A delightful obituary...

[Mary from Italy]

From the Fillongley (Warwickshire) burial register:

Nov 28th 1767
Saunders Lambeth: a spiteful, contentious villain, the father of three or four bastards, and for many years before he died, never appeared in the House of God.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=2416&iid=4291944_00224&fn=Saunders&ln=Lambeth&st=d&ssrc=&pid=3151154

[Merry]

No doubt the man himself would love to have read that - probably would have made him laugh!! Great stuff! Thanks for sharing.

[Beduffbloke]

Fillongley thats my neck of the woods. great post :-)

[Mary from Italy]

If you have any Garners or Sparks in Fillongley, we're probably related :)

[Beduffbloke]

no relatives there but about 10 minutes drive away

[Nell]

Nothing like a bit of Christian forgiveness when a man is dead, eh! I wonder what the 3 or 4 bastards made of that, and I am assuming there's some doubt over #4!

[Kit]

I love that. I wish all registers gave a summary of the person.