| SHROPSHIRE - 2 |
| Kinlet
Linley Ludford
Ludlow Market Drayton Moreton
Corbet
Morville
<Shropshire - 1> <Shropshire - 3> |
| Kinlet - St John the Baptist |
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| Probably Isobel Lychefield. She was daughter of Sir John Cornwall and wife of Sir W. Lychefield. Note the baby in the folds of her cloak. Alabaster, early 15th century. | |||
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| Above, and right: Sir Humphrey Blount (1477) & Elizabeth Alabaster. Tomb chest with weepers under ogee haeaded arches. |
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| Sir Humphrey Blount (1477) & Elizabeth (see above) | Sir John Blount (1531) & Catherine (Pershel) (see eblow) | |
 Sir John Blount (1531) & Catherine (Pershel). He was the grandson of Sir Humphrey (see above). Alabaster. On the tomb chest are weepers - sons and daughters - angels and shields with supporters in broad panels. (section shown). One of their daughters, also Elizabeth - or 'Bessie' - became mistress to Henry VIII around 1517. In 1519 she bore the King a son, Henry Fitzroy. He than began his affair with Mary Boleyn. |
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| Sir George Blount (1548) & Constantia. Alabaster six poster. Note the children also represented with their parents. Below the figures the tomb chest is open at the front and a sculptured cadaver is exposed. Note the deliberate medievalism: pointed arches etc. | |||||
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 Thomas Childe (1708) Master of the High Court of Chancery |
 Lacon William Childe ( 17--) |
 Upper stage detail of the above monument of Sir George Blount (1548) & Constantia. |
| Top: Bottom:William Childe (1824) known as 'The Flying Childe' from his expert skill as a horseman |
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Linley St Leonard |
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| : Francis Anderson (1779) & George Johnson (1803) They were monks of Douai who died here while on the English Mission | Top: William Layton Lowndes (1906) Bottom:Anne Edwina Townsend Powell (1986) Churchwarden. Incised metal tablet |
Top: Jane A Lowndes (1897) Bottom: Ethel May Hoult (1956) Organist. Raised letter on metal plate |
| Ludford - St Giles |
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| 'Here underneath this stone lyeth ye bodye of Wyllyan Foxe in ye countye of Salop esquyer and founder of thyse ile...in this churche and the which Wyllyam reedefyed the almes house of Seynt Gyles being decayed, and also Jane hyse wyff, daughter and heyre of Richard Downe of Lulowe. The afordeyd Wyllyam decessed the ...daye of April AD 1554 and the dais Jane deceased the...AD 15...on whose soules Jesu have mercy' They produced nine sons and six daughters. Brass now fixed to wall and details of main figures and children. | ||
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Sir Job Charlton
Bt (1697) MP for Ludlow in several parliaments and justice on the Chester circuit. |
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| Above: Edward Fox (c.
1610) There appears to be an inscription but the lid is used for flowers. I could not satisfactorily remove these nor the paper but I did remove the flower lady! Right: Dorothy Charlton (1658) wife of Job Charlton Far right: Lettice (Waring) Charlton (1685) 2nd wife of Job Charlton |
| Ludlow - St Laurence |
 Above & right: Sir Robert Townshend (1581) and Alice He was Chief Justice of the Council in the Marches of Wales and Chester. On the right are the details of the effigies and their three daughters who stand at the head of the tomb chest: Grace, Bridget & Eleanor |
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 Above: Edward Waites (1635) and Martha (1629) |
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Above and right:
Edmund Waller (1592) and Mary,
his first wife. Chief Justice of the Three Shires of South
Wales. Alabaster; the iron railings are contemporary. The kneeling figures are detailed below. Far right: Theophilus Salwey (1760) |
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| Above and right:
Dame Mary Eure (1612)
Alabaster Far right: Ambrosia Sydney (1574) |
| Market Drayton - St Mary |
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| Thomas Bulkeley (1591) & Elizabeth (Grosvenor) | Rowland Corbet (1580) |
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Moreton Corbet
St Batholomew |
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Sir Robert Corbet (1513) & Elizabeth (Verdon)
(c. 1560). The window shows the Corbet arms and alliances |
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| Sir Richard Corbet (1567) & Margaret of York | |
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 Richard Corbet (1691) The Latin epitaph tells of his devotion to 'Charles the Martyr' |
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Corbet (1835) & Mary (1852) Bottom: Robert Corbet (1829) & Judith (1829) |
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Corbet Monument Illegible Latin |
Sara, Vincent Corbet
& Phineas Fowkes Otherwise illegible Latin |
Andrew Corbet
(1771) Rev William Clarke (1786) Judith Corbet (1786 |
Frances Corbet (1760), Richard Prynce
Corbet (1779), Elizabeth Corbet (1710), Andrew Corbet (1796), Richard & Judy (children of Richard Prynce, who died in infancy) |
| Morville - St Gregory |
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| Sir Edward Acton (1716) & Dame Mary (1713) |