Faith (Coghill) Wren (1636 - 1675)

Born 17 Mar 1636 in Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, England

Wife of Christopher Wren FRS — married 7 Dec 1669 (to 1675) in Temple Church, City of London, England

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1675 at age 39 in St Martin's in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Biography

This profile is part of the Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire One Place Study.

Faith Coghill was born on 17 March 1636 and was baptised at the parish church of Bletchingdon in Oxfordshire on 24 March 1636, as the daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Elizabeth Coghill. ^[1]

By 1669 Wren's career was well established and it may have been his appointment as Surveyor of the King's Works in early 1669 that persuaded him that he could finally afford to take a wife. In 1669 the 37-year-old Wren married his childhood neighbour, the 33-year-old Faith Coghill, daughter of Sir Thomas Coghill of Bletchingdon. Little is known of Faith's life or demeanour.

Faith Wren died of smallpox on 3 September 1675. ^[2] She was buried in the chancel of St Martin-in-the-Fields beside the infant Gilbert, on 4 September 1675. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ The parish register at the time started the year from 1 January, so 1636 is the true year for both events: The baptism record also provides the birth date: Bletchingdon parish register: Oxfordshire History Centre: reference PAR36/1/R1/1: Ancestry Record OxfordshireEarlyParish #1645085
2. ↑ Entered by Sheila Smail.
3. ↑ St Martin in the Fields parish register: City of Westminster Archives Centre: reference STM/PR/8/6: Ancestry Record 61865 #1235271

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wren