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St Mary |
| The photographs
from Acton Burnell were taken by and kindly sent to me by Tony
Carr |
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Far right:
Sir Humphrey Lee (1632) & Margaret
Corbet . Children kneel below. He was the son of Sir
Richard. By Nicholas Stone (1632) who was paid
£66.19.4d.
Right: Sir Richard Lee (1591) & Wife
Alabaster. His wife's effigy is obscured
in the above photograph.Kneeling
behind are 9 children in a frontal position. He was ancestor of
Robert E Lee, the famous Confederate General.
Above:
Nicholas Burnell (1382)
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| Details of the monument to Sir Richard
Lee. Note the small animal asleep in his gauntlet |
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Hall -
Roman Catholic Chapel |
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| Acton Burnell Hall is now occupied by a
college. The chapel is now used as a library. |
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| Edward Joseph Smythe
(1841) |
Peter Carrington
Smythe (1853) |
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Sir Whitmore Acton
(1731) & Elizabeth (1759)
Designed by
T F
Pritchard |
Richard Acton (1703)
Monument erected by his 2nd wife,
Hester Acton (1713) |
Sir Richard Acton (1791)
& Lady Ann Acton (1784 |
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tablet to Stephen Humphries (1865), a Royal
Marine, who served at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was buried in
the church yard but his grave (above) was only
discovered a few year ago when a large tangle of brambles was
removed; the headstone was badly weathered and has been
replaced by a new stone. |
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Above left: Unknown
Medieva lcouple, outside church. Above right:
Sir John Talbot (1555) of Albrighton and
Grafton and Frances (Gifford) Alabaster.
Right: Possibly to William de Picheford, priest or
an altar. Found buried in south aisle 1853 and moved into
church in 1921. 1260-70 |
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Astley Abbots - St
Calixtus |
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Far Left: Hannah Phillips (1709)
Drowned crossing the Severn on the eve of her
wedding. A 'maiden's garland'
Left: Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones (1811)
& Hannah rebecca (1824) & their 3 children:
Charlotte (1820), Harriet Emma (1820) &
Edmund (1820)
Above Left: Sir Thomas Jones
(1782)
Above Central & Right: Rt Rev
Thomas Percy Curate here 1752-1754; later Dean
of Carlisle and Bishop of Dromore. Author of 'Percy's
Reliques'
Left: Mjr Francis Billingsley (1656)
& his son Col Billingsley (1646)
Kia defending Bridgenorth against the
Parliamentary army in St Leonard's churchyard |
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John Bottrel (1479) and his
wife Maria (1500)
Large and rather good incised slab, but badly repaired at some
point. The whole slab is shown with detail of lady and children
at their feet. |
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John Botterell (1588)
&
Elizabeth (Trowe) (1595)
He was the great-grandson of the John on the incised
slab
Note the 'rather coarse detail' |
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Their children: Ann,
Frances & William
Note the curious and ungainly atttempt to represent
kneeling figures which is found from time to time: the upper
part of the body is shown from the front but the lower legs from
the side, turned in an impossible right angle, giving a
'merchild' appearance. |
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| Botterall |
William Barker
(1826) 'and part of his family'. Three
daughters who died in infancy.
Elizabeth (1824),
Ann (1824), William Corsen (1825), Mary (1826), Thomas
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Ann Bishop (1800)
'relict of Thomas Bishop';
John Bishop (1819)
son of Richard and Hannah Bishop;
Richard Bishop (1827)
The relationships are
obscure |
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Edward Burton (1524)
and his second
wife Joyce/Jocosa (Coyney) This
incised slab was brought from old St Chad's,
Shrewsbury
Note the row of daughters shown on the detail on the left. |
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| Henry Sprott
(1744) & Anna (1763) Also their son
Thomas
(1740) |
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Richard Corbet
(1684) & Judith (1691)
Also ?
Hartshorns
but not legible |
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| Knight 13th century. Cross legs. Oak.
Said to be Sir John de Lee |
Rebekah Gillam Williams (1827)
Signed by
Bacon the Younger |
Adah Greaves (1638)
Wife of
the then rector |
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| Said to be Gervase
Needham (1703) Vicar. He was ejected by the Long
Parliament but resumed his post at the Restoration |
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Burford - St
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The church is unlocked
and there is a good car park outside; however it is difficult
to find! The Sat Nav unhelpfully gave Burford, Oxon and
Burford, Tenbury, Worc but
not
Burford, Salop. The latter was found to be correct since
the map showed Tenbury as the nearest town of any size, even
though it is in Worcestershire and Burfort is (still) in
Shropshire. If you reach Tenbury continue north
on the A4112
until you cross the Worcester/Shropshire
border and soon reach the
A456 ; then turn left on
this road which takes you away from Burford village. The church
is not signposted at all but you will soon come to a yellow road
on the left signposted Burford House and Gardens; this
is a garden centre which you pass and soon come to the church.
All of which shows the superiority of O/S maps over Sat Navs!
O/S Ref: SO 583 680 |
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| Princess Elizabeth of Lancaster
(1363-1426) |
ELIZABETH was
born in Burford and was the third child of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke
of Lancaster and his first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, so the
sister of King Henry IV. She was said to have been a headstrong
and spirited girl and married for the first time at seventeen to
John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, who was only eight. After
six years she became weary of being married to a much younger
husband and the marriage was annulled. At this time she was
twenty three and he fourteen.
SHE was seduced by King Richard II's half brother, John Holland, 1st Duke
of Exeter and became pregnant; the
couple married and she gave birth to six children. However her
husband took part in the Epiphany Plot whose aim was to
assassinated Henry IV (Elizabeth's brother) and restore Richard
II to the throne. He was executed for high treason.
HER third marriage was to Sir John Cornwall which caused problems
because the couple failed to ask fot the King's permission. However
it was a happy marriage and the couple had two children, both of
whom died without issue.
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Edmund Cornwall (1508)
Painted oak effigy |
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Unamed, possible late 13th century.
This may be a monument or may have been an altar |
1630 but not legible |
1630 but not legible |
Elizabeth de Cornewayle (1370) |
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| Gilbert Cornewall (1670) |
Elizabeth Cornewel (1675) |
Elizabeth Rushhout (1827)
Aged 13. By Westmacott |
Caroline Rushout (1822)
Aged 18. By Westmacott |
Thomas Morris (1752) |
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Lady Caroline Rushout (1818)
By Sir Richard Westmacott |
Hon & Rev George Rushout (1842)
'One of the rectors of this parish' |
Harriet Rushout (1852)
By Charles Geerts of Louvaine |
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| Left: Column of
monumens then shown in detal above. Above left:
James Waylan Joyce, Rector 1845-87. His name is
insceibed on the wooden talet below the bas relief.
Above Right: Rev Richars Rocke AB (1830)
Rector of Lyndon, Rutland. Above right:
Theophilius Knowles (1801) |
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Charles Henry
George Cornwall Legh (1934) Gray tablet with gold, red
and blue incised lettering and arms.
Sir Charles Hamilton Rushout Bt (1931) Buried at
Longborough, Glouc. Gray tablet with red and black lettering;
arms.
Arthur Noel Vernon Hill-Lowe (1964) and his sons:
Lt Arthur Norman Ommanmey Peter (kia 1943) and
Barry Veron Charles (1928), aged 6.
And his wife: Deborah Mary Hill-Lowe (1977)
To the left and right are a series of wall monuments,
brasses and coffin plates which I have not deciphered.
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| The Burford photographs were taken by
the Webmaster |
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Above
left:
Sir Robert Brooke (1558) with Anne
(née) Waring
and Dorothy (née Gatacre)
with 18 children aroud the tomb chest. Alabaster.
He was speaker of the House of Commons.
Above right: 'Here lies Richard Spicer merchator and
Alice his wife which Richard died the
mensis March AD mill'imoCCCCmoXL octavo, cuj animae miseatur
Deus, Amen'
Right:
Willaim Gatacre (1577)
and Eleanor
(Mytton)
Far right:Francis Gatacre (1599)
and
Elizabeth (Swierton)
The last three monuments are incised slabs. |
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| Roger Owen (1718) |
Alice Mary Cholmondeley (Egerton) (1868) She died in
childbirth in her first year of marriage, the baby dying a
month later. An empty cradle is at her feet. By Reginald
Cholmondeley, her husband, who had helped Watts with
his work. |
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Above:
Sir Thomas Scriven (1587) & Margaret (Corbet)
Alabaster.
Brought from St Chad's, Shrewsbury
Near right:
Jane Norton (Owen),
who erected the monument, kneels on the top tier with her
husband Bonham Norton; below is her father
Judge Thomas Owen (1598)
and eldest brother
Sir Roger Owen.
Centre right:
Sir Thomas Cholmondeley (1864) He took the
name of Owen, the previous lords of the manor, after
inheriting the estate in 1863. By George Frederick Watts
Far right:
Martha Owen (164 1)
and baby.
Brought from St Chad's, Shrewsbury |
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Sir William Fowler
(1717)
and sons Sir Richard (1731)
& Richard Sloan (1758) |
Robert Cressett (1728) |
Catherine Cressett (1680)
wife of Sir Robert. Also sons Robert
(1678) & Edward 'dyed in his
infancy.' |
Thomas Langley (1694) |
John Dod (1774) |
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| Dr Edward Cressett
(1755), Bishop of Llandaff |
Frances Cressett
(1765) wife of the Bishop & their
daughter Elizabeth (179_) |
Henry Cressett Pelham
(1803), Mrs Jane Cressett Pelham (1820), John Cressett
Pelham (1838) |
Barbara Cressett
(17136) |
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Above & right: Knight c 1320-40. Possibly William
de Ercall who founded a chantry chapel here for the souls of
his parents
Far right: :
Priest, 13th century |
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| The photographs were kindly provided byJean
McCreanor and by Dr John Davis, except where stated. To whom grateful thanks. |
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