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An oval memorial plaque with cherubs on either side, whose arms draped along the top of the panel. Below are carvings of grapes and vines.

Title

Monument to John (d.1686) and Thomas (d.1720) Wainwright

Date

c.1720

Medium

marble

Accession number

CH1_CJ_S013

Acquisition method

commissioned for Bishop George Berkeley

Work type

Panel

Owner

Chester Cathedral

Custodian

Chester Cathedral

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade I (England and Wales)

Listing date

06/08/98

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

Cathedral opening times

Inscription description

JOANNI WAINWRIGHT AVO / THOMÆ WAINWRIGHT patri / LLDD / Illi a Waltono / Huic à Perfono, / Cancellarijs hujufce DiŒcefeos conftitutis / In eodem fepulchro compofitis; / Quos tranquillumiter, et privatæ femita vitaæ / Detulit ad tumulum, charos, æquifque bonifque / Si non Floryerint opibus, laribufque fuperbis, / Jufritiam, morefque, fidemque etjura colebant. / Dives eris, Patriæ decis, quicunque nepotum / Tales laude pari, Tales virtutibus æquas / Joannes wainwright unus Buronum de / Scattario in regno Hiberniæ

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