The de Grey Mausoleum in
Flitton,
Bedfordshire,
England, is one of the largest sepulchral chapels in the country. The
Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...
contains over twenty monuments to the de Grey family who lived in nearby
Wrest Park.
The cruciform Mausoleum has its nave set against the north side of the chancel of the adjacent church of St John the Baptist and its south transept overlaps the east end. The oldest part of Mausoleum was built circa 1614, the eastern parts were added in 1705.
The architect
Edward Shepherd
Edward Shepherd (died 1747) was a prominent London-based English architect and developer in the Georgian period.
Architectural work
Shepherd worked on the following projects, among others:
* Cannons, a house for James Brydges, 1st Duke of ...
worked on the building during 1739–40.
It is a Grade I
listed building, a
scheduled monument. and is in the guardianship of
English Heritage who open it to the public.
The monuments
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Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent and his countess Mary Cotton (1614)
*
Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent (1651) and his countess
Arabella
''Arabella'', Op. 79, is a lyric comedy, or opera, in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last operatic collaboration.
Performance history
It was first performed on 1 July 1933 at the Dr ...
(1698)
*Lady Elizabeth Talbot (1651)
*Lady Jane Hart (1673)
*Charles Grey (1623) and his son Henry Grey (1639), slabs
*Lady Henrietta de Grey (1703)
*Henry de Grey (1717)
*Lady Amabel de Grey (1727)
*Lady Anne de Grey (1770)
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Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold (1723), by Dowyer
*
Thomas Philip, 2nd Earl de Grey (1859), by Matthew Noble
*
Henrietta Frances, Countess de Grey (1848), by
Terence Farrell
Terence Farrell (1798 – 19 March 1876) was an Irish sculptor, now best known for his portrait busts and works at Wrest Park for Earl de Grey.
Farrell was born in Creve, County Longford, and in 1810 brought to Dublin and enrolled in the Modelli ...
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Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent and Marquess de Grey (1740), by Edward Shepard, effigy of the duke attributed to J. Michael Rysbrack
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Jemima Grey, Duchess of Kent, the duke's first wife (1728)
*Sophia de Grey (1748)
*Ann Sophia de Grey (1780)
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Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (1790), by Thomas Banks
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Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey (1797)
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Amabel Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Grey (1833)
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Mary Robinson, Baroness Grantham (1830)
*Harry Grey, son of George, Earl of Kent (1545), a brass removed from the church
See also
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Wrest Park
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Flitton
References
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External links
* {{official website, https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/de-grey-mausoleum-flitton/
English Heritage
Teachers' resource pack: English Heritage
Mausoleums in England
Monuments and memorials in Bedfordshire
English Heritage sites in Bedfordshire
Grade I listed buildings in Bedfordshire
Grade I listed monuments and memorials