{"id":1369,"date":"2016-08-26T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2020-07-11T15:09:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T15:09:24","slug":"the-yeo-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/26\/the-yeo-sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yeo Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While I was photographing at <a href=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/panoramas\/cornwall\/northpetherwin.html\">St Paternus&#8217; Church, North Petherwin<\/a> for some more 360\u00b0 panoramas for my ongoing series on the <a href=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/panoramas\/cornwall\/churches.html\">parish churches of Cornwall<\/a> I came across this really touching memorial to three sisters of the Yeo family who all died young in the 1630s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve written out the full text below keeping the original spelling (errors and all), including thorn (\u00fe) and the long s (&#383;).<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery floatbox galleryid-1369 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail' data-fb-options='group:galleryid-1369'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DS1_6497.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DS1_6497-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Memorial to the Yeo Sisters\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DS1_6497detail.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DS1_6497detail-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Verse to the memory of the sisters\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DS1_6499.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DS1_6499-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Detail of the sisters and the Yeo family crest\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<div style='clear: both; 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