St Martin's Church, Ancaster is in Ancaster [Map], Churches in Lincolnshire.
Interior of St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map].
Exterior of St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map].
Before 1400. Two effigies in St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map] porch.
After 22nd March 1742. St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]. Memorial to John Black.
After 1784. St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]. Memorial to Anthony Lucas of Ancaster Hall (age 55), Christian Calcraft (age 54), their sons George Lucas-Calcraft (age 18) and Anthony Lucas-Calcraft (age 15), and John Calcraft.
After 7th March 1796. St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]. Memorial to William and Elizabeth Roe, and John Roe sculpted by T King of Bath.
After 1842. St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]. Memorials to the Allix family including Mary Elizabeth Hammond, (age 25), and Mary Sophia Nevile (age 21).
On 4th March 1842 Mary Elizabeth Hammond died. She was buried at St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]
After 1851. St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]. Memorial to John Charles Lucas Calcraft (deceased) and Sophia Birch.
John Charles Lucas Calcraft: In 1770 he was born to Anthony Lucas of Ancaster Hall and Christian Calcraft. Before 1837 he and Sophia Birch were married. In 1851 he died.
Sophia Birch: In 1769 she was born to Reverend John Neville Birch of Leasingham. On 30th May 1837 she died.
After 5th November 1854. St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]. Memorial to (deceased) who was killed at the Battle of Inkerman.
: Before 5th November 1804 he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to General George de Lacy Evans. On 9th April 1823 he was born to and Mary Elizabeth Hammond at Willoughby Hall. He was educated at Harrow School where there is a memorial plaque to him.
On 22nd January 1866 (age 83) died. He was buried at St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]. (age 49) inherited Willoughby Hall.
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Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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After 12th November 1873. St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]. Memorial to William G T Newton.
After 1919. St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]. Memorial to those killed in the First World War.
After 1945. St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]. Memorial to those killed in the Second World War.