Chest Tomb 30 Metres South Of Chancel Of Church Of St Thomas

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

BOVEY TRACEY BRADLEY ROAD, Bovey Tracey SX 8278

12/45 Chest tomb 30 metres south of - chancel of Church of St Thomas

GV II*

Chest tomb. 1655. Granite ashlar. The chest has an inscription on the front, a coat-of-arms at the east end, and a skull and crossbones at the west end. The gable-ended cap carries another coat-of-arms and an inscription on the front; at the east end is a thistle and at the west end a rose. On its ridge are 3 squat obelisks, the centre one carved with a mermaid, the left-hand one with a flower and the right-hand one with a thistle. The tomb commemorates Maria Forbes (d.1655), wife of a former vicar, James Forbes, ejected from the living during the Commonwealth. The tomb is not in its original position. In 1826 it was said to be 'near the south-west wall of the church' and a drawing of 1836 shows it just south of the south-east corner of the south aisle.

Sources: Church guidebook, 1984, p.11. G P Jones, 'Notes on Bovey Tracey', 1826 (typescript in Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter, p.13). Annie Croker's sketchbook, p.8 (Devon Record Office, 2160A add. 14/PZI.)

Listing NGR: SX8208478604

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1374 IOE Records taken by M J Medley; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr M J Medley. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project