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Sir John's relief bust is carved in an oval medallion that is supported by two putti.
Above the medallion is an achievement of arms; Qly.
1st and 4th Per pale argent and gules, two bars counter-embattled counter-charged (Bennett)
2nd and 3rd Argent, on a chief gules three mullets pierced or (St John of Longthorne).
Beneath the medallion is a tablet bearing the inscription:
Near this monument are interred the bodies of Sr John Bennett, of Welby, esq.
and Mary his wife, who was daughter of Sir Thomas
Middelton, of Chirk Castle, in the county of Denbigh, baronet;
by whom he had three sons and two daughters; viz. Thomas who
succeeded him, and died on the 10th of June, 1738, and was beneath
this bust deposited; Sr John who died abroad; George, married
Mary the daughter of Thomas Mansfield, of Leak, esq. and died
a major in the army, without issue, 10 weeks before his eldest brother,
and was likewise buried here; as also Mary his relict; Mary the
youngest daughter died in Wales, and lies interred in a vault in
Chirk church; and Elizabeth the only survivor, caused this
monument and inscription to be erected to their memories.
And as all the deceased here particularly named spent their lives
with integrity and honour in this world, their
surviving friends may rest in sure and certain hope that they
are happy eternally:
For 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.'
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
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