DescriptionJane Still (née Whitmore) depicted on the Nathaniel Still monument, Saint Mary the Virgin, Hutton, Somerset, UK - 20100930.jpg
English: Jane Still (née Whitmore) (1587–1639) and her daughters depicted on an etched stone mural monument to her husband Nathaniel Still (died 2 February 1635) of Hutton, Somerset, England, UK, high on west wall of south aisle in the parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Hutton. Nathaniel was the son of John Still (c. 1543 – 26 February 1607/8), the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Jane later married Henry Dennis (Feb 1594 – 26 June 1638), High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.
The inscription on the monument reads: "In memory of Nathanill Still of this parrish Esq., who dyed the second day of February Anno Domini 1626. Not that he needeth monuments of stone for his well-gotten fame to rest uppon but this was reard to testifie that hee lives in theire loves ye yet surviving for unto vertu who first raised his name hee left the preservation of the same and to posterity remaine it shall when brass and marble monuments shall fall".
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2011-09-16 22:43 Lobsterthermidor 1524×1646 (431025 bytes) Jane Still (nee Whitmore), widow of Nathaniel Still(d.1626) of Hutton, Somerset, with her daughters. Detail from mural monument to Nathaniel Still, Hutton Church, 1626.
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