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Sir Thomas Myddelton
(1666) and his second wife
Mary (Napier) (1674)
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Left and above:
Sir Richard
Myddelton, 3rd Bt (1716)
and his wife
Frances (Whitmore) (1698)
and son
William,
4th Bt (1717) who died without issue and was added
to the monument.
Daughter
Frances (1693)
is shown as a chrysom child. |
Above and right: Elizabeth
Myddelton (Wilbraham) First wife of Sir Thomas
Myddelton (grandson of Thomas Myddelton & Mary Napier) |
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'The resting place of all that was mortal
of Arthur William 2nd Baron Trevor 1923
and of Rosamond Petrie his second wife
1942. Also of their only child
Mary Rosamond
(Moyra) 1904 aged 5 to whose dear memory this was
built.' |
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Arthur
William, 2nd Lord Trevor (1923) Lt Col 1st Life Guards,
Hon Col Commandant, Denbighshire Volenteer Regt. in the Great
War. White tablet with inset bas relief portrait and bas relief
arms.
Hillyar George Edwin HillTrevor (1914) Lt Scots
Guards. KIA Givenchy, La Bassée, France at 1. White tablet with
3 medals and a certificate inset. I am afraid I cannot read
the latter from the photograph I have and cannot identify the
medals; information would be most welcome. His burial site
is unknown but he is commemorated at th Le Touret Memorial,
Richebourg-l'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France. |
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| Sir John Salusbury
(or Llewenni) (1578) & Dame Jane (Middleton) Alabaster by
Donbins |
Above and right:
Sir Humphrey Llwyd (1568)
' a great cartographer, librarian, author,
translator, physician and musician, known as the Father of
Modern Geography' He piloted through Parliament the Act for the
1588 translation of the Bible into Welsh |
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Heaton & Shaw
monuments. The left one is by
S & T Franceys, Liverpool
and the middle one
(Richard Heaton 1791) by
Westmacott the Elder |
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Sir Richard Myddleton (1575) & Jane (Dryhurst) (1565) He
was governor of Denbigh Castle. Their children kneel behind
their parents: Richard, Hugh, Ffoulke, Thomas, Robert,
William, Simon, Charles, Pyrs, Barbara Cecely, Ales, Lucy,
Grace, Margaret, Elin and Jane. |
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Above:Early 14th century
fragment of
tomb slab: shield with a lion and the words '...GRIFRI AB
YNYR...'
Below left: 'HIC JACET MADOC AP LLEWELYN AP
GRIF(1331)
Below centre: 'Here lieth Christopher Parkins
sometime curate of this church who died in the year
of our Lord God 1843 and Anne
Arabella Boscowen wife of the above named
Christopher Parkins who died in the year of Our Lord
1843' By J.G & L.A.B Waller of London.
Medieval looking Victorian brass. |
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14th century slab inscribed 'HIC
JACET GRONW AP IORWERTH AP DDCUIS AP DS ABSOLWAT' It shows a
spear, and a sword held by a mailed hand whihc are behind a shield with
three stars on a bend. |
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Above right: Effigy in the dress of a 14th century judge,
possibly Sir David Hanmer, judge of the King's Bench
1383-1387. |
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| Above: Sir Richard Trevor & Catherine
Erected in his lifetime 1638.
Catherine (1602) has her own monument with their
daughters also represented, right. |
Above: Sir John Trevor (1589)
The
builder of Trevallyn Hall. The inscription on the central
panel is in Welsh
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Rev Henry Newcombe (1805)
and his first wife
Anne (1768)
who
died
aged 29 in childbirth. Also his second wife
Elizabeth
(1783) and eldest son
Henry (1794)
By Westmacott |
John Madocks (1794)
Signed: Rogerson fecit London. Details of the bust are
shown below. |
William Egerton (1827)
and three grandsons who died in WWI: Robert
Randle (1914), Philip Graham (1918) & Brian Raleigh (1918)
By Chantrey 1829. Details of the bust are shown
below. |
John Williams (1848) By
William Theed. The figure represents Resignation |
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John Parry (1797)
Signed R
Westmacott Junr |
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| Does anyone know if there is a memorial in
the church to the Gresford Disaster of 1934 when 266 underground
mine workers were killed by the explosion and subsequent fire? I
believe there is a painting in the church remembering those who
were killed, but I do not have a photograph. I'd be most
grateful for any information or photographs please. |
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Left top left:
Edward Lloyd (1852)
signed John Gibson, Rome. Left top
right: Peter
Ellis Eyton MP (1878)
Left bottom: 14th century stone; taken from
the old church 1981
Above left: Ursula
Lloyd (1793); her eldest son, John KC JP
and Margaret (1810), his widow. By S & F Franceys
Above right: Rev William Williams Edwards
(1829) Rector. He married Jennet,
daughter of Edward, whose surname he
assumed. Also: Jennet Williams Edwards (1859)
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Above top: Fragment of a 14th
century stone effigy of a woman, similar to that at Pennant
Melangell, which is shown on the far right
Above bottom: William Morgan (1601)
He translated the Bible into Welsh whilst rector here in
1558 |
The Cwgan Stone with inscription 'CO (CORG)
OM FILIU(S) EDELSTAN' |
Stone at
Pennant Melangel |
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Left:
Anne Jemima York (1770 age 16)
By
William Tyler
Above:
Philip Yorke (1804)
By
Sir Richard Westmacott
Both children of Simon Yorke |
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Left: 'Pray for the souls of John ap Elis
Eyton, knight, who died September 28 1526
and Elizabeth Calveley his wife who died in
1524' Alabaster. He fought for Henry Tudor at the
Battle of Bosworth and was rewarded by Henry as king with
estates here.
Above left: 'Here lies Hwyl...' c
1320. Monument brought in from the church yard. Note the
heraldry on the shield.
Above right: 'Here lies Iorwerth ab Awr
ab Ieuaf' ' c 1330. Again from church yard.
and agin note the heraldry.
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Left: Henry Wynn (1719) 'in the
attitude of a fanatical preacher' . There is also a monument to
him in the Temple Church. By Robert Wynne of Ruthin
Statuary. Described as 'a massacre of marble'. It
does look rather silly but I'm sure they felt it looked
something else at the time.
Above:
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (1718) 3rd baronet.
Killed by a fall while hunting. By J M Rysbrack
costing £465
Right: Lady Henrietta Wynn (Somerset)
(1769) Third daughter of Charles Noel, Duke of
Beaufort, she died aged 21. By Joseph Nollekens. Hope
and Anchor. |
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| Above and right:
Hugh Bellot DD (1596)
Bishop of Bangor 1586-95 and Chester 1596. He left
instructions that his body be buried in the parish of his
death. He is said to have respected celibacy so much he
never allowed a woman in his house. The effigy appears
to be buried partially on the wall. |
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| Mary Ellen
Peel (Palmer)(1863)
and
their first born
Archibald |
Mrs Mary Myddleton (1716) & Frances
Whitmore (1718) By
Louis F Roubiliac 1751-2. The
lady appears to be rising from her coffin but one leg is still
inside. |
Rev Thomas Myddelton (1754) and
Arabella (1756) 'Near them lye three of their
children who all dyed as infants' By
Louis F Roubiliac. |
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Wrexham - R.
C. Cathedral |
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Ellen Thompson (1854) She died of cholera and was the
wife of Richard Thompson, collier and iron master; he was also
founder of this church and erected this monument to his wife.
The wall brass is part of the monument. A beautiful effigy in
the medieval style' |
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| With many thanks to
Jean McCreanor for the above photographs and information |
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