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Elford, Mary

Church: St. Pancras - Widecombe-in-the-Moor (in Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon).
Relation: Spouse.
Sex: Female.
Virtue(s): Fear of God, Fertility, Good works*.
Exemplar: Reminder of death*.
Afterlife: Known.
Literature: Poetry*, Riddles and puns.
Language: Only English.
Year of death: 1642.
Year of headstone: 1650.
Age at death: not given (classed as: Adult).

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