Lucas, Sir Charles & Lisle, Sir George
Memorial Type:
Memorial - Funerary
Does the monument still exist?
No
Installation Date:
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Inscription:
Under this marble l[a]y the bodies of the two most valiant Captains Sr Charles Lucas and Sr George Lisle Knights, who for their eminent loyalty to their Soverain were on the 28th day of August 1648 by the command of Sr Thomas Fairfax then general of the Parliament Army in cold blovd barbarously murderd
Allegiance:
Royalist
Condition:
Good
Condition Description:
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Memorial Notes:
See Colchester Museum COLEM:1949.3 for a lobster-tail helmet, supposedly belonging to Sir Charles Lucas, that originally hung over his tomb in St Giles Church.
Memorial Address:
St Giles Church Masonic Centre and Function Suite, St. John's Green, Colchester
County:
Essex
Country:
England
Location within building:
Hanging in banqueting suite
Geoloation:
TL 9973 2482
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