A History of Dyrham & Hinton

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THE HISTORY OFDYRHAM ND HINTON

The mode r n v i l l a g e o f Dy r h a m g o t i t s a n c i e ntname o f De or h am a t t h e t i me when t h e s t r e t c h o fg r o u nd f r o m t h e banks o f t h e B r i s t o l Avo n t o t h eCo t s wo l ds was a f o r e s t . T h i s was c a l l e d t h e K i ng ' sWood , and Deo r ham was t h e home of t h e de e r .I t w i l l a l wa y s be f amous i n h i s t o r y as t h es i t e o f t h e B a t t l e o f Deo r ham ( 5 7 7 ) . The An g l o - S a x onC h r o n i c l e s a y s T h i s y e ar Cu t h wi n and Ce a wl i n f o u g h tw i t h t h e B r i t o n s and s l e w t h r e e k i n g s , Commai l andCond i da and 3 ' a r i n ma i l , on t h e s p o t t h a t i s c a l l e d De r h a mand t o o k f r o m t h e m t h r e e c i t i e s , G l o u c e s t e r , C i r e n c e s t e rand B at h . T h i s b a t t l e e n t i r e l y s e p ar a t e d t h e B r i t i s h

i n t h e we s t , i n what i s now S ome r s e t , Devon a nd C o r n wa l lf r o m t h e i r b r e t h r e n i n . Val es and t o t h e n or t h wa r d , andl e d t o t h e s e t t l e me nt i n t h i s p a r t o f t h e c o u n t r y o f t h eS ax ons .T h e r e i s s t i l l t o be s e e n on H i n t o n i l l t h er e ma i n s o f a camp o f a bo u t 18 ac r e s wh i c h t r a d i t i o n a l l ywas t h e s i t e o f t h e b a t t l e , b u t wh e t h e r i t was o c c u p i e da t t h e t i me by t h e B r i t o n s o r by t h e J e s t daxons haso f t e n b e e n d i s p u t e d . At a l l e v e nt s t h e r e s u l t wasd e c i s i v e . The b a t t l e was a t u r n i n g p o i n t i n G l o u c e s t e rs h i r e h i s t o r y , f o r t h i s p a r t o f t h e c o u n t r y be c ames e t t l e d by t h e E n g l i s h and i n t i me f or me d p a r t o f Wes s ex

t h e k i ng do m o f t h e We s t S ax ons .B e f o r e t h e Co nq u e s t , i n t h e t i me o f t h eCo nf e s s o r , Deo r ham was h e l d by a Saxon named A l u r i c . Byt h e t i me Dome s day Book was c omp i l e d h e had b e e n r e p l a c e dby a Nor man , W l l i a m f i t z W i d o . I n t h e s u r v e y i t i ss t a t e d t h a t by t h e K i ng ' s o r d e r , . J ur and t h e S h e r i f f hadendowed S t . Mar y o f P e r s h o r e w i t h t h r e e h i de s b u t t h a tt h e s e we r e h e l d by t h i s same W l l i a m. T h e s e h i de s E a r lW i l l i a m h ad g i v e n t o T u r s t i n f i t z R o l f w i t h t h i s mano r .Af t e r wa r d s , t h e mano r o f Dy r ham wh i c h T u r s t i n

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b e e n t h e f i r s t o f t h e f a m i l y t o h o l d t h e mano r . He wass u c c e e d e d by h i s s o n H e n r y , who l e f t i t t o h i s b r o t h e rJ a me s . I n 1216 ames Newmar c h d i e d , l e a v i n g t wod au g h t e r s u nd e r t h e g u a r d i a ns h i p o f J o h n R u s s e l , o fK i n g s t o n R u s s e l , Do r s e t . R u s s e l ma r r i e d t h e e l d e rd au g h t e r I s a b e l t o h i s s o n R al p h . The y o u n g er , Ho wi s e ,was f i r s t ma r r i e d t o J o h n de B o t r e a u x , and a f t e r h i sd ea t h t o Ni c h o l a s de M o l i s .R al p h , t h u s b e i n g t h e owner o f Dyr h am, g a v e i tas d o wr y w i t h h i s d a u g h t e r Ma t i l d a ( ? I . i a u d ) , i n ma r r i a g et o R o b e r t Wa l e r a nd , Go v e r n o r o f S t . B r i a v e l s C a s t l e ,a f o r t r e s s o n t h e b o r d e r s o f t h e F o r e s t o f Dean. R o be r tWa l e r a nd was a d i s t i n g u i s h e d man i n h i s day a nd h i s namei s o f t e n met among t h o s e o f t h e g r e a t b ar o n s . He mu s th a v e b e e n e x t r e me l y r i c h , f o r o n t h e ma r r i a g e o f t h ed au g h t e r o f H en r y I I he was as s e s s e d a t t w e n t y - f i v ek n i g h t s f e es t o war d s t h e e x p e n s e . He d i e d i n 1 2 7 2 ,w i t h o u t i s s u e , and t h e man o r r e v e r t e d t o h i s w i f e s e l d e rb r o t h e r , R o b e r t R u s s e l . He was s u c c e e d e d by h i s s o nW i l l i a m who d i e d a t D y r h a m i n 1 3 1 1 , h i s s on and h e i r ,T h eo ba l d , b e i n g a g e d t e n .I n 1 3 3 0 , J o hn Can l o p , R e c t o r o f t h e p a r i s h ,was s e i z e d o f t h e mano r , b u t he was o n l y t r u s t e e , andi n 1337 a n o t h e r R al p h R us s e l was i n p o s s e s s i o n and wasf o l l o w e d by S i r Mau r i c e R u s s e l who d i e d i n 1 4 1 6 , a l s ol e a v i n g t wo d au g h t e r s , c o - h e i r e s s e s . The b r a s s e s i nt h e s o u t h a i s l e o f t h e C h u r c h c o mmemo r at e S i r Mau r i c eand h i s w i f e .

T he e l d e r d a u g h t e r , Ma r g ar e t , ma r r i e d S i rG i l b e r t De nn i s and t h e y o u n g e r , I s a b e l , ma r r i e d , f i r s tS i r J o h n S t . L o e , and s e c o nd l y , S i r J o h n ( ? Wa l t e r )Dr a y t o n . B o t h t h e d au g h t e r s we r e j o i n t l y s e i z e d o f t h eman o r b u t i n 1 42 2 S i r J o h n Dr a y t o n s o l d h i s s h ar e o f t h eman o r t o S i r G i l b e r t De nn i s who t h u s be c ame L o r d o f t h ewh o l e mano r . He was s u c c e e d e d b y h i s s o n S i r Ma u r i c e ,and h i s g r a n d s o n , S i r W i l l i a m . By a g r a n t o f S e p t e mb e r2 2 n d . 1 5 0 8 , W i l l i a m D e n y s c o n v e y e d t h e man o r o r D y r h a mand l a nd s i n Dy r h a m and H i n t o n t o o t h e r s ( i n t r u s t f o rh i m s e l f ) .

On S ep t emb er 8 t h . 15 3 9 S i r Ni c h o l a s P o y nt zo f I r o n A c t o n by a g r a n t c o n v e y e d t h e man o r o f H i n t o nw i t h l a n d s i n D y r h a m and H i n t o n t o Thomas Wh i t e . I ti s n o t kno w n how S i r Ni c h o l a s P o y nt z came i n t op o s s e s s i o n o f H i n t o n Ma no r . H o we v e r , t h e C o n v e y a n c e


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was f u r t h e r a s s u r e d by a Common Re c o v e r y s u f f e r e d b yP o y n t z t o Thomas Wh i t e o n J u ne 2 8 t h , 1 54 0, OnJ a n u a r y 1 4 t h . 1 5 41 Thomas Wh i t e g r a n t e d h i s ma n o r o fH i n t o n a nd l a n d s i n De r e h a m t o Ro b e r t E l l y o t Ma j o r o fB r i s t o l s o t h a t t h e r e n t s a nd p r o f i t s s h o u l d b e u s e dt o r e l i e v e S e v e r n s h i p p i n g f r o m p a y i n g t o l l s i nB r i s t o l p o r t . T h i s p r o p e r t y r e ma i n e d i n t h e h a n d s o ft h e C o r p o r a t i o n o f B r i s t o l u n t i l 19 21 a nd C o r p o r a t i o nC l u mp o b v i o u s l y d e r i v e s i t sname f r o m t h i s p e r i o d .S i r Wi l l i a m s s on , S i r Wa l t e r , r e t a i n e d t h eDy r h a m p a r t o f t h e e s t a t e . He ma r r i e d Ma r g a r e t ,d a u g h t e r o f S i r R i c h a r d We s t o n o f Co. S u r r e y . H i s w i l ld a t e d 2 nd . F e b r u a r y 1 57 0 d e s c r i b e s h i m a s o f St .A u g u s t i n e ' s Gr e e n , b y B r i s t o we . He b e q u e a t h e s t o h i ss on , R i c h a r d , a l l h i s a r mo u r a t Dy r h a m a nd e l s e w h e r e ,a l s o h i s b e s t b e d a t B o d r i n g t o n , a nd t o h i s s i s t e r Ma r y ,h i s s e c o n d b e s t b e d . ( T h i s Ma r y wa s a nu n a t L a c o c k a nda f t e r wa r d s P r i o r e s s a t K i n g t o n , a nd was b u r i e d i n S t .Ga u n t s o n t h e Gr e e n , B r i s t o l i n 1 5 9 3 ) . He a l s o me n t i o n sh i s b r o t h e r , Wi l l i a m, a nd h i s s o n , T ho ma s , a l s o h i s s o n ,

S i r Wa l t e r , a p a r s o n o f Dy r h a m The w i l l wa s p r o v e d o n1 2 t h . Ma y 1 5 7 1 b y h i s wi d o w a nd Thomas I v i e . Wa l t e r ,t h e Re c t o r o f Dy r h a m was b u r i e d t h e r e o n 3 r d . J u l y ,1 5 7 7 . E a r l i e r i n 1 5 7 1 S i r Wa l t e r j o i n e d w i t h h i s s o n ,R i c h a r d , i n c o n v e y i n g t h e ma n o r , b y s a l e o r mo r t g a g e ,t o Ge o r g e Wy n t e r , b r o t h e r o f Wi l l i a m Wy n t e r , o f L y d ne y .Ge o r g e Wy n t e r ma r r i e d A n n e , s i s t e r a nd c o - h e i r e s so f Ro b e r t B r a y n e o f B r i s t o l . T h e i r e l d e s t s o n , J o h n ,ma r r i e d Ma r y B r o u n c k e r o f E r i e S t o k e , W i l t s h i r e . Hes a i l e d o n a v o y a g e w i t h Dr a k e as h i s v i c e - a d mi r a l , a ndt h e p r o p e r t y was l e f t i n t r u s t t i l l he s h ou l d h a v ec l e a r e d h i ms e l f o f t h e c h a r g e o f p i r a c y .H i s s on , S i r Ge o r g e Wy n t e r , s u c c e e d e d h i m i n1 58 1 a nd ma r r i e d Ma r y , d a u g ht e r o f E d wa r d Ro g e r s o fC a nn i n g t o n, So me r s e t . She b r o u g h t t o t h e f a m i l y t h eP o r l o c k E s t a t e . He d i e d i n 1 638 l e a v i n g a s o n , J o h n ,t h e n s i x t e e n y e a r s o l d .J o h n Wy n t e r ma r r i e d F r a n c e s , d a u g h t e r o fThomas Ge r a r d o f T r e n t . He d i e d i n 1 6 6 8 , l e a v i n g a no n l y d a u g ht e r , Ma r y , who i n 16 8 6 ma r r i e d Wi l l i a m B l a t h wa y t ,S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e t o Wi l l i a m I I I . He was a l s o C l e r k o ft h e P r i v y C o u n c i l t o C h a r l e s I I , J ames I I , Wi l l i a m I I Ia nd A n n e , a nd C o mm s s i o ne r f o r T r a d e s a n d P l a n t a t i o n s . I twas he who b u i l t some i f no t a l l o f t h e we s t f r o n t o f


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t h e ma n s i o n a f t e r d e s i g n s by T a l ma n , t h e f amous a r c h i t e c t ,and many o f t h e p i c t u r e s and much o f t h e f u r n i t u r e shows i g ns o f h i s c o n n e c t i o n w i t h H o l l a n d i n h i s e a r l y l i f e ,and when S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e . He d i e d i n 1 7 1 1 .T h i s i s t h e f i r s t e n t r y o f t h e B l a t h wa y t s i n t ot h e h i s t o r y o f t h e ma n o r , and t h e y h a v e r e ma i n ed i np os s e s s i o n o f i t u n t i l i t was a c q u i r e d by t h e N a t i o n i n

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W i l l i a m B l a t h wa y t , m T h o ma s i n e A mb r o s e . D i e d 1 74 2.W i l l i a m , m ( l ) P e ne l o p e J e nk i n s o n o f H awk e s b u r y ,2 ) F r a nc e s C l a r k e .5 ) Ma r y C r e i g h t o n .D i e d 17 87 .W i l l i a m , m F r a nc e s S c o t t . D i e d 1806 .Ge o r g e W i l l i a m , m Ma r i e n ne , d a ug h t e r o f Rev. ThomasAg mo n d i s h a m V e s e y . D i e d 1 87 1 .Ge o r g e W i l l i a m , m C h a r l o t t e Ame l i a , d a ug h t e r o f Ma j o rB a k e r . D i e d 1 899.Rev. Wy n t e r Thomas B l a t h wa y t , m l ) F r a nc e s E l i s a b e t h ,d a ug h t e r o f R ob e r t P h i l i p s .2 ) Mar y S a r a h , d a ug h t e r o f Ge o r g eH i b b e r t Oa t e s .I n 190 9 he was s u c c e e d e d as o wn e r , L o r d o ft h e Manor b yR ob e r t Wy n t e r B l a t h wa y t who d i e d i n 1 93 6. A f t e r ap r o l o ng e d l a w s u i t -J u s t i n Ro b e r t Wy n t e r B l a t h wa y t b e c ame L o r d o f t h e Ma no r ,b u t t h e P ar k House was s o l d t o t h e N a t i o ni n 1 9 57 / 58 and h a n d e d o v e r t o t h e N a t i o n a lT r u s t i n 1960 .

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T h e r e a r e no r e c o r d s t o s h o w when t h e f i r s tma no r h o u s e was b u i l t h e r e . We g e t t h e f i r s t w r i t t e nr e c o r d a b o ut i t f r o m J o h n L e l a n d , who was c o mmi s s i o ne d b yHe n r y V I I I t o i n v e s t i g a t e E ng l a n d ' s a n t i q u i t i e s . Hewr o t e i n h i s I t i n e r a r y ( 1 54 0 - 6 ) - F r o m C o d e r i n g t o n t o De r h a m a Mi l e and H a l f eo f , wh e r e Ma s t a r D i o n i s e d w e l l i t h e , h a v i n g e a f a i r e owse


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o f A c h e l e i ( a s h l a r ) S t o ne s and a P a r k e De r e h a mV i l l a g e i sa Mi l s f r o m T o r me r t o n . T h e r e i sa f a y r eManor P l a c e l o ng g i n g e t oMa s t a r Di o ny s e . The L o r d e s h i p eo f a u n c i e n t t y me l o n g y d t ot heR u s s e l s . One J o h n R u s s e l land E l i z a b e t h e h i s Wy f e l y e t h e t h e r e b u r y e d i n t heP ar o c h eCh u r c h e , butt h e y had ameane I i ows e t h e r e . F r o m t h e m i tc am by He y r e G e n e r a l l o n t o t heDi o n i s i e so f whomoneG i l b e r t Di o n i s e was c o u nt y d as one o ft hef i r s t t h a t t h e r ep o s s e s s y d . T h e n camMa u r i c e , and he t h e r e b u i l d y d a newCo u r t e . And SerGu l i a m Di o n i s e . . . u i l d y d a no t h e r G o ur t e ofl a t e y e r e s . The Di o n y s i e s h a t h e h e r e a f a y r e P ar k e , anda l s o a f a y r e L o r d e s h i p e and a p r a t y Howse and My l e s f r o mDe r e h a m at S i s e t o n , and a n o t h a r Maner andP l a c e c a wl y dA l n e s t o ne My l e s f r o m T h o r n e b y r y .

t i s d i f f i c u l t t o l o c a t e any p a r t oft he b u i l d i n ge r e c t e d b e f o r e t heB l a t h wa y t s t o o k p o s s e s s i o n , e x c e p tp o s s i b l y some mu l l i o n e d wi n d o ws and a f r a g me n t of s t o n es t a i r s i n t he c e l l a r .S i r Ro b e r t A t k y ns g i v e s a b i r d s eye v i e woft h e b u i l d i n g i n h i s H i s t o r y of Gl o u c e s t e r s h i r e ( 1 7 1 2 ) .T h i s s h o w s t heg a r d e n s l a i d outi nDu t c h s t y l e wh i c h wasf a s h i o n a b l e i nt h o s e d ay s . I nt he p i c t u r e can be s e e nt h e wa t e r wo r k s , wh i c h s u p p l i e d t heh o u s e w i t h wa t e r , att h e h e a d of wh i c h was a f i g u r e ofNe p t u n e . The f i g u r e i ss t i l l t o be s e e n ont hee a s t s i d e oft heh o u s e ont he t opo f t heh i l l wh e r e i t s t o o d f o r m e r l y .T h e e a s t andwe s t f r o n t s oft heh o u s e ar e d e s i g ne dw i t h g r e a t a r c h i t e c t u r a l b e a u t y . On t hee a s t s i d e t h e r ei sa f i n e e n t r a n c e , and. asmany as t h i r t y e i g h t wi n d o ws can bes e e n , many of t h e m o r n a me n t e d w i t h c a r v i n g s . A l o n gt he

wh o l e l e n g t h e x t e n d s a p a r a p e t , d e s i g ne d a f t e r t he s t y l e ofa b a l u s t r a d e , ando r n a me n t e d atv a r i o u s p o i n t s w i t h v a s e s ,and a l a r g e s t o n e e a g l e , t heB l a t h wa y t c r e s t , i n t he c e n t r e .T he w e s t f r o n t i s s i m i l a r i nd e s i g n , andi sr e a c h e d by ad ou b l e f l i g h t of s t e p s , l e a d i n g t o a f l a g g e d t e r r a c e w i t h ab a l u s t r a d e . A c h ar m n g v i e w i st o be had oft heg r o u nd ss l o p i n g down b e l o w.T he S a l o on c o n t a i n e d a f i n e c o l l e c t i o n of p i c t u r e sand many s p l e n d i d s p e c i me n s ofwo r k s ofa r tand e l e g a n tf u r n i t u r e . The Di o g e n e s Roomi ss o c a l l e d f r o m t he f i n eMo r t l a k e t a p e s t r y h a ng i n g ont he w a l l s r e p r e s e n t i n g Di o g e n e sd i s p u t i n g w i t h t hep h i l o s o p h e r s f r o m h i s b a t h t u b . The

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T he p i c t u r e s i n c l u d e d r o y a l p o r t r a i t s o f C h a r l e sa n d J ames I I b y L e l y , an d o f Wi l l i a m a n d Ma r y , An n e ,P r i n c e Ge o r g e , a nd t h e Duke o f Gl o u c e s t e r b y K n e l l e r T h e r ewe r e a l s o many v a l u a b l e p i c t u r e s b y f a mo u s J u t c h a r t i s t s a n da s e r i e s o f f a m i l y p o r t r a i t s o f b o t h t h e Wy n t e r a n dB l a t h wa y t f a m i l i e sT he Wh i t e Dr a wi n g Roomwas e q u i p p e d w i t h f u r n i t u r e

o f Ch i p p e n d a l e s t y l e i n wh i t e a n d g o l d made b y Gi l l o w. Thea c c o u n t f o r t h e s u i t e d a t e d 1 7 79 wa s s t i l l h e l d a t Dy r h a m,The t wo g r a n d s t a i r c a s e s a r e r i c h i n b o l d c a r v i n ga n d o v e r t h e m a n d o n t h e c e i l i n g o f t h e S a l o o n a r e somep a i n t i n g s b y C a s a l i wh i c h came f r o m Al d e r ma n B e c k f o r d sh o u s e a t P o n t h i l lThe L i b r a r y o n t h e gr o u n d f l o o r c o n t a i n e d somev e r y v a l u a b l e b o o k s a n d d o c u me n t s . An e x t r e me l y i n t e r e s t i n gc o p y o f t h e B o d l e i a n L i b r a r y C a t a l o g u e d a t e d 1 60 5 wasp r e s e n t e d t o i t s t h e n o wn e r , R. B o we r , b y Thomas B o d l e yh i m s e l f T h e r e i s a d o o r wa y wh i c h l e a d s t o t h e C h u r c h

t h r o u gh a p a s s a ge a n d v e s t r yThe Ba l c o n y Room i s p a n e l l e d i n p e r f e c t s t y l e o ft h e t i me o f Wi l l i a m a n d h a s a v e r y h a n d s o me c e i l i n gThe wa l l s o f t h e T a p e s t r y Be d r o o m a r e h u n g w i t hv a l u a b l e t a p e s t r y p o r t r a y i n g g a r d e n s c e n e s , a n d t h e r e was ap a i n t e d f o u r - p o s t b e d s t e a d s a i d t o b e o v e r t wo h u n d r e dy e a r s o l d .

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The C h u r c h o f St . P e t e r , Dy r h a m, s t a n d s n e a r t h ema n s i o n o n a s t e e p s l o p e v / h i c h h a s b e e n l e v e l l e d u p f r o mt h e s o u t h . I t c o n s i s t s o f a c h a n c e l , a n a v e w i t h t woa i s l e s wh i c h r e a c h t o t h e e a s t e nd , a nd a we s t e r n t o we rw i t h a p o r c h a t t a c h e d t o t h e s o u t h w a l l The p o s i t i o n o ft h i s p o r c h i s p e c u l i a r As t h e r e was n o r o o m f o r i t o nt h e s o u t h s i d e o f t h e s o u t h a i s l e i t was b u i l t o n t o t h es o u t h s i d e o f t h e t o we r . Ho we v e r , t h e s t o n e wo r k o f i t i sn o t a t t a c h e d t o t h e t o we r a n d y e t i t seems t o be as o l d ,i n o t o l d e r . The e a s t e r n p a r t o f t h e s o u t h a i s l e o p e n si n t o t h e c h a n c e l w i t h t wo a r c h e s .


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The o l d e s t p a r t o f t h e C h u r c h da t e s f r o m t h e X I I ICe n t u r y , a nd i s t o be s e e n i n t h e a r c a d e o f t h r e e a r c h e sb e t we e n t h e n o r t h a i s l e an d t h e n a v e . The p o s i t i o n o f t h ea n c i e n t r o o d l o f t c a n b e d i s c e r n e d b y t h e t wo h e a v y p i e r sn o r t h a n d s o u t h . L a t e r , t h e a r c h e a s t o f t h e f i n ec l u s t e r e d p i l l r wa s c u t away t o l e t i n t h e h a n d s o me o a kJ a c o b e a n p u l p i t .The Ch u r c h was r e s t o r e d b y S i r Mo r r i s R u s s e l a tt h e c l o s e o f t h e X I V Ce n t u r y a nd c o n t a i n s f o u r b e a u t i f u lf i g u r e s r e p r e s e n t i n g S t . J o h n t h e B a p t i s t , h o l d i n g a l a mp ,S t . Ma r y a s c h i l d , h o l d i n g a b o o k , S t . J o h n t h e D i v i n eh o l d i n g a c h a l i c e , a n d a f e ma l e s a i n t , w i t h h a n d r a i s e d ,p r o b a b l y S t . Anne The f i g u r e o f S t . J o h n t h e D i v i n e h asb e e n r e s t o r e d , t h e h e a d b e i n g l a t e r . I n t h e t o p o f t h ew e s t wi n d o w o f t h e n o r t h a i s l e i s a p i e c e o f r a r e o l dg r i s a i l l e g l a s s s h o wi n g t h e R o s e o f Y o r k .The C h a p e l i n t h e s o u t h a i s l e was o n c e u s e d b yt h e G u i l d o f S t . De n i s . T h i s G u i l d was f o un d e d i n 1 5 20b y S i r Wi l l i a m D e n y s a n d h i s w i f e , L a d y A n n e , d a ug h t e r o fS i r Ma ur i c e B e r k e l e y . I t was a n i mp o r t a n t g u i l d , h a v i n ga l a r g e nu m b e r o f me mb e r s , some o f whomp a i d l Od . a ndo t h e r s 2 0 d . p e r q u a r t e r a s s u b s c r i p t i o n s . A c u r i o u s wi n d o wi s t o b e s e e n i n t h e s o u t h w a l l o f t h e s o u t h a i s l e . I t wasp o s s i b l y a c o n f e s s i o n a l wi n d o w wh e r e t h e c h a n t r y p r i e s tmi g h t b e c o n f e s s e d t o , i n t h e p l a c e o f t h e p a r i s h p r i e s t .N o r - o n e c a n b e c e r t a i n a b o u t t h i s . I t may h a v e b e e n al e p e r wi n d o w o r i t may h a v e b e e n t h e p l a c e wh e r e t h eS a n c t u s b e l l wa s r u n g . On t h e f l o o r o f t h e D e n y s C h a p e l i sa b r a s s c o mme mo r a t i n g S i r Ma u r i c e R u s s e l , i n f u l l a r mo u r ,a n d h i s wi f e I s a b e l , b o t h u n d e r a d o ub l e c a n o p y .The l a t e - No r ma n f o n t i s c us h i o n - s h a p e d , a n ds t a n d s o n a h i g h s h a f t . The f o n t c o v e r i s s u r mo u n t e db y a t u r t l e d o v e . T h i s was g i v e n b y p a r i s h i o n e r s i nmemor y o f t h e Rev. F r a n k B l a t h v / a y t who was R e c t o r f r o m1 92 6 t o 1 9 5 3 , a n d wh o wa s a g r e a t b i r d l o v e r .One f e a t u r e a t t h i s Ch u r c h t o wh i c h t h ea t t e n t i o n o f v i s i t o r s i s a l wa y s d r a wn i s t h e nu m b e r o ff i n e l y d e s i g n e d e n c a u s t i c t i l e s o n t h e f l o o r o f t h es o u t h a i s l e . T h e y r e s e mb l e t h e t i l e s a t Ha y l e sAbbeyn d mu s t h ve b e e n b r o u g h t f r o m t h e r e a t t h e D i s s o l u t i o n ,o r h ve b e e n m de a t t h e s me p l a c e .At t h e e a s t e n d o f t h e s o u t h a i s l e i s t h e t o mbo f Ge o r g e Wy n t e r , v/ ho d i e d i n 1 5 8 1 , n d o f h i s wi f e An n e .


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I t i s a f i n e f r e e s t o n e mo n ume n t a nd t h e e f f i g i e s a r es ur mo u n t e d by a c a n o p y s up p o r t e d o n C o r i n t h i a n p i l l a r s .On t h e s o u t h w a l l n e a r i s a t a b l e t i nmemor y o f J o h n a n dF r a n c e s Wy n t e r e r e c t e d b y t h e i r d a ug h t e r Ma r y a nd h e rh u s b a n d , S i r W i l l i a m B l a t h wa y t . A l s o o n t h e s o ut h w a l la r e t h r e e b r a s s e s . T he f i r s t i s i nmemor y o f C o l o n e lGe o r g e W i l l i a m B l a t h wa y t o f Dy r h a m P a r l e , l a t e 2 3 r d . L i g h tDr a g o o n s a nd K i n g ' s Dr a g o o n Gua r d s , 1 7 9 7- 1 8 71 . Thes e c o n d i s t o t h e memor y o f Ge o r g e W i l l i a m B l a t h v / a y t l a t eK i n g ' s Dr a g o o n Gua r d s , 1 8 2 4- 1 8 99 . The t h i r d i s t o t h ememor y o f Wy n t e r Thomas B l a t h wa y t , t h i r t y f o u r y e a r sR e c t o r o f t h e p a r i s h 1 8 4 5- 1 9 0 9. T h e r e i s a l s o a mo n ume n tt o W i l l i a m L a n g t o n , a f o r me r R e c t o r who l e f t b e n e f a c t i o n sf o r e d u c a t i o n a l a n d o t h e r pur p o s e s . On t h e n o r t h w a l la r e f i v e s ma l l b r a s s e s t o t h e memor y o f member s o f t h eWe a r e f a m i l y a l l o f a n c i e n t d a t e . T h e s e we r e f o u n d o ns t o n e s i n t h e a i s l e . One i s t o Ma r y , l a t e w i f e o f He n r yWe a r e , who c o n c l ud e d a h o l y a nd humbl e l i f e w i t h ac o m o r t a b l e d e a t h , 1 6 3 9 . I n t h e c h a n c e l a r e t wo b r a s s e s ,one t o t h e memor y o f S a mue l T r e wma n, S. T. B. Huj us E c c l e s .R e c t o r , O b i i t XXX Dec . A. D. MDC L X XX XVI I I . The o t h e r i si n s c r i b e d . He r e l y e t h t b o d y o f A m i , l a t e w i f e o fS a mue l T r e wma n , a nd d a u g h t e r o f Thomas Symes, l a t e o fWi n t e r b o ur n e , E s q . , who d e p a r t e d t h i s l i f e y e 2 0 t h . d ayo f Oc t o b e r 1677, a g e d 24 y e a r s .

Among o t h e r me mo r i a l s i n t h e C h ur c h w i l l b e f o u n da c u r i o u s one o f p a i n t e d w o o d t o Ye Re v . Mr . Me r v y n P e r r y ,58 y e a r s R e c t o r o f t h i s p a r i s h d i e d 1 7 5 3 , a s t o n e w a l lmo n ume n t i n t h e n o r t h a i s l e t o I s a a c T y l e r a n o t h e r t oF r a n c i s F r e e ma n , o f No r t o n Ma l r e wa r d , a nd mo n ume n t s i nb r a s s a n d ma r b l e t o t h e Rev . W. S . R o b i n s o n , R e c t o r f r o m1 82 8 - 7 5, a n d h i s f a m i l y .On one o f t h e c h a n c e l a r c h p i l l a r s i s a ma r b l et a b l e t t o t h e Rev . P e t e r Gr a n d , a f o r me r R e c t o r ,c o n t a i n i n g wo r d s f r o m h i s pe n wh i c h r e m n d us t h a t h e ,b e i n g d e a d , y e t s p e a k e t h . Hi s mes s a g e i s a s f o l l o w s : - Be d a i l y d i l i g e n t i n p r i v a t e a n d i f o p p o r t u n i t y o c c u r s ,i n p u b l i c p r a y e r . F r e q ue n t l y r e c e i v e t h e Ho l y Co mmu ni o n ,w i t h h umb l e , p e n i t e n t f a i t h f u l c h a r i t a b l e a n d t h a n k f u lh e a r t s . L i v e s o b e r l y , r i g h t e o u s l y a n d Go d l y . F e a r Goda n d k e e p Hi s co mma n d me n t s . The p e a c e o f Go d b e w i t h youa l l i n C h r i s t J e s us , Amen . The Rev . P e t e r Gr a n d d i e dNov . 9 t h . 1792 a g e d s e v e n t y f o u r a n d was f o r t h i r t y s i xy e a r s R e c t o r o f t h e p a r i s h . T h e r e i s a l s o a t a b l e t i n

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g r e a t l y e xc e e de d h i s s t i p e n d . He b u i l t a nd p a r t l yendowed a s c h o o l f o r t h e p a r i s h . T h i s wasb e f o r e t h ep r e s e n t s c h o o l was e r e c t e d i n1875.I n t h e w a l l n e a r t h e f a m i l y pewb e h i n d t h eC h o i r i sa c u r i o u s s t o ne o nc e u s e d as a p a v i n g - s t o n e ,b e a r i n g t h e a r ms o f t h e De n ni s f a m i l y . I t wasd i s c o v e r e d f a c e d own wa r d s , a n d u n f o r t u n a t e l y g o t

b r o k e n . Theh o l y wa t e r s t o u p i s s t i l l t h e r e i n i t so r i g i n a l p o s i t i o n b u t i th a s b e e n p a r t l y c u t a wa y .On a s t o ne i n t h e c h u r c h y a r d , t o F r a nc e sS a i n s b u r y , d i e d1711 i s t h e f o l l o w i n g e p i t a p h : -

T h i r t y y e ar s and mor e I was a wi d o we d w i f eUp t o t h e t h i r t i e t h y e a r I l i v e d a wedded w i f eAn d nowa l a s no mor e I mi n t h i s wo r l d o f s t r i f eI ' m n e i t h e r ma r r i e d woman, n o r y e t a wi d o we d w i f e .T h e r e a r e s i x b e l l s and t h e i r agec a nbea s c e r t a i n e d f r o m t h e s t o p s b e t we e n t h e wo r d s of t h e mo t t o .

T h es e a r e t h e h ea ds o f E dwa r d I a n d E l e an o r , h i sQue e n.Edwar d I b e ga n t o r e i g n i n1272 andd i e d i n1307.T he T r i p t y c h a t t h e b a c k of t h e A l t a r d e p i c t st h e N a t i v i t y t h e A d o r a t i o n o f t h e W s e Men a nd t h eF l i g h t i n t o E g y p t . I t i s F l e mi s h wo r k of t h e XVIC e n t u r y . I t s t a nd s on a s h e l f on t h e e dg e of wh i c h i sc a r v e d t h e f i r s t mes s ag e s e n t byMor s e i n h i s c ode - See wha t Godh a t h wr o u g ht .

RECTORS1350 J o h n C an t o p1520 R o b er t L i e n .1570 Wa l t e r De nn y s .1577 J o h n H a l l .1587 J o h n H a i l i n g .1648 W i l l i a m L a ng t o n.1668 He n r y Ho s k i ns .1680 Samue l T r ueman .

OF DYRHAM1699 Me r v y n P e r r y .1754 P e t e r Gr a nd .1803 Ge o r g e W i l l i a m B l a t h wa y t1806 G S way n e .1828 W i l l i a m R o b i n s o n.1875 Wy n t e r Thomas B l a t h wa y t .1909 Wy n t e r E d wa r d B l a t h wa y t .1929 F r a nc i s L i n l e y B l a t h wa y t .

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