Ambrosia Sidney
Ambrosia Sidney, 4th daughter of Sir Henry Sidney died in 1574 aged 9. Her tomb is dated 1580 and stands on the south side of chancel.
Elaborate monuments to children at this time were uncommon, unless they were heirs or heiresses, and this seems an extraordinary display of parental love. ...read more...
Robert and Alice Townshend
The substantial tomb chest, with painted effigies of Sir Robert Townshend and his wife, and figures of their twelve children around the sides, is set within an arched recess on the north side of the chancel, close to the altar.
Townshend, who died in 1556 became Chief Justice and member of the Council of the Marches. ...read more...
Edmund and Mary Walter
This large tomb enclosed by railings is on the south side of the chancel, next to the tomb of Ambrosia Sidney.
Walter, 1518-1594, came from Staffordshire, trained as a lawyer and was recommended to Sir Henry Sidney for the Council of the Marches. ...read more...
John and Frances Bridgeman
This substantial table tomb in St John's chapel commemorates Bridgeman, 1568/9-1637/8, and his wife Frances Daunt who came from Gloucestershire.
He trained as a lawyer, became a member of the Council of the Marches in 1623 and was knighted. His numerous legal roles including acting as Recorder of Gloucester and Chief Justice of Chester, ...read more...
Mary Eure
The monument to Mary Eure née Dawnay, 1557-1612, was erected by her husband, Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure, Lord President of the Marches from 1607 until his death in 1617, when he was buried next to his wife.
The monument is now in the south transept but was originally in a more prestigious position at the east end of the chancel, ...read more...
Edward and Martha Waties
The wall monument to the Waties is on the north side of the chancel. This type of memorial became popular from the later 16th century among professional people as it was less expensive or space consuming than the grand tomb chest
Edward Waties came from a local family based at Burway. He was a member of the Council of the Marches ...read more...
The Salwey Monument
The monument to Theophilus Salwey is situated on the north side of the Chancel. It was designed by Robert Taylor, a prominent London architect of the time, in the Roccoco style, with much imagery reflective of the 'Age of Enlightenment'. ...read more...
Vaughan Monument
This monument is situated on the south side of the Palmers' Window in St John's Chapel. The man commemorated is Edward Vaughan of Trawscoed near Aberystwyth who, like many of the Welsh gentry in the C17 and C18, had Ludlow connections.
The baroque design is typical of its late C17 date in black and white marble with Corinthian columns and a heraldic crest....read more...
Price Monument
This tablet is situated high up in the north-east corner of St John's Chapel. The Baroque design has a heraldic crest with the arms of Price and Sprott in the first and second quarters and unkown arms in the lower two.
The monument is an intriguing one because despite apparently being a monument to Ann ...read more...