Upgraded what I had created a few years ago.

Church of Simon and St Jude,

Monument to Sir John Pettus †1614 and Bridget Curtis and Sir Augustine Pettus †1613, alabaster. Commissioned by Thomas Pettus, Sir John’s second son, the executor of his will. Unknown, probably Norwich mason, also responsible for the Suckling monuments in St Andrew’s, restored 2007/8.

St Simon and St Jude was declared redundant in the 1890s, and abandoned in the 1930s. Now owned by the Norwich Churches Trust it has been saved from its state of collapse in the 1930s, but the inside has been butchered by the addition of the nave mezzanine. This makes it impossible to appreciate the monument to Sir John and his family, on filling the north wall flanking the chancel arch. Mercifully the late George Plunkett took a full set of photographs of the interior in the 1930s, including the monument (www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichsimonjude/plunkett/plunk...).

The monument rises from an impressive coloured alabaster base, to the Pettus coat of arms flanked by two obelisks. Sir John in his mayoral robes (he was Mayor in 1608) appears to kneel at a prayer desk opposite his wife, Bridget Curtis, although there is no sign of their legs. Blomefield writing in the 18th century mistook the armorials and identified the kneeling figure as Sir Augustine, who, unlike his father, was never Mayor of Norwich. Most of the literature has followed Blomefield, who was corrected by the Norfolk Heraldry Society (information from Tony Sims). Sir John and Lady Bridget are flanked by pilasters; his decorated with lances, hers with pomegranates and other fruit. Their children, two sons and two daughters kneel underneath, while Sir Augustine, who had died under a year before his father, is repeated lying stiffly in his full armour looking out from the monument, his head propped on his right arm, holding what could be a gauntlet or drinking horn, showing the fingers of a small hand.

Sir John had moved beyond both the family’s relative humble origins as tailors and local politics when in 1604 he had become the first Norwich Member since 1558 to be elected to two consecutive parliaments. He was active as an MP, while continuing his charitable work in Norwich. At the death of his father he had inherited considerable wealth, as well as the family house on Elm Hill, once extending to the churchyard, now nos. 41-43, and the estate at Rackheath, since at death his moveable goods, which included a substantial armoury of nine guns, were valued at £952 19s. 6d and the house on Elm Hill contained 27 rooms, together with stables for eight horses.

Blomefield, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 4: The History of the City and County of Norwich, part II, ‘chapter 42: East Wimer ward', (1806), pp. 329-367; Chris Kyle, ‘Sir John Pettus’ in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, , ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010.

Heraldry / shield - memorial to John Bourne ye elder 1624 wife Elizabeth 1676 & children

He departed this life AD 1624, She in 1676

They had issue John, Richard, Robert, William & Elizabeth whereof Richard & William are still surviving.

John their eldest son married Katherine ye daughter of William Roberts of Sutton Cheney in the county of Leicestershire esq who both died & were buried here in the year 1682. They had issue John, Richard, William, Robert, Francis, James, Elizabeth, Jane & Anne whereof only Francis & James are now living.

William their brother (late heir of ye family) dyed in London ye 8th of June 1689 and made his said uncles Richard & William Bourne his executors and by his will ordered this monument in memory of his family. - Church of St Andrew, Ufford Northamptonshire

Norman Frost, of Stanley between Ilkeston and Derby, named his bus company Felix Bus Services after a popular film cartoon cat of the 1920s. After Norman died, his executors continued to run the business for several years. The cat then lived on as Trent-Barton's "Black Cat" route branding.

Felix bought a succession of Yeates bodied coaches, and these regularly worked the firm's Derby to Ilkeston Bus Service.

One of these, 3XRA, photographed in Derby's Morledge Bus Station in March 1971, was a 1962 Yeates Europa C41F bodied Bedford SB5.

This is a recolor of my Night Hammer build.

This is the Iron Fist which was the flagship of Admiral Zsinj's fleet.

New York Miscellaneous Reports

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MATTER OF HOLLINS, 79 Misc. 200 (1913)

139 N.Y.S. 713

Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account and Supplemental Accounts

of HARRY B. HOLLINS, JOHN L. CADWALADER and FREDERICK OGDEN BEACH, as

Executors of the Last Will and Testament of CONSUELO, DOWAGER DUTCHESS OF

MANCHESTER, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court of the City of New York, New York County

January, 1913.

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Strong & Cadwalader (Henry W. Taft and Francis Smyth, of

counsel), for the American executors.

Edmund L. Baylies and Edwin De T. Bechtel, for Countess Zichy.

Rush Taggart, for Duke and Duchess of Manchester.

Russell S. Wolfe, for H.B. Hollins et al., as trustees.

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Laurence Millet, for Elizabeth Reynolds.

Egerton L. Winthrop, Jr., special guardian, for Lord Manchester

et al.

A. Perry Osborn, special guardian, for Ernesto Yznaga et al.

FOWLER, S.

The Dowager Duchess of Manchester at the time of her death was

a British subject, domiciled in England, where her last will and

a codicil thereto were duly probated on the 17th of December,

1909. Subsequently the same testamentary instruments were proved

de novo in this jurisdiction before a surrogate for this

county, and letters testamentary were thereupon granted by this

court to the gentlemen called the "American executors" of the

late Dowager Duchess of Manchester. It appears that the

testamentary instruments aforesaid designate executors for the

English estate, and separate executors, domiciled here, for the

American estates. It is the accounts of the "American executors,"

so called, which are now filed for settlement in this court. The

Countess Zichy, a legatee under the will, objects to that part of

the proposed decree which in substance provides that the American

executors and trustees shall deduct from the annuity coming to

her under the said will a certain amount in satisfaction of the

legacy duty payable thereon under the laws of England to the

Crown. A sum sufficient to pay such legacy duty has been remitted

by the American executors to the English executors. The Countess

Zichy is now nationally an Austrian subject, domiciled in

Austria, and in her behalf it is claimed in substance that the

American executors should have ignored the laws of England and

are bound to pay over to the Countess Zichy, free of the English

duty or tax, the annuity given to her by the will of the late

Dowager Duchess of Manchester. The only question before the

surrogate is whether or not the American executors were justified

for the purpose of this accounting in remitting to the English

executors a sum sufficient to discharge the legacy duty imposed

by the laws of England on the annuity to the Countess Zichy.

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As the Dowager Duchess of Manchester had become an English

woman and was domiciled in England at the time of her death, the

devolution and disposition of her movable estate, or, in other

words, her personal property, are primarily governed by the law

of her English domicile. Parsons v. Lyman, 20 N.Y. 103. The law

of England provides for a legacy duty upon every bequest of

personal property contained in the will of the late Dowager

Duchess. The annuity to the Countess Zichy was clearly, in the

abstract, subject to the payment of such legacy duty. As our own

Tax Law imposes a similar succession tax or duty upon the

personal property of a resident of this state, wherever such

property may be situated (Matter of Estate of Swift, 137 N.Y. 77),

we ought not in this matter to question the right of a

foreign state to impose a succession tax upon personal property,

wherever situated, belonging to its subject domiciled in such

foreign state.

Although the will of the late Dowager Duchess of Manchester was

proved here de novo, nevertheless England is, in this instance,

the principal place of administration. The administration here,

whether so termed or not, is to some extent necessarily an

ancillary administration only. There cannot be two principal

places of administration in respect of the estate of this

deceased English lady. Despard v. Churchill, 53 N.Y. 192; Matter

of Hughes, 95 N.Y. 55. The possession of the American executors

is to be regarded in this instance, there being no claims of

American creditors interposed, to some proper extent, as a

possession of an English estate. The mere fact that the Dowager

Duchess named executors domiciled in the various countries where

her estate or her securities were situated does not make her

foreign executors any the less her executors. If not strictly her

executors, they are, in any event what in some systems is termed

her, "posthumous agents." For some purposes executors and a

testator are eadem persona in legal contemplation. Otherwise

such executors are "posthumous agents," and where no local

impediment exists their obligations are not different from the

paramount and legal

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obligations of the deceased whom they represent. It may be

assumed, I think, that the Dowager Duchess of Manchester

contemplated that her posthumous agents or executors, wherever

they might be, would in respect of her estate comply with the law

of her domicile in so far as possible, unless the lex fori

prohibits such compliance. This it does not, in this instance,

do, as there is no pretense that her estate is not entirely

solvent. It does seem to me, there having been no local

interposition, that the American executors of the late Duchess

did precisely what they should have done when they remitted, ex

debito justitiae, the money to discharge the duties due by her

estate to the government of England, that being the government to

which their testatrix owed her primary allegiance in later life

and at the time of her death. I should be sorry to think that

this was not our law on this matter. I believe that the spirit of

the adjudications already cited by me, if largely interpreted,

bears me out in this conclusion. But there are other

considerations to which I shall proceed.

It is generally true that the courts of this state will not go

out of their way to aid a foreign state in the enforcement of its

peculiar revenue laws. It is contended on behalf of the Countess

Zichy that while England may impose a tax upon her annuity or

legacy the English authorities cannot collect it, as the property

out of which the annuity is payable is not actually in England

and the Countess herself is not within English jurisdiction.

Apparently Countess Zichy would like to have her annuity regarded

here as one given by an American lady to another American lady

out of American property. But both ladies have long ceased to be

Americans, and by figure of speech only is the property here

American. The contention of Countess Zichy is only literally true

in any aspect. When the Countess Zichy became the recipient of a

legacy given by the will of an English woman and payable out of

an English estate, wherever situated, the legacy itself, to my

mind, was burdened with certain implied conditions which bind the

legatee whether in or out of English jurisdiction. In other

words, the legatee must be taken

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to receive such legacy subject to any burdens which the sovereign

of the donor lawfully imposes on the gifts of its subjects. This

fact the American testamentary executors of the Dowager Duchess

have a right to recognize provided the claims of local creditors

are not paramount. This is not pretended to be the case here.

When the aid of this court is invoked by foreigners, as is

virtually the case here (the local executors having no

independent legal existence apart from their testatrix), the

court should not be expected to ignore plain principles of

justice. The entire content of private international law depends

on natural justice and equity.

It is strenuously contended in behalf of the Countess Zichy

that a legacy duty under the English law is payable only out of

the particular legacy on which it is imposed, and that the

English executors are liable for payment of the duty on her

legacy only in the event that property shall come into their

hands applicable to the discharge or payment of the particular

legacy to the Countess Zichy. As the property on which the

annuity to the Countess Zichy is charged, or out of which it is

payable, has not come directly into the hands or possession of

the English executors, and will not in the course of the

administration of the estate of the late Dowager Duchess be

received by the English executors, it is contended that the duty

on the legacy to Countess Zichy, although payable under English

law, should not be deducted by the American executors or by them

paid or transmitted to the English executors of the late Dowager

Duchess. I do not quite see how the American executors can be

expected to ignore the state of the law of the country of their

testatrix, unless compelled so to do by the lex fori.

From the papers submitted to the surrogate on the hearing, it

would appear that Mr. Justice Swenfin Eady, a judge of the

English "High Court of Justice," has decided, or authoritatively

intimated in substance, that any property sent by the American

executors or trustees to Great Britain for any purpose, may be

intercepted and appropriated by the Crown in satisfaction of any

unpaid legacy duty on legacies given by the late Dowager Duchess

to her foreign legatees.

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It is not for this court to reconcile the decision of this

English judge with the decisions cited by the learned counsel for

the Countess Zichy. It is sufficient here that the decision in

question was rendered by a foreign court of competent

jurisdiction. The decision or intimation should be recognized by

the surrogate in his consideration of the duty and liability of

the American executors of the late Dowager Duchess. As the

English courts will, I have no doubt, enforce payment of the

legacy duty upon the legacy to the Countess Zichy from any

property of the estate of the late Duchess located in England or

forwarded to England by the American executors or trustees for

the purpose of being applied to the payment of other legacies,

the other legatees will in that event be compelled to pay the

duty properly payable by the Countess Zichy, but unenforcible

against her because of a lack of jurisdiction over her by the

English court. This would result in an injustice which the courts

of this country should not sanction. While it is doubtless true

that this court will not aid a foreign country in the enforcement

of its revenue laws, it will not refuse to direct a just and

equitable administration of that part of an estate within its

jurisdiction merely because such direction would result in the

enforcement of such revenue laws. The court should favor such an

administration of the estate here as will be in conformity with

the intention of the testatrix. It certainly was not the

intention of the late Duchess that the bequests made by her to

the English legatees should be partly confiscated in the payment

of death duties imposed upon the bequests to foreign legatees.

The orderly and equitable administration of the estate seems in

this instance to require that the legacy duty imposed by English

law upon the annuity given to the Countess Zichy by the will of

the late Dowager Duchess of Manchester should be paid out of the

property set apart by the executors in this country for the

production of such annuity.

The objection should be overruled and the decree submitted by

the accountants signed.

Decreed accordingly.

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Wall monument with his portrait between to grieving cherubs, over a winged skull

"Francs Parkes, He by his natural genius & great industry, became a wonderful proficient in ye politer art of painting. His singular modesty. sweet disposition, strict sobriety & ingenious conversation, joined with unwearied diligence and uncommon skill in his profession, made him well esteemed by he best judges,& rendered him acceptable where ever he was employed.

He was born at Knott Cross in this parish; Died at Nottingham November 29th in the 39th year of his age Anno Dm 1713. By his own orders, his remains were deposited in this church; and by the care of his executors, this monument was erected to his memory"

(Unfortunately I cannot find any of his paintings !)

The Richard-Strauss-Brunnen fountain in the Altstadt district of Munich, Germany. This fountain, the work of Hans Wimmer, was named after the composer, (a native of Munich...) and erected in 1962. Taken by a Nikon D610 at ISO 400 with a Nikkor 50mm ƒ 1.4 AF-D lens.

The scenes flowing around the column are from the opera Salome, composed by R. Strauss in 1905, to his own libretto. (For the non-musically inclined, it is quite unusual for a composer to write the libretto of his operas - it is usually handled by another person. For American Musicals, think of the "book" - usually not written by the music composer. "Libretto" is the Italian for "little book".)

If an artistic executor of Hans Wimmer has any copyright objections to this photo, Flickr-mail the poster stating that you are such an executor, state the objection(s), and it will be taken down...

Mrs. Julia Utten Browne & Cautley papers, Letter from H E Evans, Trustee & Legal opinion re Mrs Cautley dated 9th September 1913. In the letter he states that it should not be assumed that his cousin Dorothea Cautley will confirm the Settlement, though he thinks it is likely she might. He also asks for Counsel’s opinion, does the Agreement made for he before her marriage hold good if she does repudiates it and would she then become entitled to take over the fund under the terms of Mrs Julia Utten Browne, Lilly’s Will. Also an outline of the opinion that is being sought.

Attached to the letter is the Counsel’s opinion by J. F. W. Galbraith. 3 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn dated 17th October 1913 which was made 9 days after the death of Mrs Julia Utten Browne, Lilly on the 8th October 1913.

He was Harry Edgar Lawrence of 45 Essex Street, City of London, a Cousin of Julia Utten Browne whom she had appointed a Executor/Trustee of her will following the death of her husband in 1903. He was also a Trustee of the Will which contained the Trust to which her daughter Dorothea Julia Beatrice Gertrude, nee Browne, Cautley became entitled to.

Abstract Title 101 Hardres Street, late 19 Frederick Street, Ramsgate under the Trust of the late Mr. Samuel Beeching, deceased, purchased at Auction 1st June 1871 by Mr. Henry Maskell, 1871.

Indenture 22nd November 1862 between Jens Peter Jensen, Ramsgate and Marabella Jensen his wife to Samuel Beeching, Ramsgate, Ship Builder.

Indenture, Mortgage 23rd December 1858: Between Jens Peter Jensen, Tailor of Ramsgate, Marabella Jensen his wife, Mary Martha Pantin of Ramsgate.

Will of George Handel Sharp dated 21st August 1850 appointed Edward Beray Walford, Surgeon, Ramsgate and Thomas Hodges Snowden of Ramsgate as Executors. Beneficiary was Marabella Sharp, Wife.

Indenture 14th February 1849: Between William Edward Smith, Builder, Ramsgate, George Handel Sharpe and George Griggs.

Indenture 15th April 1847: Between William Edward Smith, William Hurst, James Barber Edward, John Rothschild Edwards, George Mercer, James Barber Edwards and Robert Edwards. A parcel of land in Frederick Street next to premises of Elizabeth Frances Harrison

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1559 Thomas Grey and wife Anne widow of Sir William Cave, daughter of Sir Ralph Verney of Pendley Manor, Tring by Margery Iwardby flic.kr/p/fFxqbw

Thomas was 1st son of Edward Grey 1529 and 1st wife Joyce daughter of John Horde / Hoorde of Bridgnorth (grand daughter of Thomas Hoorde and Joyce Stapleton)

His sister Elizabeth Clopton was the mother of William Clopton at Stratford www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/278wNZ

Children:

1. Catherine m Walter son of Sir Thomas Blount of Sodington and Catherine Stanford

2. Eleanor m William son of Richard Cave of Pickwell by Barbara Fielding

3. John m Jane daughter of Simon Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt by Mary daughter of Sir Edward Aston of Tixhall

4. Edward

5. George m Joyce daughter of Thomas Levenson of Wolverhampton d1595 and Mary daughter of Judge Robert Brooke / Broke www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2146208326/

6. Elizabeth m William son of Francis Cockayne and Dorothy Marrow

7. Robert

8. Son

9. Margaret

10. Daughter.

11. Jane

Although Thomas was not a minor when his father died, an enfeoffment compelled him to wait until he was 29 before he could inherit lands in Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and elsewhere: Sadly also his father died heavily in debt and only bequeathed him £50 towards the redemption of a chain !.

Although he was nominated for the position of sheriff of Staffordshire in 1535, he never achieved any local office Although probably a Catholic himself , this did not stop him, as with others, acquiring former chantry property in Enville and Kinver and his becoming MP in Mary Tudor's parliament of 1554 was possibly due to his link with the catholic Giffards:

His Will of December 1559, 9 days before his death, divided his property into 3 parts; one was to pass immediately to his heir John who was 19 years old, another to remain with his wife for her life, and the third to be held by his executors, his kinsmen Francis Kynaston and Bassett Fielding, until the conditions of the will had been performed. The executors were empowered to sell whatever was necessary, the chantry in Enville being specified for disposal. Much of his lands here were leased to Rowland Shakerley, a London mercer,

Thomas' nephew Thomas Mytton (son of his sister Anne) is at Acton Scott www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2187413424/

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Abstract Title 101 Hardres Street, late 19 Frederick Street, Ramsgate under the Trust of the late Mr. Samuel Beeching, deceased, purchased at Auction 1st June 1871 by Mr. Henry Maskell, 1871.

Indenture 22nd November 1862 between Jens Peter Jensen, Ramsgate and Marabella Jensen his wife to Samuel Beeching, Ramsgate, Ship Builder.

Indenture, Mortgage 23rd December 1858: Between Jens Peter Jensen, Tailor of Ramsgate, Marabella Jensen his wife, Mary Martha Pantin of Ramsgate.

Will of George Handel Sharp dated 21st August 1850 appointed Edward Beray Walford, Surgeon, Ramsgate and Thomas Hodges Snowden of Ramsgate as Executors. Beneficiary was Marabella Sharp, Wife.

Indenture 14th February 1849: Between William Edward Smith, Builder, Ramsgate, George Handel Sharpe and George Griggs.

Indenture 15th April 1847: Between William Edward Smith, William Hurst, James Barber Edward, John Rothschild Edwards, George Mercer, James Barber Edwards and Robert Edwards. A parcel of land in Frederick Street next to premises of Elizabeth Frances Harrison

Draft Will of William Murray of Ramsgate, 28th June 1869.

Executor: Son, William George Murray. Beneficiaries: William George Murray, sister Sarah Ann Porter, sister Ann Dodds, widow and children of Brigg, Lincoln. Fanny Murray and children of 12 Park Crescent, Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex. Thomas George and EmilieWhite and children, 12 Milbourne Grove, Brompton, Middlesex. Eliza Dodds and daughter Rosalie Dodds. Henry and Jane Bishop and their children, 57 Plains of Waterloo, Ramsgate. Witnesses: Snowden, Solicitors, Sydney Head, Clerk.

In Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, the Palace Cinema opened in 1923, with 500 seats. A café and a ballroom were also housed in the large building, which was owned by Albert Nelson and J. H. Lines.

The 1940 Kinematograph Year Book listed the executors of Albert Nelson as the proprietors. By the 1953 edition, the owners were Nelson Brothers. At that time the café was also mentioned, but not the ballroom, which had presumably gone into other uses.

The Palace Cinema closed on 22nd December 1957, by then with 396 seats. A notice on the doors said that closure was caused by the failure of the management to obtain an exemption from Entertainment Tax available to cinemas in towns of fewer than 3,000 people. (The census in 1951 listed 3,028 people, but the management maintained this still included many wartime evacuees, and that the true population was only 2,840.)

The building became home to Amber Court Chinese restaurant, offices and shops. By 2017 it was in use as a restaurant, bar and gymnasium.

cinematreasures.org/theaters/50993

Billinge Beacon is just visible to the left of the farmhouse. The Farm was previously owned by the Bankes family of Winstanley Hall, but was included -with Neville's House Farm- in the sale of Winstanley Estate properties in 1951. The sale catalogue describes the property as follows:

“A PRODUCTIVE ARABLE FARM … Let to the Executors of H Johnson at an apportioned rental of £71-18-8 per annum and extending to an area of 63,424 acres or thereabouts. The Farmhouse is stone built with stone flagged roof and comprises: Sitting-room ; Living-room; Back Kitchen; Scullery; Pantry; 4 Bedrooms; Outside brick built EC. The Farm Buildings are in one range and are stone built, the main roof being slated. They include: Shippon tyings for 4 cows with water bowls; 3 Stall Stable; Barn and Cart shed; Pig-sty and Calf Box. There is a timber built Tractir House; Lofts over part; 3 Nay hay shed. The Farm Buildings at Neville's House Farm include Shippon for 5; 3 Stall Stable; 2 Loose Boxes; Barn, and barn with thrashing bay ...”

Sold as a separate lot was:-

“A SMALL COTTAGE known as PLANE TREE FARM COTTAGE … adjoining Plane Tree Farmhouse. Let to Mr E Smith at a rent of £7-16-0 per annum, landlord paying rates, and extending to an area of 0.9 acres or thereabouts. The Cottage comprises Kitchen; Pantry; 1 Bedroom; Outside EC...”

A comparison shot from (I think) the 1950s can be seen here.]

The lobby of the Holiday Inn Dali in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico, near the airport. Taken from the sixth floor. (IIRC) Taken by a Nikon D610 at ISO 400 with a Nikkor 50mm ƒ 1.4 AF-D lens.

Exposure is 1/30sec @ ƒ 2.8.

Sculpture is believed to be by Salvadore Dalí, and that looks like his signature over on the lower right...

If an artistic executor of Sr. Dalí has any copyright objections to this photo, Flickr-mail the poster stating that you are such an executor, state the objection(s), and it will be taken down...

8.4.2009: 8.4.2009: left door ("portal of the martyrs"), South Portal, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, France.

This shows the martyrdom and vision of Stephen described in Acts 7:54-60. Stephen gazes into heaven and sees, "the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God." He is dragged out of the city and stoned to death for his blasphemy.

Above this vision sit the Holy Innocents massacred by Herod after the birth of Jesus (first archivolt), six martyrs washed in the blood of the Lamb (second archivolt, lamb in the centre), martyrs holding palms as a symbol of their victory (third archivolt), further specific martyrs in the fourth and fifth archivolts, but impossible to identify.

At the bottom of the archivolts are characters from the trial of Stephen. Most are members of the Sanhedrin, but Stephen can be seen at the bottom of the third archivolt on the left and Paul, holding the cloaks of Stephen's executors at the bottom of the third archivolt on the right.

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"Sir Rauffe (Ralph) Egerton knight Standard Bearer to our Sovraine Lord King Henry Vlll ..AD 1527" The second son of Philip Egerton of Egerton by Margery www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2058679329/ daughter of William Mainwaring of Ightfield

He m Margaret, daughter and heiress of Ralph Basset of Blore

Children

1. Eleanor m Ralph Leycester / Leicester of Toft

2. Sir Richard / Ralph m Mary

At the Battle of Tournay in 1513 he captured the French Standard being knighted by Henry Vlll and appointed Standard Bearer of England for life at a salary of £100 pa - He was also granted the Manor and estate of Ridley, a massive establishment transformed by a previous owner Sir William Stanley into "the finest gentleman's house of all Cheshire."

He kneels in the south chantry he built www.bunbury.org.uk/johnpapers/sirralpheg2frame.htm

"He thereby orders his body to be buried in the chapel of Bunbury and that 12 torches be borne by 12 men in black gowns the day of his burial and 24 tapers burning about his body the same day; and that his executors distribute £10 sterling not only to beggars but also to such poor men and women as they shall think convenient." He likewise ordered his executors "to furnish at his proper cost and charges the said chapel covered with lead, ceiled and drawn with knots gilded and the panels painted also two images either side of the altar within the Chapel and the Chancel."

His executors were to provide “one Chalice gilt and another double gilt, 3 suits of vestments, one for working days, another for Sundays and low holy-days and the other a good suit for solemn and high festival days; and that his green velvet gown lined with green sarsnet guarded with cloth of gold, as also his gown of velvet lined with black satin and perled with gold [gold buttons] as also his jacket of velvet perled with gold be taken for performance of the same; as also his jacket of cloth of silver and of blue russet velvet to make crosses and other ornaments to the said Chapel which he orders to have paved with square ashlar or tile or stone.” and to “erect a tomb for him with a large marble stone with his name and arms engraved thereon with this addition: 'The King's Standard Bearer and Treasurer to the Lady Princess,' as also a gilt plate fastened on the wall with his names and arms and additions aforesaid.” (His tomb stone has now gone www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/7731738394/ )

Sir Ralph also willed that a house was to be built in Bunbury “for two chantry priests to pray for his soul, for his father's and mother's souls of his kind and all Christian Souls for ever.” It was to have

"2 chambers, 1 parlour, a buttery and a kitchen, and the said priests to be maintained out of his mills at Nantwich.”

(Brass renewed in 1894 set into original stone frame)

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Una de las láminas de la caja.

(Esta en concreto no me gusta mucho, las caras están muy mal dibujadas… sobre todo Leia y Han Solo).

Draft Will of William Murray of Ramsgate, 28th June 1869.

Executor: Son, William George Murray. Beneficiaries: William George Murray, sister Sarah Ann Porter, sister Ann Dodds, widow and children of Brigg, Lincoln. Fanny Murray and children of 12 Park Crescent, Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex. Thomas George and EmilieWhite and children, 12 Milbourne Grove, Brompton, Middlesex. Eliza Dodds and daughter Rosalie Dodds. Henry and Jane Bishop and their children, 57 Plains of Waterloo, Ramsgate. Witnesses: Snowden, Solicitors, Sydney Head, Clerk.

"Here is buried Simon Digby Esquier Gent. Pensioner of King Henry the eight. Second sonne of Sir John Digby Knight Marshall which Simon maried Katherine daughter of Christopher Clapham of Beamesley in Yorksher, esquire.

Here is also buried Roger Digby Esquier their sonne and heyre who married (Mary) daughter of John Cheyne of Shardelows in Buckinghamsher Esquire

Man is born to long suffering in a short uncertain life. In Christ, truth and certainty are found in life and death.

(Maria Nerendon), once wife to Roger Digby places this monument, 1582".

Simon died in 1560

He was the 2nd son of Sir John Digby of Eye Kettleby by Catherine d1500 daughter of Sir Nicholas Griffin of Braybrooke and Catharine d1558 daughter of Richard Curzon / Curson & Alice Willoughby flic.kr/p/dRCNFZ of Kedleston

He was the grandson of Sir Everard Digby 1510 flic.kr/p/bq67e5 and Jaquetta Ellis flic.kr/p/9e134f

He m Katherine d1558 daughter of Christopher Clapham of Beamsley Yorkshire

Children - 4 sons & 4 daughters

1. Roger 1582 who possessing a moiety of that manor, settled at North Luffenham. he m Mary daughter of John Cheney esq. of Shardellows, Agmondisham Bucks, and was buried under a monument by his father: Mary m2 ............. Nerendon (?)

2, Augustin

(Looks like someone took against Mary whose name has been chiseled out twice, possibly because she remarried - it is not clear who to )

Simon inherited his father’s property in Rutland in 1533, the rest of the estates passing to his nephew John Digby. He had followed his father into the royal household, rising from esquire of the body to gentleman pensioner before his retirement at Mary Tudor’s accession. He was returned to the Parliament of 1542 with John Harington shortly after he had been escheator and his friend Harington sheriff, doubtless owing the seat to Kenelm Digby, head of the senior line of the family, who was sheriff at the election.

Following the Dissolution in 1544 Digby fought in the French campaign which led to the capture of Boulogne. Queen Mary gave him an annuity of £46 13s.4d. and later named him to the bench. Little more is know apart from his sheep-rearing and disputes with neighbours. By his will made in October 1559 he asked to be buried in the church at North Luffenham ‘above the steps near my seat’, He provided for his children and named his son Roger executor and his ‘cousins’ Kenelm Digby and John Hunt supervisors. He died on 14 May 1560

- Church of St John the Baptist, North Luffentham, Rutland

I ACKNOWLEDGE the "rebel" alliance of WAR CRIME. Make the decision to shoot down the Super Star Destroyer "the Ravager", while its admiralty had Surrendered, the disarmament codes had been transmitted to the Rebel Admiral ship, a deluge of fire fell on this imperial building causing the death of 48,523 prisoners of war, de facto. The Allaince Rebelle, who was not at his first attempt at war crimes, tried to put a veil on this affair but all ended up knowing. We can never forget or forgive this so-called Rebel Alliance until the criminals who made the decision to take down the Ravager are brought to justice. The victors write history in propaganda books with the tears of the widows of the vanquished soldiers as ink. More than 48,000 dead, more than 48,000 families have lost one of their own, sometimes even complete siblings decimated. It is out of the question to pass the towel. He who reigns through lies ends up deceiving; he who lives in terror dies in fear.

My Sister,

You know you have been a real horrible sister...how do you sleep? You say she is at peace...I say She cannot be! You didn't do what she wanted! Period. That is the long and the short of it, Shirley Deane. How could you keep this fight of ours alive...this division of her children. Her last wish was for Unity sister...but you're stubborn and cannot admit when you are wrong. She was that way too. You used to understand the problem with that kind of thinking...but you want her bad traits to be your as well? She made me EQUAL to you and Patrick.

I will bitch, and moan, and from the top of the world until I die- Expose you! You owe me an apology and you owe me 12.5% of My Mother's Estate, photos, dolls, jewelry and the rest of what I did not even get to look at ever again. I will tell everyone The Truth...you remember the Truth Shirley? Remember promising your little sister to love her and grow old with her...Viola's Jewelry, all the promises are broken like Our Sisterhood. You walked in her apt and said to me" What the fuck are you doing here...LEAVE!"and of course "we" know the rest of it...don't we Shirley, and Mother! You let that and mom's decision change everything between us...WHY? I know who I am, what I am. You wanna go back and throw my past in my face...write it down?

I am going write a book...Yet you put others down all the time...if half of our relatives knew what you were saying about them behind their backs...for shame sister. I am ashamed of you.

Sometimes I wanna beat your ass - other times I want to just hold you in my arms. What you said and did in front of Mom was unforgivable Shirley...the things you have done since...despicable. I want my share, my Inheritance. I have your Bible, Joe handed it to me, if you had not run him off, Shari and anyone else you felt like taking away from her- you would have it now...he was mink oiling it for her, and never got to give it back-because of YOU! Momma loved her Shirley...for whatever reasons she loved a lot of other people as well.

You were her favorite...we all knew that. Kevin was too. Sure he hurt her...but that was her favorite son, I've heard her tell him that many times. You cannot rewrite her history, her will her children. You have disgraced us All Shirley- The Cavender Siblings..we look so dysfunctional and you relish in it!. So many know what you really have done to me...and NO ONE agrees - except your own subjects and most disagree/but cannot tell you for fear of your wrath. You can follow web-sites tell you die, I will never stop until this is made right!. You can read my story...I am publishing it, I have a contract with Random. Now you have the power to Unite Sylvia's family...you have the Power to forgive whatever the hell it is you think I did to YOU! I did nothing, I took up for you, when

Momma told me she was changing Executor's, she was scared you would sell her house, that is what you had been telling her. You did this...by being mean to her, trying to get her to leave Yates Center...that is why she called me...we both fell right in and then you went crazy! How come none of you knew?

Kevin was there 3 years...yet no one cared about him living with her, caring for her. They enabled each other at that time. Of course she was dying...she had been for years and years...she had a disease and you all acted like it just could not be, What? No way...yeah, a here is a NewsFlash Shirley..We are Next!

What you did to me at her Funeral, Grandmother's Funeral as well...is now History. You have been so mean, so unloving to me. You do not deserve me as your sister Shirley. I am very different than you. I love unconditionally, I give my heart and it stays where I left it Forever. You have hurt me more that anyone in the world! I cannot stress to you more...This whole thing since I called from her hospital room has been the worst time in my life! You have taken from me not only my birthright and my Inheritance...you try to take my Mother...but My mother loved me...whether you like it or not Shirley...God is going to ask you one day...what you have done to your sister...? I fear you will pay dearly for this choice you have made! I pray you fix this...before YOU pass...please for your own Soul's Sake! There was/is enough to share...she wrote what she wanted, she signed it in front of YOU on your birthday! How do you explain all the lies now? We never tried to take Daddy's $$, Bruce Harrington told me about the Topeka trip! Despicable! My treatment at my mother's Funeral, horrifying, the letter, the obituary's all of them hers and Daddy's...don't you realize everyone knows about your greed? My book will make it clear...wouldn't be great if it made me $$$ :) How you treated Mom...when Rocky died..you and Pat...you could have cared less that Momma was grieving, all you thought about was bad, and what he did to you! I defended you both and hoped you would come around and you did, hell you gave me an 1/8 of really good weed. Thanks:) I also was with her that entire time, Gale too. I tried to help her, I told you what she was going through you still were mean. The when it all became too real, that she was truly leaving us...you did what you do best-you struck out at me and you refuse to believe you can ever do wrong to Kelly...who the fuck does she think she is??? Who do you think I am Shirley? Do you know me...my heart? Who and how deep is My Love for My Family, For My one and Only Mother?

You are not too bright lately, have you had your head and heart looked at? Maybe you should see a Doctor? Want to go to Family Counseling Shirley, my Treat? I think we should or would you rather this fester to a stinking rotten time in hell?

Put yourself in my shoes, be me...think of what has gone on the last 6 years...be me...How would you feel about your big sister?

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Fix this Shirley, I love you...you will always be mine. We could get past all of this division. Mom could truly be at Peace...not just your wishful thinking( she is PISSED-She was of a sound mind-(her body no) but her mind sharp...give to me what she wanted me to have. I want my wedding rings and my star sapphire& platinum ring, I want Viola's Jewelry, my dolls, I want copies of photos, I want 12.5 % and I want Mike to give Tj his share -he is 18 and he wants it. I want my beautiful sister in my life but how can I ever trust this woman with love again? God is the only help we have sister. I want a family Reunion...to bad your half won't be there...Shirley WAKE UP...You are Killing ME! MY blood pressure is high, hurt for you, I beg you to stop this assault on me, Kevin, Joe( those two are so lost), the moment you do...everyone else will come together like she wanted1 You told her a Findagrave...she could be at Peace again. Shirley she is not...how can she be? The Will was not kept...and you took 3 of her babies away from her and her greats. How can She be at Peace? All because YOU love her...sorry dear sister...you are not an only child. She loved us all, you have no right to rewrite her history, kids or Will!

I pray that you read this and understand I am so hurt and angry. I try daily to not feel this pain, but it is a constant. Do you really hate me so much Shirley that you would slowly kill me like this? Please don't - Please love me as I love you. Please let's show this fucked-up world nothing can break Our Family again...that we are United and we do love each other...everyone wants Unity except you! I will forgive you Shirley...I promise I will. It has been so very hard losing her, you Clay, Shannon, Brandie, Brooke, Mikie, Bobbie, Jace......your momma died- well, my momma died and half my family died with her- because of YOU. Don't you miss Nicholl'e? She wishes she could invite you all to her Wedding next month. Don't you miss Victor...he has been so down, really hurt, I worry about him. I have four new Grans, one from Joe and 3 from Nic's David. everyone wants to see us together again like Mom wanted! This is so unfair to my kids- to me, to Kevin & Joe(she loved them)it is the worst Injustice of My Lifetime...and it comes straight from your hateful heart. What you have done is Civil fraud and I can and might file formal charges against you and Mikie, you sure sent and provided solid proof of my case...they want me to file...Bel Aire PD, advised me to and I already knew what my rights are.My IQ is very high! I could have sued in Probate Court, I thought about, got advice. I believe Mom would not have wanted me to do that...sue my sister and nephew, so I didn't. I believe she will try to move this mountain of pain if I keep praying and talking, sharing, publishing and in general....haunt your thoughts as you do mine- until you make this right! For me, for her, for the others you have ostracized. Please Shirley just get this over with. You and him have more that you will ever need, you have many blessings. I am poor, I could have really used that 12.5% share of my mother's will . Does that make me greedy? I have never been greedy and it is not about the property or $...it is about my birthright and my big sister's Vendetta. SAVE ME SHIRLEY...I AM DYING...LIKE A PLANT IN THE SUN WITH NO WATER...I PRAY FOR RAIN ! I know what losing mom was like for you, how much and how close you two always were, I would never say less. But Shirley I loved her and she loved me...had it not been for Joe...we probably would have had better times, but we made up, you know this...because you were there too. Where are you now? How can you just go in and out of people's life when they displease you? You do it to lots of us...think about it. Shirley, I was not put on this earth to please you...I am just a struggling human trying to make the most of love, life and my family. If it were not for Victor and Nicholl'e loving me...there would be no one here that does. I Thank God for that...and I pray for you and I to stop and realize we are losing precious time and we both love and want Momma at Peace. She can be...but you have to make good on her wishes, her will, her life, her children. I miss you so much Shirley, everyday I wish you were my sister again, I am sorry, I did not do whatever it is you think I did! I swear, I have always been on your side...until you choked me 4-6-2007 and began hating me again...God you were me down, you take my family, my joy, my future greats and it hurts so bad Shirley, I hope no one ever hurts you like you have done to me. I would not wish this injustice or pain on anyone! I want my sister back, I want Mom's will to be DONE...not Undone. Shirley you are not dumb...Do the right thing...Fix this PLEASE...I miss you guys, I miss Momma....I want to share her pictures...I HAVE HARDLY ANY! I have loved you much better then you have loved me...let's do this Shirley...it is in your hands to make the Cavender a whole United family...It is sooooo Broken right now. I do not deserve this and I fight back with renewed strength!You have broken me Shirley, I am a mess, I cry all the time, my heart breaks I swear I hear new cracks everyday I miss you. Every day my Mother is Not At Rest..We are Not United...She wants us UNITED SHIRLEY...don't you get it????????? Kelly Ann

After looking at countless creations of other poeple, I realised that snotting and greebling are the most important techniques to achieve great looks. I applied this rule to my old Executor design and now I'm quite happy with it.

“They swoop down from the sky, like golden bugs. Their Photon pistols de-materialize any matter earthly or otherwise. Their twin blades drip blood. The smell of the burning rocket fuel from their jetpacks fills the air. The armor shines in what little sunlight is left. They call themselves the will of the emporer: we call them demons.”

Just a little story. The idea is that these guys are post apocalyptic future warriors. They exterminate those who do not comply to the rules of “The emperor”. The above story was an exerpt from a rebellion soldier’s diary.

Francis Saunders 1585 grandson of Edward and Joan Saunders at Rothwell www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8418850713/ , son of William Saunders of Welford and second wife Dorothy,( widow of William Haddon and daughter of John Young and Anne Jennet of Crome D’Abitot, who married 3. Paul Dayrell) www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/L2Ey28 kneels in front of his first wife.Elizabeth daughter of George Carew and their children

1.Edward d1630 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/7340931060/ m Millicent daughter of John Temple of Stowe d1603 and Susan, second daughter and Coheiress of Thomas Spencer of Everdon www.flickr.com/photos/johnhawes/1252141576/ (lived at Brixworth manor) ,

2.William m Ann daughter of Reese Morgan (parents of Dorothy Mannock www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7PG4xp )

3. Elizabeth m Thomas Terringham

Welford was inherited by his second son William, who was to be his executor; and the residue, including the entailed Cold Ashby went to his heir Edward. The provisions of the will were scrupulously carried out, and his sons, two of whom were knighted, founded several more branches of the family in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.

The King Memorial Fountain, also known as the Rufus H. King Fountain or the Moses Fountain, was installed at the southernwestern end of Washington Park in 1893. The fountain was erected in memory of Rufus H. King, former president of the Albany Savings Bank, the New York State National Bank, and the Albany Insurance Company, through the will of his son, Col. Henry L. King who left the sum of $10,000 for that purpose when he died in 1878. By the time the fountain was commissioned, the sum had gown to $30,000. The executors of the King's will named Daniel Chester French, Ephraim Keyser, Charles H. Niehaus, and J. Massey Rhind to create models on the theme of Moses Smiting the Rock. The models were placed on display for public approval before the fountain committee settled on Rhind's model.

The fountain features a bronze figure of Moses standing atop a file of rocks, his arms raised and a stick held in his proper right hand. Below him four allegorical bronze figures are installed amid the rocks. On his front proper right side, Youth is a young female figure holding a water jug. On his front proper left side, Manhood is a bearded young man with a sword. On his back proper left side, Old Age is a bearded elderly man with a staff. On his back proper right side, Childhood is a seated mother feeding her little girl who reclines in her lap while her little boy stands by her proper right side.

Washington Park, bound by Willett Street, Madison Avenue, State Street and Lake Avenue, was first opened to the public in 1871. The park was laid out by the engineering firm of Bogart, Culyer & Co., with R.H. Bingham, city surveyor, as chief engineer and superintendent. In 1873, Bingham was succeeded by his former assistant, William S. Egerton, who completed the design.

Washington Park Historic District #72000818 (1972)

Monument erected c1630 by Sir Simon Leach 1567-1637 & 2nd wife Katherine Turberville - His children kneel below except for his heir Walter who kneels behind opposite his wife Sarah Napier - From Sir Simon Leach's will it appears he erected this monument in memory of his second wife Katherine who had predeceased him. He appointed one of his sons, Nicholas, and A.Y. . . to be his executors. The will was proved on April 8th 1637, and in 1651 administration was granted to his grandson, Simon Leach.

Children of his 1st and 2nd marriages kneel below - his heir Walter kneels above - Monument erected c1630 by Sir Simon Leach 1567-1637 after the death of his 2nd wife Katherine Turberville - His children kneel below except for his heir Walter who kneels behind opposite his wife Sarah Napier

"Here lye the bodyes of Sr. Simon Leach Knight, Son of Symon Leach of Credition Blacksmith And of ye lady Catherine Leach his wife, Daughter of Nicholas Turbeville of Credition, Esq Whose true affection in Religious wedlock caused there desire to make there bed together in the dust".

"Bowed down by the fate of my wife I am going to her tomb, her partner in life, in death I will be her comrade"."L'o a third generation follows yet second was he to non distinguished for his discretion distinguished also for his talent."

Simon was the son of Walter Leach a blacksmith of Crediton by Elizabeth daughter of John Rowe of Crediton

He was Sheriff of Devon in 1625 and knighted at Ford Abbey, Axminster the same year - he died "deeply regretted June 29th AD 1660"

He m1 Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Burrough of Exeter

Children

1. "Sir Walter Leach 1636 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/K985G4 Soldier Son and Heir of Simon Leach Soldier.predeceased him" "Stay dear Father my sands have run now quickly in order that I may be able to be the bearer of your prayers." He m Sarah www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5h4t70 daughter of Sir Robert Napier, 1st Bart of Luton Hoo by Mary daughter of John Robinson. Their son Simon became heir to his grandfather.

2. Simon died young

He m2 Katherine daughter of Nicholas Turberville of Crediton

Children - 3 sons and 4 daughters

1. NIcholas of Newton St Petrock m Grace daughter of Roger Mallock and Anne daughter of Simon Snow of Exeter

2. George m1 Margaret .... m2 Bevill Prideaux

3. Simon dsp 1637

1. Katherine 1666 m1 Thomas Giffard of Halsbury m2 Robert Burrington of West Sandford

2. Elizabeth m John Cowling rector of Cadeleigh

3. Rebecah m John Davie

4. Anne m John Martin of Middle Temple

Sir Simon was succeeded by his grandson "Simon Leach son and heir of Walter Leach a zealous supporter of King Charles ii. when in exile, died deeply regretted June 25th A.D. 1660".

Simon then aged 5 later m Bridget daughter of Sir Bevil Grenville of Kilkhampton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/aYr6Na en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevil_Grenville#mediaviewer/File:Be... killed whilst commanding the royalist side at the battler of Lansdowne in 1643. He died aged 28, leaving 2 children, his heir "Sir Simon Leach Knight of the Bath son of Simon Leach Esq.1708" and a daughter, Bridget Berners 1708 at Wiggenhill St Mary flic.kr/p/21Jf8Fs - His widow Bridget Grenville www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1K5d5K m2 Sir Thomas Higgons,

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- Church of St Bartholomew, Cadeleigh Devon

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Richard Artschwager

Locations, 1969

Formica on wood, with redwood, glass, Plexiglas, mirror and rubberized horsehair with Formica; published by Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York and Castelli Graphics, ed.: 90

Estate of Richard Artschwager, Paul M. Freeman, Executor

Photograph courtesy of Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York

"Sir Rauffe (Ralph) Egerton knight Standard Bearer to our Sovraine Lord King Henry Vlll ..AD 1527" The second son of Philip Egerton of Egerton by Margery www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2058679329/ daughter of William Mainwaring of Ightfield

He m Margaret, daughter and heiress of Ralph Basset of Blore

Children

1. Eleanor m Ralph Leycester / Leicester of Toft

2. Sir Richard / Ralph m Mary

At the Battle of Tournay in 1513 he captured the French Standard being knighted by Henry Vlll and appointed Standard Bearer of England for life at a salary of £100 pa - He was also granted the Manor and estate of Ridley, a massive establishment transformed by a previous owner Sir William Stanley into "the finest gentleman's house of all Cheshire."

He kneels in the south chantry he built www.bunbury.org.uk/johnpapers/sirralpheg2frame.htm

"He thereby orders his body to be buried in the chapel of Bunbury and that 12 torches be borne by 12 men in black gowns the day of his burial and 24 tapers burning about his body the same day; and that his executors distribute £10 sterling not only to beggars but also to such poor men and women as they shall think convenient." He likewise ordered his executors "to furnish at his proper cost and charges the said chapel covered with lead, ceiled and drawn with knots gilded and the panels painted also two images either side of the altar within the Chapel and the Chancel."

His executors were to provide “one Chalice gilt and another double gilt, 3 suits of vestments, one for working days, another for Sundays and low holy-days and the other a good suit for solemn and high festival days; and that his green velvet gown lined with green sarsnet guarded with cloth of gold, as also his gown of velvet lined with black satin and perled with gold [gold buttons] as also his jacket of velvet perled with gold be taken for performance of the same; as also his jacket of cloth of silver and of blue russet velvet to make crosses and other ornaments to the said Chapel which he orders to have paved with square ashlar or tile or stone.” and to “erect a tomb for him with a large marble stone with his name and arms engraved thereon with this addition: 'The King's Standard Bearer and Treasurer to the Lady Princess,' as also a gilt plate fastened on the wall with his names and arms and additions aforesaid.” (His tomb stone has now gone www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/7731738394/ )

Sir Ralph also willed that a house was to be built in Bunbury “for two chantry priests to pray for his soul, for his father's and mother's souls of his kind and all Christian Souls for ever.” It was to have

"2 chambers, 1 parlour, a buttery and a kitchen, and the said priests to be maintained out of his mills at Nantwich.”

(Brass renewed in 1894 set into original stone frame)

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Memorial with coat of arms on the north nave wall:

"Sacred to the memory of John Stuckey of Weston, esq , the only surviving issue of Robert Stuckey esq and Mary www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/TYr5kiS123 his excellent wife, the sole daughter and heiress of William Bartlett of Hole in this parish, gent , His superior talents, elegant accomplishments, and many estimable qualities, amply listed him for the most refined society; and his knowledge in the laws of this Country, highly qualified him for the very important duties of a magistrate, which he discharged with the greatest independence and integrity, and with consummate ability And though advanced years and their infirmities occasioned his retirement from the world, yet he preserved to the last, those active powers of mind and memory for which he had been so eminently conspicuous through life.

He died unmarried on the 26th day of January 1810 aged 91 years This monument was erected by Barnaby John Stuckey Bartlett, his relation and sole executor, in testimony of the most grateful and affectionate regard for his memory"

Arms. — Quarterly Stuckey and Bartlett.

Next on the wall is his funeral hatchment : www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Gaiq293k3j

Despite the good words on his monument, the parish register says: "He died possessed of vast worldly property which, after he had long possessed without enjoying and without using, he was at length constrained to leave to others. Buried 3 February".

Possibly written at the behest of the vicar Rev Puddicombe with whom he did not get along, describing him in 1801 to his cousin Thomas Langdon as "Our Methodist raving, ranting preacher, Puddicombe, is become the most intolerable scoundrel that ever a parish was cursed with”

John lived at Weston House which he built - it was burnt to the ground during the tenure of Stuckey Bartlett, Esq., & was never been rebuilt jsbookreader.blogspot.com/2014/08/weston-house-ruined-dev... -

A map, entitled ‘Manor of Branscombe’, was drawn up by Messrs Bradley and Summers of Taunton in 1810, for Barnaby John Stuckey Bartlett and Vincent Stuckey who were the co-heirs of John Stuckey of Weston, Branscombe, who died that year aged 91, unmarried. Barnaby J. Bartlett (who then took the name & arms of Stuckey) was John Stuckey’s cousin. Vincent Stuckey was a partner in Stuckey’s Bank at Langport in Somerset, and probably his banker (if related, it was only distantly).

The map showed the leasehold and copyhold properties which John Stuckey had held from the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral, the Lords of the Manor. He also owned freehold property in Branscombe, which is marked as such but not mapped in detail because it was not, legally speaking, part of the manor.

By the time he died, John Stuckey was the chief landowner in Branscombe, and since he (with others) also held the lease of the lordship of the manor, he was in effect squire of the village.

He has left the bulk of his fortune, above 6000l. per annual, to his relative, B. Bartlett, esq. of the General Post-office, nephew to Mr. Palmer, of Bath. Mr. Stuckey has likewise left 3000l. per annum to Vincent Stuckey, esq. of the Treasury … Mr. Latouch and Mr. Stuckey, of Weston house, near Sidmouth, who died on the same day, are said to have possessed property to the amount of nearly a million sterling.

The farms and other holdings descended to the Langdons of Chard and to Vincent Stuckey’s sons, and (by purchase) to the Fords of Lower House, Branscombe, and others.

The map and apportionments eventually came into the possession of the Ford family, possibly with the deeds of farms rented from the Dean and Chapter of Exeter by John Ford, and possibly when John Ford’s grandson Henry bought the manor outright from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1868. They were presented to the Devon Record Office by the Fords’ descendant Perry Tucker of Branscombe in 2011. www.branscombeproject.org.uk/page38.html )

- Church of St Winifred, Branscombe Devon

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Draft Will of William Murray of Ramsgate, 28th June 1869.

Executor: Son, William George Murray. Beneficiaries: William George Murray, sister Sarah Ann Porter, sister Ann Dodds, widow and children of Brigg, Lincoln. Fanny Murray and children of 12 Park Crescent, Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex. Thomas George and EmilieWhite and children, 12 Milbourne Grove, Brompton, Middlesex. Eliza Dodds and daughter Rosalie Dodds. Henry and Jane Bishop and their children, 57 Plains of Waterloo, Ramsgate. Witnesses: Snowden, Solicitors, Sydney Head, Clerk.

Edward Barkham 1633 , Lord Mayor of London, who bought the manor in 1621 lies in the north mortuary chapel he built before his death. He lies with wife Jane Crowche who died 16 Jun 1661, and some of his children on a monument completed c 1654

"My will and mynd is that my bodie shall bee buried within the chappell of the Church of Southacre in the Countie of Norfolk within the vault of the North side of the chancell there which I lately made for that purpose without any name pomp or great solemnitie onely with decency and upon buriall lying as shall seeme best to my Executors"

He was the son of Edward Barkham 1599 & Elizabeth daughter of Henry Rolfe of White Parish Wilts and Agnes Boteler

He was Lord Mayor of London in 1621/ 1622 & knighted in June 1623

He m Jane daughter of John Crowch / Crouch 1605 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/79QMcP of Cornbury & Layston Herts (a cloth merchant) & Joan 1583 heiress of John Scot & Elizabeth Pickard

Her elder sister Eiizabeth Flyer Freman is at Aspenden Herts www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/kA3uG8 widow of William Freman www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/6693KP

Children www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/166591 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Uw5WFy www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/119GJs

1. Elizabeth 1593-1632 m 1611 Sir John Garrard, 1st Bart 1590-1637 of Dorney Bucks, (buried at Wheathampstead www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/mB6uvN ) son of Sir John Garrard, Mayor of London & Jane daughter of Richard Patrick / Partridge

2. Edward 1595-1667 m 1622 Frances daughter of Sir Thomas Berney of Park Hall in Reedham & Juliana daughter of Sir Thomas Gawdy of Redenhall & Frances Richers (died at Tottenham, buried here)

3. Susan 1596-.1622 m 1619 Robert Walpole 1593-1663 of Houghton son of Calibut Walpole & Elizabeth daughter of Edmund Bacon Esq and Elizabeth Cornwallis

4. John b/d 1597

5.Robert 1599-1661 m Mary daughter of Richard Wilcox

6 Jane 1602- 1661 <https://flic.kr/p/8gS5Zo www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw136315/Jane-... m 1626 (2nd wife ) Charles Caesar 1643 flic.kr/p/8gS5Zf of Benington Herts, Master of the Rolls; Son of Julius Caesar Adelmare 1636 & Dorcas Martin; Widower of Anne 1625 flic.kr/p/8gS5Z3 daughter of Peter Vanlore &Jacoba Teighbott / Thibault

7. Margaret 1602 - 1603

8. Margaret 1603-1640 m (3rd wife) Anthony Irby 1605-82 flic.kr/p/hjG5U9 son of Sir Anthony Irby 1610 of Irby Hall Whaplode & Elizabeth flic.kr/p/hjJpJr third daughter of Sir John Peyton 1616 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/10740503164/ of Isleham by Alice daughter of Edward Osborne, Lord Mayor of London

9. John b1604

10. Thomas b/d 1606

11. Hugh d 1628

At the top are the arms of Barkham & Crouch between figures of victory and death with winged hourglasses

His Will

"In the name of god Amen

Edward Barkam of Southacre in the county of Norfolk yeoman being in p(er)fect minde & memory the xxnl (18) daye of ffebruary in the xly(?) year of the reaigne of our sovereigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of god of England ffrance & Ireland Queene

First he committed his soule to god Allmighty and his body to the earth

Item he gave towards the rep(ar)ations(?) of the p(ar)ish church in Southacre XXs(20s)

Item he gave to the poore (there xx’s (20s) ) there Xs (10s)

Item he gave to the other poore people dwelling neere there abouts to be delt at his funerall XX’s(20s)

Item he gave to my^or^(4?) poore men that shall carry him to church my’s (4s)

Item he gave to the ringers at his funeral my’s (4s)

Item he gave to two of his mayde servannts dwelling with him at his decease XXs (20s)

Item he also gave to my men servannt my’s (4s)

Item he gave to Elizabeth Rolfe Xs (10s) & to Mrs Smith his daught’r being goddaught’s to the same Edward X’s (10s) of lawfull money of England

Item he gave to his grandchildren the some of xx1’lb (£21) of like mony to be paid evenly x’ted amongst them at their severall ages of xx1 (21) years

Item he gave to his sonne Barkam of London his children the some of my’lb (£4) to be x’ted equally amongst them at their severall ages of xx1 (21) year

The residue of his goods & chattells what soend he gave to his daughter Margaret Gallard(?)

Witness: Thomas Barkam, Robt Barkam"

- Church of St George, South Acre, Norfolk

Picture with thanks - copyright Picture with thanks .layston-church.org.uk

Accounts.

SURROGATE'S COURT,

County Of New York.

In the Matter

of

the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Harry B. Hollins,John L. Cadwalader and Frederick Ogden Beach, as Executors of the Last Will and Testament of CONSUELO, DOWAGER

Duchess Of Manchester, deceased.

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Extract from Account of Proceedings,

Verified 20th May, 1912.

SCHEDULE II.

Statement of other fuets affecting the administration of the Estate.

The testatrix up to the time of her marriage, had been an American citizen, residing in New York, but by reason of her marriage became a British subject and a resident of London, England. At the time of her death the larger part ofher estate was located in New York and elsewhere in the United States, and with reference to that property she provided for a separate administration by the executors now accounting herein and by them in their

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capacities are trustees. The remaining property is under administration by the general executors and trustees under a grant of probate in England.

Death duties or taxes on all the property of the estate, including that in America, have been levied in England, the place of domicile of the testatrix, but these taxes have not been entirely collected owing to the fact that the payment would occasion a deficiency of assets under the control of the executors in England unless recourse were had to jewelry, personal belongings located in England, and the family residence in London. The duties so imposed are of three-fold character, denominated respectively Estate, Legacy and Settlement Estate Duties, and with regard to the property under the control and administration by the executors accounting herein the amount levied aggregated the sum of £71,700. All these duties are levied on rights ofsuccession enjoyed by the legatees under the will by the law of England. Nevertheless, the bulk of the estate of the testatrix is under the control of the executors appointed by this court, and is to remain under administration by them on distribution to them as trustees. The general executors who were appointed in England have ascertained that after using all available personal securities and cash under their control in paying the duties charged on both classes of property—viz., on the American estate and general estate—there will be a deficit of £20,000 or thereabouts, unless recourse be had to personal belongings, jewelry, pictures and heirlooms of the testatrix, which in large part were specifically bequeathed, the family residence in London, which is a leasehold and which is located at Number #5 Grosvenor Square, London and the contents of said residence.

In a suit brought in the High Court of Justice

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in England, Chancery Division, by the general executors against the Duke andDuchess of Manchester and their children and other persons interested in the estate, to determine a number of questions affecting the administration of the estate, and among them the question whether the general executors were liable to pay death duties in England on the American assets, a judgment was rendered to the effect that the death duties in England hereinabove referred to were properly payable by the general executors upon the entire estate, including the American assets. Such further proceedings Mere taken under that judgment that an order was made therein, dated February 20, 1912, charging such death duties upon the estate, and intimating that any sums of money sent by the American executors to England might be impounded for the payment ofsuch death duties as were charged by reason of succession under the will to the American assets, whatever the purpose of such payments or to whomever made.

The executors of the estate in England have urged that the American executors should remit to 21 them sufficient amounts of capital to supply such deficit and thereby avoid the necessity of a sale of the personal heirlooms and belongings, and the family residence in London, as there are ample assets under the control of the American executors.

An order was therefore made on the 28th day of March, 1912, in the said suit hereinbefore referred to by which it was directed that unless the American executors should remit to the general executors the sum of £20,000 within a certain time specified, the executors in England should proceed to a sale of the leasehold No. 5 Orosvenor Square. It has been urged that such payment would subserve the orderly administration of the estate and the in22 Extracts fromAmerican Executors' Accounts

terests of the family, and, besides, remove a reason for adverse action and litigation in impounding the income which the American executors remit to the family of the testatrix and annuitants in England.

The accounting executors have been of the opinion, should the court so order, that in the decree to be entered settling these accounts there should be some provision authorizing and directing the ac„„ counting executors to remit to Viscount Duncannon and Thomas Rawle, as general executors of the will ofthe testatrix, the sum of £20,000, or thereabouts, with which to pay such deficit of

£20,000.

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Extracts from Supplemental Account of

Proceedings Verified July 15, 1912.

SCHEDULE C 1.

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Payments from capital for crpcimcs of administration.

June 7, 1912—Voucher No. 1.

Remitted Vise o u n t Duncannon and

Thomas Rawle Trustees, by draft on

London, £20,000 at 4.8720 exchange.. $97,440.00

(Reing amount advanced to meet de-

ficit in English Death Duties on

American assets.)

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HARRY II. HOLLINS,

JOHN L. CADWALADER,

FREDERICK OGDEN REACH,

Executors.

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Extract from Supplemental Account of Proceedings 25

SCHEDULE H.

Statement of other facts affecting the administration of the Estate.

Since the prior accounting it was found that the premises No. 5 Grosvenor Square, London, were likely to be sold, unless the money was advanced by the American executors to meet the English Death Duties, as set forth in Schedule H of such prior accounting. The American executors, there- 26 fore, made the said payment of £20,000 which is shown in Schedule C 1 of this account, and thereupon an order was duly entered in the suit referred to in such prior account staying the sale of the said residence property.

Pumper 332 responding along Queen West towards Bay and Queen for a reported unconscious person. Ambulance was already on site. Turned out to be nothing much again.

This particular Captain seemed to like the yelp of the Whelen Executor for it was on yelp all the way!

Darth Vader prepares to return to his ship, Executor.

Collection: Serjeant Family Letters, 1769-1840

Item: Letter to Elizabeth Browne Rogers Roche from Winwood Serjeant (15 June 1774)

Transcription:

Cambridge June 15th 1774

My Dearest Sister

Your Letters always give me pleasure,

for I feel a tender concern for your hap

-piness & welfare: It is a blessing you are possessed

of so much prudence, for your circumstances in

life require it all, & I hope will enable you to

surmount all difficulties. You informed me

that Mr. Whipple had bought poor Father’s house,

but forgot to tell me for how much; I hope to a

reasonable advantage, otherwise the Executors

would not have consented, let Mr. Livermore

have been ever so hasty. It is not easy for me

to advise you whether you [^] shou’d [^] resign the House

before your time is up: that must depend on

the offer Whipple makes you & the advantages

you may reap by continuing in it. You have

never yet informed us of the disposal of the

household goods; what they fetched: should be

glad to know what Debts are brought in against

the

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