Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Westminster
Town
Westminster
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
91674

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Current location

North aisle of the nave
Westminster Abbey
Victoria Street
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1P 3PA
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 30079 79487
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Elaborately carved marble tablet set into a trefoil shaped niche. The central oval dedication is surmounted by the Bringfeild coat of arms and surrounded by draped tapestry, military trophies and winged cherub heads. Mounted on the top of the tablet is an unidentified gilded device - see image
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF/YE WORTHILY HONOURED COLONELL/JAMES BRINGFEILD BORN IN/ABINGDON IN YE COUNTY BERKS./EQUERRY TO HIS ROYALL HIGHNESS/PRINCE GEORGE OF DENMARK, AIDE DE CAMP/& GENTLEMAN OF THE HORSE TO HIS GRACE YE DUKE OF/MARLBOROUGH (THE VICTORIOUS GENERAL OF HER/MAJESTYS FORCES BEYOND THE SEA) WHO WHILE HE WAS/REMOUNTING HIS LORD UPON A FRESH HORSE, HIS FORMER/FAYLING UNDER HIM, HAD HIS HEAD FATALLY SHOTT BY A/CANON BALL IN YE BATTELL OF RAMELIES ON WHITSUNDAY YE/12TH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1706 AND OF HIS/AGE 50: AND SO HAVEING GLORIOUSLY ENDED HIS DAYS/IN YE BED OF HONOUR, LYES INTERRED AT BAVECHEM IN THE/PROVINCE OF BRABANT . A PRINCIPAL PART OF YE ENGLISH/GUARDS ATTENDING HIS OBSEQUIES, WHERE MAY HIS VALIENT/REMAINS REST IN PEACE AND YE SURVIVING FAME OF/HIS COURAGE, VERTUE AND TRUE PIETY OF WHICH/THIS CHURCH WAS OFTEN A WITNESS) LIVE, GROW/& SPREAD, BOTH HERE AND ABROAD FOR EVER. THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/BY HIS MOURNFULL & EQUALLY LOVEING &/BELOVED WIDOW CLEMENCE/BRINGFEILD 1706
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bringfeild, James
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Commemorations
  • Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: Rank, forename, surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: Clemence Bringfeild (widow)
Responsibility
Westminster Abbey

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