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In the chancel north wall, the demi-figures of Edward, wearing a long, curly wig, and Letitia
stand beneath twin arches. Above is a canopy from which depends drapery, beneath which,
in the centre of the arches are the family arms:
Paly of eight embattled argent and gules (Wigley);
charged with an escutcheon of pretence, Argent,
a lion rampant sable, in the dexter canton a cinquefoil gules (Cressy).
Crest: a tiger's head proper, maned and tufted sable, issuant out of flames proper,
gorged with a collar embattled gules.
The inscription, within a border of open drapery, reads:
Near this place lies the body of
Sir Edward Wigley, knt. who married
Letitia, daughter and heiress of Arthur Cressey
of Brigsley, in the county of Lincoln, esq.
by whom he had issue four sons and three daughters,
viz. Henry, who died in his infancy, Edward, James and Andrew,
Katherine, Letitia and Ann now living.
He was an affectionate husband, tender father,
faithful friend, and kind master;
and died, much lamented, March the 7th,
anno Dom 1710 æt 52.
To whose memory his disconsolate relict
erected this monmument.
Under the inscription is a bunch of grapes, while on the ledge
above the inscription stand two urns.
Letitia, who in 1730 had Scraptoft Hall rebuilt, later married Samuel Hartopp.
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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