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Holy Cross Church, Burley-on-the-Hill is in Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutlandshire, Churches in Rutlandshire.
Exterior of Holy Cross Church, Burley-on-the-Hill [Map]. Note the small grave to a mason who died in 1710 during the construction of the adjacent house. His tools are shown on the gravestone.
1200. Originally built in the 12th Century, restored around 1700, 1790s and 1869. Interior of Holy Cross Church, Burley-on-the-Hill [Map].
After 1503. Effigies believed to be of Thomas Sapcote of Burley (deceased) and his wife Joan Fraunceys. Fluted Period. Note the small dogs chewing at her dress suggesting the work undertaken by Harpur and Moorecock of Burton on Trent. Holy Cross Church, Burley-on-the-Hill [Map]. Unusual insofar as he is wearing a helmet which is not typical for the Fluted Period.
Thomas Sapcote of Burley: After 1440 he was born. In or before 1489 he and Joan Fraunceys were married. Around 1503 he died.
Joan Fraunceys: she was born to John Fraunceys and Isabel de Plessington. On 26th October 1492 Isabel de Plessington died. Her daughter Joan Fraunceys inherited Burley-on-the-Hill House.
In 1819 Reverend John Applethwaite Jones (age 29) was appointed Rector of Holy Cross Church, Burley-on-the-Hill [Map].
1820. Monument to Charlotte Finch nee Fermor sculpted by Francis Leggatt Chantrey (age 38). Holy Cross Church, Burley-on-the-Hill [Map].
Charlotte Finch nee Fermor: In 1725 she was born to Thomas Fermor 1st Earl Pomfret and Henriette Louise Jeffreys Countess Pomfret. Before 4th November 1752 William Finch and she were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of Thomas Fermor 1st Earl Pomfret and Henriette Louise Jeffreys Countess Pomfret. He the son of Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea and Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea. They were fourth cousin twice removed. In 1762 she was appointed Governess to the Royal Children by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. On 11th July 1813 Charlotte Finch nee Fermor died at St James's Palace.
After 26th April 1865. Monument to Emily Eglantine Balfour (deceased) who probably died in childbirth, or as a consequence of childbirth, having given birth to three children since her marriage on 21st August 1861. Sculpted by James Forsyth (age 37). Holy Cross Church, Burley-on-the-Hill [Map].
Emily Eglantine Balfour: On 21st August 1841 she was born to Colonel John Balfour 7th of Balbirnie and Georgiana Campbell. On 21st August 1861 George Henry Finch and she were married at St Peter's Church, Pimlico. They were half second cousin twice removed. On 26th April 1865 Emily Eglantine Balfour died at Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutlandshire.
After 28th July 1914. Memorials to members of the Finch family. First: Top: Louisa Finch (deceased). Bottom: George Finch and Louisa Elizabeth Somerset. Second: Alan George Finch (age 51) and Wilfred Henry Montgomery Finch (age 32). Holy Cross Church, Burley-on-the-Hill [Map].
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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.
After 1918. Memorial to those who fell in the Great War. Holy Cross Church, Burley-on-the-Hill [Map].