Walter Chetwynd 1633-1693

On 9th May 1632 Walter Chetwynd was born to Walter Chetwynd [aged 34] and Frances Hesilrige [aged 17].

On 2nd July 1632 [his father] Walter Chetwynd [aged 34] and [his mother] Frances Hesilrige [aged 17] were married at St Dunstan's in the West, Fleet Street [Map].

On 31st May 1638 [his grandfather] Walter Chetwynd [aged 78] died. His son [his father] Walter Chetwynd [aged 40] inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.

On 14th September 1668 Walter Chetwynd [aged 36] and Anne Bagot [aged 25] were married. They had one daughter, Frances, who died aged around ten years.

On 19th April 1669 [his father] Walter Chetwynd [aged 71] died. His son Walter Chetwynd [aged 36] inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.

On 6th December 1671 [his wife] Anne Bagot [aged 28] died. Monument at St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map], right side [her husband Walter Chetwynd [aged 39] on left]...

Anne Bagot: Around 1643 she was born to Edward Bagot 2nd Baronet. On 14th September 1668 Walter Chetwynd and she were married. They had one daughter, Frances, who died aged around ten years.

In 1676 Walter Chetwynd [aged 43] commissioned the building of St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map]. The church is attributed to Christopher Wren [aged 52] who was a friend of Walter Chetwynd. Pevsner writes: "A drawing by Wren annotated 'Mr Chetwynd's Tower' exists...Wren worked almost exclusively for the King...but in the case of St Mary('s Church, Ingestre) the exquisite quality speaks unequivocally." The church was consecrated in August 1677 with a full day of services with "the Bishop baptizing a child, churching a woman, joining a couple in matrimony and burying another, all on the same day...the idea was to emphasize that this was a Parish Church, and not a private Chapel for the Chetwynd family."