Close Family Tree

Dedication to John Close (1721) on the wall to the left of the east window of the Church of St Agatha, Easby, Yorkshire.

The dedication reads:

In memoriam, Joannis Close, armigeri
magnum qui se praebuit exemplum mariti patris hominis
Christiani fungens officiis et repentina morte abreptus
quam tenui vita sit pendula filo omnes admonuit
obiit Aprilis IV A.D. MDCCLXXII annos natus LI

Jam nunc homo quae opus sunt cura si posterum tempas expectas
en tibi quad melius suadeat lugubre documentum

Extra parietem juxta maritum posita est
Elizabetha Close ob pietatem omnes que adeo virtutes
filia uxor mater inter caeteras maxime spectata
obit Maii XXVIII A.D. MDCCCII annos nata LXVI
liberi septem superstites pp

Or ... in not so good English:

In memory of John Close, a great armourbearer, who also gave Himself such an example of a human father, her husband's sudden death, the duties and exercising the Christian life is carried away than a thin thread hanging all warned. Died April 4 1772 aged 51.

Now, if after the time of the care of a man which are the work of waiting for you, Behold, in respect to better document suggests a mournful

Outside the wall is laid according to her husband, the wife of the daughter of Elizabeth Close because of the piety of the mother of all virtues which so among other things, viewed the most. Died May 28 1802 aged 66.

The seven surving children pp.