Title:

Gentleman

First Name:

Philip

Last Name:

Holman

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

circa 1669

Inscription:

Hic jacet Philippus Holman domines de Warkworth &c qui obijt Ao salut 1669 aetatis suae 76
[Here lies Philip Holman, Lord of Warkworth, &c., who died in the year 1669, aged 76]

Allegiance:

Parliamentarian

Condition:

Very Good

Condition Description:

Clear inscription on funerary memorial (see image)

Memorial Notes:

Philip Holman (b.1593) was a London merchant who bought the manor at Warwkworth for £14,000 and substantially rebuilt it. He was High Sherriff of Northamptonshire in 1638 and sat on the parliamentary committee in Northampton throughout the Civil War. Archer argues that Holman's knowledge of the local area may have influenced the approach to Banbury by a parliamentarian forces from Northampton before the battle of Middleton Cheney on 6 May 1643. (see Gregg Archer, The Battle of Middleton Cheney 6th May 1643, (Northamptonshire Battlefields Society & Battlefields Trust, 2023), pp.36, 37, 44)