Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

Philip

Last Name:

Monckton

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

Post 1706

Inscription:

See: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/270075944/philip-monckton

To The Memory Of / Sir PHILIP MONCKTON, Knight / Buried In South Newbald Church, 21st February 1678 / This Zelous Loyalist Was The Eldest Son Of Sir PHILIP MONCKTON, Knight, Of Cavil Hall And Newbald; Who Were All Sequested At One Time For Their Loyalty |To King CHARLES The First / Whom They Not Only Supplied With Large Sums Of Money, But Supported With / Active Service. Sir PHILIP MONCKTON, The Younger, At The Breaking Out Of The / Civil War, Was Senior Captain Of Sir THOMAS METHAM'S Regiment Of Foot, When The King / Went Against Hull. He Was At The Battle Of Adderton Moor, For His Conduct / At Corbridge, Near Hexham, In 1664, Was Knighted By Te Marquis Of Newcastle, Who / Commanded The Army Sent Against The Scots. At The Fight Of Bowden Hill, At / The Disatrous Battle Of Marston Moor, And In Relief Of Pontefract, He Assisted / Three Horses Were Shot Under Him At Naseby Field, And At Rowton Heath, Near Chester / He Was Severely Wounded. While Commanding Sir MARMADUKE LANGDALE'S Brigade / In 1648, Sir PHILIP Was Taken Prisoner At Willoughby Field, With The Whole Of His Little Army, By A Much Superior Force Of Colonel ROSSITER, And In The Returns Made To Parliament Was Styled General Of The Pontefract Forces. After Being Sent A Prisoner To Belvoir Castle He Was Banished, And For Some Years He Lived In France And The Netherlands With Other English Exiles. While He Was At York / in 1658 He, At Great Hazard Of His Life , Was Plotting The Restoration Of King CHARLES The Second, And Materially Contributed To A Right Understanding Between General MONK and Lord FAIRFAX, And Obtained The Admission Of The Latter Into The City / New Year's Day 1659, For Which Sir PHILIP Received The Thanks Of The Mayor And / Alderman In 1669, WHen He was High Sheriff Of The County. In 1670, He was Elected / One Of The members Of Parliament For Scarborough, And Was The Residing At Newbald Hall, Where It Is Probable He Wrote His Interesting Memoir And Many Other Manuscripts, Proving That He Feared GOD As Well As Served His King. / Sir PHILIP MONCKTON Married In 1658, ANNE / Eldest Daughter Of ROBERT EYRE, Esq., Of Highlow, Derbyshire / By Whom He Had One Daughter And Two Sons / WILLIAM, The Youngest, Was In The Navy, And, Slain Before Barcelona, In 1706 / And ROBERT, The Eldest Son, Was The Father Of The First / Viscount GALWAY.

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

See:
Hopper, Andrew 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18943

Newman, P.R. 1981 Royalist officers in England and Wales, 1642–1660: a biographical dictionary, p.260, no.992