SIR B GRANVILLE OF STOWE
UKNIWM Ref: 26150
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Address
| Type: |
BOARD/PLAQUE/TABLET |
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| Denomination: |
CHURCH OF ENGLAND |
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| OS Map Ref: |
SS 253 114 |
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Inscription
HERE LYES ALL THAT WAS MORTALL OF THE MOST NOBLE &/ TRULY VALIANT SIR BEVILL GRANVILLE OF STOWE IN THE/ COUNTY OF CORNWALL, EARL OF CORBILE & LORD OF/ THORIGNY & GRANVILLE IN FRANCE & NORMANDY/ DESCENDED IN A DIRECT LINE FROM ROBERT SECOND/ SON OF YE WARLIKE ROLLO FORST DUKE OF NORMANDY/ WHO AFTER HAVING OBTAINED DIVERSE SIGNALL VICTORYES/ OVER YE REBELLS IN YE WEST WAS AT LENGTH SLAIN WITH/ MANY WOUNDS AT THE BATTLE OF LANSDOWNE JULY YE 5TH/ 1643. HE WAS BORN YE 23 DAY OF MARCH 1595 AND WAS/ DEPOSITED WITH HIS NOBLE & HEROICK ANCESTEROS IN THIS/ CHURCH YE 26TH JULY 1643. HE MARRIED THE MOST/ VIRTUOUS LADY GRACE DAUGHTER OF SIR GEORGE SMITH/ OF YE COUNTY OF DEVON BY WHOM HE HAD MANY/ SONS. EMMENR FOR THEIR LOYALTY & FIRM ADHERENCE/ TO YE CROWN & CHURCH. AND SEVERALL DAUGHTERS./ REMARKABLE EXAMPLES OF TRUE PIETY./ HE WAS INDEED AN EXCELLENT PERSON WHOSE (...)/ INTEREST & REPUTATION WAS YE FOUNDATION OF WHAT/ HAD BEEN DONE IN CORNWALL & HIS TEMPER &/ AFFECTIONS SO PUBLICK THAT NO ACCIDENT WHICH/ HAPPENED COULD MAKE ANY IMPRESSIONS IN HIM/ AND HIS EXAMPLE KEPT OTHERS FROM MAKING ANY/ THING ILL OR AT LEAST SEEMING TO DO SO. IN A WORD/ A BRIGHTER COURAGEOUS GENTLER DISPOSTION WERE/ NEVER MARRYD TOGETHER TO MAKE YE MOST CHEERFUL/ & INNOCENT CONVERSATION/ VD: EARL OF CLARENDON'S HISTORY OF YE REBELLION/ TO YE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF HIS (...) GRANDFATHER THIS/ MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY YE RIGHT HONO. GEORGE LEE/ LANSDOWNE TREASURER OF YE HOUSEHOILD TO QUEEN ANNE/ ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S MOST HON PRIVY COUNCIL IN YE/ YEAR OF OUR LORD 1714.
Components
| Component | Material(s) | Height | Width | Depth | Condition |
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| BACKBOARD |
MARBLE |
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GOOD |
| TABLET |
MARBLE - WHITE |
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GOOD |
Physical Description
WHITE MARBLE INSCRIPTION TABLET FLANKED BY TWO PILLARS SUPPORTING AN ENTABLATURE. WHOLE IS MOUNTED ON A DARK COLOURED MARBLE BACKGROUND WITH RELICS OF BATTLE IN RELIEF ON IT. TWO ANGELS STAND AT EACH END OF THE ENTABLATURE FLANKING A SMALLER TABLET WITH A COLOURED COAT OF ARMS SURMOUNTING IT.
GUNS, BANNERS, DRUMS AND SWORDS DEPICTED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE INSCRIPTION TABLET. AT THE BASE ARE AXES, A HELMET, SWORDS AND BANNERS
Wars Commemorated & People Remembered
| War |
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR |
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| Total names on memorial: |
0 |
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| Served & Returned |
0 |
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| Died |
1 |
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| Is this an exact count? |
Not known |
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| How are the names ordered? |
Not known |
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| What information is listed on the memorial? |
year died, place of death, forename, manner of death, age of death, relationships, additional |
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| Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM? |
No |
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Maintenance
| Are the letters difficult to read? |
No |
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| Who is responsible for the memorial? |
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| Maintenance History: |
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Ceremonies
| Role | Performed By |
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| UNVEILING |
LOCAL CLERGY/DIGNITARIES |
Sponsorship
| Sponsorship Type: |
None |
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| Did this include a trust or scholarship? |
No |
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| Did this include a roll of honour? |
No |
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| Cost of Site: |
Not known |
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| Cost of Memorial: |
Not known |
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| Comments on Costs: |
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Craftsmen
Not known
References
| Co-ordinator's Comments: |
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| Comments: |
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| Photographs: |
1 |
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| Other Documents: |
None |
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| Form / Letter: |
F |
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| Negatives: |
No |
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| Drawings / Plans: |
No |
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| Minutes: |
No |
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