Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

Hugh

Last Name:

Cholmley

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

post 1678

Inscription:

To the Memory
Of
RICHARD STEPHENS, Gran=son
of RICHARD, and son of NATHANIEIL
STEPHENS, ESQRS, Lords of this mannor
Persons of Greate Worth & vsefull in theire
Times
NATHANIEIL dyed ye, 22nd, of May, 1660, Aged 71. Yers
His son RICHARD dyed ye, 4th, of March, 1678, Aged 58 yers
Hee Maried ANN Daughter to SR, HVGH CHOLMELEY
of Whitby in Yorkshire KT, & Baronet and had by
her Five Sones and three Daughters all Liueing
at the time of his death, who in his Life Gaue
Signall Proofes of his Piety Wisdome
and Patience, of A Generous
Spirit loined with
an humble
Minde:

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

from photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

Cholmley is mentioned on the memorial to his son-in-law Nathaniel Stephens, a parliamentarian colonel. NB. that Cholmley was originally a parliamentarian but changed sides in early 1643.

See:
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177687706/nathaniel-stephens

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/cromwell-army-officers/surnames-s