Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

Richard

Last Name:

Byron

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

post 1679

Inscription:

From: https://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/hucknall-st-mary/hmonumnt.php

Beneath in a Vault
is interred the Body of RICHARD LORD BYRON
who with the rest of his Family, being 7 Brothers,
Faithfully Served KING CHARLES the first in the civil war ;
who Suffered much for their Loyalty
and lost all their present Fortunes :
yet it pleased God so to bless the honest endeavours
of the Said RICHARD LORD BYRON :
that he repurchased part of their ancient inheritance
which he left to his posterity :
with a Laudable Memory for his great piety & Charity :
he departed this Life upon the 4th Day of October
An : Dom : 1679 - in the -74th- year of his age.
In the Same Voult is interrid the Lady Elizabeth
his first Wife Daughter of George Russell, Esqr.
by whom he had-10-Children.
And ye Lady Elizabeth his Second wife : Daughter
to Sr GEORGE BOOTH Knight & Barronet
who Appoynted this Monument
to be erected :
to the memory of her dear Husband
and for her great piety & Goodness
acquired a name better than yt
of Sones and Daughters

See: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150447804/richard-byron

Allegiance:

Royalist

Memorial Notes:

Sir Richard Byron 1605-79
Governor of Newark Oct 1643-Nov 1644
Portrait attributed to Cornelius Johnson in National Portrait Gallery
Second of seven brothers who sided with royalists. September 1643 took Nottingham and held it for five days. Strengthened the defences around Newark and was Governor during the second siege. Dismissed following a defeat near Belvoir Castle, October 1644.