Title:

Baron/Lord

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

John

Last Name:

Gell

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

No

Installation Date:

1670s

Inscription:

Sacrum memoriae/JOHANNIS GELL Baironetti/qul duxit ux ELIZAB fillia/PERCIVALLI WILLUGHBY militis/per quam progem hum habuit MILLICENT:BRIDGET:JOHANNEM/GULIELM:ELIZAB et ELIANOR/obijt XXVI die Octobris/Anno Dom MDCLXXI/Aetatis suae/LXXIX.

Allegiance:

Parliamentarian

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

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Memorial Notes:

https://her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR14940
Bennett, Martyn In the Midst of the Kingdom: The Royalist War Effort in the North Midlands 1642-1646 ‘Century of the Soldier 1618-1721’, no.66. Solihul, Helion & Company Limited. 2021
Sherwood, R.E. 1974 Civil Strife in the Midlands 1642-1651. Chichester, Phillimore & Co.Ltd.
Slack, Ron 1997 Man at War: John Gell in his troubled time. Chesterfield, Ron Slack.
Stone, Brian 1992 Derbyshire in the Civil War. Cromford, Scarthin Books.
Sir John Gell’s Regiment. "Sir John Gell's Regiment of Foot". BCW Project.