London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
48. The monument of John Woodward, M. D. is a very beautiful one, and
the figures most admirably finished. The head of the deceased is
represented in profile, in a very masterly manner, and the Lady who
holds it is inimitably performed. The inscription contains a panegyric
on the parts and learning of the deceas’d.
49. A neat plain monument erected to the memory of Heneage Twisden, a
young hero, who fell in the battle of Blairgnies in Hainault, while he
was Aid de Camp to John Duke of Argyle, who commanded the right wing
of the Confederate army. He was the seventh son of Sir William
Twisden, Bart. and a youth of the greatest expectations; but the
fortune of war put a stop to his rising merit, in 1709, and in the
29th year of his age.
Near this monument are two small ones to the memory of two of his
brothers, Josiah and John; Josiah was a Captain at the siege of
Agremont, near Lisle in Flanders, and was slain by a cannon shot in
1708, at twenty-three years of age. John was a Lieutenant in the
Admiral’s ship, under Sir Cloudesly Shovel, and perished with him in
1707, aged twenty-three.
50. A monument erected in honour of Col. James Bringfield, ornamented
with military trophies, cherubs, &c. and surrounded by a mantling
enclosing a tablet, on which is inscribed the military preferments of
the deceased, the manner of his death and burial, and the praises of
his piety and virtue. He was born at Abingdon in Berks, was Equerry to
Prince George of Denmark, and Aid de Camp to the Great Duke of
Marlborough; but was killed by a cannon ball, as he was remounting his
General on a fresh horse, at the battle of Ramelies, May 12, 1706, and
was interred at Barechem in Brabant, in the 50th year of his age.
51. The monument of Mr. Killegrew has been reckoned one of the best
pieces of sculpture in the whole church, and what is remarkable, is
cut out of one stone. The embellishments are distinct and very
picturesque, and the inscription, short, modest, and soldier-like. It
is as follows:
Robert Killegrew, of Arwenack in Cornwall, Esq; son of Thomas
and Charlotte, Page of honour to King Charles II. Brigadier
General of her Majesty’s forces, killed in Spain in the battle
of Almanza, April 14, 1707. Ætatis fuæ 47. MILITAVI ANNIS 24.
52. The next is a monument erected to the memory of Mrs. Mary Beaufoy,
who is represented in a devout posture, with cherubs crowning her: on
each side are Cupids lamenting the early decay of a virgin beauty, and
underneath the arms of her family quarterly upheld by cherubs. On the
base is the following inscription:
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