Floor Slab – Thomas, Charlotte, Richard & Bellamy Wells
Description
A cracked and pitted fragment of slate stone, cut down to fit into a space in the flooring, with elegant Neo-Classical decoration including scrollwork, swags of drapery and a winged cherub head. It was previously in the Churchyard outside (documented in John Barton's 1860-61 survey), and brought inside after the 2015-16 Churchyard survey. The design would have been symmetrical, but the R hand side and bottom have been cropped. The inscription commemorates mahogany broker Thomas Wells (1765-1811) and three of his children: Charlotte (b. & d. 1805), Richard (1790-95) and Bellamy (d. 1787, who was named after her mother, Bellamy Robinson). Inscription has been completed from Barton's 1860-61 transcription, with some corrections from comparison with parish registers.
Inscription and donor(s)
Here
lie the mortal Remains [of]
THOMAS WELLS
Father
of the Undermention[ed]
Children
who Departed this [Life]
April 10.th 1811
Aged 46 Years
CHARLOTTE WELLS
Died July 1st 1805 Aged 5 M[onths]
–––––––
RICHARD and BELLAMY W[ELLS]
Children of
THOMAS and BELLAMY W[ELLS]
RICD died Mar.h 10th 179[5 aged 5 Years
BELLY died Jan.y 29th 1787 an infant
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord]
Subjects
| Forename(s) | Family name | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas | Wells | 1811 |
| Charlotte | Wells | 1805 |
| Richard | Wells | 1795 |
| Bellamy | Wells | 1787 |
Physical attributes & manufacture
Location
Condition
Cracked and cropped (had been removed from churchyard and cut down to fit a space in the floor of raised choir), but some of the decoration is still beautiful. Not in NADFAS, as possibly then under (now removed) row of pews.
References
John Barton, Hull Holy Trinity (Churchyard only) Monumental Inscriptions, East Yorkshire Family History Society, 2005, no. 325 (from Barton's 1860-61 MS), although this mistakenly gives baby Bellamy's date of death as 1797 instead of 1787.
Humber Field Archæology, Recording of Memorial Stones in Holy Trinity Churchyard and Trinity Square, Kingston upon Hull (2015-16), Humber Archæology Report No. 488, p. 25, Stone no. 125.
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