus et Euffiame Forret filius legittime prognatus qui obiit die mensis Octobris__ anno D. 1579 aetatis suae 28. Source: The Book of the Howff, ©Libraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is Revised by David, James & Robert Matthew weavers and Euphemia McEwen, wife of James Gray, Blacksmith without prejudice to other claimants (14 April 1836) Source:Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832 |