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HEREFORD CATHEDRAL |
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The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and St Ethelbert
Hereford Cathedral was a Cathedral of the Old Foundation |
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It had been very many years since I visited Hereford
Cathedral and then I did not have a camera. While researching for the
Herefordshire page I found a number of etchings by T & G Hollis
which I thought well worthy of sharing on line. I did not have, nor had I
ever been sent, photographs of the monuments in the Cathedral so I
posted a list - based on the text of the RCHM
Herefordshire entry for the Cathedral until such times as I had some
photographs. The cut-off date for the moments in this RCHM work is 1714.
The above was written in the summer of 2021 after receiving
the Herefordshire RCHM volumes as a birthday present, so we
decided to visit Herefordshire in he autumn later that year,
planning two days in Hereford City to see the Cathedral and the
city itself. However this proved to be a disappointment: parking
is relatively expensive and the cathedral was only open one
morning of our visit, there being a wedding in the afternoon of
one day and a ceremony of the new dean being installed the next.
I am presuming this is the term for how these very reverend
gentlemen and ladies are welcomed into office. However the
staff were friendly and helpful, entry was free and there was no
charge or any restriction on taking photographs, except - quite rightly - in the area where the Mappa Mundi is displayed
and the chained library.
Unfortunately all this was more than
offset by the loud and long playing of the organist all morning
which drove me - and the voluntary staff to whom I spoke - to
distraction. Because of the Covid epidemic several areas were
roped off but as these were quite empty this was no problem; the
crypt itself was locked. One area was permanently closed off by
an opaque glass screen and shelving and I know there is a least
one interesting monument behind it. Hereford Cathedral does have a habit of
blocking the monuments with articles of furniture, making it
awkward and at time impossible to photograph them. One monument
is completely surrounded by a pile of chairs and, although you
can see the effigy, you cannot read the inscription. The south choir
aisle - the one that contains the row of medieval bishops - is roped
off 'because it is used as a storage area', although I did ask
and was freely permission to visit this area, as would others. The
Cathedral really does need to solve this unsatisfactory storage
problem.
So this is an attempt to combine the original page with my
series of photographs; unfortunately I did not have time to note
where the monuments were situated so at times there may be
errors.
Note: I have consulted two reference books on Hereford
Cathedral: the Pevsner volume which was published in 1963 and
reprinted in 2001; and the RCHM volume which was published in
1931 so we can expect some differences from the situation at
out visit in 2021 |
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<Herefordshire>
The Bishop's Cloister
The Crypt The
Lady Chapel The
Nave The
Nave-North Aisle
The Nave-South Aisle
The North Transept
The
North-East Transept
The Chancel
The Chancel - North Aisle The Chancel - South Aisle
The South Transept The South-East Transept
Yard between the two
Cloisters |
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Above and below: [42]
Sir Richard Pembridge K.G. (1375)
(ascribed)
Alabaster altar tomb and effigy. Tomb chest with
paneled side alternating with quatrefoils holding his
shield of arms, . The right lower limb
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[42] Bishop Charles Booth (1535)
Altar tomb with six quatrefoil panels containing
carved shields of arms: i. Booth. ii. See of Hereford. iii.
Booth. iv. St Ethelbert. v. The Deanery. vi. Booth. Effigy in
mass vestments, angels supporting head, feet on lion. In four
centre arched recess also with shields of arms: i. Booth
impaling the See. ii. Booth impaling the Deanery.
(This is the first photograph I took in the Cathedral;
through the entrance door and turn left. It is the first example of the
annoying habit of the Cathedral of obstructing monuments with
furniture; there is a grill there after all! In parish
churches I do a little furniture removal but it is more
difficult in cathedral where there are more eyes on you! The
problem was to get worse - far worse!) |
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Above left top and bottom:
[44] Dean Stephen of Ledbury
(1352) (Ascribed, but probably earlier) Effigy
in surplice, head on cushion, feet on broken beast. In
arched recess.
Right and top right: [45] Treasurer Pembridge (1328)
(ascribed) Effigy in mass vestments, head on
cushion, feet on beast, with two keys dangling from left
arm. In arched recess. |
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[38] Bishop Thomas Cantiloup
(1282) (ascribed) This takes the form of a
shrine with an altar-tomb and an open superstructure,
with the altar-tomb possible older than the rest. The
reassembled altar tomb has six bays on its long side and
two on its west, each filled with a figure of a knight.
On the slab there is an indent for a brass of a bishop
and one for a small figure of St Ethelbert, this latter
brass being now
in the Cathedral library. The superstructure has an
equal number of bays and a plain top slab. The east side,
against the wall,
is plain and clearly not meant to be seen. |
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Above
right and centre top: [39] Dean John de Aquablanca
(1320) (ascribed) Low altar-tomb with effigy in
surplice. Head on cushion, feet on lion. Remains of
gablette.
Above left and centre bottom; the whole
monument is shown below left: [35] Bishop
Thomas Charlton (1343-4)
Plain altar-tomb with paneled
front, half-round effigy in mass vestments, and canopied recess.
Gablette over the head. |
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Above: see [35]
Bishop Thomas Charlton (1343-4) |
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Top: [37]
Bishop Theophilus Field
(1636) Alabaster bust, wearing rochet, chimere,
ruff, skull cap, and beard. Holding book. Some traces of
colour.
Above bottom:
[36] [Bishop Herbert Westfaling
(1601-2)] Modern base with effigy, wearing
rochet, chimere, skull cap and long beard. Head on large
cushion, right hand raised to head. Original base
destroyed but backpiece remains in bishops' cloister,
N. wall.. |
Above and right: Bishop Atlay (1894)
White and red marble by Forsyth |
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[25] Richard Delamare (1435)
and his wife, Isobel (1421) |
[26] Edmund Frowsetoure (1529)
Dean of Hereford
Note the figures of saints in the side panels |
One further brass [27] of the
16th century is reported by the RCHM |
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[40] Alexander Denton
and
Anne (Wyllyson) (1566)
Paneled
alabaster altar-tomb with seven shields of arms in
wreaths. Alabaster effigies: he in plate armour with
double chain around neck and cross at end, head on
crested helm, feet on lion, gauntlets at side; she in
close gown with puffed shoulders, high collar, small
ruff, girdle with pendant. Swaddled infant at side. |
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[41] Bishop John Trevenant (1404)
Effigy in mass vestments, head on double
pillow, feet on lion. In canopied recess.
The original
paneled altar-tomb is now in S.E. transept (see
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[29] Bishop Peter de Aquablanca
(1268) Altar-tomb, effigy and canopy. Plain altar-tomb,
stone effigy, mass vestments with some remaining colour.
The Photograph was
taken from that transept and is not entirely satisfactory. Those
taken from the aisle failed. Photograph of canopy needs to be
included.
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The following monuments are between the
North Chancel Aisle and the Chancel. The photographs were
taken from the aisle |
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[20] Bishop John Stanbury (1474)
Alabaster effigy and brass, in
mass vestments, and altar tomb on stone base. Head on cushion
supported by angels, feet on lion. The tomb chest is surrounded
by a series of weepers: saints and angels holding a shield as
well as other items: i. bishop, ii. St Ethelbert with sword and
model of church, iii.bishop with object. iv. Virgin and Child.
v. bishop. vi. Edward the Confessor with scepter and ring. At
ends: i. See of Hereford. ii. St Ethelbert. iii. The Deanery.
iv. Stanbury. v. The King. On wall to west brass plate with
inscription reset. |
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Left: [22] Bishop Robert Bennet (1617)
Alabaster effigy in rochet, chimere, ruff and
skull cap. Head on cushion, feet on lion. Shields of
arms. Canopy destroyed. This effigy is on the aisle side
Above : [21] Bishop Giles de Braose
(1215) ? Late 13th century stone effigy in mass
vestments holding a model of a building. Head on
cushion, feet on pedestal. The effigy is next to 22 but on
the chancel side |
The following effigies are under arches in
the north wall of the north chancel aisle.
These are a beginning of curious retrospective monuments of
early bishops executed early 14th century. Pevsner makes
silly, petulant remarks about them which are quite unnecessary. |
[28] Hugh de Mapenor
(Bishop 1216 - 1219) Erected c. 1300 |
[27] Geoffrey de Clive
(Bishop 1115- 1117) Erected 1300. |
[24] Reynelm (Bishop
1107-1115)
Erected c. 1300
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[25] RCHM: 'In the Stanbery chapel, in recess in
S. wall ...effigy...similar to last' [24] and moved with a similar
recess in the aisle when the chapel was built'. There remains, '...W
part of original recess to the W. of doorway of chapel'
The Stanbery chapel is itself numbered [26]
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The Chancel - South
Aisle |
This is another storage area for
chairs, kneelers etc which makes photography difficult.
It is also roped off suggesting not visitor access: I
was readily given permission to enter, take photographs,
and move the furniture but there was rather a lot! |
The following monuments are between the
South Chancel Aisle and the Chancel. The photographs were
taken from the aisle |
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Above bottom and right: [23]
Bishop Richard Mayhew
or Mayo (1516) Effigy in mass
vestments on altar tomb with figures of saints. Two
animals at feet, head on cushion Triple arched
canopy with fan vaulting. The trefoil panels contain
saints: i. St Ethelbert with sword and church. ii. St Peter.
iii. St John the Evangelist with book and palm. iv. Christ
holding orb. v.Virgin and Child. vi. St John the Baptist with
lamb and book. vii. St Paul. viii. Bishop (St Thomas Cantilupe)
Above top: Bishop Robert of Lorraine (or
Losinga) (1095) (ascribed) but erected
c. 1300. Similar to [21] and also holding a model
of a building. Brass plate indent on wall above. |
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Apart from top right these photographs
are unsatisfactory - especially right bottom as he does have a
head. I do not know what happened but I will replace them in due
course.
From the east these are: [31] William de Vere
(1198), [32] Gilbert Foliot (1187),
[33] Robert de Bethune [1148],
[34] Robert de Melun (1166-7)
All erected c. 1300 |
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The North-East Transept |
This is used partly as a storage area for chairs, which obstruct
some monuments, and is partly closed off by a wooden screen with
opaque glass panels through which we could see a large amount of
shelving. I was unable to insert a camera over the
screen to at least make an attempt to photograph the monuments
beyond. I find it rather dissapponiting that the public are
denied access to this area - but see note below.
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[Bishop Robert Purfey
or Parfew (1558)] Effigy
wearing amess and surplice on altar tomb quatrefoil
panel with shields. Head, hands and feet missing.
Against north wall. Very poor |
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Bishop Richard Swinefield
(1316-17) Arched recess, at back of which a
slab with indents of crucifix with attendant figures. |
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Arched recess with modern altar tomb
on which effigy of male civilian, head on cushion, feet
on defaced beast. c. 1300. Against south wall. |
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Tablet with indent of a kneeling
figure, scroll, Trinity and inscription plate. c. late
15th/ early 16th century. |
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Luke Booth (1673)
Tablet with cartouche of arms in modern stone frame. On
west wall. |
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Male civilian, defaced head on
cushion, feet on beast. Early 14th century. On floor |
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Lady with long gown and draped head
dress. Defaced. Early 14th century. On floor |
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Lady in long gown, face cut away. On
floor |
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Male civilian. Feet cut away. Early 14th century.
On floor. Left.
NB Hollis reports this effigy to be in the cloisters. |
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Five cartouches of arms and one
achievement; from 17th century monument. |
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The above list is from the RCHM volume
and the etching from Hollis.
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Pevsner mentions the following in the Herefordshire volume:
[6] Bishop Parfew (1557), referring to the altar tomb as above and
the effigy as a ,'shapeless lump"
[7] Bishop Swinefield (1337), mentioning 'no effigy left'
[8] is almost certainly the effigy in the photograph below left: it
is against the south wall, civilian male, as described by
the RCHM. Pevsner also describes it as 'recess with ball
flowers' the civilian effigy as 'badly defaced' but gives
the date as late 13th century.
He refers to 'four unamed stone effigies on the floor', all early
14th C. He does not mention the gender. These probably refers
to [11], [12], [13], and [[14] above. In the RCHM volume
there is a photograph of these four effigies.
[14] is without any doubt the effigy drawn by Hollis and
shown on the left.
He mentions 'a foliated coffin lid, 13th C' and 'parts of several
others'. Also 'indents for infilling of composition, priest
late 14th C and knight early C15.
Also Dean Dawes (1869) by Mathew Noble, 1890.
White marble effigy on veined black marble slab. This is
shown in the left lower photograph below; it is outside the
screen but, rather unfortunately, now surrounded by chairs.
The upper photograph in the centre is possibly of a bust to
James Thomas (1757); Pevsner lists this as being in
the South-East Transept.
Neither of the last two monuments are listed in the RCHM volume as
they are after the cut off date.
There is no mention of [9], [10], nor [15].
The two photographs in the right row below which get no mention in
the RCHM, being beyond the cut off date, and are of no
interest to Pevsner are:
Top right: John Butler (1802) Bishop of
Hereford; Bottom right: William Elliot
(1903) Prebendary and rural dean of Hereford.
Note:
We were not able to
visit the crypt on our recent visit, it being locked. Recent
photographs show four medieval effigies in the crypt; these
are not referred to in the relevant RCHM nor the Pevsner
volumes so they may well be those mentioned above, which
have been moved in the intervening years.
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The RCHM reports that there is a
medieval floor slab against the wall in this transept.
Also twelve brasses [2-13] , some fragmentary, from the 15th to
17th centuries
Also two brass indents [1,2] of the 14th and 15th centuries |
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[16] Bishop George Coke (1646)
Effigy wearing rochet, chimera, ruff, and
skull cap. Head on head on tasseled cushion.
Base and
canopy are modern. The elaborate wall monument destroyed by
Wyatt; the inscribed slab now in Bishop's Cloister. |
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[17] [Bishop Lewis Charlton
(1369)] Effigy in mass vestments, much defaced.
Feet on lion.
Canopy destroyed. Most of altar tomb is
modern. The arms on the central (original) panel are
those of the Bishop; those on the west end (not shown) are those
of the see. |
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[19] Dean John Harvey (1500) ?
Early 15th century altar tomb from Tevenant
monument [41] with quatrefoil panels alternating with
trefoil headed panels, in larger panels are shields of
arms to Deanery, Trevant, See of Hereford.. Alabaster effigy of c. 1500 wearing mass
vestments, head on cushion, feet on lion. The arms are Trevant. Much defaced. |
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possibly [16] (1434)
RCHM does not refer to the canopy however |
Hugi Morgan STP (1809) |
Humphrey Humphreys (1712) |
Gilbert Ironside STP (1701)
Bishop of Hereford
Moved here from St Mary Somerset, London |
[23] Sir Richard Delabere (1514)
and his two wives: Anne (Awdeley) and
Elixabrth (Mores) |
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[Bishop Augustine Lindsell
(1634)] Effigy in rochet, chimera, ruff, and
academic cap. Head on tasseled cushion. Against south
wall. Not recorded
RCHM records two further floor slabs here, [3] and
[4]
Also 1 brass formerly in lady chapel; 18 further brass
other than the two above of the 15th and 16th centuries
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Far left: The monuments of Peter de
Grandison and Joan (Plunkenet)
in the north wall of the Lady Chapel. Left:
Peter de Grandison. Above: Joan (Plunkenet)
The shields of arms are: Plunkenet and Bohun.
The monuments have been repainted since the RCHM survey |
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[2] Peter de Grandison (?)
Mid
14th century effigy, altar tomb with effigy
and canopy. He wears mixed mail and plate armour with
camail and bascinet; shortened surcoat; carries sword
and dagger (the latter worn in front). Head on cushion, feet on hound. Hands in
prayer, legs straight.
Left: Hollis ascribes this
effigy to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and
Constable of England (1321) |
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[1] [Joan (Plunkenet)] wife of Henry de Bohun (1327)] Effigy
on plain altar tomb set in 13th century recess. She
wears a wimple and veiled head dress, tight sleeves and
loose gown; head on cushion, feet on dog. Traces of
black and red colour. |
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[4] Member of
Swinefield
family (?). Early 14th century. Effigy in
cassock and surplice with doctor's cap on head on plain
altar tomb in recess. Some of the pigs - swine - on the arch have
the arms of the deanery on their backs. The RCHM reports remains
of a painted figure on the back of the recess, showing kneeling
figure of the doctor of the doctor before the Virgin with
attendant figure.
NOT RECORDED: [3] Chantry chapel of Bishop
Audley. Brass to Richard de la Barr
(1386) Canon . |
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The Crypt |
We were not able to enter the crypt, it
being locked at this time. |
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[5] |
Andrew Jones and
his wife, Elizabeth (1497) Plain
low alabaster altar tomb with incised figures.
Civilian costume. His feet on a tun. Canopy over
figures. Marginal inscription. Thet reconstructed
the crypt.
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Note |
See above in the
North-East Transept section where there is a reference
to four medieval effigies now in the crypt |
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The Bishop's Cloister |
The East Alley of the Bishop's Cloister now
contains the café and shop; the South Alley does
contain a few monuments but now houses the Mapa
Muni in its western aspect. The West Alley, with
the exception of the south aspect with contains
the chained library, is mostly destroyed.
I only discovered one monument from the list
below, which is taken from the RCHM volume.
Their cut off date is 1714
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Joscelyn (1638) and
Samuel (1645) Aubrey Plain black marble
tablet; rest destroyed |
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James Clerke (1640)
Wooden panel with painted inscription |
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Edward Gwyn (1690)
Plain black tablet, surround missing |
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Sarah (Broome) (1689)
Wife of successively Robert de la Hay and Canon William
Johnson. Plain marble tablet |
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[Prebendary William
Evans](1659) and his
wife, Mary. Portions only.
Their busts from this monument are now in the triforium
of north transept. |
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Jane (Fell) wife of
William Bowdler (1660) Oval black
marble tablet, rest destroyed |
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Edward King (1648)
Wooden panel with painted inscription
and cartouche of arm |
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Richard Philpotts (1673)
and his daughter, Elizabeth,
wife of Humfrey Walter. Wooden tablet with painted
inscription and cartouche of arms. See below |
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William Barrol ...
and his wife, Mary (1698) Wooden tablet
with painted inscription. |
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Hannah Lowe (1656),
wife of William Lowe, and their infant daughter,
Hannah (1653) Gray marble tablet with moulded
surround and cherubs heads |
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Philip Hunt (1698/9)
and his daughter, Martha (1694)
Plain black marble tablet |
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Mary (Seaborne)
(1665),
wife of William Bowdler. Plain black
marble tablet |
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No visible inscription |
Inscription worn to
illegibility |
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Richard Jones Powell
MA
Barrister-at-Law
Dates are worn |
Rev John Clutton DD
(1838)
Twenty four years canon residentiary
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Rt Hon Henry Mathews
PC, Viscount Llandaff (1913) . Also his
father, Hon Henry Mathews (1828)
Puisne-1 Judge of the
Supreme Court of Cylon. He wrote 'Diary of an
Invalid'. Also Charles Skinner Mathews
(1811). There is a long quotation from
Byron's Childe Harold below the
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Frances Russ (1792).
Her father, Robert Russ (1817)
and mother, Frances Russ (1827) |
Eliz: (1745),
wife of Timothy Frizer Tanner |
Top: Thomas
Clarke (1780)
'Principal Regiſtrar
of the Dioceſe'
Bottom: Juliana Symons (1818) |
Caroline (1909),
wife of the Archdeacon of Hereford,
Frederick 13th Baron Say and Sele; and daughter
of the Dean. |
Top: Hugh
Powell (1749) and his mother,
Elizabeth (Gwynn) (1729) A note adds it
was restored in1899
Bottom: Richard Johnson (1836)
Other details obscured |
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Now totally illegible |
Two 19th century
bishops: left, George Isaac
Huntingford DD FRS (1815-1832) and on
the right his successor,
Edward Grey DD (1832-1837)
Both now obscured behind a screen in
the café |
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Top Row: i.
Edward [Hu]ing (_86) Latin
text. ii. Margaret Fisher (1721)
and her son, Abraham Fisher
(1721). iii. Richard Philpotts
(1673) Latin text. iv. Illegible.
Second Row: i. Richard Barroll
(1810) and Anne Barroll (1812).
ii. Cave
Woodhouse (1736) and his wife,
Anne (1743) iii. _uings_
Third Row: i. Stu_ Fleming.
ii. Catherine Mainwaring, Cavendish
Mainwaring, Hariett Mainwaring and
others. Latin. iii. Hanna Williams
(165_) Latin
Fourth Row: i. Worn smooth. ii.
William Russell (1776)
Bottom Row: |
Top Row:
Benjamin Fellows ?
Second Row: i. Illegible ii. Illegible.
Latin iii.
John Rudd AM (1746)
Third Row:
i. Mary Jones (Bullock) (1793)
and her sister, Elizabeth Frith
(Bullock) (1830) ii.
Thomas Llanwarne (1805) Solicitor. iii.
Elizabeth Taylor mostly
illegible
Fourth Row:
i) Wathen
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Julianna Lane (Rod) Litin
script. iii) A_Evans (Preston)
Latin. iv. _ Holmes
(1708); his son, William (1799)
and his wife Mary (1792); their
son, Thomas Holmes.
Bottom Row: i) _Letitia _
ii. 1979James Rennell Rod, 1st
Lord Rennell of Rod PC GCB GCMC GCVO (1860)
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Top: Most of this can be read except
for the name: Mas_ Symon_Power
Middle: George Leight
(1816) and his sister, Ariana
Leigh
Bottom: William Felton
AM. Latin text |
For Richard Philpotts,
see above [54]
The text - certainly innacurate - of these
difficult to make out monuments was taken from
enlarge photographs. Never the best way but I
could not see them in the church! |
The RCHM reports in the East Walk, two brass
indents [5,6] |
Egerton Leigh DCL
(1760) Prebendary of Bullingham and
other ecclesiastical posts. His son
Peter Leigh (1758) Prebendary of Pionia
Parva; His second son, Egerton Leigh
(1798) Archdeacon of Salop |
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Tablet with shield of arms |
Very Rev William
Leigh (1809) Dean of Hereford.
Very Rev Edward Mellish (1830) Dean of
Hereford who married Elizabeth the daughter of
Dean Leigh |
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Tablet with four shields of
arms |
Emily W Whitfield
(1826) Age 16. The organist's daughter. |
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White tablet on black base |
Percy Clarke Hull,
Knight, Mus Doc, FRCO, LRAM, Hon ARCM (1960)
Organist and Master of the Choristers;
Sub-Canon |
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Gray tab |
John Clarke
Whitfield Mus Doc (1836) Professor of
Music. His wife, Susanna (1845) |
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White tablet with arms |
Dorothy Carless
(1827) 'late of the City Spinster, |
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White oval tablet on black
base |
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Deciphering these Monuments |
I rarely copy the inscriptions on the monuments while in the church: it
is not just lack of time but
that quite often they are difficult to
read in situ. This may be because the churches
are sometimes dimly lit (there are several
churches we have come across on our
travels where there was no electricity
installed); the text may be worn or
faded and therefore difficult to decipher. For
example the letters may be but thinly
incised and the pigment which filled
them has long since faded. Unfamiliar
lettering and old spelling and grammar
can without some practice be difficult
to read. Older texts are often in Latin
and this is the country priests'
medieval Latin
not that of Vergil, Caesar or Cicero we
all remember so well from school. Or
, much more rarely, Greek which the majority of us do not.
However to mitigate the language barrier
the Latin phrases are often standard ones (Hic jacet...) and the
names are attempts to Latinize and turn
into the genitive case English names.
Rather paradoxically, I often think, taking a photograph will solve at
least some of these problems. You can
spend time trying to work out what is
written. For example in short a list of
children seen recently the final name
read, And Ano ___ who died in his
Infancy. With Photoshop the
original photograph can be enlarged and
the brightness, contrast and colout
changed so that the illegible becomes
legible or, at least, nearly so. I
finally saw what had been written: it
was And Another who died in his
Infancy. Two aspects threw me off
the scent were that capital letters
appear to be used where we no longer
would use them and that children who die
at or shortly after birth are not
Christened and hence have no name.
This series was particularly difficult
to decipher: the monuments were high up
on the wall and the light was low in
that position. To read them directly
binoculars and a powerful torch would be
need - plus a considerable amount of
time. I did photograph them but this
presents those trade off problems. It is
best to use a telephoto lens as
enlarging the photograph on the computer
will prove unsatisfactory. To avoid
camera shake with a telephoto lens you
need a fast shutter speed as a tripod
would not have be satisfactory in place
the were taken. However these monuments
were in fairly poor light and some were
very dark so a slow shutter speed would
be needed - or a large aperture. Turning
the ISO setting to a high number would
help but the higher you go the more
noise appears and the photograph is
harder to read. I attempted various
compromises which sometimes succeeded
but at other times did not.
I will return to the inscription as
often a fresh look can solve the
problem.
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Latin
text and difficult to make out: Mariam, wife of
Edward Honeywood...On the lower section, which
appears to be of a later date, it states that
the monument was erected by the first son,
Thomas, and gives the date of
death as 1717. |
Upper
section: Sarah Taylor (Basley)
(1810), the first wife of Rev
Charles Taylor. their son, John Taylor
(1817) at 8. Also James Lane
Taylor (1838) and Lucy Cecili
Taylor (1843), children lf the
Rev Charles and his second wife. 'The above are
interred in a vault beneath this tablet'.
Lower section: Rev Charles Taylor
DD (1863) Prebendary
and Chancellor of the Diocese. 'suddenly cut off
in the full vigour of his facilities by a fall
from his carriage.
Brass below: CharlesTaylor
(1881) Rector of Cressingham and
Prebendary. Son of the above. |
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A Puisne Judge is
of inferior rank to a Chief Justice in some
jurisdictions. Now an obselete term |
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The RCHM reports that there
are 14 floor slabs in the court yard of the
Bishops' Cloister dating from the 15th to 18th
centuries but before the cutt off date |
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Yard between the Two Cloisters |
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[46] Sandstone slab with effigy of (?)
woman in long gown 13th or early 14th centuries. Poor,
head missing.
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There are a number of floor slabs in
this exposed area (20 dating from17th and 18th cenuries,
but before the cut off date) |
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Other
Information |
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There is a floor slab of the late
16th/early 17th centuries in the quire vestry. Also a
brass indent.
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In the chancel there is one brass of
the 14th century |
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