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NAME TYPE MATERIAL DATE Thomas Neville Recumbent knight Alabaster 1637

Still retaining much of its original colour, Sir Thomas is depicted as an armed knight with short hair and a pointed beard, his head resting on a tasselled cushion. The right hand, two fingers of which seem to have been originally represented as cut off, is on the belt, while the left, with the sword under it, lies down by the side. He is wearing boots with rowelled spurs. At the top, between an open pediment, is an achievement of arms (Qly 1st and 4th, Nevill of Raby and Holt 2nd and 3rd Nevill, Admiral to the Conqueror) and a bull's head crest. On either side of the arms are two putti – one holding a spade, and the other kneeling on a skull. The creation, which is adorned with scrolls and hourglasses, carries, on two black marble squares, the inscription: This monument is errected in memory of Sir Thomas Nevill, knight, who had two wives: Jane, the daughter of Toby Haughton, esq. His second wife, Elizabeth Ferne, Sir John Ferne's widdow. By his first wife he had seaven sons and three daughters: Thomas (who dyed an infant) Henry, William, Thomas, Nevill, Clement and George. Daughters: Dorothy, Mary and Jane. He lyeth buried in the upper end of the chancill, and died the 2nd March, Anno Dom: 1636 in the year of his age 81. 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.