Abigail Goldsborough Monument - Worcester cathedral
Monument to Abigail Goldsborough (d1613). Worcester cathedral.
Jacobean
Alderman Abraham Blackleech monument - Gloucester cathedral
This monument is a tomb with elaborate alabaster effigies of Alderman Abraham Blackleech (d1639) and his wife Gertrude.
Brian I'Anson Monument - Ashby St. Legders, Northamptonshire
Monument to Brian I'Anson (d1634), of two kneeling figures with children below.
Bridget Wyrley Brass - Dodford, Northamptonshire
This brass monument to Bridget Wyrley (d1637) shows her wearing a hood cloak and holding book.
Charles Dixwell and family Monument - Churchover, Warwickshire
Monument to Charles Dixwell (d1591), his wife Abigail (d1635), and their five children William, Edgar, Humphrey, Basil, and Barbara.
Children and Monuments from the late medieval period to the 17th century.
Monuments or memorials to children in English churches were extremely rare until the late 18th and early 19th century. In the 16th century one can find the occassional child tomb amongst the aristocracy, such as that of the The Noble Impe at St Mary's Warwick, but otherwise children rarely appear to have warranted memorials in their own right.
Dean Henry Ceasar Monument - Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire
Monument to Dean Henry Ceasar (d1636).
Dorothy St John Tomb - Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire
Simple chest tomb monument to Dorothy St John (d1630).
Elizabeth Verney - Norton, Northamptonshire
Memorial to Elizabeth Verney (d1633).
Elizabeth Williams - Gloucester Cathedral
This monument is to Elizabeth Williams (d1622) who died in childbirth, an effigy of a baby in its chrisom shroud lies by her side. Her sister also died in childbirth a year later and a monument to her is nearby. Both monuments are probably the work of Samuel Baldwin of Stroud ⓘ.
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