Title:

Gentleman

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

Thomas

Last Name:

Blagge

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

No

Installation Date:

1660 until 1757

Inscription:

According to https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/thomas-blagge/:

The inscription on the monument was recorded in a history of the Abbey in 1723 and the Latin can be translated:
Thomas Blagg Esqr. descended of an ancient and noble family in the county of Suffolk, a person endowed with great excellencies of mind and body, to which he added the useful parts; famous in war and peace, trusted and esteemed among the first by K.Charles I & II by both of whom he was nominated into the honourable attendance in the bedchamber. He did great service in war, especially when Governour of the castle of Wallingford, which after the others were even all taken, he long and briskly held out; nor would withdraw the garrison till the King commanded him. He suffered very much likewise for the King's cause while in a long exile. Often taken a prisoner in his country, he in every place showed an extraordinary example of obstinate fidelity. For which merits, after the King's happy Restoration, he was made colonel of a troop of guards and Governor of Yarmouth and the garrison of Langerfort. He died, greater honours waiting for him, had not untimely death prevented. And he left his Prince (to whom in his troubles he firmly adhered) now in his prosperity and when he was in a condition to reward him. He died devoutly and as a Christian, Nov 4 1660 in the 47th year of his age

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition Description:

not extant

Memorial Notes:

See: portrait, NT Ickworth, https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/colonel-thomas-blagge-d-1660-171937