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Although there is limited street parking in Exeter, it is probably better to park in one of the several pay car parks, which are well signposted; I find The Quay car park the least expensive and only a short walk from the city centre and the Cathedral. |
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EXETER CATHEDRAL |
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There is no parking at the cathedral; see above for some limited advice.
The entry fee is £5.00 (adult) but this includes photography. Very
helpful staff Website |
North West Chapel North Transept Speake Chantry South Choir Aisle South East Chapel South Transept The Refectory
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as possible record of all the monuments in Exeter Cathedral,
with photographs of very many of them. There may well be
omissions and errors so I would be grateful for any corrections:
please e-mail me. Exeter was a Cathedral of the Old Foundation so before the Reformation was governed rather like it is today by a Dean and Chapter of Canons - secular priests - and not by a Prior and monks. So here you will find a series of monuments to the Bishops of Exeter; the deans before the Reformation were buried in the chapter house and have no monuments. I have divided the page into sections for each part of the cathedral, arranged in way you might travel around the church when you visit. The entrance is the north door of the west wall of the nave so turn round, look at the easily missed west wall and then walk down the north aisle of the nave...etc. Unfortunately the monuments in each section have been arranged according to layout requirements and not accoring to geography or history! |
 Above: Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1900) Barrister of Middle Temple and the author of Lorna Doone. By Harry Hems |
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John Samuel Champion Davis CBE VD DL (1926) County Director of the Red Cross. White tablet with red cross in gray gothick frame. A tablet states that portions of the west front were restored in memory of George Gould (1928) churchwarden of Anerley, Teignmouth. Left: Mrs Mary Irving (1799) She died of yellow fever at 24 at St Domingo; also her parents Joseph (1801) and Ann (1928) Williams Thomas Edward Vaughan (1800) H M Bengal Civil Service. Brass with leaf surround on black backing Lt Charles Hugh Wyndham (1876 at 27) 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers. Brass with black backing, signed Cox & Sons, London Frederick Temple (1902) Headmaster of Rugby School and subsequently Bishop of Exeter, London and Archbishop of Canterbury. White tablet with inset low profile bronze portrait bust. Christopher Turner Johnson MRCS (1811) Surgeon and anatomical lecturer. Occulist of the West of England Eye Infirmary. Oval tablet on black backing Far Left: '...officers of the 32nd or Cornwall Regiment of Light Infantry who with 448 NCO's and private soldiers were killed or died of wounds or sickness during the defence of Lucknow and Cawnpore 1857 and in the subsequent campaigns against mutinous Sepoys and rebels... Col C A F H Barkely CB, Lt Col W Case, Cpts C Steevens, J Moore, J W Mansfield, W Power, B McCabe, Lts E deL Joly, J D Thompson, F Wainwright, P C Webb, J Brackenbury, E C Hill, W H Studdy & J W Charlton. Also to Mrs J Moore, Mrs Wainwright, Miss Winwright, Mrs Hill and 43 soldiers' wives and 55 childrfen who were barbarously massacred at Caenpore, June 1857. |
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Maj Gen C W Park CB (1912)Other Monuments: Col Harold Street DSO (1959) Colonel of the Devonshire Regiment 1943-1948. Tablet with military badge. Mjr James Ignatius Masterson VC (1935) Served in the Devonshire Regiment 1893-1913. White tablet with black backing. A mural brass with a militray badge and a border of acorns and oak leaves commemorates the following: Sub-Lt Clifford Cruse, who was drowned at Poons, Bombay 1877 ages 20, Lt Percy Frith Reid, who died at Agra, Bengal 1883 at 23, Colonel William Adam Smyth, who died in London 1885 aged 46, Lt Dunstan Lovell Gill, who died at Gwaliot, Bengal 1885 aged 24, and Mjr William Hamilton Marriott, who died at Mussoorie, Bengal 1885 aged 41. Allan Laing Peebles, Captaon 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment. He was '... mortally wounded at Panikora River in the Chitral Expedition...1895...buried at Hok Marden...aged 31'. |
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| Above: James Bell (1805) He 'died in the vicinity of the city', age 23 | Above:
Matthew Godwin (1586, aged 18) organist and master of
music at Canterbury and Exeter. Organ, lute, theorbo and trumpet
shown Left: John McDonald FRS FAS (1831) . youngest son of the Flora MacDonald. He joined the Bengal Engineers Cartographer. Floor brass in S.T. marks his burial site. |
Samuel Wesley (1876) Cathedral organist; several of his anthems are still performed. Buried 'in vault in old cemetery' |
John Horden DD (1895) bishop under
canopy. He was bishop of Moosonee and was born in Exeter. Wall
brass (left)'Beneath this tablet lie the remains of...' George Augustus Allen (1826) Late lt and Cpt in the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards. '...was present at Waterloo. At the early age of 28...he died of consumption at Sidmouth. White tablet Robert George Oxenham M A (1901), his wife Constance (1933) and son Amys Kenneth Nutcombe. He was principal of Deccan College, Poona then Elphinstone College, Bombay. . Bronze with border, cross and arms. George Augustus Allen (1826) Captain in the Grenadier Guards who faught at Waterloo. He died 'of consumption'. White tablet. 'Near this place are depofited the remains of...' Catharine Estridege Buncombe (1772) 'died in this City...in the 35th year of her age' . White tablet with broken pediment containing urn. 'Near this placed are deposited the remains of...' Margaret, wife of Irenaeus Moe of Barbados (1770) died 'near this city' age 29. White tablet with broken pediment containing urn. The above two monuments are very similar but note the different rendering of the s in deposited. |
Richard (1798) and Elizabeth (1795)
Hereford Oval white tablet on black backing 'Near this tablet are deposited with his ancestors the remains of...' John Britnell (1837) White tablet on black backing with pediment. Daniel Joseph Wood (1919) Mus. D. Cantuar. Cathedral Organist (right) Alfred William Wilcox Mus D Cathedral Organist 1933-1952  William Herbert Russel (1819) 'late of Slaughters Court, Worcestershire' 'died of a rapid decline age 26'. White tablet on black backing. Jessie Douglas Montgomery (1919) '...worker in the cause of higher education...' White tablet with gray frames with arms. Thomas Armstrong (1994) Exeter organist 1928-33; at Christ Church, Oxford 1933-55. Principal of the Royal College of Music 1955-68 Black tablet John George James Heinzelman (1824) White tablet with black backing. Rev A T R Vicary (1842) and wife Barbara (1853) He was priest vicar of the Cathedral rector of St Paul's in the city. Brass with cross and ivy leaf border on gray backing. Mary Jane Nation (1897) brass cross Mary Isabella (1902) & Mary Georgiana Duckworth (1902) mother and daughter. Brass with coats of arms. |
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| John Humphreys (1863) at Great Torrington. 'his mortal remains rest beside those of his wife in Wear Gifford Churchyard. Catherine Elizabeth (1850) wife of John. Their eldest son John (1845) Lt in the 87th Irish Fusileers, who died at Paisley aged 18. Added below is William Humphrey (1865) the youngest son, who died aged 30 'whose mortal remains rest beside those of his parents in Wear Gifford churchyard' | Saccharissa only daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Hibbert (1828) 'in the 27th year of her age'. Signed : R Westmacott (Jnr) Wilton Place, London. | Cage John Hall (1854) General and colonel of the 70th regiment. 'his remains are deposited in a vault in St David's Church Yard.' Also his widow Harriet ( 1864) | Sophia Charlotte Hennis (1834) died at Leeds age 28. By E. Gaffin of Regent Street |
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Cpt Robert
Falcon Scott RN CVO (1912) 'Scot of the Antarctic) A
Devon man of Oatlands, Devonport.White tablet. Above is his
expenditionary flag presented by his mother. Rev.d Marmaduke Prickett MA (1839) of Burlington, East Riding of Yorkshire. Late chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge who died at Torquay aged 34. White tablet with arms and Gothick frame. 'Underneath are laid the Mortal Ramains of Jane, youngest child of John, 4th Earl of Hopetoun and Dorothea his wife. Jane died in 1834 'in her eleventh year'. White tablet. 'Near this spot lieth the remains of Charlotte Maria wife of Admiral Dodd (1808) and their son Captain Michael Dodd (1815) aged 37. And Edmund Dodd, 'Admiral of the White' (1817). White tablet with inverted torches on a black backing. 'The Defender of Kimberley Robert George Kekewich'. (1914) White tablet Captain Francis Hugh Sandford DSO Croix de Guerre avec Palmes RN (1926). And Lt Richard Douglas Sandford VC Legion of Honour RN (1918) They were the sons of Archdeacon Sandford. Bronze tablet. Captain Garth NevilleWalford VC (1915) Royal Artillery. Died at Gallipoli. Brigade Major 29th Divion of Artillery. Son of Col Neville Walford RA. Bronze tablet with military badge. Admiral Sir Henry Daniel Pridham-Whippell KCB CDO (1952) Bronze tablet. John Delamain (1836) 'Companion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath and Colonel in the Honorable East India Company's Service. Late Commandant of the Station and Garrison of Agra'. White tablet on black backing. A white tablet states that the window above is dedicated to Charles Arthur Turner KCIE (1907). Puisne judge of the High Court of Allahabad India, Chief Justice of Madras, Member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India.  James Atkinson Rudman (1805) age 21. The lady appears to have two left feet! Right 'Near this spot lie the mortail remains of...' Anna Alicia, 'Relict of Cpt George Burgoyne Salt RN and daughter of Admiral Fitzherbert. (1834) White tablet with peiment and inverted torches on black backing. Jane Famin (1829) aged 30 and husband P E Famin (1851) aged 68 White tablet on black backing. Thomas Wilson (1902) 'died near Cairo'. Member of the 'Guild of St Peter and of the voluntary choir of this cathedral'. Brass tablet. |
Robert Skinner (1859)
'interred at Thorverton' White tablet in Gothick frame Mary Elizabeth Dod (1864) Only daughter of Admiral Dod. She was 95. White tablet with pediment on black backing Peter Hennis MD (1833) of Youghal, County Cork, Ireland; he died age 31 in a duel. White tablet with inverted torches on black backing. Hennis challenged Sir John Jeffcott to a duel after Jeffcott accused Hennis of spreading rumours that may have impeded Jeffcott's planned marriage to Flora McDonals's granddaughter. Jeffcott fired early on the word 'prepare'. Hennis did not fire, forgave his opponent and died eight days later. Jeffcott meanwhile had jumped on a ship from Plymouth to Sierra Leone where he was Chief Justice (informaion from Peter Selley) 'Near this spot are interred the reamains of The Hon. Elizabeth Stewart.' (1835) White tablet  Sir
Redvers Buller VC (1908) He gained the VC during the
Zulu war. He was buried in Crediton, where he was born and died, where may be seen his grave in the church yard as well as
an unusual monument to him in the church.There is also a
monument with recumbent effgy in Winchester Cathedral and an
equestrian statue in Exeter .
'T.Okes MD ætat - 66. AD. 1797'. The rest of the fairly short inscription is in Greek. White tablet Mjr Gen Fitzroy Freemantle CD (1894) Freeman of the City. Colonel commanding the 11th Regimental District. Signed Harry Hems & Sons, Exeter. A small brass plate: 'In the nave not far from this place are deposited the remains of Hugh 2nd Earl of Devon (1377) and Margaret his Wife (1391).' 'by the side of the above are interred the remains of Sir Peter Courtenay (1409), son of the above.' Their monument may be seen in the south transept. 'Near this spot are deposited the remains of The Reverend Richard Hoblyn AM Fellow of Balliol College, Rector of All Saints and St Botolph in Colchester and of St Lawrence, Newland in the same city...died in this city at the house of his brother -in -law, Reverend William Backstab (1827). White tablet. Thomas Call (1788) Lt Col and Chief Engineer in the Service of the Honorable Company of Merchantsof England trading to the East Indies on their Bengal Eftablishment. He died age 40 'on board the William Pitt Indiaman when on her Voyage from Calcutta to the Ifland of Great Britain.' White oval tablet with urn. Revd Thomas Comins (1799) '44 years priest vicar and sub-treasurer' He died aged 75. White tablet with pediment on black backing. Edward SerleThorold (1899) brass tablet with arms Mjr-Gen Sir Howard Cranfurd Elphinstone VC KCB CMG (1890) of the Royal Engineers. Drowned at sea. Mural brass. |
John Leslie, Baron Newark (1818) |
 James Northcote RA Note his holding his palate. By Sir Francis Chantry. Buried in St Mary le Bow, London |
 Sir Edward Thornbrough Admiral of the Red |
 Col J Cormick (1868) Col C Bennet (1867) |
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 Left & above: Preceptor Sylke (1508) Chantry chapel. Stone cadaver on tomb chest Inscription says: 'I am what you will be, and I was what you are. Pray for me I beseech you' Right: Bishop John Woolton (1594) Polychrome tablet very high up; his tomb is in the presbytery |
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Captain Benjamin Dollen (1700) White marble;
bust in medallion above inscription panel below which ship in
full sail. The design is taken from a drawing by Nicholas
Blassett (d.1659), who lived and worked in Amiens, France.
Although said to have been signed by John Weston, Dr Clive
Easter has been unable to detect this inscription and feels that
it is certainly not in Weston's style. Above: Tomb slab under arch. The lettering has mostly become obliterated. This monument is in the east chapel of this transept. |
| General Alexander Mercer (1836)
Royal Engineers. 'whose mortal remains are deposited near this
tablet' White tablet with black backing Caroline Draper Tottenham (1818) White tablet on black backing |
Charlotte
Piggott (1825) White
tablet with black backing Eliza Banks Hartopp (1814) 'inter'd in vault near this spot' Sarah Twopenny (1817) 'near this spot is interred' Gray tablet with black backing |
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Peter Carew (1575) AboveLeft: Bishop John 'The Chanter' (1191) one slab of Tournai Marble and one of Purbect Marble rest on late 14th century tomb chest Above Right: Catharine Kennedy (1808 aged 9 years 10 months) 'lies beneath this urn' Far Right: Very Rev Joseph Palmer, Dean of Cashel (1829) by Humphrey Hoppe |
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Left:Lt. Gen. William Guard (1830)
Right: Harriet Sweetland (1813) died within three days after retuning to England from Gibraltar where her husband was Commisioner of H M Forces. Buried at Topsham with their daughter Harriet William.
Philip Salter (1854) Lay-Vicar. White Tablet.
James Newcombe BA (1816) Priest-Vicar for 58 years. White tablet on black backing
Captain Temple Hardy RN (1814) younger son of Admiral Sir Charles Hardy, and his widow Elizabeth Lucy Hardy (1835) 'his remains are deposited near this spot.' White tablet in a Gothick frame
Elizabeth Mary Furze (1809 aged 5 years) 'lies beneath this tablet.' Oval white tablet on black backing.
Anne Barnes (1822) Widow of Ralph, Archdeacon of Totnes and daughter of the Chancellor of the Diocese. 'In the same vault lie the remains of the above Ralph Barnes and Philippa their daughter...died 1801 age 15 years.' White tablet with black marble base.
George Barnes (1861) 'Member of the Honorable East India Companies' service and Foreign Secretary to the Government in India' and Margaret Diana (1927). He was the eldest son of the above. Gray tablet
Bishop Archibald Robertson STP (1666) & Alfred Earle STP, Bishop of Marlborough, Dean (1668) White tablet.
Eleanor Martin (1812 Widow of Joseph Martin MP and Banker. Her son and son-in-law were both residentary canons. 'In this chapel are deposited the remains of...'
Anne Barnes (1822) Brass
Thomas HeberdenMA (1778) Prebendary and Canon Residentary. White tablet
Randolph Barnes Brass on sill of east chapel window
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| Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon (1377) & Margaret Bohum (1391) tomb chest with effigies, much restored. Originally in a Courtenay chantry chapel in the nave. Their son became Archbishop of Canterbury and arranged their burial in the cathedral rather than Tiverton |
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| Sir John Gilbert (1596) & Wife Note squirrel at feet |
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Above & Left: Sir Robert Stapleton (1320). Brother of the Bishop. Unusual feature: his squire at the head and his groom holding his horse at his feet. Note also this is one of a series of monuments where the effigy turns slightly outwards. |
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Rachel
O'Brien (1800) She died saving her child from a
fire at the age of 19. Signed by J Kendall, the
Cathedral Surveyor Above & Right: Cadaver (16th century) behind a grille of contemporary iron work. Said to be part of tomb of Anthony Harvey (1564) whose canopied tomb chest with no effigy is shown next. Finally the cadaver effigy. Details are a mixture of Gothic and Classical |
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| Bishop Marshall (1206) 8th Bishop. Between aisle and chancel. Purbeck marble coffin shaped slab with low relief effigy on later Purbeck tomb chest with three seated figures in quatrefoils - Christ in Majesty, St Peter and St Paul. Separate side slabs in the aisle are part of this monument. 8th bishop the younger brother of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke. The Normal Cathedral was completed during his episcopate and he taxed every household in the diocese one halfpenny each Whitsuntide towards the cathedral upkeep. | |
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Left & Above:Bishop
Valentine Carey (1626) 39th Bishop. Coloured alabaster.
Although said to be a 'prudent and courtly man' he became
involved in a long and apparently fruitless dispute with Exeter
Corporation over their refusal of his request to have a private
door in the city wall. Right Top: Henry Seymore (1807) Right Bottom: Rev George Baker (1772) Archdeacon of Totnes and Canon of the Cathedral; daughter Sarah (1760) 'both buried near this place' His wife Mary (1777) and daughter Martha (1788) Far Right Bottom: Robert Hall (1667) Cathedral Treasurer. Son of Bishop Hall. Monument is Exeter work |
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| Bishop Stapleton (1326) (brother of Sir Robert Stapleton) Founder of Exeter College, Oxford; Lord High Treasurer of England. He was mudered by a London Mob in the time of King Edward II. Between aisle and chancel; best seen from latter (please ask guide) Bishop Stapleton looks at a painting, on the underside of the arch above him, of Christ Risen |
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| Bishop Lacy (1453) 22nd bishop. Between aisle and chancel. Tomb chest with marble slab with brass (originally a firgure of a bishop with crozier) matrix. Left from aisle, from where it is been seen, and left from the chancel. |
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Left: Ellsworth
Fursdon (1865) Lt 2nd Battalion, 9th regiment of Foot.
Died in Hong Kong at 24. Centre: Basil William Lord Daer (1894) Left: John Grant (1736) Professor of Theology Prebend, Canon Vicar, Rector of Kingsdown |
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Philip Barton (1796)
Professor of Holy Theology. Canon and sub-dean. B&W marble
tablet, with columns and draped urn. Mrs Ann Griffith (1824) 'her remains lie interred at St John's in the Wilderness near this city' White tablet with black frame. Edward Drew (1793) barrister '...remains interred near this place'; his father also Edward 'who lies beneath' & his mother Dorothea 'buried in St Martins Church in this city'. White tablet with draped urn before a black obelisk. 'Near this stone is interred the body of ' Mifs Henrietta Wihelmina Wyander Piers (1762) died aged 22. White tablet. Susannah Bealey (April 1798 at 22) ; 'also in the same gravelieth her only child' Joseph Pool Bealey (September 1798 at 18 m) Also her mother Ann Susannah Baker (1800) White tablet with draped urn. Felicity Jemima (1813) daughter of William Lord Beauchamp of Powyke 'in a vault below' White tablet. Edward Force (1879) Chapter Clerk. White tablet John Smyth (1809) Professor of Holy Theology. Master of Pembroke College, Oxford. White tablet with flaming urn against black obelisk. George Barnes DD (1847) 1st Archdeacon of Bombay then later Archdeacon of Barnstaple and Rector of Sowton. White tablet in Gothick frame. |
J P Fisher DD (1838) Canon and sub-dean.
White tablet with arms. Rev Thomas Bartham (1832) Precentor and Canon of the Cathedral. B&W tablet with arms 'Near this stone marked with initials are deposited in one grave the remains of Mary Willis [1810] and Mare Cure [1809], mother and daughter, both widows...' White tablet. Arthur Corfe Angel (1866) Officer of SS London which foundered in the Bay of Biscay on voyage to Melbourne in a severe gale. Also his wife Anne. White tablet. Canon John Rogers (1778) black tablet in white gothick frame. Arms Philip Hedgeland (1911) Prebendary. Vicar of Sr Mary's Penzance. White tablet with bust in low relief Thomas Skynner LL D (1789) Archdeacon of Totness and Precentor of Exeter Cathedral. B&W tablet with draped urn. Anna Eliza Stanhope (1819) White tablet Rt Hon Lady Mary Cathering Meyers (1802) 'leaving son and daughter to care of her afflicted husband' White tablet. Venerable William Hole (1791) Archdeacon of Barnstaple & Richard Hole (1803) Rector of Faringdon and Inwardleigh Rev George Moore MA (1807) Archdeacon of Cornwall, Canon Residentary of Exeter and Vicat of Heavitree. B&W tablet |
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Left: Dr Nicholas Hall (1709) Professor of
Holy Theology. Cathedral treasurer and son of Robert Hall. Centre from left to right: Bishop George Wyndham Hamilton Knight Bruce (1896) 'driven by fever from the missionary fields of South Africa' and afterwards assistant bishop of Exeter. John Ross DD (1792) 55th Bishop Charles Issac Atherton MA (1907) Treasurer and Canon. Warden of the Society of Mission Clergy Right: Lt-Gen John G Simcoe (1806) He was the first Lt General of Upper Canada and founded Toronto. The large wall tablet has a portrait bust and figures of a soldier and a Native Canadian with tomahawk. Buried at Wolford Chapel By John Flaxman |
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| Charlotte Pidgeu (1813) | Bishop William Buller (1796) | Laura Ferdinand (1798) wife of George, Lord Southampton and daughter of Frederick Kepple, Bishop | Sarah Price Clarke (1810) 'Her mind possessed an energy which does not often mark the female character', so says the inscription. Also called 'formidable lady' | Dr Edward Cotton (1675) Canon residentary and treasurer, son of the precentor and grandson of the bishop |
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| Diana Milner (1805) wife of Sir William Mordaunt Milner of Nun Appleton 'here are deposited...' |
Above: Stephen William Corneck (1802) and
his widow Frances Asser Right: Bishop Stephen Weston (1742) 52st Bishop and his wife, Lucia (1741) and their daughter Margaret (1762), which is added below the main monument. By Thomas Ady |
Robert Harvey (1791) 'late of the island of Grenada'...'whose remains are interred in a vault near this place' | ||
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| Bishop William Cotton (1621) 49th bishop. He taught at Eton, where he had been educated, for 17 years; he is said to have treated the clergy like schoolboys. Alabaster |
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| Said to be Sir Humprey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford (1322) | Sir Henry de Raleigh (1303) |
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| Ralph Barnes AM
(1820) 'In this cathedral are deposited the remains
of...' Vicar of Harbeton & Heavitry, Canon of the Cathedral,
Archdeacon of Totnes and Chancellor. And his wife Anne.
'Near the same place are deposited the remains of... 'B&W tablet
William Bacon (1810) B&W tablet Lt Henry Rice RN (1808) B&W tablet William Kellitt Hewitt (1827) White tablet Matilda Pearce (1847) widow of Vice Admiral Shuldham Pearce. Ehite tablet Revd George Nutcombe LLB (1799) & wife Mary (1836) B&W tablet Rev Nutcombe Nutcombe LLB (1809) & wife Anne (1811) Chancellor of the diocese Louisa Hartford (1803) Round white marble tablet with floral surround on black backing Alfred Earl DD (1918) Bishop of Marlborough and Dean. Buried at West Alvington. White tablet with low relief portrait bust Thomas Johnes MA (1826) Chancellor and Canon, Archdeacon of Barnstable. White tablet with pillars and pediment on black backing Dorothy Bennet (1736) White marble tablet with pillars, topped by a flamig urn and arms below Major Charles Ward Orde (1810) IXth Regiment of Light Dragoons. White tablet as a scroll on gray background Canon William Emmanuel Pryke MA (1920) Canon and Chancellor . Bronze Michael Ferrebee Sadler (1895) Receiver of Honiton, Proctor in Convention for this Diocese, Prebendary of Wells. Brass with black highlights to lettering Venerable John Moore Stephens MA (1865), Archdeacon of Exeter, buried at St Peter's, and his wife Anne Eleanor Stephens (1849) 'near this spot are deposited...' White tablet in Gothick frame. |
Ann Buller (1800) widow of
William, late Bishop. Oval B&W tablet with draped urn William Norris (1794) B& W tablet Prebendary Ernest Gray Sandford (1910) Canon and Precentor; Archdeacon of Exeter White tablet (fractured) Frances Johnson Boyd (1877) White tablet with cross in relief Bishop George Lavington LLD (1762) 51st Bishop of Exeter and chaplain to George l. An early opponent of Methodism and entered a long correspondence with John Wesley on the subject. Very simple white tablet Elizabeth Daubeny (1814) Wife of John LLD Advocate of Doctors' Commons Vice Admiral Shuldham Peard (1832) Vice Admiral of the White. White tablet with Gothick surround. Rev'd William David MA (1909) Priest Vicar of the Cathedral. Custos of the College of Vicars Coral. White tablet with low relief portrait bust. Similar to that to Alfred Earl. William Weston (1775) 'Capt of an Indiaman' White tablet with coloured marble frame topped by urn and arms in front of black obelisk. Edward Bickersteth (1897) , son of the Bishop, himself missionary bishop in Japan. Brass. Brass lettering with balck highlight Archibald Boyd DD (1883) Dean. Brass with black and red inlays on black backing Herbert Read Sculptor reponsible for chancel seats. Bronze tablet with Latin text. Arthur Simms (1921) Archdeacon of Totness Bronze, Canon of Exeter. Bronze tablet with chalice. William Norris (1794) 'near this spot...' White tablet with black backing John Erskine Binney MA (1913) White tablet with frame Charles Hawtrey MA (1770) Subdean and Canon Refidentary and his son Stephen (1799) Recorder of Exeter. Buried in St Stephen's Church. White tablet |
Sir Peter Courtenay (1409) 7th son of the Earl of Devon. Although virtually intact, this brass is very worn and somewhat dificult to make out.
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| Bishop Woolton (1594) 37th Bishop. Tomb chest with black marble top, inscription. Has tablet is in North Transept. (south side) | Bishop Berkely (1327) 16th Bishop.Tomb chest with Purbeck marble slab. Left photograph is from the chancel, from where it is best seen, and the right from the south choir aisle. Although Pevsner says 'matrix od demi figure in trefoil' I cannot make this out: it looks like a cross in low relief in low incised circle. | Bishop Bradbridge (1578) 36th Bishop. Tomb chest, inscription (north side) | |
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Above Top: Effigy in very low relief of either
Bishop Bartholomeus Iscarus (1184) 6th Bishop
or Leofric
(1070) The latter was the Cathedral's first bishop
translated here in 1133 , having moved the see from Crediton, then a village, to the
walled city of Exeter and united the Devon diocese with that of
Cornwall. Purbeck Marble; Very low relief Right & Above Lower: Bishop Simon of Apulia (1223) 9th Bishop of Exeter. Purbeck marble but now in higher relief than that of Iscarus. He was an Italian and was appointed bishop as part of a deal between King John and the Pope following the lifting of the interdict on England |
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Bishop Quinel (1291)
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| Above column: Bishop Stafford (1419) 19th Bishop Alabaster effigy (polychrome) with canopy around the head. The tomb chest and canopy are a later addition to match those of Bishop Brancombe, above. Heraldry | Above column: Bishop Branscombe (1280) 12th Bishop - 'Walter the Good'. Effigy possibly of basalt with original colouring. London work. Quatrefoil tomb chest, separate angel at feet and canopy are additions of 1442. Heraldry | ||
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| Sir John Dodderidge (1628) wears the
scarlet gown of a judge in the Court of the King's Bench. He was known
as the 'Sleeping Judge' because of his habit of closing his eyes while
sitting. Lady Dodderidge (1614) wears flowered brocade and holds a wreathed skull |
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 Canon William Langdon (1413) This is next to the monument of Bishop Stafford (his kinsman). An early example of a kneeling figure. Note the cope with the Stafford knot. |
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| Above and immediately right: Sir Gawen Carew & 2nd Wife (upper effigies) and Sir Peter Carew, his nephew (lower effigy) This monument was erected in 1589. Sir Peter is shown with cross legs, reviving a style of an earlier age. Both men fought in the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549 |
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| Two white wall tablets: Major William Erskine (1805) 71st Regiment of Foot, died age 26 Major-General Bryan Blundell Esq (1799) of Liverpool & Lt Col of the 45th Regiment of Foot. 'Underneath lies the body of...' |
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| East Ambulatory | South East Chapel | |
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Left: Prebendary Francis Charles Hingeston-Randolph (1910), Rector of Ringmore Several Mural Bronzes: Philip Freeman AM (1875) Archdeacon Ann Freeman (1897) wife of the above. With angel in low relief holding a scroll. Benjamin Morgan Cowie (1900) Professor of Holy Theology. Dean. Lettering in relief with arms and portrait in low relief. Marble frame Very Reverend Thomas Hill MA (1861) Dean Spencer Cecil Carpenter DD Dean 1935-1950 |
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| Above left:
Dr James Bidgood
MD 1625-(1690) A famous physician who died in
Rockbeare and said to be worth £25000-£30000 at
his death. His father was poisoned by a servant. Above Right: James Raillard (1692) a Swiss who was granted English citizenship by Parliament. An Exeter merchant. |
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Speake Chantry (North of Retrochoir) |
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 Sir John Speke (1518) He was said to have been knighted for his wealth not for his prowess in warfare. He was a friend of Bishop Oldham and their two tombs form a symmetrical pair. |
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Oldham Chantry (South of Retrochoir) |
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 Bishop Oldham (1519) 30th Bishop |
| The Refectory |
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| Enjoy a cup of coffee while studying this
effigy: it's now resting on the windowsill of the refectory,
having been cut at some time to make the upper part of some
arch. Early knight with straight legs. There is also a large tomb slab set vertically against a wall but the inscription is totally obliterated. |