Tombs of the Dundee Howff
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 Stone No.587

 

Inscription.

 Flat stone elaborately carved with black letter inscription in latin.

Here lies James Flescher citizen of Dundee 31st Dec 1584 aged 58


Here lies an honest man, James Flescher, citizen of Dundee, who died 31st

December, 1584, and of his age 58.

Death is the last of all things. The death of Christ is the life of the faithful.

 

Source: Thomson.


Hic situs probus vir Jacobus Flecher civis Deidonanus obiit 31 die mensis Decembris a. 1584 aetatis suae 58.
 

Mors extremum omnir rerum.
Mors Christo vita fidelium.

Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is
reproduced with kind permission.