Lower Strensham , Worcestershire
Monument with effigy of Anne, Lady Guise who died February 22, 1734/35
Anne was the eldest of 3 co-heiress daughters of Sir Francis Russell 1705 & Anne www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/R44d8Y daughter of Sir Rowland Lytton / Litton of Knebworth & Judith daughter of Sir Humphrey Edwards of London
Her father was the last of the Russell male line, who divided his estates between them.
She m1 Richard Lygon 1687 of Beauchamp & Madresfield Court, son of William Lygon and Mary Egioke daughter of Francis Egioke 1622 Teller of the Exchequer, flic.kr/p/N2j1CB ; Widower of Bridget daughter of John Lisle of Moxall, with a son who died young,
She m2 Sir Henry Every, 3rd Bart. dsp 1709 widower of Mary 1692 daughter of John 3rd Viscount Tracy of Rathcoole & Jane Leigh ; Son of Sir Henry Every, 2nd Bart and Vere 1707 daughter of Sir Henry Herbert of Egginton & Elizabeth Offley
She m3 Sir John Guise / Gyse of Elmore & Redcombe, 3rd Bart 1732 son of Sir John Guise & Elizabeth daughter of John Grubham Howe and Lady Annabella Scrope; Widower (with children) of Elizabeth daughter of Sir Nathaniel Napier & Blanch Wyndham flic.kr/p/DygYuK
The placing of this enormous monument required part of the chancel ceiling to be removed
Anne & her sister Mary died childless; only the third sister Elizabeth Dansey had 3 daughters - Anne died unmarried; Katherine Dansey m John Ravenhill & Judith died young.
Two thirds of Strensham was inherited by Katherine Dansey Ravenhill - her heir was her only child Frances Ravenhill who m1 Dr Richard Russell Nash who conveyed the manor in 1754 to a Dr Shipley & his brother Dr. Treadway Nash who acquired the final third in 1775 after it had passed through various hands. Frances Ravenhill m2 Charles Trubshaw Withers www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5m6g7u by 1774 & died in 1795 when Dr. Treadway Nash was holding the whole manor. His only daughter and heir Margaret Nash m John Lord Somers, who held the manor in 1811/12. He sold it in 1817 to Mr. John Taylor, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9j79c2 eldest son of Mr. John Taylor of Bordesley Park and Moseley Hall, a rich Birmingham button manufacturer who died childless and was succeeded by his brother James Taylor d1852. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/o410n9 Thence to his son James Arthur Taylor, M.P
- St John the Baptist, Lower Strensham, Worcestershire
Pictures with thanks - copyright Philip Pankhurst CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5567203 www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5564417
Lower Strensham , Worcestershire
Monument with effigy of Anne, Lady Guise who died February 22, 1734/35
Anne was the eldest of 3 co-heiress daughters of Sir Francis Russell 1705 & Anne www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/R44d8Y daughter of Sir Rowland Lytton / Litton of Knebworth & Judith daughter of Sir Humphrey Edwards of London
Her father was the last of the Russell male line, who divided his estates between them.
She m1 Richard Lygon 1687 of Beauchamp & Madresfield Court, son of William Lygon and Mary Egioke daughter of Francis Egioke 1622 Teller of the Exchequer, flic.kr/p/N2j1CB ; Widower of Bridget daughter of John Lisle of Moxall, with a son who died young,
She m2 Sir Henry Every, 3rd Bart. dsp 1709 widower of Mary 1692 daughter of John 3rd Viscount Tracy of Rathcoole & Jane Leigh ; Son of Sir Henry Every, 2nd Bart and Vere 1707 daughter of Sir Henry Herbert of Egginton & Elizabeth Offley
She m3 Sir John Guise / Gyse of Elmore & Redcombe, 3rd Bart 1732 son of Sir John Guise & Elizabeth daughter of John Grubham Howe and Lady Annabella Scrope; Widower (with children) of Elizabeth daughter of Sir Nathaniel Napier & Blanch Wyndham flic.kr/p/DygYuK
The placing of this enormous monument required part of the chancel ceiling to be removed
Anne & her sister Mary died childless; only the third sister Elizabeth Dansey had 3 daughters - Anne died unmarried; Katherine Dansey m John Ravenhill & Judith died young.
Two thirds of Strensham was inherited by Katherine Dansey Ravenhill - her heir was her only child Frances Ravenhill who m1 Dr Richard Russell Nash who conveyed the manor in 1754 to a Dr Shipley & his brother Dr. Treadway Nash who acquired the final third in 1775 after it had passed through various hands. Frances Ravenhill m2 Charles Trubshaw Withers www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5m6g7u by 1774 & died in 1795 when Dr. Treadway Nash was holding the whole manor. His only daughter and heir Margaret Nash m John Lord Somers, who held the manor in 1811/12. He sold it in 1817 to Mr. John Taylor, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9j79c2 eldest son of Mr. John Taylor of Bordesley Park and Moseley Hall, a rich Birmingham button manufacturer who died childless and was succeeded by his brother James Taylor d1852. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/o410n9 Thence to his son James Arthur Taylor, M.P
- St John the Baptist, Lower Strensham, Worcestershire
Pictures with thanks - copyright Philip Pankhurst CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5567203 www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5564417