John Fettiplace (1583-1658), Berkshire High Sheriff and Royalist MP in the Short, Long and Oxford parliaments of the mid-1600s, square format detail of effigy in 17th century Carolean armour on lower shelf of Baroque 1686 Fettiplace family monument sculpted by William Byrd or Bird of Oxford in St Mary’s Parish Church in the Windrush Valley, Cotswolds, village of Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England, UK: John Fettiplace (1583-1658), long-serving Royalist Member of Parliament during the 17th century English Civil War: square format detail of effigy on lower shelf of the 1686 Fettiplace family monument in St Mary’s Parish Church. John wears gilded Carolean armour in this work by sculptor William Byrd or Bird of Oxford (1624-c. 1691), Oxford University’s official mason. His hand rests on his gauntlet as he lies, propped on his right forearm, on a woven woollen shroud. Lying above him on the middle and upper shelves are his nephew, Royalist Civil War colonel Sir John Fettiplace (1623-1672) and Sir Edmund Fettiplace (died 1686), who commissioned the monument. John Fettiplace was born at Childrey in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1626, was re-elected in 1628 and sat until 1629, when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for 11 years. He served as High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1630 and in 1640 was again elected as MP for Berkshire, first in the Short Parliament and then in its successor, the Long Parliament. He supported Charles I during the 1642-1646 English Civil War, and was a member of the cavalier parliament at Oxford, the Royalist headquarters. He was banned as an MP in January 1644 and was later fined £1,943 for his “delinquency” in supporting the King. Byrd’s lavish Baroque memorial against the north sanctuary wall contrasts with a more austere triple-decker Fettiplace monument of 1613 nearby. Here, Alexander, William and another Sir Edmund Fettiplace lie stiffly on shelves wearing Tudor and early Jacobean armour. The Fettiplaces, lords of Swinbrook in the 17th century, were among the richest and most powerful families in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, owning estates in 15 counties. Their vast mansion at Swinbrook, in the picturesque Windrush Valley, was demolished after the last member of the dynasty died in 1805.
Size: 2806px × 2807px
Location: Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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