Title:

Earl

Military Rank:

General

First Name:

Thomas

Last Name:

Wentworth

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Inscription:

The framed stone sculpture shows Thomas Wentworth kneeling with hands in prayer and dressed in armour. It is set with two pillars supporting the upper section. This is surmounted with his coat of arms with cherubs either side. Upper left is a canon and upper right pistol and helmet. Below the frame are the faces of angels with folded wings either side of an inscription, gold lettering set in black marble. Reads as follows-

"THOMAS WENTWORTH
Earle of Strafforde Viscount Wentworth, Baron Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse, Newmarth,Oversley, and Raby. Lord Leuetenant of Ireland, Lord President of the North of England and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter. His birth was upon Good Friday the 13th April 1593 His death upon 12th may 1641 His soule through the Mercy of God lives in Eternal Bliss and his Memory will never dye in these Kingdomes."

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

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