Hants Hinton Ampner
"Katherine, wife of Hugh Stewkeley of Hinton Ampner and daughter and heir of John Trott baronet, dyed October 21st and was buried here (Laverstoke) 7th November 1679
Every age of her life was adorn'd with its proper character
She was an obedient daughter, a virtuous wife and indulgent mother
She was equal to the wisdom of the bravest of men
Friendly to the ignorance of the meanest of women
Yet she was not altogether exempt from the
Common fate which attends all eminence of parts
Of being in some things misunderstood
Of heights and distances,
What certain judgement can the vulgar make
Wherein the wise with all their art mistake
Those of mean parts uncensored live and die
The've nothing to provoke an envious eye
The dull oblige mankind and all their love engage
Whilst tis a crime to be refined above the present age".
Katherine was the heiress of Sir John Trott of Laverstoke by Elizabeth flic.kr/p/23mDmF co-heiress of Sir Edmund Wright of Swakeleys, Ickenham, Lord Mayor of London - more intelligent than the average woman, her love of learning (according to the inscription) made many envious and unkind
She m (1st wife) Sir Hugh Stewkley 2nd bart 1719 son of Sir John Stukeley 1642 by Sarah daughter of Ambrose Dauntsey of Lavington
children
1. Catherine 1683 m Sir Charles Shuckburgh son of Sir John Shuckburgh and Catherine Fermor (parents of Sarah Elizabeth wife of Charles Bentley of Kineton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ia40TN )
- more intelligent than the average woman, her love of learning made many envious and unkind
Hugh m2 Mary daughter of John Young having a daughter Mary bc 1683-1740 m Edward Stawell, 4th Lord of Somerton - Their heiress Mary m Henry Bilson-Legge flic.kr/p/23mDm4 4th son of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth and inherited the Stawell estates and in 1760 the barony held by her father was revived when she was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baroness Stawell of Somerton She was succeeded by her only son, the 2nd Baron who having no male issue, the barony became extinct on his death in 1820.
monument brought from Laverstoke old church
- Church of All Saints, Hinton Ampner, Hants
Hants Hinton Ampner
"Katherine, wife of Hugh Stewkeley of Hinton Ampner and daughter and heir of John Trott baronet, dyed October 21st and was buried here (Laverstoke) 7th November 1679
Every age of her life was adorn'd with its proper character
She was an obedient daughter, a virtuous wife and indulgent mother
She was equal to the wisdom of the bravest of men
Friendly to the ignorance of the meanest of women
Yet she was not altogether exempt from the
Common fate which attends all eminence of parts
Of being in some things misunderstood
Of heights and distances,
What certain judgement can the vulgar make
Wherein the wise with all their art mistake
Those of mean parts uncensored live and die
The've nothing to provoke an envious eye
The dull oblige mankind and all their love engage
Whilst tis a crime to be refined above the present age".
Katherine was the heiress of Sir John Trott of Laverstoke by Elizabeth flic.kr/p/23mDmF co-heiress of Sir Edmund Wright of Swakeleys, Ickenham, Lord Mayor of London - more intelligent than the average woman, her love of learning (according to the inscription) made many envious and unkind
She m (1st wife) Sir Hugh Stewkley 2nd bart 1719 son of Sir John Stukeley 1642 by Sarah daughter of Ambrose Dauntsey of Lavington
children
1. Catherine 1683 m Sir Charles Shuckburgh son of Sir John Shuckburgh and Catherine Fermor (parents of Sarah Elizabeth wife of Charles Bentley of Kineton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ia40TN )
- more intelligent than the average woman, her love of learning made many envious and unkind
Hugh m2 Mary daughter of John Young having a daughter Mary bc 1683-1740 m Edward Stawell, 4th Lord of Somerton - Their heiress Mary m Henry Bilson-Legge flic.kr/p/23mDm4 4th son of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth and inherited the Stawell estates and in 1760 the barony held by her father was revived when she was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baroness Stawell of Somerton She was succeeded by her only son, the 2nd Baron who having no male issue, the barony became extinct on his death in 1820.
monument brought from Laverstoke old church
- Church of All Saints, Hinton Ampner, Hants