Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- Town
- Compton Wynyates
- County
- Warwickshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 87150
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Current location
St. Mary's Church
Compton Wynyates Estate
Compton Wynyates
Warwickshire
CV35 0UD
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 33005 41922
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Large carved white marble memorial topped with a vase of fruits, and wings, and flanked with Roman style columns, on a base of garlands of grapes and tassles. A black marble tablet is inset into the memorial with engraved text in white. The whole is wall mounted between two plain glass windows.
- Inscription
- PMS / HERE LIETH THE BODY OF SIR WILLIAM COMPTON / KTN / THIRD SON TO THE RIGHT HON'BLE SPENCER / EARLE OF NORTHAMPTON / INGAGED IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF AGE IN THE CIVILL WARRS FOR KING CHARLES THE FIRST / BY WHOM WHEM HEE WAS MADE GOVERNOVR OF BANBVRY CASTLE / ANNO 1645 / AND IN THE YEAR 1648 MAJOR GENERALL OF HIS MA'TIES FORCES AT COLCHESTER / AND VPON THE HAPPY RESTAVRATIO'N OF CHARLES THE SECOND / ADMITTED ONE OF THE KINGS MOST HON'ABLE PRIVY COVNCEL / AND MASTER GENERALL OF ALL HIS MAJESTYES ORDINANCE. HE MARRIED THE RIGHT HON'ABLE ELIZABETH LADY ALINTON / WIDDOW OF THE RIGHT HON'ABLE WILLIAM LORD ALINTON OF HORSHEATH IN THE COVNTY OF CAMBRIDGE WITH WHOM HE LIVED TWELVE YEARES / AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN THE 39TH YEARE OF HIS AGE / THE 18TH OF OCTOBER ANNO DOMINI 1663.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Compton, William
See details - Commemorations
- English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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