Description

SX 39 NW CLAWTON CHURCHTOWN

2/19 Pair of chest tombs about 8m south
- west of the porch of the Church of
St Leonard
GV II

Pair of chest tombs. Early C19. Stone rubble chests with slate lids. The southern
chest commemorates Richard Banbury, died 1808. The slate lid has a border of scratch
mouldings and an unusual inscription giving details of a bequest to poor children
attending catechism. The northern chest commemorates Lewis Braund, died 1808 and
other members of the Braund family. The lid is signed as engraved by "Richd
Sillifant (?) Jun: Tetcott" and also records a charity which has been put in verse:
"The interest of it I intend:/you shall give to the Labour men/That to this parish
dowe belong:/I hope no mortal will them wrong/The money advanced shall be in
store/and the interest payed for evermore/Unto you poor and most distressed;/I leave
you this and wish you blessd/". The lid includes armorial bearings in a roundel. A
pair of tombs with unusual inscriptions.

Listing NGR: SX3484699241

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455491

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990