Title:

Baron/Lord

Military Rank:

Colonel ?

First Name:

Robert

Last Name:

Greville

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Plaque

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

late 18th century

Inscription:

‘MARCH 2ND 1643 LORD BROOKE A GENERAL
OF THE PARLIAMENT FORCES, PREPARING TO
BESIEGE THE CLOSE OF LICHFIELD, THEN GARRISONED
FOR KING CHARLES THE FIRST, RECEIVED HIS DEATH WOUND
ON THE SPOT BENEATH THIS INSCRIPTION BY A SHOT IN THE
FOREHEAD, FROM MR DYOTT. A GENTLEMAN WHO HAD
PLACED HIMSELF ON THE BATTLEMENTS OF THE
GREAT STEEPLE TO ANNOY THE BESIEGERS’

Allegiance:

Parliamentarian

Condition:

Poor

Condition Description:

Lettering badly weathered. Observed July 2022