Repton and its neighbourhood : $b a descriptive guide of the archæology, &c. of the districtHipkins, F. C. (Frederick Charles)
History
Repton and its neighbourhood : $b a descriptive guide of the archæology, &c. of the district
Hipkins, F. C. (Frederick Charles)
Repton (England) -- Description and travel; Repton (England) -- History
The third, on the south side, opposite number two, is a very beautiful
effigy in alabaster, resting on an altar tomb of the same material. On
the sides are eleven shields. The effigy will well repay a very close
inspection, it is one of the most highly finished in the county. From
its head (wearing a bassinet) down to its feet, every detail has been
elaborately worked out. Most probably the monuments represent three
members of the de Solney family, but which is a matter of discussion.
The effigy of Sir Henry Every, Bart., has been transferred from the
chancel and placed beneath the west window of the tower. It is of marble,
and the effigy is clad in a toga and sandals of a Roman citizen, the
contrast, between it and the other two ancient ones, is most striking! On
the front of the monument is the following inscription:—
“Here lies the body of Sʳ Henry Every, late of Egginton in this
county, Baronet, who died yᵉ 1st day of Septʳ 1709. To whose
memory Ann his beloved wife, the eldest daughter and one of the
coheiresses of Sʳ Francis Russell, late of Strentham, Bart. (of
a very ancient family in yᵉ county of Worcester) erected yᵉ
monument.”
The floor of the tower has been paved with encaustic tiles found during
the restoration, they are supposed to have been made at Repton.
Since Dr. Cox wrote his article on Newton Solney Church the restoration,
referred to above, has been made, the whole of the fabric has been very
carefully restored, a new south porch, of stone, has taken the place of
the former brick one, the floor has been lowered and paved with stone,
with blocks of wood under the pews, which are also new, of pitch pine.
TICKENHALL, CALKE, AND STAUNTON HAROLD.
About four miles to the south-east of Repton is the village of
Tickenhall, which was formerly one of the seven chapels of Repton. At
the time of the Domesday Survey its lands were divided between the King,
Nigel de Stafford, ancestor of the Gresleys, and the abbot of Burton.
Subsequently King Henry I. granted it, with Repton, to Ralph, Earl of
Chester. From charters, quoted in Vol. II. of the _Topographer_, we learn
that the Canons of Repton Priory obtained grants of land and permission
to draw a cart load of wood daily from the woods in Tickenhall, also the
right of free warren over the land and fishing in the river Trent, from
later Earls of Chester, and others. From the same source we learn that
the chapel was originally dedicated to St. Thomas à Becket.
After the dissolution of monasteries, the rectorial tithes passed to
Edward Abell, lord of manor of Tickenhall, who died in 1596. From his
son, Ralph, Sir John Harpur purchased the manor and impropriate tithes
in 1625, and they remain in the hands of his descendant, Sir Vauncey
Harpur-Crewe, Bart., who is also the patron of the living, which has been
converted into a vicarage in modern times.
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