Title:
Monumental inscriptions at Chelmsford Cathedral and war memorials
Level: Category
Miscellaneous
Level: Fonds
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS RECORDED BY ESSEX SOCIETY FOR FAMILY HISTORY
Scope and Content:
Monumental inscriptions at Cathedral Church of St Mary, St Peter and St Cedd, Chelmsford, recorded April 1997, and war memorials in Chelmsford, recorded November 2000.

Includes notes on the cathedral, indexes of persons, places in Essex, places out of Essex, occupations and stonemasons, with plans of churchyard and cathedral.

Memorials in churchyard include those of John Oxley Parker, solicitor of Chelmsford, nearly 50 years Deputy Registrar of the Archdeaconries of Essex, Hertfordshire and Colchester, Principal Registrar of the Commissary Court of London, died 1826 and his son Charles George Parker, also Deputy Registrar and Clerk of the Peace for 25 years, died 1847; Thomas Orrell, Captain Royal Cheshire Militia, died 1803; Revd Joseph Robinson, Wesleyan minister, died 1834; William George Gilson, undergraduate of Peterhouse, Cambridge, died 1828; Major R.W. Smith of 9th Bengal Light Cavalry, East India Service, died 1835; Revd Henry Skipsey Sanders, canon and rector of Woodford, died 1920; John Edwin Watts-Ditchfield, first Bishop of Chelmsford, died 1923; Henry Frank Johnson, Bishop and Archdeacon of Colchester 1894-1908, Archdeacon of Essex 1885-1894, rector of Chelmsford 1880-1894, vicar of High Wych, 1862-1880, died 1908; Thomas James Orton 'accidentally drowned in the first lock of the Chelmer Navigation', 1849; William Tomkins of East Norfolk Militia; two sons (Ebenezer and Benjamin) and two daughters (Eliza and Hephzibah) of Benjamin and Martha Bennell 'who were hurried into eternity by the cholera that visited this town', 1832; Captain John Rist, 12 Regiment of Foot, died 1828; Edward Gepp 'many years an eminent Attorney at law' in Chelmsford, died 1797; George Asser Gepp FRCSE, Senior Medical Officer of Essex County Gaol, 1793, Senior member of the Livery of the Society of Apothecaries of London, died 1853; Henry Badeley, Lieutenant of 19th and 98th Regiments, died 1880; John Badeley MD 'of consummate ability who after devoting sixty years of unwearying assiduity to the laborious exercise of his profession died universally beloved and regretted', 1831; John Knightbridge, Registrar; George Lake of Saracens Head inn, died 1845; William Gutteridge, accidentally drowned aged 4, 1843; Samuel Adams, Sheriff's Marshal for Essex for 40 years, died 1845; Abraham Hurrell, Sergeant West Essex Regiment, died 1833; Augustus Stokes, Post Master of Chelmsford, died 1864; Isaac Marsden, printer and bookseller, formerly of Colchester, died 1831; William Tomkins Drum Major of East Norfolk Militia.

Memorials in cathedral include those to men of Essex Yeomanry killed in First World War and in Second World War, with book of remembrance to those killed in Second World War; memorial to Diocese of Chelmsford's clergy and sons of clergy killed in First World War; Colonel Sir Francis Henry Douglas Charlton Whitmore of Orsett Hall, Baronet, High Sheriff of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Essex, Commanding Officer and Honorary Colonel of Essex Yeomanry and patron of Association, died 1962; Sir Richard Beale Colvin, Honorary Colonel and Brigadier-General of Essex Yeomanry, Lord Lieutenant of Essex, died 1936; memorial to men of Essex Regiment, succeeded by Royal Anglian Regiment, 'who died in the service of their country'; Second Lieutenant Marshall Stuart Straight, 12th Attached Battalion, Essex Regiment, killed in action at Gallipoli, 1915; war memorial to those from parish of Chelmsford killed in First and Second World Wars; memorial to members of Essex Association of Change Ringers killed in First and Second World Wars; plaque in memory of men from 161st Brigade [Essex Territorial Force] killed in action at Gaza, 1917; Private Leonard Ernest Smith, City of London Imperial Volunteers and 2nd Volunteer Battalion Essex Regiment, died at Pretoria, South Africa, 1900 in Boer War, memorial having been erected at expense of regimental fund; roll of honour to employees of Hoffmann Manufacturing Company killed in First World War, listing names, department, regiment, rank and date of death; memorial to men and women of Hoffmann Manufacturing Company killed by enemy action while at work in Second World War, with plaque stating that these memorials were moved to Cathedral on closure of factory in 1989; Evelyn, Lady Rayleigh 'whose vision and personality inspired the creation of district nursing' in Essex, died 1934; George Henry Dawson of Cathedral Troop of Boy Scouts, aged 16, who died in Belgium trying to save a boy scout from drowning, 1929; lists of Bishops of Chelmsford and Provosts of Chelmsford Cathedral; Mildmay family vault, 1557-1771, including Sir Thomas Mildmay, died 1608, Sir Thomas Mildmay died 1625, Henry Mildmay, Lord Fitzwalter, died 1661, Benjamin Mildmay, Lord Fitzwalter, died 1679, Charles Mildmay, Lord Fitzwalter, died 1727, Benjamin Mildmay, Earl Fitzwalter, died 1756, Sir William Mildmay, died 1771; Mildmay Monument with carved effigies of Avice Mildmay (died 1557) and her seven daughters and Thomas Mildmay (died 1566) and his eight sons, monument being dated 1571 ('they had fifteen pledges of their prosperous love'); Bishop Albert John Trillo, died 1992; Benjamin Mildmay, Earl Fitzwalter, died 1756 'having many years served his King & country in several great offices of state with dignity & integrity' and wife Frederica, died 1751; Jeremiah Thwaites of Springfield, one of 100 Yeomen of the Guard to King Charles II, King James II, King William III and Queen Mary II and second Yeoman Usher to Queen Anne and King George I, died 1716; Frederick Robert Frye, Organist and choir master for 66 years, died 1942; Lieutenant Thomas Sydney Gepp, 66th or Chorka Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, died 1858 at Haldwani near Naini Tal in East Indies of wounds received in action against rebels of Rohilkhand at Charpura, buried at Naini Tal, the tablet having been erected by fellow officers ('His gallantry was most conspicuous, and the admiration of all his brother officers. Had he lived I should undoubtedly recommend him for the Victoria Cross. He was instrumental in capturing three pieces of artillery'); George Tindal, Post Captain in Royal Navy, died 1777; Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Lord Chief Justice of Court of Common Pleas, died 1846; John Pocock Tindal, killed aged 17 in 1797 'in the moment of victory by cannon-shot in the memorable engagement between the English & Dutch fleets ... whilst gallantly on duty as Signal-midshipman on board ... [H.M.S.] Monarch'; John Ockelford Thompson and wife Emma, seven times Mayor and Mayoress of Borough of Chelmsford, killed by enemy action, 13 October 1940; Robert Woodcock 'barb[arously] murder'd' near Chelsea Fields, 1707; James Lucas, Deputy Registrar, died 1759.

In churchyard also plaque on tree to mark 70th Anniversary of Brownies of Chelmsford North Division, 1984.

In cathedral, also Mothers' Union banner presented and dedicated 1988, the previous banner, dedicated in 1953, having needed to be replaced 'as the silks were disintegrating and it was considered to be beyond repair ... [it was] sent out to the Diocese of George in South Africa ... act as a sampler to guide needle-women who, with no tradition of this type of craft work, would like to be able to produce a banner for theit own use'; window in memory of Henry Hamilton Gepp, Under Sheriff and Registrar of the Archdeaconries, died 1945 and wife Mary, died 1935; in bell ringer's chamber, peal cards and boards recording various ringings of bells in cathedral and other churches in Essex, 1813-1991, including peals at at Great Waltham in 1907 for coming of age of Prince Alexander of Battenberg, and at Widford 1916 'with the bells deeply muffled as a tribute of respect to the memory of the late Lord Kitchener and others of H.M.S. Hampshire; also to all who lost their lives in the Great Naval Battle [Jutland]', coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953.

Also includes war memorial in Marconi House, Chelmsford, to those killed in First World War and plaque to those killed in enemy action, 9 May 1941; war memorial at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, to those killed in First and Second World Wars; Chelmsford War Memorial outside Civic Centre, Duke Street, to those killed in First and Second World Wars; war memorial in Central Park to men of Essex Regiment killed during Boer War; war memorial in County Hall to Essex County Council staff killed in First World War; war memorial in Chelmsford Library to Essex County Council staff killed in Second World War.
Dates of Creation:
April 1997, November 2000
Extent:
1 volume
Creator Name:
Essex Society for Family History

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Bellringing Notes of peals in Chelmsford Cathedral and elsewhere in Essex, 1813-1991
Subjects Boer War Monumental inscriptions in Chelmsford Cathedral and on separate memorial to men of Essex Regiment, recorded 1997, 2000
Subjects Booksellers Isaac Marsden, formerly of Colchester, monumental inscription, Chelmsford, 1831
Subjects Coronations Note of peal in honour of coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1953
Subjects First World War Lists of names on war memorials in Chelmsford, recorded 2000
Subjects First World War Lists of names on war memorials in Chelmsford, recorded 2000
Subjects Postal services Monumental inscription for postmaster, Chelmsford, 1864
Subjects Printers Isaac Marsden, formerly of Colchester, monumental inscription, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1831
Subjects Second World War Lists of names on war memorials in Chelmsford, recorded 1997, 2000
Subjects War memorials Lists of names on memorials in Chelmsford, recorded 1997, 2000
Personal Names Elizabeth II Note of peal in honour of coronation, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1953
Personal Names -
Mildmay 		Monumental inscriptions to members of family, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1557-1661
Personal Names Augustus
Stokes 		postmaster, Chelmsford, 1864
Personal Names Avice
Mildmay 		Chelmsford, 1557
Personal Names Benjamin
Bennell 		Chelmsford, 1832
Personal Names Benjamin
Mildmay 		Earl Fitzwalter; Chelmsford, 1679
Personal Names Charles
Mildmay 		Lord Fitzwalter; Chelmsford, 1727
Personal Names Charles George
Parker 		Deputy Registrar of Archdeaconries and Clerk of the Peace, Chelmsford, 1847
Personal Names Ebenezer
Bennell 		Chelmsford, 1832
Personal Names Edward
Gepp 		attorney, Chelmsford, 1797
Personal Names Eliza
Bennell 		Chelmsford, 1832
Personal Names Emma
Thompson 		mayoress, Chelmsford, 1940
Personal Names Evelyn
Strutt 		Lady Rayleigh; Chelmsford, 1934
Personal Names Frederick Robert
Frye 		organist and choir master, Chelmsford, 1942
Personal Names George
Lake 		Chelmsford, 1845
Personal Names George
Tindal 		Post Captain, Chelmsford, 1777
Personal Names George Asser
Gepp 		Senior Medical Officer of Essex County Gaol, Chelmsford, 1793
Personal Names Henry
Mildmay 		Lord Fitzwalter; Chelmsford, 1661
Personal Names Henry Hamilton
Gepp 		Sheriff of Essex and Registrar of the Archdeaconries, Chelmsford, 1945
Personal Names Hephzibah
Bennell 		Chelmsford, 1832
Personal Names Horatio Herbert
Kitchener 		Earl Kitchener of Khartoum; note of peal in memory of, Widford, 1916
Personal Names Isaac
Marsden 		Formerly of Colchester, monumental inscription, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1831
Personal Names James
Lucas 		Deputy Registrar of Archdeaconries, Chelmsford, 1759
Personal Names Jeremiah
Thwaites 		Yeoman of the Guard and second Yeoman Usher, Chelmsford, 1716
Personal Names John
Knightbridge 		Registrar of Archdeaconries, Chelmsford
Personal Names John Ockelford
Thompson 		Mayor of Chelmsford, 1940
Personal Names John Oxley
Parker 		solicitor and Deputy Registrar of Archdeaconries, Chelmsford, 1826
Personal Names John Pocock
Tindal 		signal midshipman, Chelmsford, 1797
Personal Names Mary
Gepp 		Chelmsford, 1935
Personal Names Robert
Woodcock 		Chelmsford, 1707
Personal Names Samuel
Adams 		Sheriff's Marshal, Chelmsford, 1845
Personal Names Thomas
Mildmay 		Chelmsford, 1566
Personal Names Thomas James
Orton 		Chelmsford, 1849
Personal Names William
Gutteridge 		Chelmsford, 1843
Personal Names William
Tomkins 		Drum Major, East Norfolk Militia, Chelmsford
Personal Names William George
Gilson 		Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Chelmsford, 1828
Personal Names Brigadier General Sir
Richard Beale
Colvin 		Lord Lieutenant of Essex, Chelmsford, 1936
Personal Names Captain
John
Rist 		12th Regiment of Foot, Chelmsford, 1828
Personal Names Captain
Thomas
Orrell 		Royal Cheshire Militia,Chelmsford, 1803
Personal Names Colonel Sir
Francis Henry Douglas Charlton
Whitmore 		Lrod Lieutenant, Orsett, 1962
Personal Names Dr
John
Badeley 		Chelmsford, 1831
Personal Names Lieutenant
Henry
Badeley 		19th and 98th Regiments, Chelmsford, 1880
Personal Names Lieutenant
Thomas Sydney
Gepp 		66th or Chorka Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, Chelmsford, 1858
Personal Names Major
R.W.
Smith 		9th Bengal Light Cavalry, Chelmsford, 1835
Personal Names Prince
Alexander of Battenberg 		Note of peal in honour of coming of age, Great Waltham, 1907
Personal Names Revd
Joseph
Robinson 		Wesleyan Methodist minister, Chelmsford, 1834
Personal Names Revd Canon
Henry Skipsey
Sanders 		rector of Woodford, 1920
Personal Names Right Revd
Albert John
Trillo 		Bishop of Chelmsford, 1992
Personal Names Right Revd
Henry Frank
Johnson 		Chelmsford, 1908
Personal Names Right Revd
John Edwin
Watts-Ditchfield 		Bishop of Chelmsford, 1923
Personal Names Second Lieutenant
Marshall Stuart
Straight 		Chelmsford, 1915
Personal Names Sergeant
Abraham
Hurrell 		West Essex Regiment, Chelmsford, 1833
Personal Names Sir
Nicolas Conyngham
Tindal 		Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Chelmsford, 1846
Personal Names Sir
Thomas
Mildmay 		Chelmsford, 1608
Personal Names Sir
Thomas
Mildmay 		Chelmsford, 1625
Personal Names Sir
William
Mildmay 		Chelmsford, 1771
Place Names Great Waltham Note of peal in honour of coming of age of Prince Alexander of Battenberg, 1907
Place Names Widford Note of peal in memory of Lord Kitchener and others killed on HMS Hampshire and in the Battle of Jutland, 1916
Place Names Woodford Monumental inscription to rector, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1920
Place Names Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin, St Peter and St Cedd
Chelmsford 		Monumental inscriptions, recorded 1997
Place Names Central Park
Chelmsford 		War memoria to men of Essex Regiment killed in Boer War, recorded 2000
Place Names Chelmsford Library
Chelmsford 		War memorial to Essex County Council staff killed in Second World War, recorded 2000
Place Names Chelmsford Library
Chelmsford 		War memorial to Essex County Council staff killed in Second World War, recorded 2000
Place Names County Hall
Chelmsford 		War memorial to Essex County Council staff killed in First World War, recorded 2000
Place Names Essex County Gaol
Chelmsford 		Monumental inscription to Senior Medical Officer, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1793
Place Names Duke Street
Civic Centre
Chelmsford 		War memorial to those killed in First and Second World Wars, recorded 2000
Place Names High Street
Saracen's Head
Chelmsford 		Monumental inscription to George Lake, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1845
Document Types Monumental inscriptions Chelmsford Cathedral and Chelmsford war memorials, recorded 1997
Institutions 66th or Chorka Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry Lieutenant Thomas Sydney Gepp, monumental inscription, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1858
Institutions Borough of Chelmsford War memorial to those killed in the First and Second World Wars, recorded 2000
Institutions Boy Scout Association, Cathedral Troop Chelmsford, 1929
Institutions Chelmer Navigation Monumental inscription to person drowned in, Chelmsford, 1849
Institutions Chelmsford North Division, Brownies Tree to mark 70th anniversary, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1984
Institutions Church of England Monumental inscriptions in Chelmsford Cathedral, recorded 1997
Institutions Diocese of Chelmsford List of clergy and sons of clergy killed in First World War, Chelmsford Cathedral, recorded 1997
Institutions Diocese of George, South Africa Recipient of old Chelmsford Cathedral Mothers' Union banner for use as sampler, 1988
Institutions East India Company, 9th Bengal Light Cavalry Monumental inscription, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1835
Institutions East Norfolk Militia William Tomkins, Drum Major, monumental inscription, Chelmsford Cathedral
Institutions Essex Association of Change Ringers War memorial to members killed in First and Second World Wars, recorded 1997
Institutions Essex Association of Change Ringers War memorial to members killed in First and Second World Wars, recorded 1997
Institutions Essex County Council War memorials listing staff killed in First World War and Second World War, Chelmsford, recorded 2000
Institutions Essex Society for Family History Monumental inscriptions, Chelmsford Cathedral, recorded 1997 and war memorials in Chelmsford, recorded 2000
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, 12th Regiment of Foot Monumental inscription to Captain, Chelmsford, 1828
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, 161st Brigade Plaque in memory of men of EssexTerritorial Force killed at Gaza, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1917
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, 19th Regiment Monumental inscription to Lieutenant, Chelmsford, 1880
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, 99th Regiment Monumental inscription to Lieutenant, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1880
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, City of London Imperial Volunteers Monumental inscription to private, Chelmsford, 1900
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, Essex Regiment Monumental inscriptions on war memorials in Chelmsford, recorded 1997, 2000
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, Essex Yeomanry War memorial for First and Second World Wars and memorials to commanding officers, Chelmsford Cathedral, recorded 1997
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, Royal Cheshire Militia Captain Thomas Orrell, Chelmsford, 1803
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, West Essex Regiment Monumental inscription for sergeant, Chelmsford, 1833
Institutions Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Army, Essex Regiment Monumental inscriptions on war memorials in Chelmsford, recorded 1997, 2000
Institutions Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Army, Essex Regiment Monumental inscriptions on war memorials in Chelmsford, recorded 1997, 2000
Institutions Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Army, Essex Yeomanry War memorial for First and Second World Wars and memorials to commanding officers, Chelmsford Cathedral, recorded 1997
Institutions Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Army, Royal Anglian Regiment war memorial, Chelmsford Cathedral, recorded 1997
Institutions HMS Hampshire Note of peal in memory of those killed in, Widford, 1916
Institutions HMS Monarch Monumental inscription to signal midshipman, Chelmsford, 1797
Institutions Hoffmann Manufacturing Company Ltd Memorials to employees killed in First World War and Second World War, Chelmsford, recorded 1997
Institutions King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford War memorial listing those killed in First and Second World Wars, recorded 2000
Institutions Mothers' Union, Chelmsford Cathedral Details of new banner dedicated in 1988
Institutions Peterhouse, Cambridge Monumental inscription to undergraduate of, Chelmsford Cathedral, 1828
Institutions Yeomen of the Guard Monumental inscription to Jeremiah Thwaites, Chelmsford, 1716