The floor slabs of Oudewater

8. Floor slab of Fye, widow of Henrick Ghijsbertz



Date:

 1537(?)

MeMO memorial object ID:

 397

Commemorated party:

 No further information is available on the deceased

Current location:

 South aisle of the nave (zuiderkerk)

Original location:

 The original location of the slab is unknown as no mention of the family can be found in the register of graves

Short description:

 Rectangular 'headstone' (hooftstuck) featuring an inscription in Gothic textualis, which can now be seen only along three of its sides; in the centre a rectangular compartment with a skull and a mark between two shields accollé

Condition:

 The slab shows some wear in places and the left side appears to have been cut down, thereby losing the inscription along the edge

Material:

 Blue limestone

Dimensions:

 48 x 69 cm

Inscription:

 '[H]ier leit begraven Fye Henrick Ghijsbertz. wedue sterf anno XVc XXXVII[...]'

Translation:

 Here lies buried Fye, widow of Henrick Ghijsbertz., died 1537(?)

Language:

 Dutch

Heraldry:

 Two shields accollé with a lion rampant reversed and three lances 2 and 1 (for husband Henrick Ghijsbertz.) and three trefoils 2 and 1 (for Fye herself)


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2. Celi van Zijl and Alijt van Swieten

3. Jannichgen, widow of Dirck Jan Luijten

4. Elyzabet, widow of Jacob Gerritz., and her sister Eugen

5. Willem and Jan Ghijsbart Janz. van der Laen

6. Jacob Janz. van der Hoech

7. Clemens Willemsdochter

8. Fye, widow of Henrick Ghijsbertz.

9. A member of the Van der Heede family and Herman Ludolfz.

10. Adriaen Goesenz.

11. Marya Aedryen Goesenz. dochter

12. Cornelis Dirck Janz. and his wife
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