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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Around 1760 Anne Denman was born to [her father] Father Denman.
In 1782 John Flaxman (age 26) and Anne Denman (age 22) were married. They lived at Wardour Street Soho [Map].
In 1787 [her husband] John Flaxman (age 31) and Anne Denman (age 27) moved to Rome, Italy [Map] where they lived until 1794 when they re-settled at 7 Buckingham Street Fitzroy Square.
Around 1797. Henry Howard (age 27). Portrait of Anne Denman (age 37).
On 16th August 1800 Admiral Samuel Barrington (age 69) died. He has a monument sculpted by [her husband] John Flaxman (age 45) at St Andrew's Church, Shrivenham.
On 13th January 1808 Margaret Cunynghame (age 62) died. She was buried at the Church of St Leonard, Wortley [Map]. Memorial sculpted by [her husband] John Flaxman (age 52).
Margaret Cunynghame: On 13th December 1745 she was born to David Cunynghame 3rd Baronet. On 8th June 1767 James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie and she were married. He the son of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute.
On 28th July 1809 Captain Richard Beckett (age 27) was killed in action at the Battle of Talavera. He has a monument by [her husband] John Flaxman (age 54) at the Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds [Map].
On 10th January 1811 William Saltren died. Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. Sculpted by [her husband] John Flaxman (age 55).
On 4th September 1815 Harriet Susan Dashwood (age 32) died. Memorial in Christchurch Priory [Map] sculpted by [her husband] John Flaxman (age 60).
Harriet Susan Dashwood: In 1783 she was born to Francis Bateman Dashwood. On 17th June 1806 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury and she were married. He the son of James Harris 1st Earl Malmesbury and Harriet Maria Amyand Countess Malmesbury.
On 6th February 1817 Sophia Hinde Lady Hesketh (age 39) died. She was buried at St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map]. Monument by [her husband] John Flaxman (age 61).
Sophia Hinde Lady Hesketh: In 1778 she was born. On 1st February 1798 Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh 3rd Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Hesketh of Rufford in Lancashire.
On 7th February 1820 Anne Denman (age 60) died. Her sister [her sister] Maria Denman (age 44) continued to live with Anne's husband [her husband] John Flaxman (age 64) as did John Flaxman's sister [her sister-in-law] Mary Ann Flaxman (age 52).
On 7th December 1826 [her former husband] John Flaxman (age 71) died. His sister-in-law Anne Denman and half-sister [her former sister-in-law] Mary Ann Flaxman (age 58) were co-executors of his estate.
Cansick's Monumental Inscriptions Volume 2 St Giles' Cemetery, Kings Road. Here rest the mortal remains of Ann Flaxman, The virtuous and beloved wife of [her former husband] John Flaxman, R.A.P.S., Whose soul returned to the Almighty Creator and Blessed Redeemer On the 7th of February, In the year of Our Lord, 1820, And the 60th year of her age. Under the same stone Is interred her husband, John Flaxman, R.A.P.S.1, Whose mortal life Was a constant preparation For a blessed immortality. His angelic spirit returned to the Divine Giver On the 7th of December, 1826, In the 72nd year of his age.
Also in the same vault Are deposited the mortal remains of [her former sister-in-law] Mary Ann Flaxman (deceased), Sister of the above John Flaxman, Whose gentle spirit returned to the Divine Giver On the 17th of April, 1833, in the 65th year of her age.
Note 1. Mr. John Flaxman, was born at York, 1755. From boyhood lie displayed a remarkable genius for modelling in clay.
In 1787 he visited Rome, where, during a residence of seven years, he executed his celebrated designs in outline from Homer, Æschylus and Danté.
These were engraved and published, as were some which he made from Hesiod.
Whilst at Rome he also executed the splendid group from Ovid's Metamorphoses entitled "The Fury of Athamas;" consisting of four figures larger than life. For this work he received only £6oo; an amount very much below the cost. It was executed for the Earl of Bristol. In 1794 he returned to England and executed the monument for Lord Mansfield, now in Westminster Abbey. For this he received £2,500. After this he produced a large number of fine works, and was considered the greatest of modem sculptors. His collections of drawings and models he bequeathed to the University of London, to form a Flaxman Gallery.