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The monument is set upon a square base around the outer edge of which is a protective encirclement of iron railings. The bottom part of the monument is a square podium of rusticated ashlar approximately 3 metres high and 1.6 metres across, with dedications on its north and south sides. The inscription on the south side of the monument is a eulogy to Sir Bevil Grenville taken from volume two of Clarendon's 'History of the Rebellion'. On the north side of the monument are two poems: the first, about the death of Grenville, by William Cartwright and the second referring to Grenville's grandfather, Sir Richard Grenville, by Martin Llewellin, both dated 1643. Under the poems is a dedication of the monument. Above this is a square shaft approximately 1.
Title
Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument
Date
1720
Medium
Bath stone
Measurements
H 760 x W 450 x D 450 cm (E)
Accession number
BA1_WAC_S056
Acquisition method
erected by George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdown
Work type
Monument
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Listing date
01/02/56
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on north face: On GRANV [...] / And with him [...] thy Flood / Conquest or Death [...] so Fire / Either overcomes [...] / His courage wor [...] Heaven above / Here there on this on that Side none gave out / Not any Pike in that renowned Stand [...] / But took new Force from this inspiring Hand / Soldier encouraged Soldier [...] / And he urged all so far Example can [...] / Hurt upon Hurt Wound upon Wound did call / He was the Butt the Mark the Aim of all. / His soul this while retired from Cell to Cell / At last flew up from all and then he fell. / But the devoted Stand encouraged the more / From that His Fate ply’d better than before. / And proud to fall with him sworn not to yield / Each sought an honoured Grave and gained the Field / Thus He being fall’n His Action fought anew / And the Dead conquered whilst the living slew. / William Cartwright 1643; Thus slain thy valiant Ancestor did lie / When his one bark a Navy did defy / When now encompass’d round He Victor stood / and bath’d his Pinnace in his conquering Blood / Till all his purple Current dry’d and spent / He fell and made the Waves his Monument / Where shall the next fam’d GRANVILLE’S Ashes sta [...] / [...] Grandsire fills the sea and thou the Land / Martin Llewellen 1643; To the immortal memory of / His Renowned and his Valiant Cornish Friends / Who C [...] dying in the Royal Cause / July 5 1643 / This Column was Dedicated / [...] RANVILLE LANSDOWN [...]; on south face: In this Battle on the King’s part were more Officers and Gentlemen of Quality slain than Private Men: but that which would have clouded any Victory. and made the losses of others less spoken of. was the Death of Sir BEVIL GRANVILLE: He was indeed an excellent person. whose activity. Interest and Reputation. was the Foundation of what had been done in Cornwall. and his Temper and Affection so publick that no Accident which happened could make any Impression in him: and his Example kept others from takeing any thing ill. or at least seeming to do so: In a Word a brighter Courage and a Gentle Disposition were never marryed together to make the most cheerful and innocent Conversation. / Clarendon’s History Vol 2 / This Monument / Was repaired A.D. 1777 Persuant to the Will of Bernard Granville of Calwich.; [...] paired by COURT GRANVILLE [...] D. 182 [...]; on south face (now missing): His was not Nature’s courage, nor that thing / We valour call, which Time and Reason bring – / But a diviner fury, fierce and high, / Valour transported into Ecstasy. / William Cartwright 1643