Robinson, John 1615-1681

Title:

Gentleman

Military Rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

First Name:

John

Last Name:

Robinson



Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

post 1680

Inscription:

From the Latin (partial):
'...His body, though formed of superior clay, yet being worn out as well as ennobled by honourable wounds, was unable to retain beyond the 65th year of his age his soul, which aspired to heaven, and surrendered it on the 15th March, 1680'.

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

See:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177263432/john-robinson
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Robinson,_John_(1617-1681)
https://biography.wales/article/s-ROBI-NSO-1530
Gaunt, Peter 1991 A Nation Under Siege: The Civil War in Wales 1642-48. London, HMSO, p.77