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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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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 Mash (1757) various marbles
with urn.
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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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Great
Maplestead
St Giles
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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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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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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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Halstead - St
Andrew
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John Bouchier &
Wife (?) (c. 1300)
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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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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