Memorial: M2109

Memorial in St Michael’s Church, Edenham, Lincolnshire commemorating Admiral Robert Bertie d. 1642

Location

St Michael's Church, Edenham, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

‘Hic jacet / ROBERTVS BERTIE filivs / PEREGRINE / BARONIS de WILLVGBY BECK & ERESBY/ Regnante Elizabetha in Daniam primo legati / Anglioru. Deinde per Belgiu. Militantiu. Generalis / Copijs demum Auxiliaribus / Henrico Gallice quarto submissis Praefectie / Qui / Auctis ipse cumulatisq. Honoribus / Comes de LINDSEY Baro de WILLVGBY, BECK & ERESBY / Magnvs Anglice Haereditario Camerarius / Georgiani Ordinis Eques Nobilissimus / Carolo Primo a consilijs Sanctioribus /Constabularij Magna Potestate semel functus / Admiralli Authoritate iterato insignitus / Abstremo cvm pro Fide sua & fortitudine singulari / Nupero Civili Bello Excercitui Regio Dux Praesset / Mortem adeptus / vltra illa honoratissimae vitae decora illustrem / Proelio de Edgehill fatoq. Tanti Viri Noto / In causa santissima Imperio Supremo / Victor / Gloriose Occubuit / Anno Aetatis 60 Christi 1642 / E longo prudentiq. reru usumulta illi Experientia / Oris dignitus quae Procerem fateretur / E usq. praese feriet Titulos qui nunc Leguntur / Tot licet nominibus praefulgenti / Alia adfuit claritudo sobole non minus numerosa . Quam / Ex ELIZABETH Baronis Montacuti de Boughton filia / Liberos Tredecim suscepit / MONTACVTVM / ROGERVM, PEREGRINVM, FRANCISCVM, ROBERTVM / HENRICVM, VERUM & EDVARDVM / CATHARINA, ELIZABETHA, ANNA, SOPHIA & MARIAM’ [Panel 2] ‘H.S.E. / MONTACVTVS filius ROBERT Comes de LINDSEY Baro de WILLOBY, BECK & ERESBY / Praecelsivs Angliae camerarius / Carolo Primo ab interiore cabiculo / Et satelitij Regij Priefectus / Carolis / Ordinis Periscelidis Eques Illustris / Vxorum premium / Duxit MARTIAM Guilielmi Cockram Equitis Filiam / Comitis de Holdernesse Viduam / Equa suscepit Liberos / ROBERTVM (nunc COMITEM de LINDSEY &c) / PEREGRINVM, RICARDVM, VERVM, CAROLVM / ELIZABETHAM, BRIGETTAM & CATHARINAM / Altera illi conjunx / BRIGETTA WRAY BARONESSA NORREYS de RYCOTT / Honorotissimi Edvard Sackvill Vidua / E qua Genuit / JACOBI BARONE NORREYS (alia familiae suae Nobilitatem) / EDVARDVM, HENRICVM ET MARIAM / Ista Sobole propagavit familiam / quam Virtute multiplici illustravit / Candore & Humanitate praecipuvs / vultis suavita & gestua moderatione summa decorus / comitate generosa magnifice affabilis / consiliarius Prudentissimus / in proelio de Edgehill Fortitudine spectabilis Pia / cum Imperatorem Patrem lethaliter prostratum / objectu corporis sui diutissime protergeret / Interritus / Fide erga Principes optimos inconcussa / qui Caroli Primi Funestissimus Exequias / Quatuor Procerum vnus / Inter ipsam Furentis Tyrannidis saevitiam / Ad Tumulum Prosecutus est sua Pietatis officio damnare ausus Potenter Rebelles / obit 25 Julij Anno Aeroe Christi 1666 Aetatis suae 59 / Et sub hoc Marmore / cum Patre ROBERTO & MARTHA conjuge / Una Requiescit / Aut Parentumq Honoratissimae Memoriae / Filij Quatuor / PEREGRINVS, RICARDVS, VERVS & CAROLVS / Supremi Testamenti Curatores / Moerentes Posuerunt ' [Here lies / ROBERT BERTIE son of PEREGRINE / (BARON of WILLOUGHBY, BECK & ERESBY / in the reign of Elizabeth first Ambassador to Denmark / then General of the English Army in Belgium / and finally Commander of the Auxiliary Forces / in the service of Henry IV of France) / He / with increased and multiple honours / Earl of Lindsey, Baron of Willoughby, Beck and Eresby / Hereditary Great Chamberlain of England / Most noble knight of the Order of St George [The Garter] / Of the Privy Council of Charles I /have once performed the office of Grand Constable / and been twice invested with the authority of Admiral / finally for his loyalty and singular bravery / in the recent Civil War has was General in command of the Royal Army / meeting a death / yet more illustrious that those distinctions of a most honoured life / at the Battle of Edgehill, famous also for the fate of so great a man / In his last command in a most sacred cause / victorious / He died in glory / At the age of 60 in 1642 / He had ample experience from his long and prudent administration of affairs / and dignity of mien to proclaim the nobleman / and declare the titles that are here read. / Though blazing with so many names, / he received additional renown from the no less numerous progeny / which / he received from Elizabeth daughter of Baron Montagu of Boughton / Thirteen children / Montagu / Roger Peregrine Francis Robert / Henry Vere & Edward / Catherine Elizabeth Anne Sophia & Mary.] (Translation panel 1).

Details

Description: Two black marble inscription panels flanked by white marble panels carved with armorials and military trophies. The whole supported on brackets in the form of helms. There is a carved shield of arms with a coronet, flanked by anchors below. On the pediment above, a shield of armswith a coronet, flanked by field artillery.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Vault
Materials: Marble

People

Bertie, Robert
Age: 60
Date of Death: 23/10/1642
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 1st Earl of Lindsey, Vice-Admiral on expedition to La Rochelle 1627 and Admiral of the ship-money fleet. He served as a military commander during the English Civil War and was killed at the Battle of Edgehill.
Bibliography: Cheryl Kerry 'Honour, memory and lineage: remembering the English civil war through funeral memorials', 'History': Journal of the Historical Association, 107: 377, pp. 651-71 (London, 2022)
Recorder: Translation provided by Father Edward Martin 2023

JSON

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  "transcript": "‘Hic jacet / ROBERTVS BERTIE filivs / PEREGRINE / BARONIS de WILLVGBY BECK & ERESBY/ Regnante Elizabetha in Daniam primo legati / Anglioru. Deinde per Belgiu. Militantiu. Generalis / Copijs demum Auxiliaribus / Henrico Gallice quarto submissis Praefectie / Qui / Auctis ipse cumulatisq. Honoribus / Comes de LINDSEY Baro de WILLVGBY, BECK & ERESBY / Magnvs Anglice Haereditario Camerarius / Georgiani Ordinis Eques Nobilissimus / Carolo Primo a consilijs Sanctioribus /Constabularij Magna Potestate  semel functus / Admiralli Authoritate iterato insignitus / Abstremo cvm pro Fide sua & fortitudine singulari / Nupero Civili Bello Excercitui Regio Dux Praesset / Mortem adeptus / vltra illa honoratissimae vitae decora illustrem / Proelio de Edgehill fatoq. Tanti Viri Noto / In causa santissima Imperio Supremo / Victor / Gloriose Occubuit / Anno Aetatis 60 Christi 1642 / E longo prudentiq. reru usumulta illi Experientia / Oris dignitus quae Procerem fateretur / E usq. praese feriet Titulos qui nunc Leguntur / Tot licet nominibus praefulgenti / Alia adfuit claritudo sobole non minus numerosa . Quam / Ex ELIZABETH Baronis Montacuti de Boughton filia / Liberos Tredecim suscepit / MONTACVTVM / ROGERVM, PEREGRINVM, FRANCISCVM, ROBERTVM / HENRICVM, VERUM & EDVARDVM / CATHARINA, ELIZABETHA, ANNA, SOPHIA & MARIAM’ [Panel 2] ‘H.S.E. / MONTACVTVS filius ROBERT Comes de LINDSEY Baro de WILLOBY, BECK & ERESBY / Praecelsivs Angliae camerarius / Carolo Primo ab interiore cabiculo / Et satelitij Regij Priefectus / Carolis / Ordinis Periscelidis Eques Illustris / Vxorum premium / Duxit MARTIAM Guilielmi Cockram Equitis Filiam / Comitis de Holdernesse Viduam / Equa suscepit Liberos / ROBERTVM (nunc COMITEM de LINDSEY &c) / PEREGRINVM, RICARDVM, VERVM, CAROLVM / ELIZABETHAM, BRIGETTAM & CATHARINAM / Altera illi conjunx / BRIGETTA WRAY BARONESSA NORREYS de RYCOTT / Honorotissimi Edvard Sackvill Vidua / E qua Genuit / JACOBI BARONE NORREYS (alia familiae suae Nobilitatem) /  EDVARDVM, HENRICVM ET MARIAM / Ista Sobole propagavit familiam / quam Virtute multiplici illustravit / Candore & Humanitate praecipuvs / vultis suavita & gestua moderatione summa decorus / comitate generosa magnifice affabilis / consiliarius Prudentissimus / in proelio de Edgehill Fortitudine spectabilis Pia / cum Imperatorem Patrem lethaliter prostratum / objectu corporis sui diutissime protergeret / Interritus / Fide erga Principes optimos inconcussa / qui Caroli Primi Funestissimus Exequias / Quatuor Procerum vnus / Inter ipsam Furentis Tyrannidis saevitiam / Ad Tumulum Prosecutus est sua Pietatis officio damnare ausus Potenter Rebelles / obit 25 Julij Anno Aeroe Christi 1666 Aetatis suae 59 / Et sub hoc Marmore / cum Patre ROBERTO & MARTHA conjuge / Una Requiescit / Aut Parentumq Honoratissimae Memoriae / Filij Quatuor / PEREGRINVS, RICARDVS, VERVS & CAROLVS / Supremi Testamenti Curatores / Moerentes Posuerunt ' [Here lies / ROBERT BERTIE son of PEREGRINE / (BARON of WILLOUGHBY, BECK & ERESBY / in the reign of Elizabeth first Ambassador to Denmark / then General of the English Army in Belgium / and finally Commander of the Auxiliary Forces / in the service of Henry IV of France) / He / with increased and multiple honours / Earl of Lindsey, Baron of Willoughby, Beck and Eresby / Hereditary Great Chamberlain of England / Most noble knight of the Order of St George [The Garter] / Of the Privy Council of Charles I /have once performed the office of Grand Constable / and been twice invested with the authority of Admiral / finally for his loyalty and singular bravery / in the recent Civil War has was General in command of the Royal Army / meeting a death / yet more illustrious that those distinctions of a most honoured life / at the Battle of Edgehill, famous also for the fate of so great a man / In his last command in a most sacred cause / victorious / He died in glory / At the age of 60 in 1642 / He had ample experience from his long and prudent administration of affairs / and dignity of mien to proclaim the nobleman / and declare the titles that are here read. / Though blazing with so many names, / he received additional renown from the no less numerous progeny / which / he received from Elizabeth daughter of Baron Montagu of Boughton / Thirteen children / Montagu / Roger Peregrine Francis Robert / Henry Vere & Edward / Catherine Elizabeth Anne Sophia & Mary.] (Translation panel 1).<br />\r\n<br />",
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