St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Home Counties, England, British Isles [Map]

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Effigies of unknown knights.

On 8th October 1582 Mary Whetenall died. She was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Her husband Fulke Onslow (age 68) was after buried in the same grave.

Mary Whetenall: he was born to George Whetenall of Hextal's Place, Kent. Before 11th January 1564 Fulke Onslow and Mary Whetenall.

Fulke Onslow: In 1514 he was born.

On 2nd October 1598 John Brocket (age 58) died. He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. His daughter Mary Brocket and her husband Thomas Reade (age 23) inherited Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire [Map].

Mary Brocket: she was born to John Brocket and Helen Lytton. In March 1598 Thomas Reade and she were married.

Thomas Reade: Around 1575 he was born. Before 20th December 1650 Thomas Reade died.

On 8th August 1602 Fulke Onslow (age 88) died. He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. After 24th May 1612. Monument to Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury (deceased).

The cadaver beneath the monument.

The insignia of the Order of the Garter being the shoulder emblem, the small St George pendant hanging from his chain, and the leg garter.

The four ladies at each corner.

His feet resting on a sheaf of arrows.

. St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Monument to Agnes Hussey and her daughter Elizabeth Moore.

Elizabeth Moore: In 1544 she was born to Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire and Agnes Hussey. On 3rd May 1562 Gabriel Fowler and she were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street. In or before 1583 John Brocket and she were married. On 24th June 1612 she died.

On 19th April 1628 Audrey Rombold (age 70) died. She was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

Audrey Rombold: Around 1558 she was born. Around 1575 Henry Goodere of Hatfield and she were married. They were married for fifty-three years having seven sons and seven daughters.

On 12th June 1629 Henry Goodere of Hatfield (age 77) died. He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

Henry Goodere of Hatfield: Around 1552 he was born.

In August 1654 Lucy Stamp died in childbirth. She was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

Lucy Stamp: Around 1654 she was born to Timothy Stamp. Before August 1654 Reverend Thomas Fuller and she were married.

In January 1685 Reverend Thomas Fuller (age 33) was appointed Rector of St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map] which office he held for twenty seven years and four months.

On 9th October 1690 Francis Boteler (age 80) died. He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

Francis Boteler: Around 1610 he was born to Ralph Boteler. Before 1644 Francis Boteler and Anne Cockayne were married.

On 13th January 1694 Francis Boteler (age 18) died. He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

Francis Boteler: Around 1676 he was born to Francis Shal of Digsworth, Hertfordshire and Julia Boteler. His father's surname incomplete as seen on the gravestone.

On1st June 1710 Admiral David Mitchell (age 60) died. He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

On 21st May 1712 Reverend Thomas Fuller (age 60) died. He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

Reverend Thomas Fuller: Around 1652 he was born. In January 1685 he was appointed Rector of St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map] which office he held for twenty seven years and four months.

On 30th September 1722 Mary Dode (age 62) died. She was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

Mary Dode: Around 1660 she was born to Robert Dode of Clorley, Shropshire. In 1698 Admiral David Mitchell and she were married.

1760. St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Monument sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack (age 65) to James Reade 2nd Baronet and Love Dring Lady Reade and their son James Reade 2nd Baronet all of whom were buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

Love Dring Lady Reade: Around 1655 she was born to Robert Dring of Isleworth, Middlesex. On 26th January 1690 James Reade 2nd Baronet and she were married. She brought a dowry of £10,000. They had one son and five daughters. On 3rd February 1694 John Reade 1st Baronet died. He was buried on 6th February 1694 in the Brocket Chapel at St Elthreda's Church, Bishop's Hatfield. His son James succeeded 2nd Baronet Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire. She by marriage Lady Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire. On 9th November 1731 she died. She was buried on 18th November 1731 in the Brocket Chapel at St Elthreda's Church, Bishop's Hatfield; see monument here [Map].

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Memorial to members of the Heaviside family.

On 8th November 1787 John Eliot 1st Baronet (age 51) died at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire [Map], the seat of his friend Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne (age 42). He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Baronet Eliot of Pebbles extinct.

On 9th June 1805 Admiral Mark Milbanke (age 81) died. Memorial at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

Admiral Mark Milbanke: On 12th April 1724 he was born to Ralph Milbanke 4th Baronet and Anne Delaval Lady Milbanke.

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Memorial to the last remaining members of the Hare family which family had been in the parish for almost 200 years.

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Memorial to members of the Searance family.

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Grave of Ellen Allan, 1858-1927. Friend and nurse of the Cecil family for thirty-six years.

On 3rd July 1888 William Chetwynd-Talbot (age 74) died. He is buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map]. Memorial at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map] where he was Rector for thirty-three years.

William Chetwynd-Talbot: On 17th January 1814 he was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot. Before 3rd July 1888 William Chetwynd-Talbot and Eleanora Julia were married. He the son of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot.

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Window by Morris & Co. to the memory of Elinor Margaret Thomas, 1834-1893, daughter of William Lloyd Thoma, 1790-1855 , wife of Charles Drage, 1824-1922. And memorial to William Lloyd Thomas and Charles Drage, and Charles and Elinor's son Lovell, 1858-1919, and his son Lovell, 1921-1944.

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Reredos.

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Memorial to those who fell in the South African War 1899-1902.

On 22nd August 1903 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 73) died. Monument at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map] by William Goscombe John (age 43). His son James (age 41) succeeded 4th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 10th Earl Salisbury. Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 36) by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire. Note the St George Pendant signifying his being a Knight of the Garter.

Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury: On 15th July 1867 she was born to Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn. On 17th May 1887 James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury and she were married. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury. On 5th February 1955 Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury died.

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Memorial to Walter Whitby.

World War I Memorial at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. "Nearly 1000 men left the Parish to go to War, 180 did not return".

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Memorial to Lieutenant-Colonel J S Collings-Wells VC and the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Men of the 4th Battaloin Bedfordshire Regiment (Harts Militia).

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Memorial to the members of Dagmar House School who gave their lives in the Great War.

In 1920 James, 4th Marquis of Salisbury (age 58) presented a stained glass window to St Etheldred's Church [Map], in memory of his three nephews, the dedication reads “To the glory of god and in memory of Rupert Edward Gascoyne Cecil born Jan 20th 1895 killed in action July 11th 1915 and of Randle William Gascoyne Cecil born Novr 28th 1889 killed in action Dec 1st 1917 and of John Arthur Gascoyne Cecil born March 28th 1893 killed in action August 27th 1918 I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come”.

Lieutenant Rupert Edward Gascoyne-Cecil: On 20th January 1895 he was born to Rupert Ernest William Gascoyne-Cecil and Florence Bootle Wibraham.

Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil: On 28th November 1889 he was born to Rupert Ernest William Gascoyne-Cecil and Florence Bootle Wibraham. On 31st May 1913 Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil left Liverpool on the SS Mauretania, arriving in the USA on 16th June, with his declared occupation a journalist and final destination of Vancouver. He was subsequently recorded as arriving in Quebec on the 24th Jun 1914, which was only 8 days after he had been married - He married, Dorothy May Janaway, daughter of Edward Janaway, on 16 June 1914. On 1st December 1917 Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil was killed in action. The Herts. Advertiser of 15th December 1917, reported: "Captain R. W. Cecil. Bishop's son killed in action. Much sympathy will be felt for Lord Wm. Cecil, Bishop of Exeter, and Lady Florence Cecil, in the sorrow that has befallen them in the death in action of their eldest son, Captain Randle William Cecil. The letter from an army chaplain conveying the sad information reads: 'On Nov. 30th and Dec.1st there was very heavy fighting in a village recently captured from the Germans when your son's trench mortars were put out of action. He very gallantly went to the assistance of the infantry who were hard pressed, and was given the command of a company. On the Saturday the village was shelled with extreme violence and a shell practically hit your son (his men report) killing him instantly.'"

Captain John Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil: On 28th March 1893 he was born to Rupert Ernest William Gascoyne-Cecil and Florence Bootle Wibraham. On 27th August 1918 Captain John Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil was killed in action.

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Memorial to Sophy, died 25th July 1926, wife of Charles Balance, Surgeon to the British Army during the Great War.

On 26th September 1936 Captain Arthur William James Gascoyne-Cecil (age 61) died. He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].

Captain Arthur William James Gascoyne-Cecil: On 4th April 1875 he was born to Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil. On 1st December 1906 Captain Arthur William James Gascoyne-Cecil and Beatrice Susan Theodosia Stuart-Wortley were married. They were sixth cousins.

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Memorial to Lucy Hannah Williams.

St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Memorial to Clark Todd, Television Reporter, 1944-1983. Killed in the Lebanon.

Rectors of St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].