Title:

Earl

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

Robert

Last Name:

Bertie

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1666 onwards

Inscription:

Hic jacet
ROBERTUS BERTIE filius PEREGRINE
(BARONIS de WILLUGBY, BECK & ERESBY,
Regnante Elizabetha in Daniam primo Legati
Anglorum deinde per Belgium militantium Generalis,
Copiis demum Auxiliaribus
Henrico Galliae quarto submissis Praefecti)
Qui
Auctis ipse cuinulatisq Honoribus,
COMES de LINDSEY, BARO de Willugby BECK & ERESBY
Magnus Angliae Haereditario Camerarius,
Carolo Primo a consilys Sanctioribus,
Constabulary Magni Potestate semel functus,
Admiralli Authoritate iterato insignitus
Postremo cum pro Fide sua & Fortitudine singulari
Nupero Civili Bello Exercitui Regio Dux praesset
Mortem adeptus
Ultra illa honoratissimae Vitae decora illustrem,
Praelio de Edgehill fatoq Tanti Viri Noto,
In causa sanctissima Imperio Supremo
Victor
Gloriose Occubuit.
Anno Aetatis 60 Christi 1642
E Longo prudentiq rerum usumulta illi Experientia
Oris dignitas quae Procerem fateretur,
Eosq prae se ferret Titulos qui nunc leguntur
Tot licet nominibus praefulgenti
Alia adfuit daritudo e Sobote non minus numerosa
Quam
Ex ELISABETHA Baronis Montacuti de Boughton filia
Liberos Tredecim suscepit
MONTACUTUM
ROGERUM, PEREGRINUM, FRANCISCUM, ROBERTUM,
HENRICUM, VERU, & EDUARDUM,
CATHARINA, ELISABETHA, ANNA, SOPHIA, & MARIAM


Here lies
ROBERT BERTIE son of PEREGRINE
(Barons of Willugby, Beck & Eresby,
In the reign of Elizabeth, he was the first ambassador to Denmark
Then the general of the English soldiers through Belgium,
and finally to the Auxiliaries
(Governors subject to Henry the Fourth of Gaul)
Who
Having increased his honors,
EARL OF LINDSEY, BARO OF WILLUGBY BECK & ERESBY
Great Hereditary Chamberlain of England,
Charles the First by the councils of the Saints,
Constabulary once served by the Great Power,
The admiral's authority was repeated
Finally, for his faith and unique strength
In the late Civil War, he was in charge of the Regional Commander of the Army
Having obtained death
Beyond that most honored life,
The Battle of Edgehill Fatoq of the Notorious Men
In the most holy cause of the Supreme Empire
Victor
He died gloriously.
In the 60th year of Christ 1642
From Longus he gained a lot of experience
The dignity of the mouth that would confess Procerem,
Eosq will bring before him the titles which are now being read
There are so many brilliant names
There was another tribute from Sobota, no less numerous
How
From Elizabeth, daughter of Baron Montacut de Boughton
He received thirteen children
MOUNTAIN
ROGER, PEREGRINUS, FRANCIS, ROBERT,
HENRY, VERU, & EDWARD
CATHERINE, ELIZABETH, ANNA, SOPHIA, & MARY

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

Monument to Robert Bertie (1582-1642), 1st Earl of Lindsey, killed at the Battle of Edgehill and his son Montague Bertie (1608-1666), 2nd Earl of Lindsey.