Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

Thomas

Last Name:

Hele

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

c.1670

Inscription:

Now lost

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

From photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

Large monument with arched pediment over which are the arms of Hele. 23 effigies representing: (top) Thomas Hele of Exeter, Sheriff of Devon 1600 & his wife Julian. Kneeling behind the father are his younger sons, Nicholas & Lewis and behind the mother, their 4 daughters, Joan, Grace, Judith & Penelope. Below are Thomas Hele of Flete (in armour), eldest son of Thomas & Julian. Behind the father kneel the 5 younger sons, Francis, Henry, Nicholas, Samuel & Richard & behind the mother 3 of their daughters, Bridget, Elizabeth, Honor & Dolzabell.

Hele was buried in All Saints' Church, Holbeton, on 16 November 1670.

See: Reid, Stuart 2013 The Cavalier Army List, Volume 1, p.154

Judge, Victor The Cavalier Army – Royalist Officers & Regiments of the English Civil War, FB Page, 27 February 2025