St George Church
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St George Church

Monkleigh, Torridge District, Devon, England

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    Coordinates: 50.96520, -4.19790
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Rebuilt in 1423, when Sir William Hankford of Annery made his will, leaving money for the completion and maintenance of the S. aisle on condition that he and his heirs should have a burial place there. A parclose screen, with late and rich detail, shuts off the Annery chapel from the rest of the S. aisle. Dame Anne St. Leger founded a chantry in this chapel after 1537, and the screen may date from then. There are a number of well carved bench-ends in the Annery aisle, bearing the emblems of the Passion and the arms of Annery families; and a considerable number of late medieval tiles in both the nave and the aisle. Among the various mural monuments and brasses in the church is one in the chancel to James Coffin, Esq., 1566, represented by a brass effigy of a man in armour kneeling, which came from a high tomb now destroyed.There is also a brass in the Annery aisle to Sir James St. Leger, 1509. More important is the canopied alter-tomb which is that of Sir William Hankford, chief justice of the King's Bench, who acquired Annery and other substantial estates. It was restored in 1862.
Rebuilt in 1423, when Sir William Hankford of Annery made his will, leaving money for the completion and maintenance of the S. aisle on condition that he and his heirs should have a burial place there. A parclose screen, with late and rich detail, shuts off the Annery chapel from the rest of the S. aisle. Dame Anne St. Leger founded a chantry in this chapel after 1537, and the screen may date from then. There are a number of well carved bench-ends in the Annery aisle, bearing the emblems of the Passion and the arms of Annery families; and a considerable number of late medieval tiles in both the nave and the aisle. Among the various mural monuments and brasses in the church is one in the chancel to James Coffin, Esq., 1566, represented by a brass effigy of a man in armour kneeling, which came from a high tomb now destroyed.There is also a brass in the Annery aisle to Sir James St. Leger, 1509. More important is the canopied alter-tomb which is that of Sir William Hankford, chief justice of the King's Bench, who acquired Annery and other substantial estates. It was restored in 1862.

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  • Added: 15 Jul 2011
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2410361