The Captain John Smith window at St. Sepulchre without Newgate, London, England, where Smith is buried at the Royal Fusiliers’ Chapel, aged 51 years old.
Marker at Smith’s grave at Church of St. Sepulchre without Newgate, London, England
Epitaph
Captain John Smith
Sometime Governour of Virginia and Admiral of New England, who departed this life the 21st of June 1631.
Accordamus Vincere est Vivere
[We are Agreed to Win is to Live]
Here lies one conquered, that hath conquered kings,
Subdued large territories, and done things
Which to the world impossible would seem.
But that the truth is held in more esteem,
……………..
O may his soul in sweet Elysium sleep,
Until the Keeper, that all souls doth keep,
Return to judgment; and that after thence
With angels he may have his recompense.
—Extracted from a brass plate at Smith’s grave in London, of unknown attribution and originally engraved onto the tomb in the church floor.
Captain John Smith
Christened 9 January 1580, Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England
Died 21 June 1631, London, England
Statue of Captain John Smith at Bow Churchyard, London.