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St Donats Stradling Painting 2

 

Stradlings 2

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     Here lyeth Thomas Stradlinge Esquier sonne to Harry Stradlinge Knight and Elisabeth his wyfe (The daughter of William Thomas of Raglan in the Countie of Monmouth Knight) who dyed at Cardyife in the Monastery of Preaching Fryers the 8 day of September In the yere of our Lord 1480 whos (after the dissolution of the sayd manasterie) Thomas Stradlinge Knight his nephewe caused to be taken up and carried to Saint Donatts and buried in the chauncell of the church ther by his sonne the 4 day of June in the yere of our Lord 1537 and afterwards Edward Stradlinge Knight his nephewe sonne the 5 of that name, translated the said bones out of the chauncell in to the Chappell ther in the yere of our Lord 1573 after whos seath his wyfe maried with Sir Rees Ap Thomas Knight of the Garter, and dyed at Picton in the County of Pembroke the 5 day of February in the yere of our Lord 1533 and was buryed at Carmarthen in the church of the monastery of Preaching Friers with the said Sir Rees Ap Thomas her husband.

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