Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

Captain

First Name:

William

Last Name:

Fermor

Memorial Type:

Monument - Statue

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1658

Inscription:

"1658" on bases

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

From photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

A pair of plaster busts of Sir William Fermor, 1st bt. (1621-1661) and his wife Mary (1628-1670), daughter of Hugh Perry, attributed to Peter Besnier (French, d.1693), 1658. Last recorded at Sothebys Auctions, 2005, Lot 12 (https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2005/sale-at-easton-neston-l05500/lot.12.html)
Described as: "he 72cm., 28½in.; she 65.5cm., 25¾in.
he wearing quirass (sic) with lions pauldrons and a sash tied on his right shoulder, his hair falling in locks over the breastplate, an old illegible paper label to the reverse; she facing slightly to dexter, her hair styled in deep curls about her bare upper chest and shoulders; each set on integral plaster socles bearing the date 1658". Attributed to French-born artist Peter Besnier, Sculptor-in-Ordinary to Charles I and later Charles II.

Sir William was buried at St. Mary's Church. Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, England (Find a Grave, MEMORIAL ID
176122351) and is depicted in a marble bust sculpture (different to the sculptures recorded here) between the two figures of his parents, Sir Hatton Fermor and Anne (nee Cokayne) on their memorial of c.1662. (https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1189210?section=official-list-entry)