(107) FLETCHING, St. Andrew & St. Mary
107C The SHEFFIELD Mausoleum, late 18th century
- In an enclosed area to the North of the North transept.
- c.450 max (W)~Very good.
- Confronting the viewer is a Decorated screen, carrying M.I.s on tablets, reaching up through 2 stories of blank arcades into the vaulted spaces of the church; lit by the original North transept window; at top, a cornice supporting an achievement and a M.I. in a frieze.
- From top, left to right, M.I.s for:@ (i) Dorothy, wife of Isaac Holroyd, born 1704, died aet 73;@ (ii) her husband, Isaac, born 1708, died aet 70, son of John and Sarah Holroyd, and father of John Baker Holroyd;@ (iii) John Baker Holroyd, Earl of Sheffield, d. 20 May 1821, aet 86;@ (iv) Abigail Way, his first wife, d. 1793;@ (v) Lucy Pelham, his second wife, daughter of the Earl of Chichester, d. 1797;@ (vi) Anne, his third wife, daughter of Lord North, 1764 - 1832;@ lower storey, from left to right, M.I.s for:@ (vii) Dorothy, daughter of Isaac and Dorothy Holroyd [see (i) - (ii)], d. 1770, aet 25;@ (viii) Daniel, son of Isaac and Dorothy Holroyd [see (i) - (ii)], brother of John Baker Holroyd, killed in action 30 Jul 1762;@ (ix) John William Holroyd, son of John Baker Holroyd and Abigail, d. 1772, infant;@ (x) Frederick Henry Stuart, Viscount Pevensey, 1827 - 1829, eldest son of George, 2nd Earl;@ (xi) Edward Gibbon, historian, family friend, lived 56 years, 7 months and 28 days and d. 17 Feb 1794.
