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 Holy Trinity and St Constantine, Wetheral |
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| Holy Trinity and St Constantine, Wetheral: memorials | ||
| locality type:- | church memorial | |
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 CEW53.jpg Memorial to Lady Maria Howard, died in childbirth, 1789; 'Faith' sculpted by Joseph Nollekens (taken 17.4.2016)  CEW54.jpg Memorial to Lady Maria Howard, died in childbirth, 1789; 'Faith' sculpted by Joseph Nollekens (taken 17.4.2016) |
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| Joseph Nollekens, b.1737 d.1823, sculptor, made busts of many of the important people
of his time, made many monuments, and was famous for his 'Venuses'.The meorial to
Lady Howard is said to be his greatest work. When he heard where the monument was
to be placed he cried becaue he feared so few people would see it. Joseph Nollekens
is buried at St Mary's Church, Paddinggton Green, London; on the side of a bas relief
memorial in the sanctuary of the church is a picture of him working on this statue. |
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| William Wordsworth saw the monument, and wrote a sonnet:- |
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| "Stretched on the dying Mother's lap, lies dead Her new-born Babe: dire ending of a bright hope! But Sculpture here, with the divinest scope Of luminous faith, heavenward hath raised that head So patiently; and through one hand has spread A touch so tender for the insensate Child - (Earth's lingering love to parting reconciled, Brief parting, for the spirit is all but fled) - That we, who contemplate the turns of life Through this still medium, are consoled and cheered; Feel with the Mother, think the severed Wife Is less to be lamented than revered; And own that Art, triumphant over strife And pain, hath powers to Eternity endeared." |
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| Henry Howard of Corby Castle, married Maria, daughter of Andrew, Lord Archer of Umbersdale,
22 November 1788. Maria, aged 22, died in childbirth with her baby daughter, a year
later. |
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| "This tribute of sorrow is paid to the memory of her who approached near to perfection
by the afflicted husband and sisters." |
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 CEW55.jpg Effigies of Sir Richard Salkeld of Corby, died 1500; and his wife Jane Vaux. (taken 17.4.2016) |
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| At his head is an escutcheon fretty, and he wears a collar of roses. |
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| There was an inscription on the arch over the tomb:- |
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| "Here lies Sir Richard Salkeld, that Knight, Who in his land was mickle might; The Captain and Keeper of Carlisle was he, And also the Lord of Cozkebye, And now he lies under this stane He and his Lady Dame Jane. The eighteenth day of Februere This gentle Knight was buried here. I pray you all that this do see Pray for their souls for charitie, For as they are now - So might we all be" |
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 CEW48.jpg Memorial, Joseph Irwin, died 1890, and wife Emily Dillon, died 1874. (taken 17.4.2016)  CEW49.jpg Coat of arms, Irwin implaing Dillon. (taken 17.4.2016) |
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 CGN08.jpg Tomb of Colonel Howard, d.1642. (taken 8.9.2017) |
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 CGN09.jpg Tomb of Joseph Dixon, d.1844. (taken 8.9.2017)  CGN10.jpg Tomb of Joseph Dixon, d.1844. (taken 8.9.2017) |
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