Market Bosworth Leicestershire
Monument now in the north chancel beyond the choir stalls, moved in 1847 from the sedilia area, commemorates John Dixie, rector from 1685 until his death in 1719 . The lady on the alabaster lying below is Margaret his sister, who ordered the monument with a long winded inscription, still weeping for her loss.
His gravestone is nearby www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/M9eah2
"Here within are buried the mortal remains of a truly revered man, John Dixie MA,; For 34 years an admirable rector of this church; He was the fourth son of Lord Beaumont Dixie, bart, and his wife Mary. He had a father distinguished for the splendour of his ancestry, and a mother no less illustrious than that father, for she was sister and sole heir to Lord William Willoughby of Willoughby in the county of Nottingham, a baronet who was the son of Sir William Willoughby of South Muskham in the same county, and of his wife Elizabeth who was the daughter of Timothy Pusey of Selston in the same county, a knight. She survived her first husband and married a second, Lord John Coke, a gilded knight. William was the son of Lord Rotherham Willoughby, a gilded knight, and his wife Elizabeth. She was so highly honoured as to receive the distinction of the title of Countess of Devonshire. Rotherham was the son of Lord William of Aston Rowant in the county of Oxford, a gilded knight, and his wife Anne who was daughter and heir to Sir John Rotherham. That elder William was the son of Lord William Willoughby, a gilded knight, who was descended from the noble and exceedingly ancient family of the Willoughbys of Normanton on Soar in the county of Nottingham.
Behold him, descended from such illustrious ancestors; yet see him not arrogant, not surley, but humble, courteous and endowed with an astonishing sweetness of nature. None ever came to him that was not affably, sumptuously and stylishly entertained before he departed. He was a friend to his friends; to his enemies,if he had any such he was a friend. To his neighbours and close friends he was exceptionally affable; even to strangers and guests he was so friendly that they felt themselves not so much guests as members of his family. His mother, favouring him beyond her other sons, had showered great plenty of wealth into his lap. Behold him, admirably generous and magnificent, as though he had received those riches not to possess himself, but to pay out to others. It is he who, to the glory and profit of this church,built entirely at his own expense that spacious and magnificent house which you may behold not far from here.
Generous with no grudging hand, he always showed himself a protector to those that sought his aid, and to those who did not seek it, he was often a helper. He was wonderfully compassionate to the distressed and the sick; to the poor he was not merely open handed, but open hearted . He did many kindnesses openly and those he did secretly God will one day record openly.
Do you wish to hear more ? He was extremely learned in godly books and in his good qualities inferior to scarcely any man; Amid an abundance of everything he was self controlled and temperate, generous to others, grudging only to himself. In celibacy he as pure and perfectly chaste,a man of shrewd judgement and far seeing wisdom. without any pretense, without arrogance, true to his conscience ; Fair , upright and God fearing; In a word, orthodox in his faith, and in his life truly Christian
Endowed with these outstanding gifts, he was beloved by all whilst he lived and mourned by all when he died.
By none more deeply that by Margaret his sister, While he lived, the brother loved his sister dearly, and the sister, her brother in her turn. and, that Death might not seem to think he could break the bond of their love, she in her affection had her own likeness , grieving as you may see, on this memorial which is to the memory of her darling brother.
He died December 6th 1719 aged 58 "
John & Margaret were the unmarried siblings of
Mary m1 Charles 10th Baron Willoughby of Parham; m2 George Cockayne
Sir Wolstan Dixie, 3rd Bart of Market Bosworth 1657 - 1713 m Rebecca daughter of Sir Richard Atkins, 1st Bart & Rebecca Wright
Beaumont Dixie
Elizabeth m Francis Godolphin of Coulston
The inscription says little about their paternal ancestry. Their father Beaumont Dixie 1682 was the son of Sir Wolstan Dixie, 1st Baronet Bosworth and Barbara daughter of Sir Henry Beaumont of Belton & Barbara Harpur
(Via their mother Mary Willoughby, they were all the grand children of William Willoughby & Elizabeth Pusey at Selston www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/cg28eBidww )
John lavishly rebuilt the parsonage in the 1680s covering an area from the church itself to what is now Park Street.
The Dixie family lived at the hall from 1567 to 1885 - Church of St Peter, Market Bosworth, Leicestershir
Market Bosworth Leicestershire
Monument now in the north chancel beyond the choir stalls, moved in 1847 from the sedilia area, commemorates John Dixie, rector from 1685 until his death in 1719 . The lady on the alabaster lying below is Margaret his sister, who ordered the monument with a long winded inscription, still weeping for her loss.
His gravestone is nearby www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/M9eah2
"Here within are buried the mortal remains of a truly revered man, John Dixie MA,; For 34 years an admirable rector of this church; He was the fourth son of Lord Beaumont Dixie, bart, and his wife Mary. He had a father distinguished for the splendour of his ancestry, and a mother no less illustrious than that father, for she was sister and sole heir to Lord William Willoughby of Willoughby in the county of Nottingham, a baronet who was the son of Sir William Willoughby of South Muskham in the same county, and of his wife Elizabeth who was the daughter of Timothy Pusey of Selston in the same county, a knight. She survived her first husband and married a second, Lord John Coke, a gilded knight. William was the son of Lord Rotherham Willoughby, a gilded knight, and his wife Elizabeth. She was so highly honoured as to receive the distinction of the title of Countess of Devonshire. Rotherham was the son of Lord William of Aston Rowant in the county of Oxford, a gilded knight, and his wife Anne who was daughter and heir to Sir John Rotherham. That elder William was the son of Lord William Willoughby, a gilded knight, who was descended from the noble and exceedingly ancient family of the Willoughbys of Normanton on Soar in the county of Nottingham.
Behold him, descended from such illustrious ancestors; yet see him not arrogant, not surley, but humble, courteous and endowed with an astonishing sweetness of nature. None ever came to him that was not affably, sumptuously and stylishly entertained before he departed. He was a friend to his friends; to his enemies,if he had any such he was a friend. To his neighbours and close friends he was exceptionally affable; even to strangers and guests he was so friendly that they felt themselves not so much guests as members of his family. His mother, favouring him beyond her other sons, had showered great plenty of wealth into his lap. Behold him, admirably generous and magnificent, as though he had received those riches not to possess himself, but to pay out to others. It is he who, to the glory and profit of this church,built entirely at his own expense that spacious and magnificent house which you may behold not far from here.
Generous with no grudging hand, he always showed himself a protector to those that sought his aid, and to those who did not seek it, he was often a helper. He was wonderfully compassionate to the distressed and the sick; to the poor he was not merely open handed, but open hearted . He did many kindnesses openly and those he did secretly God will one day record openly.
Do you wish to hear more ? He was extremely learned in godly books and in his good qualities inferior to scarcely any man; Amid an abundance of everything he was self controlled and temperate, generous to others, grudging only to himself. In celibacy he as pure and perfectly chaste,a man of shrewd judgement and far seeing wisdom. without any pretense, without arrogance, true to his conscience ; Fair , upright and God fearing; In a word, orthodox in his faith, and in his life truly Christian
Endowed with these outstanding gifts, he was beloved by all whilst he lived and mourned by all when he died.
By none more deeply that by Margaret his sister, While he lived, the brother loved his sister dearly, and the sister, her brother in her turn. and, that Death might not seem to think he could break the bond of their love, she in her affection had her own likeness , grieving as you may see, on this memorial which is to the memory of her darling brother.
He died December 6th 1719 aged 58 "
John & Margaret were the unmarried siblings of
Mary m1 Charles 10th Baron Willoughby of Parham; m2 George Cockayne
Sir Wolstan Dixie, 3rd Bart of Market Bosworth 1657 - 1713 m Rebecca daughter of Sir Richard Atkins, 1st Bart & Rebecca Wright
Beaumont Dixie
Elizabeth m Francis Godolphin of Coulston
The inscription says little about their paternal ancestry. Their father Beaumont Dixie 1682 was the son of Sir Wolstan Dixie, 1st Baronet Bosworth and Barbara daughter of Sir Henry Beaumont of Belton & Barbara Harpur
(Via their mother Mary Willoughby, they were all the grand children of William Willoughby & Elizabeth Pusey at Selston www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/cg28eBidww )
John lavishly rebuilt the parsonage in the 1680s covering an area from the church itself to what is now Park Street.
The Dixie family lived at the hall from 1567 to 1885 - Church of St Peter, Market Bosworth, Leicestershir