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The church is locked: several
telephone numbers are given on the south door to
contact if you wished to visit.
The church is in the grounds of
Nynehead Court, mainly of 1675, which is now a private
residential home. Park in the designated car park and
report to reception on arrival.
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From left to right:-
1. Edward Clarke (1697) & Wife
(1667) erected during his lifetime; said to have been
made at Milverton and cost £25
2. Henrietta Sanford (1837)
Angel by Castoli.
3. John Sanford (1835)
Bust by Castoli
4. Said to be a memorial to John
Lock the philosopher. No name
5. Richard Wyke (1590) & Margaret
( 1578 at 41) They had 17 children.
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Pedomer - St Roche |
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Church open during normal hours.
Park somewhere in the village.
Pendomer is at the end of a single track and somewhat
pot-holed lane, which then terminates. The village now
consists only of a few houses and the church; the
entrance to the church yard (which is sign posted)
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The effigy (said to be of Sir John
de Dummer, 1268-1320) is of c. 1320 and not in situ but
now in the recess in north wall of nave. Note the arms carved in
relief on both the shield, which is held by a strap around the
left arm, and surcoat.
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John
Colles (1627) & Elizabeth (1634)
Note the three daughters kneeling against
the tomb chest and the babies at Elizabeth's head and feet. John
clasps a book in his left hand.
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John Coles (1607) & Anne
Note the three daughters (one holding a
skull - indicating she predeceased her parents) and three sons
kneeling against the tomb chest. Alabaster
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Humphrey Colles (1570)
The inscription states that this monument
was formerly in the chancel. Locally called 'Black Humphrey'
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The two 17th century monuments are on either
side of the chancel; Humphrey's monument is in the westernmost
part of the north aisle in a curtained off area, easy to miss.
They represent father, son and grandson. The two polychrome
monuments were repainted in 1927. There are also several minor
wall monuments in this church.
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Porlock - St Dubricius |
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The church open during normal
hours
There is some - but limited -
parking in the village, pay and display car parks -
moderate cost - one very small near the church -
parallel to south wall
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| The Harrington Monument |
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John, 4th Lord Harrington (1418) & Elizabeth
Courtney
The tomb is not in its
original position. The effigies are of alabaster and
date from about 1460. The rest of the structure is of
stone.
Lord Harrington accompanied King
Henry V on his second expediation to France in 1417 but
died there. His will of 1417 directed the institution of
a chantry chapel with two priests; this was situated in
the south aisle.
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Two tomb chests with quatrefoils:
that on the left is in the chancel, that on the right
(more worn, originally being in the church yard) in the
south porch. No inscription, matrices etc.
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Two tomb niches in the south wall of
the nave, that to the east being much smaller; there is
no monument remaining. Was this perhaps a heart burial?
The western niche contains the cross legged military
effigy of the late 13th century as shown. Not in situ:
to make it fit the niche the base has been cut and the
feet removed; the lion was found and restored in 1888.
Local tradition indentifies it as representing
Sir Simon Fitz-Roges (1306)
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North Transept
Top Left: William Aske
(1657) with kneeling mother, Elizabeth
& sister, Hannah. Behind in a frontal position
are two children: James Ayshe and John
Sandys
Note: this monument is in the North
Transept and, although Pevsner says that it is in a vestry,
it is separated from the nave only by a curtain and so readily
accessible
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South Transept
Top Centre: Henry Compton
(1603) & Wife oddly distorted figures.
Top Right: Military Effigy with
some unusual features: the effigy has straight, not crossed,
legs; the arms are carved in relief on the shield; the
'gambeson' (quilted garment under the mail shirt) is visible at
the neck and the mail hood is thrown back, the lower front part
falling forward and its laces are shown. Said locally to be
Sir Philip de Albini (1294)
Bottom Left & Centre. Sir
Giles Daubeney (1445) & Joan d'Arch. Brasses on tomb
chest with Purbeck marble slab.
Mary Daubeney (1442)
Floor brass. She was Sir Giles's 2nd wife.
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All these monuments are in the Verney
chapel; there are also several minor wall monuments also in the
church
Left: John de Verney
(1472)
Above William de Verney
(1333)
Left Top: Sir ThomasWroth
(1721); below this (not visible) to Thomas
(1734) & Elizabeth Palmer (néeWroth) (1737)
Left Lower: Peregrine
Palmer (1684)
Far Left: Nathaniel
(1717) & Francisca Palmer (1712) He was the son of the
above
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Left : Robert Gray (1635)
Life sized figure on wall of north aisle.
Above: Thomas More (1576) rear wall of
nave.
Also shown are a selection of wall monuments
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Watchet - St Decumen |
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The church is kept locked but a
notice on the door tells you from where to obtain the
key
The church is on the outskirts of town and parking may
be difficult. |
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Henry (1613) & George (ob 1624)
Wyndham
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George Wynham (1845)
Neo-Gothic.No effigy but inscription
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Sir William Wyndham (1683)
Standing monument but lower part not visible.
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Edmund Wyndham (1616)
Brass set in floor of chancel.
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Left: John Wyndham (1645) &
Wife (1633) Large plate with brass portrait busts and
heraldic shield. Probably by Nicholas Stone.
Right: John (1572) & Florence
(1596) Wyndham Brasses with inscriptions and inlaid
shields now set with next to the plate on the left against the
wall.
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A Tale of a Premature
Burial
About a year after her marriage
Florence collapsed - apparently dead -as she ran to meet
her husband returning home. She was buried the next day
in the Wyndham Crypt below the chancel. However the
sexton - one Tom Hole - having seen the rings on
Florence's body, returned to the crypt that night in an
attempt to steal them. He used a knife to prize the
rings from her fingers but in doing so scratch her hand
so Florence awoke from her coma. Tom Hole fled, never to
be seen again. Florence climbed out of her coffin and
managed to return home. Seeing his wife return in her
grave clothes, John fainted and it took some time to
convince him she was neither ghost nor witch. A year
later she gave birth to a son and later twins. To this
day members of the Wyndham family are not buried until
three days have elapsed.
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Not Shown: Sir John Wyndham
(1574) & Elizabeth Sydenham (1571). Tomb chest with
three squared panels. Pevsner describes the former canopy thus:
'Canopy on four piers with curiously crude and amorphous piers.
Round arch, but with Gothic panelling inside. A large and
striking demi-figure of an angel peers out from the tomb across
the chancel.' This canopy was dismantelled in the 20th century.
On the top of the tomb chest are fine brasses of Sir John
in armour and Lady Sydenham wearing a magnificent dress of the
period. Below these figures are large brass inscription plates.
Sir John accompanied Henry VIII's sister - Mary Tudor - to
France on the occasion of her marriage to King Louis XII.
Elizabeth bore six dughters and four sons. Sir John and Lady
Elizabeth were married for 44 years and she bore him six
daughters and four sons.
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Priest in mass vestments - early 14th
century. Not in situ. The inscription around the edge of the
slab is in English (rather than the usual Latin), very rare for
the date. It is now very worn but is said to read: 'Richard
Persone de Mere of Welintone liggith in grave Jhv Crist Godes
Sone grawnte him' (Richard, Parson of [St] Mary's of Wellington
lieth in [his] grave. Jesus Christ, God's Son, grant him [?]).
The church was originally dedicated to St Mary.
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Sir John Popham (1607) & Wife.
At the west end kneel his parents at a prayer desk; at the east
end his only son Sir Francis & the latter's Wife kneel
similarly. On the south side kneel their 6 daughters and behind
them 3 maidservants - the difference in the ruffs may be noted.
On the north side the 13 sons and daughters of Sir Francis kneel
again at a prayer desk.
Alabaster. The tomb has been attributed to
the workshop of Cornelius Cure. The tomb has been moved on two
occasions but no trace of the grave was found.
As a Attorney General and Lord Chief
Justice Sir John Popham was involved in the trials of Mary,
Queen of Scots, The Earl of Essex, Sir Walter Raleigh and the
Gunpowder Conspirators.
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There are several wall monuments of interest
in the church. Among these are one to John Cookesley, Apothecary
and another to the Children of William Iesse 'Buried in a Cave
near the Church Porch'
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Wells Cathedral
Cathedral Church of St
Andrew |
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There is no entrance fee but
voluntary contributions are welcome; there is a charge
for photography.
There is limited time street
parking but better to park in a pay and display car park
near the cathedral; cost is relatively high
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Wells is a Cathedral of the Old Foundation.
At the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was the
seat of a bishop of the diocese and presided over by a Dean and
Chapter of Secular Canons - priests who did not follow a
monastic rule. This is more or less the situation today. The see
was founded in 909, moved to Bath in 1090 and Bath and Wells in
1218.
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North-East Transept
South-East
Transept
South-East Chapel South
Chancel Aisle North
Chancel Aisle
East Aisle of North Transept Nave
South
Transept - S.E. or St Martin's Chapel South
Transept -N.E. or St Calixtus's Chapel
South Transept Cloisters
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South Chancel Aisle |
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Bishop Dudico (1033-1060)
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Unnamed Saxon Bishop
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Bishop Eilwinus (997-999)
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Bishop Burwoldus
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The above Saxon Bishops of
Wells (East to West) were all made retrospectively
1220-30. They differ in detail rather than style. The
Easternmost (left) is said to be a little later. One is
not named and those without dates are not listed in The
Handbook of British Chronology.
There is also a fine incised slab
to Bishop Bitton II (1274) but as this
is under glass I have not been able to photograph it at
all satisfactorily. This is said to be the earliest
incised slab in England.
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Bishop Bekynton
(1443 - 1465) 15th century
original iron railings protect this
effigy/cadaver
type tomb, which was built 15 years before his
death. Original colour
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Bishop Lord
Arthur Hervey (1894) He rests his feet
on a
snow leopard: the crest from his arms Signed by
Tho Brock RA Sculp London 1897
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Bishop John Harewell (1386)
Alabaster. Carved are two hares and ribbons of
water - a rebus on his name.
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Giso of Lorraine (1061-1088)
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Levericus
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Sigar (975-996)
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More Anglo-Saxon bishops in the
retrospective series (East to West) The easternmost one
(left) is one of the later (c 1250), the other two part
of the earlier series. Note the later ones have low
mitres and rest their heads on pillows with no canopy.
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Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury (1363)
He established the College of Vicars. Alabaster
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Bishop Berkeley (1581)
Tomb chest with shields - no effigy or brass
indent. Inscription
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East Aisle of
North Transept |
Nave |
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Bishop Cornish (1513)
Brass inscription. Matrix of
brass figure on back
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Bishop John Still (1543- 1607)
Alabaster. He was the unlikely
author of a drinking song!
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Bishop Kidder (1703)
The figure is that of his daughter
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Bishop Nicholas Bubwith
(1407-1424)
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Treasurer Hugh Sugar (1489)
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Chantry chapels: no tomb chests or
effigies
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Bishop William de Marchia
(1302) To the right is a separate chantry
altar
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Countess de Lisle (1406) brass plate
afixed to the chantry altar
to record her burial here
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There are many ledger stones
and brass matrices (and a few later brasses) but very
few wall monuments in the main parts of the Cathedral.
These latter are all now in the cloisters: the west arm
of which is now a shop and restaurant, the south arm
inaccessible when I visited but the east arm is
accessible though the garth. Below are a few
examples:
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John Berkeley Burland (1804)
By John Bacon Jn
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George Hooper (1727)
By Samuel Tuffnel of Westminster
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Abigail Guilford (1726), daughter Rebecca
(1716) & brother Charles (1707)
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John Philips (1834)
By Chantry, 1837
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Lady (c. 1300) Holds heart. On windowsill
north side of nave. The two structures on either side of the
monument (now used as flower vases) are candlesticks and
probably were always part of the monument. There was presumably
a chantry connected with it and the candles would have been
required for the obits. Ham Hill stone.
It is variously said to be a member of the Fitznurse family
(1290-1300) but could be 10-20 years earlier. Local tradition
gives it to be of Lucy Malet and her second husband Thomas of
Timworth, early 14th century.
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Male Civilian (late 14th century) Under low
arch on the south side, obstructed by the pews. He wears a
simple long gown: no sword etc. Ham Hill stone. The feet have
been removed so probably not in situ. Is that a hat
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Whitelackington - St
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The church is locked but a notice in
the porch advises that the key may be obtained from the
house behind the church. Park outside the church
Whitelackington (one word - despite Pevsner!) is a small
village of a church and a few houses. Although it is
close to the A303, it can be difficult to reach so best
to obtain a 1:50,000 scale map of the area. Note that
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Left & right:
Sir George Speake (1583)
but monument is about 25 years earlier
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Left Middle &
Bottom: Civilian of c. 1350 (said locally
to be Thomas de Montsorel) Note the sword and pouch
Both of these are on the floor and not in
situ.
Near Right: John Hanning
(1807), Harriet, wife of William Hanning (1805), William Hanning
(1831) & Susan, widow of John (1834) Signed by J
Richards, Exeter
Far Right: Male figure with
child: Jessy, Wife of John Lee Lee Esq MP (1836).
Below this is a further tablet to: John Lee Lee
(1874) & his Wife Hon Mary Sophia Lee Lee (1888)
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Whatley - St George |
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Sir Oliver de
Cervington (ob after 1348)
Note the carved shields: three
stag's head on a chevron. The feet lie on a stag in an
arrangement of leaves.
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Wraxall - All Saints |
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North Somerset near Tyntesfield
Not the other one!
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Left: Louisa Lucas
(1807) unsigned
Above: Sir Edmund (1512)
& Lady Gorges very good
Right: John Lucas (1817)
by Tyler
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Yeoville - St
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The
church open weekdays 10am to 3pm,
Saturday 10am to 1pm and Sunday for services at 8.00 am
and 10.30 am.
The church is centrally situated
so park in one of the town's car park, which are not
always well sign posted but are of moderate cost.
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Gyles & Isabell
Penne (1519). The matrix (left) is on the choir floor
but the various parts of the brass itself
were set on a modern backing in 1917 on the wall of the north choir aisle.
Her date is 1519 but his is left blank;
he died in East Coker in 1560.
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Rev Robert Phelips (1855) Vicar. By J S
Westmacott (signed on base) Chancel
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Wall monuments on the north and south walls
of the chancel. Several are to former vicars.
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Wall monuments on the west wall of
the nave.
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Wall monuments in the south & north
transepts
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