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Top Row:
John Croxby (1456) Vicar
Middle Row: Richard (1592) &
Mary Cutte Close up of effigies and
kneeling children; notice the boys have been
beheaded by not the girls!
Bottom Row: 1. John Withers (1692) &
Wife Attributed to Edward Pearce
2. close up of John Croxby
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Boreham - St Andrew
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Radcliffes, Earls of Sussex (1542, 1567 &
1583)
Alabaster. By Richard Stevens of Southwark. It was
completed in 1589 and cost £266-13s-4d
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Left & Above:
Sir Edward (1561) & Frances (née
Neville) (1589) Waldegrave.
Six poster. He was
Master of the Wardrobe and, as an officer in
Mary Tudor's household, was imprisoned in the
Tower in Edward VI's reign for refusing to
prevent Mary from celebrating mass, but was
released on health grounds. He served Mary Tudor
on her becoming Queen but objected to her
marriage to Philip of Spain and was pensioned
off. He was again imprisoned in the Tower
in Elizabeth's reign for allowing mass to
be said in his house. He died in the Tower and
was buried in St Peter ad Vincula there. His
wife outlived him by 38 years and later married
Lord Chidiok Paulet, son of the Marquis of
Winchester. Their children are shown and named:
Charles, Nicholas, Magdalen, Marie, Kathrine,
Mary, Frances, Christopher. Frances had one son
- Thomas - from her second marriage.
Right: Magdela Southcote (1598)
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Castle
Hedingham - St Nicholas
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John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford (1539) &
Wife.
Black marble. Four daughters and four sons kneel on
opposite sides; the latter are not now visible as the
monument is now against the wall instead of in the
middle of the choir as it was originally placed. The
Earl and his Wife are represented kneeling on the lip
below the coat of arms. Perhaps by Cornelius Harman
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Chelmsford - Cathedral Church of St Mary
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Thomas Mildmay (1571)
Note the curious shape and kneeling children on the
lower part but no other figures, although they probably
existed.
Other Monuments - Not Shown
Mathew Ridd (1615) mural incised
slab; attrib to Epiphanius Evesham
Robert Bownd (1696) with flower
garlands
Earl Fitzwalter -(Benjamin Mildmay) (1756)
Large standing wall monument with large urn in centre
flanked by Corinthian columns and large cherubs. Signed:
James Lovell
Mary Marsh (1757) various marbles
with urn.
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Haynes
Barlee (1696) erected 1747 |
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Top Left: The two
wives of Haynes Barlee.
Top Centre: Margaret Barlee
Haynes's first wife whom he 'happily
enjoyed' for 16 years; she died in childbirth
giving birth to her 13th child who was
stillborn.
Top Right: Mary Barlee (née
Turner)
With this marriage Haynes
gained a 'plentiful fortune but noe issue being
married 2 years and 4 months.'
Haynes married a third time and had more
children; he died aged 90
Above: The children of Margaret Barlee:
13 in all as noted above. Note the child coffins
with skulls on top.
Left: Rev John Smith
Formerly a preacher at St Pauls, he installed a
new hourglass pulpit when he came ot Clavering;
a book of his sermons was published after his
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Felstead - Holy Cross
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Christine Bray (1410) brass
Knight (1400)
brass
Richard, 1st Lord Rich
(1568) & Son (1581) Lord Rich became Lord
Chancellor; he reclines and looks back at his son who
kneels at a prayer desk. Behind are reliefs of Lord Rich
with allegorical figures: Fortitude & Justice, Hope &
Charity and Truth & Wisdom. Probably erected about 1620
and by Epiphanius Evesham. shown
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Gosfield
St Katharine
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Sir Hugh Rich
(1554) Tomb Chest
Thomas Rolfe
(1440) in robes of Serjeant-at-Law
brass on tomb chest.
NOT SHOWN
Sir John Wentworth
(1567) tomb chestwith blank arcading
John Knight (1733)
& Wife (1756) By Rysbrack .
Two white marble figures seated with urn
between.
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Great Coggeshall
St Peter-Ad-Vincula
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In the Paycock Chapel
John Paycocke (1533) & Wife
brasses with indent of Virgin above
Thomas Paycocke
(1580)
Two Females (c
1480)
In the S Chapel
May Honywood
(1620) The inscription says that she
left 367 children, grandchildren,
great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren.
From Markshall Church, now
demolished
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Left Top: Lady Ann Dean (ob1633)
The monument was erected by her son in 1634 and
he lies at her feet, facing us with arms folded.
Lady Dean stands behind in her shroud. Note the
angels, crown and Trinity. By William Wright
of Charing Cross. There was a fashion for
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Maplestead
St Giles
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Left Bottom:
Sir John Dean (1625) Note the
children kneeling behind and above the main
figure.
Both of the male figures lie on rolled
up mats.
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Halstead - St
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John Bouchier (1329) & Helen
Granite The tomb chest dates from
mid 14th C |
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John, Lord Bouchier
(1400) & Wife |
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Other Monuments - Not
Shown
Bartholomew, Lord
Bouchier (1409) & Wives
brass |
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Hatfield Broad Oak
St Mary the Virgin
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Robert de Vere, 3rd
Earl of Oxford (c 1300) Attributed.
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Other Monuments - Not Shown
Sir John
Barrington (1788) Standing wall
monument with two putti flanking an urn.
Sarah Chamberlayne
(1742) profile in oval medallion
infront of an obelisk
Richard
Chamberlayne (1758) Identical to the
above
Stanes
Chamberlayne (1782) portrait medallion
is at the foot with a putti standing above
Sir Charles
Barrington (1788) oval relief of
mourning female, urn and weeping willow. By
J F Moore of London
Lady Ibbertson
(1816) with two angels above the
inscription plate. By Flaxman
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Layer Marney - St Mary the Virgin
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Sir William
Marney (1414)
Alabaster
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John Lord
Marney (1525)
Terracotta
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Henry Lord
Marney (1523)
Terracotta. Probably by
the same hand and that to John Lord Marney.
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Little Dunmow - St
Mary
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Walter Fitzwalter (1432) &
Wife (1464) Alabaster effigies
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Lady (early 15 C)
alabaster. The tomb chest is later 15th C
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Other Monuments - Not Shown
Sir James Halley (1753)
Obelisk with seated female holding a medallion. By
Thomas Adye
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Little Horkesley -St Peter & St Paul
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Brygete, wife of Thomas
Fynedorne & John, Lord Marney (1549) , & her
two husbands
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Lady (late 13th C)
Oak Knight (c 1250)
Oak Knight (c 1270) Oak. Fragmentary
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Sir Robert Swynborne
(1391) & Son (1412)
Tomb chest with brasses
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Tomb chest (late 15th C)
Purbeck marble fragment
Kathryn Leventhorp (1502)
shroud brass
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The church was completely destroyed by a bomb in 1940
and rebuilt in 1958
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Little Easton - St
Mary
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Viscount Bourchier, Earl of
Essex (1484) & Wife Tomb chest with canopy and
brasses. Architectural detail and detail of brasses
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Lady Frances Maynard (1613)
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Sir Henry Maynard (1610) and
Wife Alabaster. Very good. He was MP for St
Albans
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William, 1st Baron Maynard
(1746) & 2nd wife Daisy Marble. Roman costume.
Style is that of Grinling Gibbons but probably by
Edward Pearce
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William, 2nd Baron Maynard
(1796) & Wife
Below is shown the detail of the panel. He
stands leaning on an urn, with the portrait of his wife.
Around are other members of his family as busts or
relief medallions. The panels shows Justice, Charity,
Fortitute and other allegorical figures. Marble.
By Charles Stanley, 1746
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Plan of Bouchier Chapel, showing
Robert Fyn priest c. 1420. Brass
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Lady Bourchier c. 1400
Tomb chest with panels with shields; ogee arch
with shields in spandrels.
On the above knight 13th C
minature effigy
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Little
Samford - St Mary the Virgin |
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William
Twedy & Wife
'Here lies the body of William Twedy,
Esquire, who distinguised himself as a military
commander first under Queen Elizabeth of
glorious memory in surpressing the tumult in the
north of England, next under the invincible hero
the Lord Baron of Willoughby in France, and
lastly under the auspices of the illustrious
Earl of Leicester, in the Netherlands, and was
Warden of the military works at Bergen-op-Zoom.
He married firstly Mabell, the daughter of Sir
Henry Curwen, Knight of the County of Cumberland,
by whom he had one daughter, and afterwards
married Margaret, the daughter of Rooke Green,
Esquire, of Sampford Parva, in the County of
Essex, by whom he had 3 sons and twice as many
daughters. He died on the 7th July, 1605, whose
soul rest in peace'. from the Latin |
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Maldon
All Saints
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Various wall monuments,
starting top right & proceeding clock wise:
Sarah Jeffrey
(1638)
? Thomas D'Arcy
(1485) incription lost but preserved
from Weever.
John Steevens
(1677) age 5
Mary Vernon (1647)
NOT SHOWN
Thomas Cummocke
(1602) with two wives and two children,
kneeling he frontal, she profile.
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Pleshey
Holy Trinity
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Sir Henry Joliffe (1749) Big
urn. By Cheere Not shown
Samuel Turnell
(1758) He was the nephew of the above.
Also by Cheere shown
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Romford
Edward the Confessor
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Left:
Ann Carew (1605)
Right:
Sir George Hervey (1605) & Wife
NOT SHOWN
Sir
Anthony Cooke (1576) & Family
Triptych with kneelers. pediment with
Corninthian columns over
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Theydon Mount - St
Michael
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Sir William Smith (1577)
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Sir William Smith (1626) &
Wife
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Sir William Smith (1631) &
Two Wives
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Sir Edward Smith (1713)
Tab by Edward Stanton
Rev Sir Edward Smith
(1850) Tab by Osmond, Sarum
Sir Thomas Smith (1688)
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Tolleshunt
D'Arcy - St Nicholas
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Left:
Monument to unkown person with brass indents
Right: Thomas
D'Arcy (1593) & Wife
Right of this are a series of
brasses; starting top right and proceeding clockwise:
Unknown male c 1425
Anthony D'Arcy (1540)
either a copy of a 14th C figure or one reused
Unknown Lady c 1425
Unknown Lady c 1540
Phillipa D'Arcy (1559)
The 1540 brasses are palimpsests
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