Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

not known

First Name:

Rowland

Last Name:

Hill

Memorial Type:

Monument - Other

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1784

Inscription:

from: Bagshaw, Samuel 1851 History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire, pp.617-8
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/62250/62250-h/62250-h.htm

"Anno 1784.
This urn
was placed here by Sir Richard Hill, Bart.,
(eldest son of Sir Rowland Hill, Bart.)
one of the Knights of this Shire,
as a token of affection to the memory of his much respected ancestor,
Rowland Hill, of Hawkstone, Esquire;
a gentleman remarkable for his great wisdom, piety, and charity, who, being
a zealous royalist, hid himself in this glen, in the civil wars in the
time of King Charles the First.
But being discovered, was imprisoned in the adjacent castle, commonly called Red Castle, whilst his house was pillaged and ransacked by the rebels. The castle itself was soon after demolished.
His son, Rowland Hill, Esq., coming to his assistance, also suffered much in the same loyal cause."

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

average as unknown

Memorial Notes:

from: Bagshaw, Samuel 1851 History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire, pp.617-8
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/62250/62250-h/62250-h.htm

"A walk from the terrace leads to the WHITE TOWER, a Gothic structure, situated on a bold projection on the south-west side of the terrace, which is a conspicuous object for several miles round. In the glen not far from the White Tower is a cave in the rock, made accessible by means of some steps through a narrow romantic walk, and which is remarkable for having been the hiding place of an ancestor of the Hill family, who met with great hardships from the parliamentary forces during the commonwealth. In memory of this gentleman the late Sir Richard Hill caused a handsome urn to be placed near the cave above mentioned, with the following inscription on the base of it (see inscription above)