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St Andrew's Church, Holborn
Tottenham High Cross
Church of St John the Baptist, Stanwick, North Yorkshire
St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton
Nocton, North Kesteven
Beverley Minster
Belton House
Denham Place
St Mary Magdalene's Church, Croome D'Abitot
St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley
Stoneyhurst Clitheroe, Lancashire
Church of All Hallows, Great Mitton
Church of All Saints, Lamport
William Stanton 1639-1705 is in Sculptors.
In 1639 William Stanton was born.
Around 1660 William Stanton (age 21) had set up a business adjacent to St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map].
On 21st October 1670 Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet (age 72) died at his home in Tottenham High Cross. His son Jerome (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. He was buried in the Church of St John the Baptist, Stanwick, North Yorkshire [Map].
Monument to Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet and Dorothy Royston sculpted by William Stanton (age 31). Note the effigies appears to have been sourced differently since hers has no mottling.
Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet: Around 1598 he was born to Antony Smithson.
Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet: In 1632 he was born to Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet. In 1684 Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet died. His son Hugh succeeded 3rd Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.
After 24th November 1679. St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Monument to John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet (deceased) sculpted by William Stanton (age 40).
On 2nd December 1680 William Ellis (age 71) died. He was buried at Nocton, North Kesteven where he has a monument attributed to William Stanton (age 41).
William Ellis: In 1609 he was born.
In 1681 [his son] Edward Stanton was born to William Stanton (age 42).
On 7th November 1682 Susan Paulett died. Monument in Beverley Minster [Map]. Sculpted by William Stanton (age 43).
Susan Paulett: she was born to John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett and Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett. Before 1648 Michael Wharton and she were married.
In 1686 William Stanton (age 47) became Master Mason at Belton House [Map].
From 1689 William Stanton (age 50) was commissioned to work at Denham Place.
On 16th July 1697 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 38) committed suicide after suffering from severe gout. His brother William (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map]. Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 30) by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by William Stanton (age 58).
On 15th July 1699 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 70) died. His son Thomas (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Coventry, 6th Baron Coventry. Anne Somerset Countess Coventry (age 25) by marriage Countess Coventry. He was buried in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Croome D'Abitot [Map].
The Monument in St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley [Map] was commissioned by his second wife (age 29) for installation at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Croome D'Abitot [Map] but it rejected by his son. She, apparently, being somewhat imaginative in the inscription describing her provenance to from the Graham family. She was the daughter of Richard Grimes, a mean person, by trade a Turner, and sister of Richard Grimes, a Waterman. She had been niece of the Earl's housekeep, and a servant in his household, and he had married her in his declined old age: "Elizabeth, Countess by her dower right, descended from the noble family of the Grahams, daughter of Richard, son of Richard Graham of the County of Norfolk, Esquire, who valiantly fought as a captain for King Charles I. She placed this, a token of sincere love and utmost respect, as a final pledge of her soul, mourning deeply, in gratitude for the tender affection shown to her by her lord and husband—though blessed with no children. And after her death, she desired that her body be laid here with her most beloved husband."
"Elizabeth comitissa eius dotaria e nobili Grahamorum familia prognatta Richardi filii Ricardi Graham de Com. Norff. Armi. pro rege Carolo Primo strenue dimicantis capitanei, filia; Hoc amoris sinceri, summæ observantiæ gratio demun animi pignus, pro tenerrimo dni et mariti erga se affectu nulla licet beata prole, moestissima posuit; et post obitum corpus suum cum dilectissimo marito hic recondi voluit."
Monument including a white marble figure elbow reclining on a deep chest in front of a lengthy inscription and under an arch crowned with armorial bearings. Large sub-figures flank the chest and the armorial bearings. Earl's coronet. Signed by William Stanton (age 60). Powdered Wig. Heeled Shoes. Buckled Shoes.
Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry: Around 1662 he was born to Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry and Winifred Edgecumbe. In 1691 Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry and Anne Somerset Countess Coventry were married. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort. He the son of Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry and Winifred Edgecumbe. They were sixth cousins. In August 1710 Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry died. His son Thomas succeeded 3rd Earl Coventry, 7th Baron Coventry.
Anne Somerset Countess Coventry: On 22nd July 1673 she was born to Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort. On 14th February 1763 Anne Somerset Countess Coventry died at Snitterfield, Warwickshire.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
From 1701 William Stanton (age 62) was working at Stoneyhurst Clitheroe, Lancashire.
After 1702. Monument to Richard Francis Shireburn (age 8). Church of All Hallows, Great Mitton [Map]. Sculpted by William Stanton (age 63). Figure of boy against Reredos background, with Cherubs.
Richard Francis Shireburn: On 3rd December 1693 he was born to Nicholas Shireburn 1st Baronet. On 8th June 1702 Richard Francis Shireburn died.
In 1705 William Stanton (age 66) died.
Church of All Saints, Lamport. Fine monument to Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet by William Stanton.
[his son] Thomas Stanton was born to William Stanton.