Title:

Baron/Lord

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

John

Last Name:

Frecheville

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1676 & 1682

Inscription:

Heraldic stained glass window, made in 1676 by Henry Gyles of York, in memory of the 1st Baron. In the centre is a shield of 11 quarters with inescutcheon of pretence of Harington (Sable, a fret azure), for Sarah Harington, his 2nd wife. In the two supporting lights of the window are four further shields:[6] 1: Frecheville impaling Nicholls (Azure, a fess between three lion's heads and necks erased or) (his first marriage) top left; 2: Frecheville alone, bottom left; 3: Frecheville with an inescutcheon of Harington (his second marriage) bottom right; 4: Frecheville impaling De Vick (Or, three caltraps sable, on a chief azure a lion's head and neck erased or) (his third marriage) top right.
Below the window is the tomb or monument of the 1st Baron inscribed:
HERE LIES THE MORTAL PART OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE John, LORD FRECHEVILLE, BARON of stavELEY, GoverNouR OF YorkE, &c. DEscENDED FROM THE ANTIENT AND Noble FAMILIES of THE FRECHEVILLES, BARONs of crich, AND of THE MUSARDS, BARONS OF STAveLEY, who DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 31st ANNO D'N1 1682, AGED 76 YEARs. ANNE-charlotte, Lady FREcheville, IN MEMORY of her DEAREST LORD AND HUSBAND, CAUSED THIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

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Memorial Notes:

Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire in 1630-1642. In 1634 he succeeded his father. He became a cornet of the bodyguard and a gentleman of the Privy Chamber in 1639. In 1642 he was a commissioner of array and became a captain of horse in the Royalist army. He was a colonel from 1643 to 1644 and became governor of Welbeck in 1645. Although a Royalist, he had useful contacts among the Parliamentarians and was required to pay a modest fine of £287 10s.4d conditional upon endowing a local chapel.[1]
Just before the Restoration, Frescheville became involved in Royalist activities and crossed over to the Netherlands to obtain a fresh warrant for a peerage. He became Deputy Lieutenant again and a J.P. in July 1660, retaining the appointments to his death. From October 1660 to 1661 he was a captain the volunteer horse and in 1661 became captain of a troop in the Royal Horse Guards[3] until 1679.