Location
On the east side of a pillar on the north side of the Quire (see Cathedral Plan).
 

Memorial
Memorial to Ambrose Stanyford
 
Inscription
Beneath this stone lyes the
earthly remains of Ambrose
Stanyford who by the Good pro-
vidence of God was ye happy ins-
trument of Contriveing, frameing,
& furnishing ye inside beauty of this
house for ye glory of God & to ye
joy & comfort of his People As-
sembling hear (sic) to his worship
he Departed This Life
the 8th October 1694
There also lyes the Remains
of Sarah the wife of Henry Stany-
ford, son of ye said Ambro' who
Departed this life
ye 10th October 1694
as also Henry son of ye said Henry
& Sarah who dyed February
The 27th 1694/5
 


 
Further Information

 
See also the memorials to Henry Stanyford and Thomas Stanyford.
 
There is a short history of the Stanyford family on the History in Portsmouth website.
 

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