The petitioner sought a faculty for the introduction at the grave of her mother of a memorial in the form of a Celtic cross with the inscription ‘free spirit’. The chancellor approved the design of the memorial, which he considered to be the quality to be expected for a bespoke memorial, observing that it would bring some individuality to what is all too frequently bland and homogenous. He did not, however, approve the proposed inscription, which he considered did not convey anything of Christian belief nor the hope in the resurrection as is appropriate in a consecrated burial ground. The faculty was refused, with the proceedings stayed for a period of six weeks to enable the petitioner to propose a variation in the proposed inscription. [RA]
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