Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

Samuel

Last Name:

Sandys

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

c.1685

Inscription:

M . S.
SAMUELIS SANDYS
ARMIGERI, EDWINI SANDYS
EQUITIS AURATI FILII NATU MAXIMI,
VIRI VERE HEROICI, ET MAGNANUMI,
CUI OB INTERMERATA IN REGEM FIDELITATI,
EXIMIUM IN PATRIAM SUAM AMOREM, ET
BENEVOLENTIAM IN BONOS OMNES NON
VULGAREM, MONUMENTUM AERE DEBETUR
PERENNIUS.
ANIMAM DEO REDDIDIT 15 DIE APRILIS
A.NO D.NI 1685,
ANOS AETATIS SUAE 69.
UNICUM RELINQUENS SUPERSTITE FILIUM
ET NOMINIS SUI, & VIRTUTO HAEREDIT



M . S.
SAMUELIS SANDYS
SQUIRE, EDWIN SANDYS
THE CHIEF OF THE KING'S SON, A TRULY HEROIC AND MAGNANUOUS MAN,
TO WHOM, FOR HIS UNINTERRUPTED FIDELITY TO THE KING,
EXCEPTIONAL LOVE FOR HIS COUNTRY,
AND BENEVOLENCE TO ALL GOOD PEOPLE,
A BRONZE MONUMENT SHOULD BE REMAINED.
HE GAVE UP HIS SOUL TO GOD ON THE 15TH OF APRIL
A.D. 1685,
AGE 69.
LEAVING AN ONLY SURVIVING SON
AND HE INHERITED HIS NAME AND VIRTUE

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

See: https://www.badseysociety.uk/people/sandys/samuel

Reid, Stuart 2013 The Cavalier Army List, Vol.2, p.89

Judge, Victor The Cavalier Army – Royalist Officers & Regiments of the English Civil War, FB Page, 10 March 2025