Sir Thomas Bridges (1615-1707) - Find a Grave Memorial

Sir Thomas Bridges

Birth

1615

Death

20 Feb 1707 (aged 91–92)

Burial

St. John the Baptist Churchyard

Keynsham, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England Add to Map

Plot

Upper Chancel

Memorial ID

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Knight of Keynsham.

Cavalier who aided in the King's defence in Somerset, raised a foot regiment there, and served as royalist governor of Bath. High Sheriff of Somerset, 1644.

Married Anne Rodney at Pilton, October 15, 1640.

Died testate with a will recorded May 3, 1707 [PROB 11/494/173].

Inscription

H. S. E.
Thomas Bridges, Eques Auratus, antiqua familia, Proceribus etiam fæcunda oriundus, cui clarum Rodneiorum nomen & sanguinem, hærede in matrimonium recepta, sæliciter adjunxit. Virtutis, eruditionis, prudentiae specimen egregium, Regi optimo Carolo Primo, in rebus difficillimis (non sine gravi patrimonii detrimento) fidelis, as utilis. Restituto Carolo Secundo, fortunas tam honeste iminutas, Homini quod satis erit frugi, industria & prudentia non minus honesta reparavit. Ecclesiis ornandis, pauperibus alendis pueris erudiendis, abdite, ample tamen, & frequenter beneficus. Moriens, parochias de Keinsham, Covent-Garden, Rodney-stoke, Batcomb, &c. munificentiæ teites reliquit. In ædibus suis huic eccliasiæ proximis, Feb. die xx. A. D. MDCCVI. ætatis suæ 90, obiit. Patri optimo Anna Powell filia natu (non tamen affectu) secunda, hoc monumentum.