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NAME TYPE MATERIAL DATE Anne Bruce Recumbent lady Marble 1628

At the west end of the north aisle Anne is depicted in a shroud with her head on a cushion with two angel's heads in profile. There is a pelican with a serpent in its beak at her feet. The very tall tomb-chest has black Ionic columns dividing the side into three sections. The feet end has a shield bearing the arms Or, a saltire and a chief gules, on a canton argent a lion rampant azure (Bruce) and the head end, a shield with the arms Checky or and gules, a chief vair (Chichester). The central section of each side has an inscription panel; the south side in Latin while the north side bears the English translation. Anna uxor Tho. Dom. Bruce Bar. de Kinlosse filia Roberti Chichester Eq. Baln. Familia illustri in agro Devonien. Matrem habuit Franciscam filiam et ex semisse haered. Johan. Dom. Harrington Bar. de Exton. Ipsa matris Haeres ex asse. Faemina Pudicitiae, tum resti scientia, tum amore in conjugem intenso, munitissimae. Nobilissimis moribus, serenitate perpetua, Ingeniiq, admirabili elegantia, Placentissima. Convixit marito An iv mens. ix. peperitq; ei filium Rob. Bruce superstitem, eo partu cum esset absumpta omnis vis Corporis, Sanctissimam animam, pia morte, paucos post dies, deo reddidit, Die xx,. Martii Anno aetat suae xxii. Humanae Salut. MDCXXVII. Dilestissimae conjugi, ob egregias Virtutes et Insignia in se merita, Monumentum hoc brevemq; titulum faciund. cur. Moer. Mar. Anne, wife to Thomas, Lord Bruce, Baron of Kinlosse, daughter of Sir Robert Chichester Knight of the Bath, of an ancient family in the county of Devon, and of Frances one of the two daughters and co-heirs of John, Lord Harrington, Baron of Exton, sole heir to her mother; a lady endowed with a natural disposition to virtue, a true understanding of honour, most noble behaviour, perceptual cheerfulness, most elegant conversation, and a more than ordinary conjugal affection. She was married iv years and ix months, and left one only child named Robert Bruce. Weakened by that birth she died in childbirth, the xx day of March, in the xxii year of her age. Anno Domini M.DC.XXVII. Erected and inscribed to the memory of his most beloved, and most deserving wife by Thomas, Lord Bruce. Sepulchral Effigies of Leicestershire and Rutland Text copyright Max Matthews 2002. Selected text copyright Bob Trubshaw 2025–6. Images copyright Max Matthews 2002 or Bob Trubshaw 2002, 2025–6. No copying or reproduction without prior written permission. Published by Heart of Albion Press Back to top of this page This website does not gather or store any visitor information.