Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . Sir Christopher Baynham, of Clearwell, Knt., who presented tothe chantry in 1521, 1530, and 1531, and died 6th October, grandson, Thomas Baynham, of Clearwell, Esq., died in 1611,leaving two daughters his coheirs, the elder of whom, Cecilia,was then the wife of Sir William Throckmorton, Knt., and theyounger, Johanna, the wife of John Vaughan, of Kinnersley, , upon the partition of the estates, Clearwell inter alia,fell to the share of Sir William Throckmorton and his wife Cecilia,from whom it has desce
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . Sir Christopher Baynham, of Clearwell, Knt., who presented tothe chantry in 1521, 1530, and 1531, and died 6th October, grandson, Thomas Baynham, of Clearwell, Esq., died in 1611,leaving two daughters his coheirs, the elder of whom, Cecilia,was then the wife of Sir William Throckmorton, Knt., and theyounger, Johanna, the wife of John Vaughan, of Kinnersley, , upon the partition of the estates, Clearwell inter alia,fell to the share of Sir William Throckmorton and his wife Cecilia,from whom it has descended to the present possessor Mr. WyndhamQuin. We have now reached that part of the subject to which whatwe have already written must be considered as merely an intro-duction. In the midst of the chapel is a slab, on which are twomonumental Brasses, representing a gentleman and his wife, to 1 Dated the same day, Rot. Pat. 24th Henry VI., Part 2, m. 17. 2 Inq. 22nd Edw. IV., No. 39. 3 In 16 Inq. 1st & 2nd Henry VII, No, 8 Exclieq. PCATE XVI. NOTE:The hrdar-Jtllet V-the shields, are lost, as Me also the, ,spurs, ground,Vpast of sword, of Malefipire] Scale <{f Inches^ U ? ? * ? ? ? ° S ±& 1 &*t Greyndour Chapel and Chantry. 119 which we invite the attention of our readers. The monument hasperplexed every one who has given any attention to it. In HainesManual the following note occurs :—(L, p. cxij:) c, 1445. SirChristopher Baynham, Knt., and lady, Newland, Gloucestershire,but in his list of Brasses in Gloucestershire (II., p. 69), he givesno name, but says simply a man in armour. We also have beennot a little puzzled with it. The legs of the knight, together withthe shields, which filled the four matrices in the slab are lost, asis now also the whole of the legend with which the slab wascircumscribed, which creates great difficulty in the identificationof the subject. From the circumstances which we have stated relative to thefoundati
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