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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: October 23, 2016
Caption: A Knight's Tomb (#23 described on the marker).
Additional Description: This tomb is just inside the rebuilt church from the south. Its nearby marker reads:

This grave stone, until they were stolen or removed and thus lost, carried “monumental brasses” (a helmeted knight in armor with inscription plate below, a shield and scroll, and a border). These brasses inserts were attached to the stone as the depression show in outline. It is believed to mark the grave of Sir George Yeardley, long time resident and leader at Jamestown (from 1609) and several times governor of the Virginia Colony. Knighted by James I in 1618, the next year, as Governor, he called the first representative legislative assembly to meet in the New World. It convened in the church that stood on this very spot. He died at Jamestown on November 12, 1627. This tomb with inlaid brasses is unique for an American colonial site.
Submitted: November 30, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p371063
File Size: 2.150 Megabytes

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