First Name:

John

Last Name:

Birch

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1690s

Inscription:

From poor photograph:
In Hope of the Resurrection to Eternall Life
Here is Deposited the Body of
Coll Iohn Birch
(Descended of a Worthy Family in Lancashire)
As the Dignities He arrived at in the Field; and the
Esteem Universally yeilded him in the SENAT-HOUSE
Exceeded the Arcaintnesses of most, so they ???? bar the
Moderate and late Regards of his Country, Conduct
Wisdom and Fidelity. None? ??? ???him decryed? Him ye
Character of asserting and vindicating ye Laws & Liberties? of
His Country in War, and of promoting its Welfare ??
Prosperity in Peace: He was borne ye 7th of Sept 1626
And died (a Member of ye Honble House of Commons
Being Burgess for Weobley
May ye 10th 1693

Allegiance:

Parliamentarian

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

See: ODNB https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/2429

Baroque monument, white marble figure of Birch in three quarter armour between black marble Corinthian columns, standing on a high plinth bearing his epitaph. Above is a broken segmental pediment with his heraldry carved in relief.