Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

Lieutenant General

First Name:

Ralph

Last Name:

Assheton

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

post-1651

Inscription:

From a photograph:

MEMORIAE SACRUM
RADULPHI ASSHETON, ARMIDERI DOMINI DE MIDLETON, PIE IN DEUM
PATRIAM ET SUOS COPIARIUM OMNIUM IN AGRO LANCASTRENSI
(SUPREMI SENATUS AUTHORITATE CONSCRIPTARUM) PRAEFECTI FORTIS
ET FIDELIS, QUI CUM ECONTUCE SUA ELIZABETHA (FILIA IOHANNIS
KAYE DE WOODSOME IN COM EBORACENS ARMICERI) SCUSEPISSET FI
LIOS TRES RICHARDUM RADULPHUM, IOHANNEM TOTIDEMQ FILIAS
ELIZABETHAM, MARIAM, ANNAM, OBDORMIUTT IN IESU 17 FEB
ANNO DOMINI 1650 AETATISQ SUAE 45 CURRENTE


IN SACRED MEMORY OF
RALPH ASSHETON, LORD GENERAL OF MIDLETON, FAITH IN GOD
COUNTRY AND THEIR COPIES(?) OF EVERYTHING IN THE FIELD OF LANCASTRINE
(THE SUPREME SENATE BY AUTHORITY OF RECRUITMENT) COMMANDERS STRONG
AND FAITHFUL, WHO WITH ENCOUNTER(?) HIS ELIZABETH (DAUGHTER OF JOHN
KAYE DE WOODSOME WHO HE IS EAGER TO EMBRACE?) ????????? ??
THREE DAUGHTERS OF RICHARD RADULPHUS, JOHN AND ALL OF THEM
ELIZABETH, MARY, ANNA, ASLEEP IN JESUS 17 FEB
IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD 1650 AT THE AGE OF HIS 45TH CURRENT

Allegiance:

Parliamentarian

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

Described as the only UK brass memorial to depict Civil War soldier in armour (three quarter armour)
See: (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150438813/ralph-assheton