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Exton - St Peter & StPaul |
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Above and Left:
Whole and
details of monument to John Harrington
(1524) & Wife. Alabaster effigies
on marble tomb chest. Latin inscription.
Note particularly the details of the smaller figures. |
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Left and above
(detail): Robert Kelway (1580) His is the
recumbent effigy, dressed in the robes of a lawyer. In front
kneel his daughter Ann, who commisioned the
monument, and her husband John, Lord Harrington.
They do not kneel at the usual prayer desk but on
either side of a tomb chest on which lies a recumber effigy of
Ann's daughter; another daughter kneels behind her mother. Latin
inscription. Alabaster with pillars of marble. |
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Sir James Harrington
(1591) and his wife, Lucy (Syney)
Of coloured marbles and alabaster
Very long Latin inscription |
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| Anne Bruce (1627)
was the wife of Lord Bruce of Kinlosse and daughter of
Sir Robert Chichester. She died in childbirth aged 22. The
monument is of black and white marble and has inscription in
both Latin and English |
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James Noel, 2nd
Viscount Campton (1681)
He died aged 19.
White marble. Latin and English verses. |
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Lt-Gen Bennett Noel (1766)
by Nollekens
The monument was erect by the General's widow,
Elizabeth (Adams) (1784)
who is buried with her husband |
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Elizabeth Chapman, Countess of
Gainsborough (1771) and her two husbands, Baptiste, 4th
Earl of Gainsborough (1751) and Thomas Noel (1788).
Medallions of the three are on the upper section of the
monument. By Nollekens |
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Baptist
Noel, Viscount
Campden (1683) and his fourth wife, Elizabeth
(Bertie). By Grinling Gibbons.
On the pedestal is the date 1686, the completion date. 25
figures in total: the Viscount is shown standing with his 4th
wife while their children and his earlier wives and their
children are represented by the smaller figures. By his four
wives he had nineteen children. His fourth wife gave the money
and instructions for the monument during her life time. Black
and white marble.
A more extreme example of excessive conceit cannot be imagined. |
| More Monuments |
| Nicholas Green (1379)
Table tomb with marble slab and stone sides.
The slab has a foliated cross. Each of
the long sides of the tomb chest has three panels with
the arms of Harrington and Culpepper. Around the edge is
an inscription in Latin. |
| Frances, Countess of
Gainsborough (1885) |
| The Hon Henry Lewis Noel
(1898) |
| George, 2nd Baron Penrhyn
(1907) |
| Tom Ceil Noel (kia 1918) |
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| I have no details of the above
19th and 20th century monuments |
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Indent on slab in church yard. |
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