Bagot, Richard (c.1618-1645)
Title:
Gentleman
Military Rank:
Colonel
First Name:
Richard
Last Name:
Bagot
Memorial Type:
Memorial - Funerary
Does the monument still exist?
Yes
Installation Date:
post 1645
Inscription:
From photograph:
Juxta heic situs est
RICARDUS BAGOT
Filius natu minius HERVEI BAGOT Baronetti
Flagrante nuperinia Fanaticorum conjuratione.
hujus munitionis praefectus
Qui in fatali isto NAVESBEINENSI praelio
Fortissime dimicans lethaliter Vulneralus
caelebs occubint
die mensis Julij 1o
Ao Dm. MDCXLV o.
Google translate:
Near this place is
Richard Bagot
Younger son of Hervey Bagot Baronet
The recent flaming conspiracy of the Fanatics.
the commander of this fortification
Who in that fatal battle of NAVESBEINENSI
Strongly fighting mortally wounded
they died
on the 1st of July
Anno Domini. 1645
Allegiance:
Royalist
Condition:
Good
Condition Description:
Observed 2023
Memorial Notes:
Bagot mortally wounded at the Battle of Naseby, 1645
Memorial Address:
Lichfield Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Chad, The Close, Lichfield WS13 7LD
County:
Staffordshire
Country:
England
Location within building:
South wall of chancel
Geoloation:
52.68560977034884, -1.8303201999999998