The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Tradescant family tomb, South view
Tradescant family tomb, South view [].Click image for full-size. Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source)John Aubrey (12 Mar 1626-June 1697) N/AHester Tradescant (-1678) N/AJohn, the Elder Tradescant (c.1570s-c.15 Apr 1638) N/AJohn Tradescant, the Younger (4 Aug 1608 [bap.]-22 Apr 1662) Description:Inscription on the top:
Know stranger as thou pass, beneath this stone
Lye John Tradescant grandsire, father, sone
The last died in his spring, the other two
Lived till they had travelled art and nature thro’
By their choice collections may appear
Of what is rare in land in sea and air
Whilst they (as Homer’s Iliad in a nut)
A world of wonders in one closet shut
These famous Antiquarians that had been
Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen
Transplanted now themselves, sleep here, and when
Angels shall with their trumpets waken men
And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise
And change this garden for a Paradise.
- traditionally attributed to John Aubrey Other Links: www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/the-tradescant-tomb - Description provided by the Garden Museum