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Title
Monument to Thomas Frewen (1811–1870)
Date
c.1870
Medium
marble & mosaic
Measurements
H 300 x W 150 x D 30 cm
Accession number
TN31_LS_S010
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Frewen family
Work type
Monument
Owner
Frewen family
Custodian
St Mary's Church
Work status
extant
Access
by appointment
Access note
The chapel is normally locked and an appointment has to be made with the church warden.
Signature/marks description
signature to middle right of outer aspect of memorial: BURKE & COMPANY / 144 REGENT STREET / LONDON
Inscription description
Sacred / to the / Memory of / Thomas Frewen, Esqre / of Cold Overton Hall, / Leicestershire, / Innishannon, County Cork, / and Brickwall House, / in this Parish; / eldest son of / John and Eleanor Frewen Turner, / born at Cold Overton Hall, August 26th 1811. / Educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, / a Magistrate for Rutland and Leicestershire, / M.P. for South Leicestershire in 1838, / High Sheriff for Sussex in 1839. / He married first in 1832 Anne, daughter of / W.W. Carus Wilson, Esqre / of Casterton Hall, Westmoreland, / secondly in 1847 Helen Louisa, daughter of / Frederick Homan, Esqre / of Ardenwood, County Kildare. / He died at Woodlands, Ore, near Hastings, Octr 14th 1870, / leaving three surviving children by his first / and five by his second marriage. / His mortal remains lie in the Vault beneath this Aisle / awaiting the joyful resurrection. / “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them / also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." I Thes: IV. 14. / His express desire forbids all mention of personal character / on this Tablet, and directs the following alone to be inscribed. / “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, / that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; / of whom I am chief." I Tim: I. 15. / Also / in loving Memory of / Helen Louisa Frewen, / wife of the above Thomas Frewen / born Augt 9th 1821. died June 5th 1901. / “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"; underneath the angel at the base of the monument, black painted letters: MUTARE NON EST MEUM
