Jump to content

File:Memorial to Edmund Davy in Exeter Cathedral.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (3,648 × 5,472 pixels, file size: 6.27 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: Mural monument in Exeter Cathedral, Devon, of Dr Edmund Davie (1630-1692), a Doctor of Physick, who lived at the Chantry in Exeter, one of the "Worthies of Devon" of John Prince (1643–1723), of whom he was an acquaintance. Prince described him as "The great Aesculapius of his time in these western parts". His mural monument survives in the south aisle of the Lady Chapel of Exeter Cathedral and displays his sculpted bust. According to Lysons, "Magna Britannia" (1822), he was the last in the male line of the Davie family of Canonteign. He was the younger son of Robert Davie (fl.1633) (third son of Robert Davie (1564-pre-1617) of w:Canonteign, Devon) by his wife a certain Rachell (fl.1633), who are said to have emigrated to New England. Latin inscription: In memoriam Edmundi Davy, Medicinae Doctoris, qui obiit vicessimo secundo die Jan(uarii) 1692 ("In memory of Edmund Davy, Doctor of Medicine, who died on the twenty second day of January 1692"). Above are shown the arms of Davie of Crediton, Creedy, Ruxford, Canonteign, etc.: Argent, a chevron sable between three mullets pierced gules (mullets here shown sable)
Date
Source Own work
Author Andrewrabbott

Licensing

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

23 September 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:18, 26 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 10:18, 26 September 20153,648 × 5,472 (6.27 MB)AndrewrabbottUser created page with UploadWizard

The following page uses this file:

Metadata