Thomas Deacon - Peterborough Cathedral
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walwyn Sun, 10/09/2011 - 20:36
White marble monument to Thomas Deacon (d1720) and wife. Thomas Deacon was a wealthy wool merchant, and the monument depicts him in a powdered wig of the period, his elbow resting on a pillow and his hand upon a skull. The inscription and that of his wife below detail the various charities that they had supported including the establishment of a Charity School in Cowgate for 20 poor boys in the city.
