Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument
| Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument | |
|---|---|
Lansdown Hill, near Bath, England | |
| Coordinates | 51°25′53″N 2°23′58″W / 51.43139°N 2.39944°W |
| Built | 1720 |
Invalid designation | |
| Official name | Monument to Sir Bevil Grenville at NGR ST 7219 7034 |
| Designated | 1 February 1956[1] |
| Reference no. | 1214434 |
| Official name | Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument |
| Designated | 12 December 1950[2] |
| Reference no. | 1015110 |
  Location of Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument in Somerset | |
Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument is a monument erected in 1720 on
The monument commemorates the heroism of the Civil War Royalist commander Sir Bevil Grenville (1596–1643) of Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall and Bideford in Devon, who on 5 July 1643 fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Lansdowne, leading his regiment of Cornish pikemen.[4] It was erected by Grenville's grandson and has been maintained by his descendants. This has included the repair of inscriptions carved on the base of the monument, eulogising Grenville and his forces.
Background
The
History
The monument was erected in 1720 by George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735), grandson of Sir Bevil and heir male to William Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath (d.1711), great-grandson of Sir Bevil and the last male in the senior line of the family.[8][9] In 1714 Baron Lansdowne had erected a mural monument to Sir Bevil in the Grenville Chapel in the Church of St James the Great, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, in which parish was situated the Grenville seat of Stowe.[10]
The monument has been repaired several times, in 1777, 1828 and 1879, each time funded by Granville's descendants. Note that the original spelling was Bevil Granville but today Grenville or Greville are commonly used.[11]
Description
The monument is of
Inscription
The Elegy on Sir Bevil Grenville by William Cartwright, a fellow Royalist, who died shortly after Sir Bevil on 29 November 1643, is inscribed on the monument:[15]
This was not Nature’s courage nor that thing,
We valour call which Time and Reason bring,
But a diviner fury fierce and high,
Valour transported into Ecstasy.
References
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Monument to Sir Bevil Grenville at NGR ST 7219 7034 (1214434)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument (1015110)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument to Sir Bevil Grenville (1214434)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ "Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument". English Heritage. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ "The Battle of Lansdown Hill". The Battlefields Trust. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 580.
- ^ Barratt 2005, pp. 53–56.
- ^ Corrected from "Henry", "History and Research: Sir Beville Grenville's Monument". English Heritage. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ Round 1930, p. 141.
- ^ a b Round 1930, p. 142.
- ^ "Repair Needed. Westcountry interest in an old monument". Western Morning News. 6 October 1925. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Historic England. "Sir Bevil Grenvilles Monument (1072442)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ As seen on the mural monument to Sir Bevil Grenville in Kilkhampton Church, (crest: a griffin passant or)
- ^ Round 1930, p. 163.
- ^ "History and Research: Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument". English Heritage. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
Bibliography
- Barratt, John (2005). The civil war in the south west. Bernsley: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 1-84415-146-8.
- Chisholm, Hugh (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 580; last sentence.
A monument to him has been erected on the field of Lansdown
- Round, J. Horace (1930). "The Granvilles and the Monks". In Page, William (ed.). Family Origins And Other Studies. Constable & Co.
External links
Media related to Sir Bevil Grenville's monument at Wikimedia Commons