Tomb of Mary Anna Haddock in St Clement's Church

Church of St Clement, Leigh Hill, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1AR

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Overview

A chest tomb dedicated to Mary Anna Haddock who died in 1688. Mary married into the Haddock family of prominent seafarers. The family name and its naval tradition were drawn upon by Hergé for the character of Captain Haddock in his 'Adventures of Tintin' comics. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1481879
Date first listed:: 25-Apr-2024
List Entry Name:: Tomb of Mary Anna Haddock in St Clement's Church
Statutory Address:: Church of St Clement, Leigh Hill, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1AR

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1481879
Date first listed:: 25-Apr-2024
List Entry Name:: Tomb of Mary Anna Haddock in St Clement's Church
Statutory Address 1:: Church of St Clement, Leigh Hill, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1AR

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Church of St Clement, Leigh Hill, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1AR

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Southend-on-Sea (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Leigh-on-Sea
National Grid Reference:: TQ8417785817

Summary

A chest tomb dedicated to Mary Anna Haddock in 1688.

Reasons for Designation

The tomb of Mary Haddock, a chest tomb erected in 1688, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Historic interest:

* it commemorates Mary Haddock and is relatively unusual as a single memorial to a named woman of this date.

Architectural interest:

* as an exceptionally early example of a churchyard memorial; * for the craftsmanship evident in the carved panels, posts, and tomb slab.

Group value:

* the tomb has group value with the Grade II* listed church of St Clement, and with two nearby tombs dedicated to William Goodlad (Haddock's father), and Mary Ellis, both of which are also listed at Grade II.

History

Churchyards have been used for burial for many centuries. Medieval churchyard memorials and early post-Reformation outdoor tombs are extremely rare. People of the monument-raising ranks usually opted to be laid to rest inside the church, a situation which only began to change in the later C17. Early Modern outdoor survivals show how the middling orders were beginning to erect quite ambitious tombs which drew on the tradition of internal church monuments.

Mary Anna Haddock was the daughter of William Goodlad (1576-1639). She was born 10 October 1602 in the parish of Cripplegate, London. She married into the Haddock family of prominent seafarers. Her son, Richard Haddock (1629-1715), was knighted in 1675 and made an Admiral in 1690 (two years after Mary Anna's death). The family name and its naval tradition were drawn upon by Hergé for the character of Captain Haddock in his 'Adventures of Tintin' comics.

Mary Anna Haddock died on 6 January 1688 and her tomb was erected in an adjacent plot to her father's in the churchyard of St Clement, Leigh on Sea.

Details

A chest tomb dedicated to Mary Anna Haddock in 1688.

MATERIALS

Limestone.

PLAN

Orientated on an east to west axis. It lies in line with the east end of the south aisle.

DESCRIPTION

A stone chest tomb, with ogee-profile corners, Classical mouldings, and framed panels on each side. The original inscription is no longer legible.

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Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.