Mary Chipperfield (detail)

This tombstone is in the churchyard of St Helen's, Wheathampstead. I spotted this monument a while back but a tree blocked the sunshine. I've been checking back ever since waiting for the midday sun to be high enough to clear the top of the tree. The inscription reads:

Here lyeth the body of
Mary CHIPPERFIELD
late wife of
Robert CHIPPERFIELD
who departed this life
the 2nd day of May 1712

(Footstone - M C.)

The skull is accompanied by an hourglass on its side.

Pentax Q-S1, 01 prime lens.