Location
On the southern wall of the Chapel of St. Thomas (see Cathedral Plan).
Memorial
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF JOHN MASON
CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY, TREASURER OF THE ARMY
CAPTAIN OF SOUTH SEA CASTLE, GOVERNOR OF THE COL-
ONY OF NEWFOUNDLAND, PATENTEE AND FOUNDER OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE IN AMERICA, VICE-ADMIRAL OF NEW ENGLAND
BORN 1586 DIED 1635
THE FAITHFUL CHURCHMAN, DEVOTED PATRIOT AND GAL-
LANT OFFICER, OF WHOM ENGLAND AND AMERICA WILL EVER
BE PROUD, WAS BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY, TREASURER OF THE ARMY
CAPTAIN OF SOUTH SEA CASTLE, GOVERNOR OF THE COL-
ONY OF NEWFOUNDLAND, PATENTEE AND FOUNDER OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE IN AMERICA, VICE-ADMIRAL OF NEW ENGLAND
BORN 1586 DIED 1635
THE FAITHFUL CHURCHMAN, DEVOTED PATRIOT AND GAL-
LANT OFFICER, OF WHOM ENGLAND AND AMERICA WILL EVER
BE PROUD, WAS BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Further Information
This plaque was presented to the Cathedral in 1977 by the Piscataqua Pioneers of New Hampshire. The Piscataqua Pioneers are descendants of the Piscataqua River basin's original settlers who had lived there prior to 1775. The river flows through New Hampshire and reaches the sea close to Portsmouth NH.
Despite the wording on the plaque there is no record of Captain Mason being buried in Westminster Abbey. The wording appears to have been copied verbatim from another plaque to Captain Mason in the Royal Garrison Church. That plaque was also presented by the people of New Hampshire around a hundred years earlier than this one.
