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St Peter, Camerton: Black Tom memorial
locality type:-   effigy
locality type:-   tomb
locality type:-   coat of arms
locality type:-   church memorial

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CHA50.jpg  Effigy, Black Tom of the North.
(taken 22.2.2018)  
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CHA51.jpg  Effigy, Black Tom of the North.
(taken 22.2.2018)  
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CHA52.jpg  Effigy, Black Tom of the North.
(taken 22.2.2018)  
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CHA53.jpg  Tomb chest, Black Tom.
(taken 22.2.2018)  
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CHA54.jpg  Tomb chest, coat of arms
(taken 22.2.2018)  
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CHA55.jpg  Tomb chest, coat of arms
(taken 22.2.2018)  
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CHA56.jpg  Tomb chest, coat of arms; notice the scallop shell of a pilgrim.
(taken 22.2.2018)  
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CHA57.jpg  Tomb chest, coat of arms
(taken 22.2.2018)  
personal
person:-   smuggler
 : Black Tom of the North; Curwen, Thomas
person:-    : Curwen Family
place:-   burial place
date:-   1512
There is an effigy of Black Tom of the North, painted black. Thomas was a son of Elizabeth Sandys and Christopher Curwen of Camerton.
He was involved in border raids in the 15th century, and piracy on the Irish Sea. He is credited with giving to the poor what he stole from the raids. He died somewhen after 1512.
Having been a pilgrim to Santiago de Compostella, Spain, he had a scallop shell on his coat of arms.
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