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Title
Effigy Monument to Lady Bridget Carre (d.1621)
Date
1621
Medium
marble
Accession number
PE9_JB_CCT4
Work type
Tomb or mausoleum
Owner
The Churches Conservation Trust
Custodian
The Churches Conservation Trust
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade I (England and Wales)
Listing date
19/03/62
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Church opening times
Inscription description
plaque: HERE LYETH BURYED THE BODY OF DAME BRIDGET LADY CARRE / WIDOWE, DAUGHTER OF S[I]R JOHN CHAWORTHE OF WIVERTON IN THE / COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM KNIGHT. LATE WIFE TO S[I]R / WILLIAM CARRE OF OLDE SLEFORDE IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLNE KNIGHT / WHO SERVED THE LATE QUEENE ELIZABETH OF MOST FAMOUS / MEMORY, BEINGE ONE OF THE GENTLEWOMEN OF HER MAJESTIES / PRIVYE CHAMBER, FOR THE SPACE OF FIVE AND TWENTY YEARES. / AND AFTERWARDS SERVED THE MOST RENOWNED QUEENE ANNE / WIFE TO OUR MOST GRATIOUS SOVERAIGNE KINGE JAMES FOR THE / SPACE OF 14 YEARES BEINGE THE RESIDEWE OF HER LIFE. AND / DYED THE 18 DAY OF APRIL BEINGE OF THE AGE OF 79 YEARES. / THE WHICH SAID LADY CARRE OUT OF HER LOVE TO HER DEARE SISTER / KATHERINE THE WIFE OF GEORGE QUARLES OF THIS TOWN OF UFFORDE / ESQUIRE HATH CAUSED HER BODY TO BE HERE INTERRED 1621