Somerset

SOMERSET - including BRISTOL

Note: This page is being prepared in preparation for the 2008 symposium in Bristol. This will be a list of all the churches in Somerset and Bristol with monuments of interest. There may well be others and I have also not included the more minor monuments in the churches I have listed. Those churches with a boxed heading have photographs of the monuments and those as yet without will be added later. It is possible that more will be added later. I would gratefully welcome any contributions as well as any corrections or additions to the information I have provided. Click on the underlined light blue name to visit the church; those not underlined and in dark blue have not yet been visited.
Of the churches visited only four have been locked; three of these gave the nearby address or phone number of the keyholder, who was happy to help, while I had to write to the incumbent to arrange an appointment to see the third. Of the two cathedrals, neither charge an entrance fee but one charges for photography.

Axbridge	Bristol - St John the Baptist, Tower Lane		Glastonbury	Pendomer - St Roche	Watchett
Bath Abbey	Bristol - St Michael's, St Michael's Hill	Chew Magna	Hinton-St George	Pitminster - St Andrew & St Mary	Whatley
Bathampton	Bristol - St Nicholas's, High Street	Churchill	Goathurst - St Edward's	Porlock	Wellington - St John the Baptist
Beckington	Bristol - St Paul's, Portland Square	Combe Florey - St Peter & St Paul	Keynsham	Rodney Stoke	Wells Cathedral
Bishop's Hull	Bristol - St Phillip's & St Jacobs, Narrow Plain	Crowcombe - Holy Ghost	Long Ashton	South Petherton - St Peter & St Paul	Withycombe
Bristol Cathedral	Bristol - St Stephen's, St Stephen's Avenue	Dunster	Montacute - St Catherine	Stogursey - St Andrew	Whitelackington - St Mary
Bristol - St Mark's or Lord Mayor's Chapel	Bruton - St Mary's	Farleigh Hungerford	Nettlecombe - St Mary	Taunton	Wraxall
Bristol - St Mary Redcliffe	Brympton d'Evercy - St Andrew	Glastonbury - The Abbey	Nynehead - All Saints	Tickenham	Yatton
Bristol - St James's, Whitson Street					Yeoville - St John the Baptist

Aller -St Andrew:
Cross-legged knight (c.1310)
Knight (c. 1375) in recess

Ashill - All Saints:
Lady (c.1300) in recess
Knight (c.1380) in recess

Axbridge

Barwick - St Mary Magdalene:
Monuments from 1681 to early 19th C.

Bath Abbey

Bathampton - St Nicholas

Near Left: Lady c. 1325
Above &Right: Knight c 1325. Note the lacing on the side of the surcoat which is cut short at the frant.
Also: Many late Georgian monuments eg John Hume (ob 1815) by Reeves

Above Far Left: Effigy of abbot of Bath Stone now on outside east wall of the church, although before 1750 it was in the chancel. Sally Badham believes this to be c 1100 and hence a candidate for the earliest English effigy. Although Pevsner dismisses it as 'an example of rustic Elizabethan work' which, because of the subject, is hardly likely.

Bawdrip - St Michael:
Knight (late C13)

Beckington

Berrow - St Mary:
Knight (late C13)
Lady (late C13)
Both in the churchyard

Bishop's Hull - St Peter & St Paul
(church is locked - however see below to arrange a visit)

The three children lying at the base of this monument are: Edmund (ob 1661,<1yr), Elizabeth (ob ?) & Mary (ob 1673, < 3m) Fowell. Great-grandchildren of Sir George & children of Edmund.
Above is the monument to their mother and grandmother.

Sir George (ob 1647) & Lady Farewell (ob 1660) They had 20 children.

The above and the monument to the left areboth in the south aisle.

Above: George Farewell (ob 1609)
Below kneel his wife, four daughters and five sons: all three sons carry swords and one is in armour; Pevsner states that the carving is 'exceptionally beautiful'. Alabaster. Chancel, North Wall

Right: A selection of wall monuments in the church

To visit the church contact churchwarden Tim Sutton Suttontimjim@aol.com who will arrange for the church to be opened. You may park in the church car park next to the church.
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Bishop's Lydearn - St Mary: Brass to Nicholas Grobham (ob 1585) & Wife Thomas Slocombe (ob 1801) by Thomas King of Bath	Bradford-On-Tone - St Giles: Knight (c. 1375)	Brent Knole - St Michael: John Somerset (ob 1663) two wives & family; inscription
Bridgewater - St Mary: Francis Kingsmill (ob 1629) & sons (ob 1621, 1640) John Dunning (ob 1821) By Reeves of Bristol

BRISTOL
(Bristol is a large and rather hilly city. It is less than a mile between The Cathedral and St Mary Redcliffe)
(I preferred to arrive by train at Bristol Temple Meads and travel by taxi)

The Cathedral
Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity
(originally Abbey of St Augustine)
(no entrance fee; no charge for photography but contributions always welcome please!)
(A very friendly cathedral but easy to set off alarms!)

Note: Bristol Cathedral is a Cathedral of the New Foundation, that is, one of the several cathedrals that was founded - or refounded - by Henry VIII at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Before then the church we now know as the cathedral was not a cathedral at all (so not the seat of a bishop) but rather an Augustinian Abbey, that is, a monastery of Canons Regular - priests who lived under the rule of St Augustine and who were presided over by an Abbot. The see was founded in 1542: a bishop was installed (see below) and the cathedral itself administered by a Dean and Chapter of Secular Canons - priests not living under a monastic rule - which is more or less the situation today.
This explains some of the monuments found both here and at Wells.

Eastern Lady Chapel



Abbot Newberry (1483) Abbot 1428-1473	Abbot Hunt (1481) Abbot 1473-1481	Abbot Newland (1515) Abbot 1481-1415

These abbots' effigies are in early 14th century recesses.

North Chancel Aisle

Bishop Paul Bush (1558)

He was concecrated as the 1st Bishop of Bristol in 1542 but deprived by royal decree (Mary Tudor) in 1554 for being married. He retired to the Rectory of Winterbourne where he is buried with his Wife. Cadaver cenotaph.

Robert Southey
(1843)

Portrait Bust by Baily

Robert Codrington (1618) & Wife

Figures kneel at prayer desk flanked by angels.

'William the Surveyor'

Coffin lid (not in situ) with foliated cross and inscription written in Lombardic characters and in Norman French:
William the Surveyor lies here - God on his soul have mercy. Amen.
He may have been surveyor when the Elder Lady Chapel was built - c 1220

William Powell (ob 1769)

By J Paine
A seated Genius holds a portrait medallion.
Several minor wall monuments can be seen

Jane Campbell (ob 1817)

by Jabez Tyler

George Forrest Browne (1833-1930)

48th Bishop 1897-1914
Bronze bust

Mrs Mary Mason (ob 1767)

Medallion with figures on sarcophagus
By John Bacon

There are many minor wall monuments here in all most all parts of the Cathedral, especially the cloisters, which have not been included in this survey.

North Transept

Abbot David (1216-1234)

Tomb slab with head above a cross, both carved in low relief: one of the arms of the cross can just be made out. Very worn.

Major W. Gore (1814)

By Tyler

Above: Frederick John Fargus 'Hugh Conway' (ob 1885)
Below: Mary Carpenter (ob1877)

Both signed by Havard Thomas

Bishop Joseph Butler DCL (ob 1752)

Peter Maze (ob 1849)

A Bristol Merchant

Elder Lady Chapel
(accesible from the North Transept)

Maurice 9th Lord Berkeley (ob 1368)
& his Mother Margaret
(1st Wife of Thomas)

This monument lies between the Elder Lady Chapel and the North Transept but is best seen from the latter. Arms carved on 'jupon'.

South Transept

Laura Josephine (1839-1843)
Charles Roper
(1845-185-)
Laura Henrietta
(1857-185-)
Malwyn

By T. Tyler Bristol

Emma Craufuird (1823)

By Sir Charles Chantry

Bishop Gray (1834)

By Baily

Joseph Lowrey (1806)

George Rogers (1840)

Solicitor & for 50 years Chapter Clerk

Newton Chapel
(accessible from the South Transept)

Sir Henry Newton & Wife (1599)

Sir John Newton (1661)

Elizabeth Charlotte Stanhope (1816)

By Richard Westmacott

Sir Jonathan Trewlany Bt

Successively Bishop of Bristol, Exeter and Winchester
A Cornish hero about whom the song 'Shall Trelawney Die' was written
Bronze by Alfred Drury

South Chancel Aisle

Maurice III, 7th Lord Berkeley (1326)

Note that this effigy has staight legs and the carved heraldry on the shield; both fairly unusual.
The designation is unconfirmed

Thomas, 6th Lord Berkeley (1321)

Note that in contrast that this effigy has crossed legs but it also has carved heraldry.
Again the designation is unconfirmed
Fought at Evesham and Bannockburn.

Harriet Isabella (1826) & John Middleton
By Edward Baily

William Brame Elwyn (1841)
by Baily
Mary Brame Elwyn (1818)

Thomas, Lord Berkeley (1321) & Joan (1309)

Top: view from South Chancel Aisle
Below: view from Berkeley Chapel (accessible from this aisle)

Nave and Aisles

Dame Joan (1603) & Sir John Young

By Samuel Baldwin. She recumbent. This and the Vaughan monument (right) are to the North and South of the West Door repectively.

Sir Charles Vaughan (1630)

This and the monument to the left were originally elsewhere but moved to this position when the nave was completed at the end of the 19th century.

Dean Gilbert Elliot (1891)

He was Dean 1850-91. The effigy is by James Nesfield Forsyth
The monuments of the two deans are in niches in at the east of the North & South Aisles repectively.

Dean Francis Pigou (1916)

He was Dean 1891-1916, succeeding Dean Elliot. The effigy is by N A Trent

The Cloisters

Elizabeth Draper

By John Bacon
(signed 'J Bacon fecit London 1780')

Eleanor Daniel (1774)

A A Henderson (1807)

Elizabeth Gouldwhite (1793)

Elizabeth Cookson (1852)

There are many other wall monuments in the Cloisters as elswhere in the cathedral.
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St Mark's or Lord Mayor's Chapel
(Opposite the Cathedral)
(Open: Tuesdays to Saturdays 10am to 12noon & 1pm to 4 pm)
(Futher information from the Verger: 0117 929 4350)

A rare peculiar, this is a church not subject to diocean jurisdiction. It was the chapel to a hospital , a religious foundation, but the latter was dissolved by Henry VIII and the church sold to the City Council who still own and administer it. The hospital was refounded as Queen Elizabeth's School. The relationship of the chapel with the diocese makes fascinating history.
The church is orientated north-south, rather than the normal east-west; however for clarity (church crawlers assume the altar is at the east and do not normally consult a compass!) the information below is written as if the church were orientated in the usual fashion.

Nave

Sir Richard Berkeley (ob 1602)

Ward of Henry VIII, Lt of Tower, High Sheriff & Deputy Lt of Gloucestershire. Alabaster.
(S Wall - W End)

Thomas Harris (ob 1797)

He was merchant and alderman of Bristol. The monument also commemorates Mercy (ob 1819), his widow, who later married James Sutton. Below is added the above James Sutton (ob 1824)
(N Wall)

William Birdie (ob 1590)

Mayor of Bristol, Benefactor of Queen Elizabeth's Hospital. Note the State Sword below the epitaph.
(N Wall - W End)

	Some Wall Monuments in the Nave:

	Left Top: George Adderly (ob1786) & Charlotte (daughter) (ob 1775 aged 15 ) both buried in a vault below the monument. Left Bottom: James Gibbs JP (ob 1855) , He was Mayor in 1842. Right: John Bates (ob 1869) Local bank manager, city councillor & Mayor in 1859 Top: Revd John Hakesworth LLD (1866) Head Master of Queen Elizabeth's Hospital

Chancel

Left & Centre Top:
Right & Centre Bottom:
Both on N Wall

Sir Maurice (ob 1464) & Lady Ellen Berkeley
Bishop Miles (or Milo) Salley (ob 1516) of Landaff

Tomb Chest (said to be: John Carr, Founder of Queen Elizabeth's Hospital

(N Wall)

John Cookin (ob 1627, age 11)

S. Wall

Sir John Kerle Haberfield (ob 1857)

He was six time mayor of the city
By Tyley
W End

Thomas James (ob 1619)

MP, Alderman, Sheriff of Bristol in 1591 and Mayor in 1605 & 1614
(W End - N Wall)

Henry Bengough (ob 1818)

He was an alderman and founder of almhouses which carry his name.
By: Chantry
(W. Wall)

South Aisle

A Merchant (c 1360)

The tomb chest is 15th Century. (S Wall)

William Halliard (ob 1735)

By Thomas Parry
(S. Wall)

'Beneath lyeth the body of'
Catharine Vaughan
(ob 1694)
and her son George
(ob 1701)

Wall Monuments in the South Aisle

'Infra Iacet'
Henry Blaake (ob 1731)

In a vault in the chancel of this church lie interred the reamins of
Catherine Camplin (ob 1831) and her husband
Thomas Camplin (1856) Alderman

'Near this place lyeth'
Henry Walter (ob 1727)
Mayor & Alderman
and his wife
Mary (ob 1742)

(right)
'In a vault near the communion table of this chapel are deposited the several remains of '
John Casberd DD (ob1803)
Vicar of StAugustine's in the city and of Tickenham and Portbury )
wife Elizabeth (ob 1802) Their daughters Elizabeth Frances (ob1770 age 1) and Mary Ann (ob 1774 age 9 month) .

(All S Wall except Henry Walter - N Wall)

'Underneath the cross in bedminster church are interred the remains of'
Thomas Hassell (ob 1829)
Alderman JP and his wife: Rachel (ob1822)

South Aisle - or St Andrew's - Chapel

Two Military Effigies (c. 1300)

Locally said to be of Maurice de Gaunt ( ob 1230)and Robert de Gournay (ob 1269). the co-founders of the hospital and chapel.

William Swift (ob 1622)

N. Wall

Elizabeth James (ob 1599)

N Wall

By Caius Gabriel Cibber
E Wall