St Catherine's church, Montacute - monument to Thomas Phelips Esq

"There is some reason to suppose that the canopied tomb in the north aisle of Montacute Church (ascribed by Collinson to Thomas Phelipps (ob. 1588), and Elizabeth Smith, his wife) is really that of Richard Phelipps (ob. 1607), and Mary Skerne. In his will, dated 6th November, 1606 (Hudleston, 67), this Richard directs “To be buried in Langport Church, at Discretion of my Executors whether they will remove the bones of my late wile lying at Langport, and lay us both at Montagu, and £20 for a monument and from the Registers we know that he was actually buried at Montacute, on 27th February, 1606-7." *

(*)- Proceedings of the Somerset Archæological and Natural History Society (Frederick May, London, Taunton, 1851-). vol. 32 (1886). Page 108. Internet Archive

"The north transept contains monuments to the Phelips family, including four recumbent effigies. The earliest is claimed to represent David Phelips (d. 1484). Two are unidentified and the fourth, which is surmounted by a canopy, has effigies of Thomas Phelips (d. 1590) and his wife. A classical wall monument commemorates Sir Edward Phelips (d. 1699) and his wife (d. 1728)." *

(*)- A P Baggs, R J E Bush and Margaret Tomlinson, 'Parishes: Montacute', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3, ed. R W Dunning (London, 1974), pp. 210-224. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol3/pp210-224 [accessed 3 June 2023].

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