Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

Jordan

Last Name:

Crosland

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

Post 1670

Inscription:

Inscription on brass plaque.

The Inscriptions on the Flags in the South Transcept, according to: T. Wilson, The Monuments in the Cathedral, 1 March 1847 (https://riponmi.nwdb.co.uk/monuments.html)


No. 88.
D.O.M. Jordanus Crossland de Nube, miles, Constabularius de Scarborough, et custos ejusdem Castri, chiliarchus a Carolo primo et secundo, magna cum laude vixit, et pari cum gloria obiit 20 Augusti, an. a partu Virginis, 1670, ætatis me 53.

Deo pius, regi fidelis, patriæ fidus.
Firmior ad patriæ nullus, vel fortior armis
Ad sacra regalis jura tuenda domus.
Sæpe rebellantis media inter prælia gentis,
Intrepidum exposuit Regis amore latus.
Nemo magè in bello tonuit, magè pace quievit,
Terribilis galeâ, mitis et ille toga.
Integer is vitæ, famâ, charumq. perenni
Illustris decorat mortis honore rogum.

Translation
No. 88. To the best and greatest God. Jordan Crosland, of Nube (Newby), Constable of Scarborough and Governor of the said Castle, was Colonel in the reigns of Charles the First and Second, lived in great praise and died with equal glory, on the 20th day of August, in the year of our Redemption 1670, and the 53rd year of his age.

To his God pious, to his King faithful, and to his country trusty; none more ready to preserve its laws, or more valiant in arms in defending the rights of the Royal Family; he often exposed his person in the midst of rebels for the sake of his King; none was more fierce in war, more calm in peace, terrible in arms, and as meek in council; his life was unstained by fame, and his honourable name adorns this monument with eternal glory.

Translation from:
The Memorials of Ripon Cathedral: Who do you think they were? Ripon, Ripon Cathedral 2008, p.46.

TO GOD THE BEST THE GREATEST
JORDAN CROSLAND OF NEWBY
CONSTABLE OF SCARBOROUGH AND
DEFENDER AND RETAINER OF THE CASTLE
COLONEL IN THE REIGNS OF CHARLES I AND CHARLES II
WHO LIVED WITH GREAT PRAISE
AND DIED WITH EQUAL GLORY
20TH AUGUST
IN THE YEAR OF OUR VIRGIN’S OFFSPRING, 1670
AT THE AGE OF 53.

DUTIFUL TO OD AND FAITHFUL TO THE KING
TRUSTWORTHY TO HIS COUNTRY
NO ONE WAS MORE LOYAL TO HIS COUNTRY OR BRAVER IN ARMS
TO GUARD THE SACRED LAWS OF THE ROYAL HOUSE
OFTEN HE SET OUT UNDAUNTED INTO THE MIDST OF BATTLES
WHEN PEOPLE WERE REBELLIN, CARRIED ALONG BY THE KING’S LOVE
NO ONE THUNDERED MORE IN WAR
NO ONE WAS MORE REPOSED IN PEACE
TERRIBLE IN HIS HELMET, MATURE IN ASSEMBLY
HE WAS UNSPOILT BY THE FAME OF LIFE
THIS DISTINGUISHED MAN ADORNS WITH PERPETUAL BRILLIANCE
THIS MONUMENT BY HIS HONOURABLE DEATH

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Very Good

Condition Description:

Viewed & photographed 11 June 2024

Memorial Notes:

See:
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/crosland-sir-jordan-1618-70
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/crossland/200/
The Memorials of Ripon Cathedral: Who do you think they were? Ripon, Ripon Cathedral 2008, pp.44-47