thiself

Updated: July 19, 2026

It bears an incised representation of Andrew Jones, a Hereford merchant, and his wife, with an inscription setting forth how he repaired the crypt in 1497. Scrolls proceeding from the mouths of the figures bear the following lines:— "Remember thy life may not ever endure, That thou dost thiself thereof art thou sewre.

A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher - Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description: Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See