William Bassett died 1601. Wife Elizabeth died 1640. Son in law Henry Howard d 1616 and two kneeling daughters at their heads

The Bassett tomb in St Bartholomew in Blore, #Staffordshire. William Bassett died in 1601. Alabaster tomb erected by his wife in 1630. #ChurchMonuments

#ChurchMonuments the memorial
To Hugh Mason, mill owner and philanthropist. Albion chapel Ashton under Lyne #MementoMori

In memory of Betsey Mason wife of Hugh Mason , mill owner and philanthropist of Ashton under Lyne. #ChurchMonuments Albion UR church #MementoMori

Just one of the fabulous #ChurchMonuments in Framlingham Church. To the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk. #Churches #Suffolk

Sir Fulke Greville d 1559 and wife Elizabeth Willoughby d 1565 by Royley, alabasters of Burton on Trent. #ChurchMonuments #Churches #Tombs St Nicholas Alcester #Warwickshire

Francis Ingram Seymour Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford died 1822. Lived at Ragley Hall. Monument by Francis Chantrey. Figure sitting on Grecian couch. Gothic background #ChurchMonuments St Nicholas in Alcester #Warwickshire

Peyto monument in St Giles church #Chesterton #Warwickshire #ChurchMonuments

Alabaster tomb of Humphrey Peyto d1585 and his wife Anna d.1610. Attributed to Garrat Hollemans of Burton on Trent. Loved the little puppy. St Giles Chesterton #Warwickshire #ChurchMonuments #Tombs

Please join us at 11am for our Sung Eucharist on Mothering Sunday. The image is a detail from the oldest surviving memorial in the church, to twice Lord Mayor Richard Haddon.

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#motheringsunday #medievalart #churchmonuments #cityoflondon #squaremile

#ChurchMonuments memorial to Henry Savile. Warden of Merton College #Oxford 1549-1622. He was an English scholar and mathematician. Translated the Bible from Greek - English. MP for Bossiney #Cornwall & Dunwich #Suffolk A busy man!!

#ChurchMonuments the memorial
To Thomas Bodley in Merton College Chapel
#Oxford English diplomat and scholar who founded the Bodleian #Library Died 1613

#ChurchMonuments monuments to the Acland family in All Saints Selworthy #Somerset #Exmoor #churches the monuments are by Francis Chantrey. On the left Charles Baldwin Dyke Acland died of fever in 1837 whilst on an anti-slavery operations with Royal Navy
#Chantrey

A rather nice Arts and Crafts style memorial to Ann Ashton d1903 and her daughter Julia d 1907 in st Nicholas Kenilworth

In memory of Caroline Gresley

Church monument in St Nicholas Kenilworth

In memory of John Bird, Alderman of the City of London

St Nicholas church in Kenilworth #Warwickshire #ChurchMonuments #MementoMori

#ChurchMonuments in St George’s church in Lower Brailes #Warwickshire the church is known as The Cathedral of the Feldon

#ChurchMonuments
Impressive side plank, guys!! The Fettiplace monument St Mary’s Swinbrook. Nancy Mitford is buried in the churchyard .

The tomb of Vasco da Gama explorer

#ChurchMonuments Vasco da Gama in monastery at Belem #Lisbon

Church monuments St Peter’s Wootton Wawen #Warwickshire #ChurchMonuments

Dunster St George’s - once part of a priory. In the South transept is the monument to two couples from the Luttrell family - father and son with respective wives. George Luttrell kneels behind his wife. Does this suggest he died after the other three and figure was added later? #ChurchMonuments

Monument Grylls family

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Lanreath #Cornwall #ChurchMonuments #Woodensday

The costume detail! The polychromy! Ooooh!
#17C #HistoricalCostume #ChurchMonuments

The Spoure family monument inside St Torney’s North Hill, Launceston #Devon #ChurchMonuments the church is now in the care of the CCT

Brass commemorating an unknown 16th century lady in St Mary Magdalen’s. Launceston. Inscription says she was 65, had 15 children and lived in the town for only 3 years. Lovely costume details.

#churchmonuments #brass #tudor

#ChurchMonuments Poor Kenelm lost his life in a shipwreck in the Indian Ocean #TewkesburyAbbey

St Mary’s Collegiate church #Warwick A beautiful church. Their Christmas Tree Festival is on now.
#Churches #ChurchMonuments

A cadaver monument to Mrs Cecilia Warmstrey #ChurchMonuments She was widow of Registrar of Worcester diocese. Greek inscription translates to “From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord” #worcesterCathedral

Monument to Richard solly died 1803 aged 33 Sorrowing wife and children

The monument to Richard Solly died 1803 aged 33.
Sorrowing wife and children atop
The tomb. #ChurchMonuments #Worcester Cathedral
South aisle. He died on a visit to Malvern
#Malvern

Tomb of a knight in Worcester Cathedral #Tombs #ChurchMonuments

Ball flower decoration 1320
On a tomb in Worcester Cathedral #ChurchMonuments #Cathedrals #Worcester

#ChurchMonuments Mrs Henry Wood, Victorian novelist #Worcester Cathedral

Colonel Cheney, who fought at Waterloo and survived, is now in Gaddesby Church in Leicestershire. His statue used to be at the nearby Gaddesby Hall, but was moved in 1917. The horse's teeth are blackened because children put an apple in its mouth each year for harvest festival. #ChurchMonuments