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Berkeley - St Mary

Cross Slab

Berkeley Lady (late 13th Century)

Boy (late 13th Century)

Lady (early 14th Century)

The above effigies are all small figures, probably heart burial; the actual bodies of the above would have been buried in St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol.

Thomas 8th Lord Berkeley (1361) & Wife
Alabaster effigies on tomb chest where the quatrefoils are divided by strips of deep blues glass, mostly renewed in 1846.
This was the Lord Berkeley to whose care Edward II was entrusted prior to his murder.

James, 11th Lord Berkeley & second son, James
Alabaster effigies effigies on tomb chest under a stone canopy.The tomb chest has canopied niches with figures of saints and panels with quatrefoils.The effigies are of different sizes to indicate the difference in ages.

William Freme (1526) brass
Henry, 17th Lord Berkeley (1615) & Wife Alabaster effigies on stone tomb chest under alabaster canopy. By Samuel Baldwin of Stroud
John Hopton (1681) ledger stone
James Bayley (1712) tablet
Stephen Jenner (1754) ledger stone
Betty Wiltshire (1797) tablet by J Pearce of Frampton
Nicholas Hickes (1798) tablet by W Paty

John Hickes (1808) tablet by T King of Bath
Mary Tratman (1826) tablet by Dawe. There are also others by this artist
Frederick Hickes (1844) tablet by Tyler
William Ellis (1855) tablet by Tyler
The Last Lord Berkeley (1942) Tablet with heraldry flanked by Saints George and Francis. By Sir N Cooper
In churchyard: table tomb of Thomas Pearce, watchmaker (1665)

	Bitton - St Mary
	Knight (13th century) head only carved in low relief over sword and shield (shown) Lady (13th century) head only carved in low relief over foliated cross, inscription (shown) Priest small effigy, not specified Another effigy Tomb of c 1300 in pieces 1657 Tablet 1697 Tablet Rev H T Ellacome and three Wives Tablet Servants of Above Tablet 1812 tablet by T King of Bath

Knight ? A Clifford (c 1300) stone on tomb chest under cusped recess (shown - right) Lady (c 1310) stone on tomb chest under arch recess with two shields (shown - right) Civilian (mid 14th century) stone, small under cusped recess John Clifford (1684) Baroque tablet Ann Wade (1687) Baroque tablet Anthony Clifford (17th century) tablet with arms William Clutterbuck (1727) Classical, marble Samuel & James Pearce (1798-9) marble tablet by John Pearce Nathaniel Clifford (1817) marble tablet with arms Henry Barnard (1813) by T King of Bath	Frampton-on-Severn St Mary

Chipping Camden - St James


Sir Baptist Hicks, Lord Camden (1629) & Wife Details. The tomb chest is black marble. By ? Nicholas Stone	Edward Noel, Viscount Campden (1642) & Juliana (1664) Details. Alabaster figures. By Joshua Marshall	Penelope Noel (1633) Attrib: John & Matthias Christmas

Coberley - St Giles

Sir Giles Berkeley (1294) Heart burial; small bust of knight set in pointed oval under a niche with shafts; hands hold heart above a shield on his breast.	Sir Thomas Berkeley (1365) & Wife possibly Joan. Knight with cross legs and lady wears a wimple. Armour is c. 1340's so effigy may have been made during his life time. Joan was the mother of Dick Whittington.	Civilian (c 1340) Young man, effigy under cinquefoil recess
Sir Giles Bridges (1511) & Isabel brass matrix with one shield remaining Castleman Family ( late 17th century) Baroque marble tablet Amelia Hicks (1830) Neo-Greek by Hart of Cheltenham A good collection of 18th century headstones and chest tombs			Lady (c 1340) Small effigy of a young girl; she hold her glove; dog at feet. Perhaps a daughter of above

City of Gloucester

		The Cathedral
		Gloucester Cathedral is a cathedral of the New Foundation. At the Reformation it was a Benedictine Abbey

Presbytery	Seabroke Chantry Chapel	South Ambulatory	Lady Chapel	North Ambulatory
North Transept	South Transept	South Aisle	North Aisle	North Choir or Tribune Gallery

		Presbytery

Above: Robert Duke of Normany (1134) Effigy: Wood - 13th C; TC: Wood -14th/15th C. Note the structure over the effigy - the 'hearse' - one of only three in the country.

Robert 'Curthose' Duke of Normandy, born about 1053, was the eldest son of William the Conqueror by Matilda of Flanders. From his father in 1087 he inherited the Dukedom of Normandy and the County of Maine while his younger brother William Rufus inherited the Kingdom of England. Robert was a failure as a ruler but an excellent military commander and soldier. For the next two years Robert and his Norman allies attempted to wrest England from his brother and thereafter his rule in Normandy was undermined by William and the youngest brother Henry. In 1096 he mortgaged Normandy to William for 10,000 marks so that he could take part in the First Crusade in which he excelled himself as a soldier. On his return to Europe he found that William had been killed and that Henry now ruled in England as King Henry I. Once again he attempted an invasion of England which again failed, the brothers coming to terms at Alton, Hampshire in 1101. In 1106 Henry invaded Normandy defeating and capturing Robert at the Battle of Tinchebrai. Thereafter Robert was held captive in comfortable circumstances mostly in Cardiff Castle. He died in his early 80's and was buried in Gloucester Cathedral

Abbot Serlo (1104) The first Norman abbot and founder of the abbey church. The effigy is about 1280 or later.

Seabroke Chantry Chapel

Abbot Seabroke (1457) Tombchest and alabaster effigy of a mitered abbot. He built the present tower.	Francis Baber (1669)

Lady Chapel

North Transept

John Bower (1615), wife Ann & Children. The kneeling figures are painted

Elizabeth Williams (1622), daughter of Bishop Miles Smith. Her effigy lies on its side with an infant on the pillow. By Samuel Baldwin of Stroud

Judge John Powell (1713) marble by Thomas Green of Camberwell (signed)


		Above: Bishop Goldsborough (1604) Behind his head is an inscription panel. North Chapel Far Left: Thomas Fitzwilliam (1579) Painting on stone; beside a plain tomb chest. Removed from St Owen's church on its destruction in 1643. South Chapel. Centre: Margery Clent (1623) Another daughter of Bishop Smith. By Samuel Baldwin of Stroud.

Other Monuments

Dorothea Beale. Inscription by Eric Gill (c. 1907) on bronze tablet by Dury.

North Ambulatory

King Edward II. The effigy is of alabaster, the tomb chest of Purbeck marble and the canopy an oolitic Cotswold limestone, possibly Painswick. The construction date is about 1330.

William Parker (1539) (or William Malvern) - the last abbot. Alabaster effigy of c. 1535. He was actually buried elsewhere and a Marian and Elizabethan bishop lie below

PrinceOsric ( ) although the monument is c. 1530. He was honoured by Abbot Parker as the founder of the monastery and his sister Kyneburg the first abbess.

South Transept

	Left & above: *Richard Pates (1588)* He was founder of Pates Grammar School in Cheltenham and builder of Matson House. The painted kneeling Elizabethan figures can just be made out. Right: Alderman Abraham Blackleech (1639) & Gertrude. Black marble tomb chest with alabaster recumbent effigies. By Epiphanius Evesham or Edward Marshall.
	Other Monuments
	T B Lloyd-Baker (1886) Marble bust by W S Frith Canon Evan Evans (1891) Brass and marble tablet by Henry Wilson Benjamin Baylis (1777) Tablet by Bryan of Gloucester Mary Gwynne (1808) by Reeves of Bath Canon Trotter (1913) Tablet Canon Scobell (1917) Tablet

South Aisle

Sir George Onesiphorus Paul (1820) Marble by Sievier

Alderman John Jones (1630)


	Left: Mary Singleton (1761) Baroque tablet by J & J Bryan. Coloured marbles and much symbolism. Above: Thomas Brydges of Coberley & Wife Recumbent effigies of early 15th century on a 14th century tomb chest. In rfecessed wall tomb. SS collars. Right: Bishop William Nicholson (1671) Another in Baroque style. He was said to have been a fearless champion of the church during the Commonwealth.

Other Monuments

Prebenday William Adams (1798) Tablet by King of Bath
Dame Mary Strachan (1770) Portrait medallion & arms held by supportors by Ricketts of Gloucester.
Eli Dupree (1707) Bust on broken pediment
Bishop Anthony Ellys of St David's (1761) by Ricketts of Gloucester
Hubert Parry (1918) musician
Mary Clarke (1792) Tablet by W Stephens of Worcester

Richard Clarke (1796) Tablet by W Stephens of Worcester
John Webb of Norton Court (1795) Classical tablet by Bryan of Gloucester
Sir John Guice of Highnam (1794) Draped broken column by Millard of Gloucester
Richard Raikes (1823) Gothick by Rickman
Dr Edward Jenner statue by R. W. Sievier (1825)

North Aisle

Alderman Thomas Machen, Christian & Children (c 1615) Perhaps by Samuel Baldwin of Stroud	Sarah Morley (1784) she died at srea on a passage from India. By Flaxman	Canon E D Tinling (1897) Kneeling figure before Christ; in bronze and semi-precious stonesby Henry Wilson	Abraham Rudhall (1798), Charles Rudhall (1815) & Sarah Rudhall (1805) Bell makers Note the 3 bells
Other Monuments
Bishop Martin Benson (1725) Charles Brandon Trye (1811) Bust in medallion Rudge Family Tablet by Millard Col. Edward Webb (1839) Gothick mourning female by H Hopper Ralph Bigland (1784) Garter Principle King of Arms. Classical		Bishop Warburton (1779) by King of Bath Samuel Hayward of Wallsworth Hall (1790) Classical by Bryan of Gloucester Hester Gardner (1822) Classical by James Cooke Ivor Gurney (1937) poet & musician by Bryant Fedden

North Choir (Tribune) Gallery

William Lisle (1723) by John Ricketts the Elder of Gloucester	Bishop Martin Benson, bishop 1734-52	Thomas Ware & Family (no date) with Greek and Latin Inscriptions

St Nicholas (Westgate Street)
Now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust
Above: Samuel Baldwin (1645) Carver. Possibly by Stephen Baldwin Left: Revd Richard Green (1711) age 21 & brother	Above: John Belvezeb(1708) a French advocate. '...being protestant was forced out of his country...'	Above: John Walton (1626), alderman & Alice (1620) Attrib. to Samuel Baldwin


Susanah Jordan (1685)	Margaret Gray (no date)	Jane Fox (1657)	William Window (1669) & family	Thomas Withenbery (1720) Carpenter & wife Sarah (1730)


William Cowcher (1785) & family	Francis Reeve (1715) & family	Joseph Reeve (1716) carver & wife Sarah (1714)	John Deighton (1676) surgeon & wife Mary (1684)	Toby Bullock (1641) & family


Thomas Nickols (1718) & family	Gadriel Harris (1744) & wife Susan (1742)	Margaret Seys (1651)	Mary Lloyd (1703)

Great Badminton - St Michael

1st Duchess of Beauford (1715) Moved here from the previous church	1st Duke of Beauford (1700) by Grinling Gibbons. This monument was moved from St George's Chapel, Windsor when the Beaufords fell out with Queen Victoria

2nd and 3rd Dukes by Rysbrack (1754)	4th Duke (1756) by Rysbrack

Captain Edmund Bray (1620) Behind organ	Great Barrington - St Mary		Mary Countess Talbot (1787) by Joseph Nollekens	Captain Cecil John Talbot Rhys Wingfield (1915)
	Jane (1711) & Edward (1720) Bray Both died of small pox. Attributed to Christopher Cass	James Stephens (1692) & sons John & James Attributed to Thomas Cartwright the Elder

Hatherop - St Nicholas

Barbara Lady de Mauley (1844) by Raffaelle Monti

Iron Acton - St James
	Sir John Poyntz (1376) ? (shown) Lady (early 15th C) (shown) Robert Poytz (1439) and wives Anne & Katherine. 3 incised slabs Canopied Tomb (early 16th C) (shown) William Machin (1716) Classical tab Mary Senior (1814) By Tyler Thomas Richardson (1834) By Tyler Bluett Jones (1836) By O Greenaway John Alway (1842) By J Thomas of Bristol

Leckhampton - St Peter


Sir John Giffard (1327) & Wife. Note the 'breast chains' on Sir John's coat armour, attaching the sword hilt and scabbard. Not in situ.			Priest (late 15th or early 16 th C) He holds a chalice

Slabs in the church yard: there are four effigial slabs of the 13th & 14th century.

Civilian & Lady	Sepulchral Slabs

Some 19th Century Wall Monuments:

William Joseph Gale (1877 age 19) Died near Nazareth 'He fell among robbers'	Frances Money Evans (26), Fanny Rolanda (11) & Frederick Lloyd Gambier (11 m) - see below	John Howden Commander RN (1845) Rachel Howden (1861) his widow	Jones	Mjr Edward Nevil MacReady 30th Reg. No Date	Charles Whitmore (1844)
The Evans monument says that these were the wife and children of Mjr Henry Lloyd Evans of the XVII Regiment Bombay Infantry, who all died in 1857 at Cawnpoor by a fall of the barracks roof, struck by cannon shot on the 16th day of the siege. Her brother Henry Fitz Roy Gambier, Lt in the 38th Regiment Bengal Light Infantry, who was mortally wounded at the assault of Delhi, 1857

Minchinhampton - Holy Trinity

Two coffin lids (12 or 13th century) with incised crosses (shown)
Knight (? John of Ansley) (c 1340) under Decorated tomb recess (shown)
Lady (? Lucy, wife of above) wimple & veil, feet on dog. Under Decorated tomb recess(shown)
Civilian & Lady (c 1500) brass
John Hampton (1556?) & Ellen brass: cadavers in shrouds. Two groups of children: six sons, the eldest a monk and six daughters, the eldest a nun. Engraved c. 1510
Edward Halyday (1519) & Margery brass; he was a clothier of Rodborough

Jeremiah Buck (mid 17th century) with bogus heraldry; a Parliamentarian
Joseph Iles (1749) tablet by Robert Chambers
James Bradley (1762) oval brass plate to the Astronomer Royal
Edward Sheppard of Gatcombe (1798) tablet by Bryan
Walter Butt (1788) tablet of coloured marbles
Samuel Shepperd (1770) tablet with putto, urn & escutcheon by Ricketts
Many 17th and 18th century Baroque chest tombs in the church yard, including that of James Bradley (above) from which the brass plate was removed.

	Pucklechurch St Thomas of Canterbury
	Lady (c 1325) under later canopy. Said to have been erected in 1888 when effigy may have been rescued from the churchyard. (shown) Civilian (c 1360) again under similar canopy. Excellent condition. The above are said to be William de Cheltenham (ob after 1361) & Eleanor. John Dennis (1638) Renaissance marble tab. with heraldry Epitaph (17th C) to an unamed deaf woman by Thomas Cam Thomas Ridley (1714) Baroque marble Edward Hathway (1798) Tab with draped urn by James, Dunn & Drewett of Bristol.

Sherborne - St Mary Magdelene

Sir John Dutton (1743) by J M Rysbrack (1749) signed	Frances Princess Bariatinsky (1807) by John Bacon the Younger. She died in childbirth.


James Lenox Dutton (1776) & second wife Jane (1776) By Richard Westmacott the Elder (1791)		John Dutton (1656) by Thomas Burman (1661) signed. Compare the John Donne monument by Nicholas Stone in St Paul's Cathedral	William Naper (1791) by John Bacon the Elder (1794) signed


		Far left: James, 1st Lord Sherbourne (1820) & his wife Elizabeth (1824) by W Theed (1859). Marble figure of Hope Centre Top: James Bradley (1762) Astronomer Royal, born in Sherborne. But by Kevin Paul (1993) Centre Bottom: Mary Laura Dutton (1902) Above: HonCharles Dutton (1909) Alabaster

St Briavels

St Mary

14th C Slab (shown)
William Warren, Wife & Children (16th C), Semi-reclining.
Charles Court (1819) Tab by Woolcott of Bristol

Shipton Moyne - St John the Baptist

A Le Moyne (mid 14th C)
Note the bascinet and plate. NE Recess, Chancel

Le Moyne Knight (NW Recess) and Lady (opposite S) (early 14th C) both in chancel

Judge Thomas Estcourt (1599) & Wife
Nine children kneeling frontally are shown on two sides. Above is a canopy with caryatids and heraldry (Estcourt Chapel)

Other Monuments
Chancel	Estcourt Chapel	North Transept	North Aisle	South Aisle
Rev William Hodges (1740) Tablet	Sir Thomas Estcourt (1624) & Mary c 1640 by Samuel Baldwin Alabaster t.c. with canopy on Corinthian columns. Moved from Lasborough in 1825	Thomas Estcourt (1818) Tablet by W Croggan	Elizabeth Nowell (1788) Tablet	Thomas Estcourt (1746) standing monument with Ionic columns and cartouche
Rev George Wheeler (1839) Tablet by Reeves & Son of Bath	Eleanor Estcourt (1829) by Joseph Edwards to a design by T H Wyatt	Jane Estcourt (1829) Tablet	Edmund Estcourt (1814) Tablet by Henry Westmacott	Rev Walter Hodges (1757) Tablet
	Walter Estcourt RN (1845) died returning home from Africa			Two brasses of 1853-55

Tetbury - St Mary

		Left: 2 Medieval Male Civilians dug up from churchyard in 1902. That on the right is mid 14th C. Above: Military effigy of c. 1300, said to be William de Braose.
Wall Monuments: Sir William Romney (1611) with bust. By Thomas Webb (1776) John Savage (1803) Draped urn by Jones, Dunn & Tyley of Bristol Gilbert Gastrell (1732) coloured marbles and cherubs, surrounded by five - 1755-1810 - (reset) by T King of Bath Joseph & Elizabeth Wickes (1764) by T Webb Henry Harvey (1789) by William Paty of Bristol John Paul (1787) by T King Deborah Roche (1720) Cartouche by Parsons Sanders Family by Lancaster & Walker of Bristol Knight & Lady of Gastrell Family effigies

	Tewkesbury Abbey

Ambulatory

Guy de Brien (1390) He married the widowed Elizabeth in 1350. Standard bearer to Edward III at Crécy. Canopy with remains of colouring and gilding. Effigy appears to come from same Flemish school as Edward Lord Despenser, so prepared before his death. (shown)
'Wakeham' Cenotaph (mid 15th C ie a century earlier than John Wakeham, the last Abbot who died in 1549). The cadaver is placed on the hollow altar tomb rather than, as is the usual practice, below; it lies in a open shroud, crawling with vermin - a gruesome sight. The canopy is said to have been copied for the throne of the House of Lords. (shown)
Archdeacon Robeson (1912) Altar tomb with effigy by Bryant Baker.
Abbot Cheltenham (abbot 1481-1509) Altar tomb with four panels with quatrefoils bearing shields; canopy with shields, scallop shells and pilgrim's staves.
Hugh Despenser (ex. 1325) much mutilated tomb as the canopied niches contained many images. The coffin is however of:-
John Cotes (abbot 1328-47) Purbeck marble
Tomb with crocketed ogee cinquefoil arch. This and the previous tomb are at the back of the sedilia.
Abbot Robert Forthington (1254) Purbeck marble coffin slab with small figure in low relief within the head of a foliated cross; ogee canopy.
Abbot Alan (ob 1202) the biographer of Thomas Becket.(shown)
Ann, Lady Clarke (ob 1800) White marble slab flanked by Faith and Charity; by Flaxman
Dr George Peyton (ob 1742) Classical marble tablet by Thomas White of Worcester.

North Transept

John Roberts of Fiddington (1631) half length upright effigy
Joseph Reeve (1651) artist, stone and slate Baroque tablet

South Transept

Thomas Collins (1900) builder; alabaster tablet with portrait in low relief.
Mann Family Classical marble tablet with cherubs heads and torches by Richard Squire of Worcester, 1749

Chantry Chapels

Chantry Chapel of Robert Fitzhamon (1107) He was the founder of the Abbey though the chapel dates from about 1395. A very fine example of the Perpendicular.
Trinity Chapel built between 1375 and 1380 as a chantry for Edward Lord Despenser (1375) . It resembles the above but a canopied niche rises from the roof and contains the life sized praying effigy of the commemorated. (shown)
Beauchamp Chapel built about 1430 by Isabel Despenser, Countess of Warwick as a chantry chapel for her first husband Richard Beauchamp (1421). The chapel is of two storeys and the upper may once have contained the kneeling figures of Isabel and her two husbands.
Hugh, Baron Despenser (1348) & Elizabeth Montague (1359) Recumbent alabaster effigies. Armour contemporary with time of his death. Fine canopy.(shown)

Nave - South Aisle

Tomb early 14th C
Mrs Criak the author of John Halifax, Gentleman. Tablet by H H Armstead, 1890; marble.

Nave - North Aisle

Tomb 14th C Decorated with elaborate arch
Charles Wynde (ob 1716) Marble with bust, painted arms
Catherine Price Neo-Greek marble tablet by Gardner of Tewkesbury 1844
Kenhelm Chandler (ob 1809) Neo-Greek marble tablet by Gardner of Tewkesbury 1833
Knight (c 1350) stone effigy with later ogee arch

Westonbirt - St Catherine
NB This church is now the chapel of a girls' school and is open but infrequently to the general public

Above: Robert Holford (1838) & George Holford (1839) by R. Westmacott the Younger Marble Right: Robert Stayner Holford (1892) alabaster effigy. Possibly by W S Frith

			Winterbourne - St Michael
			Agnes Bradeston (1369) ? brass of lady, 4' 5"(shown) Sir Robert Bradeston (c 1356) ? & Lady Effigies. l. He cross legged. Badge of head of fish by his L shoulder. (N wall of chapel) (shown) Sir Edmund Bradeston & Lady (c 1395) straight legs. Bristol school ( shown) LadyAgnes (14th C) (shown) Knight (late 14th C) cross legs. under cinqfoil canopy. (shown) Mathew (1631) & Thomas (1658) Buck brass inscip. James Buck (1612) Tomb chest with Renaissance detail, canopy Amy Symes (1662) Renaissance monument Arthur Tucker (1785) Tab by T Paty Thomas Mountjoy (1797) by Emett of Downend William Perry (1807) by Wood of Bristol William Rickards (1827) & Thomas Whitfield (1834) By O Greenway Mary Brydges (1826) by T Clark of Bristol

With many thanks to founder-member Sally Badham for supplying most of the photographs in this section. Those in Gloucester Cathedral and several other churches were kindly sent by Joan & Robert Tucker: to whom grateful thanks. The etchings are by Stothard.

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