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Lady Mary Wriothesley
Monument (1615)
Infant daughter of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton and Elizabeth Wriothesley née Vernon.
Can you help find two lost Angels? In the south wall of the South chapel is a beautiful Jacobean monument to the memory of Lady Mary, fourth daughter of the third Earl of Southampton, who died on January 5, 1615. Her little recumbent figure in the dress of the period, executed in white marble, upon a base of, and surrounded by, black marble, lies with her feet to the West instead of the East. The monument is thought to have been made by Epiphanius Evesham, the fourteenth son of a Hereford squire who learned his art with the Anglo-Flemish sculptors of Southwark.
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu is currenlty leading an appeal to restore this monument and would be grateful to receive any information, early drawings or photographs of the monument and any information regarding the whereabouts of the two missing angels that were described and depicted flanking the recumbent child in 1717 and 1840. SSLT endeavors to restore the Wriothesley monuments as accurately as possible.
Ubsdell, R.H.C, Sept 1840, Monument to Lady Mary Wriothesley, Titchfield Church, Collection of Prints & Drawings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Sepulchral Monument and Tombs, Hampshire.
©The Society of Antiquaries of London/SAL/238A/7r-v
1611
Birth
5 Jan 1615
Death
4 yrs 4 mo
Age
10 Jan 1615
Date of Interment
Research Assets
Monument Timeline and Inscription
1615
Monument presumably erected on the death of Lady Mary Wriothesley, 5 January 1615.
1717 Early Description
Pavey, William, Topographical Notes relating to many places in the Isle of Wight, and Hampshire, with sketches of the churches, monuments, inscriptions, etc., taken or transcribed in the year 1719. British Library, Additional MS 142296, ff. 20-7.
f.23 (bottom) Against the south wall is a beautiful mural monument of curious black marble with the figure of a small child finely dressed lying at length in white marble, angels with other neat ornaments in white marble; the head lies to the east.
This inscription under/:
Heere lyeth buryed ye Bodye of ye Lady Marye Wriot:
-heslye fourth Daughter daughter of ye Right honorable Henrye
Earle of Southampton & ye Ladye Elizabeth his
Wife who dyed ya 5th of Januarye 1615 Being of
ye Age of 4 years & 4 monthes/
1840. Mid-19th-century watercolour painting with a description of the Lady Mary Monument on the reverse.
Ubsdell, R.H.C, Sept 1840, Monument to Lady Mary Wriothesley, Titchfield Church, Collection of Prints & Drawings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Sepulchral Monument and Tombs, Hampshire.
©The Society of Antiquaries of London/SAL/238A/7r-v
[Transcription*] The figures are much defaced, and only one hand remains, which appears to have held a palm branch. The figure above the monument probably held a trumpet. The figures of the Angels measure 25 inches in height. The artist has added five more letters in the first line (ESLYE) than there ought to be, as they are carried on to the second line in the original.
[In another hand in margin, date unknown]
These flanking figures are now gone altogether. The work is exquisite, most certainly by Epiphanius Evesham.
1909 - Recorded Restoration
The Lady Mary Monument was restored in 1909 by the Duke of Portland and Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.
1984 - Recorded Restoration
Another conservation effort was carried out in 1984 by the Chichester Cathedral Builders.
Image Credits
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© Conway Library, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Box labeled '17th Century Sculpture, British, Anonymous Tombs, TA-TY', Titchfield folder, 'Lady Mary Wriothesley Monument' , Negative No.351/19 (8)
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© The Society of Antiquaries of London/SAL/238A/7r-v
Ubsdell, R.H.C, Sept 1840, Monument to Lady Mary Wriothesley, Titchfield Church, Collection of Prints & Drawings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Sepulchral Monument and Tombs, Hampshire. |
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Research Materials
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| Early Description of the Lady Mary Monument Record Locator: Pavey, William, Topographical Notes relating to many places in the Isle of Wight, and Hampshire, with sketches of the churches, monuments, inscriptions, etc., taken or transcribed in the year 1719. British Library, Additional MS 142296, ff. 20-7. f.23 (bottom) Against the south wall is a beautiful mural monument of curious black marble with the figure of a small child finely dressed lying at length in white marble, angels with other neat ornaments in white marble; the head lies to the east. This inscription under/: Heere lyeth buryed ye Bodye of ye Lady Marye Wriot: -heslye fourth Daughter daughter of ye Right honorable Henrye Earle of Southampton & ye Ladye Elizabeth his Wife who dyed ya 5th of Januarye 1615 Being of ye Age of 4 years & 4 monthes/ |
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Watercolour painting
of the Lady Mary Monument (1840)
with a description on the reverse.
Record Locator: Ubsdell, R.H.C, Sept 1840, Monument to Lady Mary Wriothesley, Titchfield Church, Collection of Prints & Drawings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Sepulchral Monument and Tombs, Hampshire. ©The Society of Antiquaries of London/SAL/238A/7r-v [Transcription*] The figures are much defaced, and only one hand remains, which appears to have held a palm branch. The figure above the monument probably held a trumpet. The figures of the Angels measure 25 inches in height. The artist has added five more letters in the first line (ESLYE) than there ought to be, as they are carried on to the second line in the original. [In another hand in margin, date unknown] These flanking figures are now gone altogether. The work is exquisite, most certainly by Epiphanius Evesham. |
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Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Buccleuch Archives of Boughton, Bowhill, and Drumlanrig
Cambridge University Library
Church Buildings Council Library
College of Arms London
The Courtauld
Hampshire Field Club
Hampshire Records Office
Hatfield House
Lambeth Palace Library
Montagu Archives Beaulieu
National Archives of England
National Portrait Gallery
National Records of Scotland
Northamptonshire Records Office
Nottingham University Special Collections
Nottinghamshire Records Office
Portland Collection/Archives, Welbeck
Portsmouth Museum/Portsmouth City Council
Royal Archives
Rutland Archives - Belvoir Castle
Sherborne Castle
Titchfield History Society
West Sussex Records Office
Winchester Cathedral Library
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