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Latitude: 51.8515 / 51°51'5"N
Longitude: -2.2718 / 2°16'18"W
OS Eastings: 381376
OS Northings: 217021
OS Grid: SO813170
Mapcode National: GBR 0JT.VWP
Mapcode Global: VH94B.KQVJ
Plus Code: 9C3VVP2H+H7
Entry Name: Chest tomb approximately 11 metres south east of chancel of Church of St Swithun
Listing Date: 15 December 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1271740
English Heritage Legacy ID: 472436
ID on this website: 101271740
Location: St Swithun's Church, Hempsted, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2
County: Gloucestershire
District: Gloucester
Electoral Ward/Division: Westgate
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Gloucester
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire
Church of England Parish: Hempsted with Gloucester, Saint Mary de Lode and Saint Mary de Crypt
Church of England Diocese: Gloucester
Tagged with: Chest tomb
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Chest tomb approximately 11 metres south east of chancel of Church of St Swithun
GV
II
Chest tomb of Captain John Freeman, an officer in the Royalist army, in the churchyard of the Church of St Swithun (qv). Mid C17. A chest of dressed and carved stone slabs. The cover slab with projecting moulded edges is supported on a slab at each end, carved with projecting, foliated volutes and a central escutcheon in an oval, foliated frame relief, and a slab on each side with volutes carved in low relief at the ends. On the south side slab a Latin inscription which in translation reads: "Here lieth John Freeman, Captain of Horse, son of John Freeman, of Bushley, in the County of Worcester, Gentleman, pierced through by the stroke of a gunner's bullet at the siege of Gloucester, in the camp of the King".
John Freeman said to have been killed during a sortie by the Parliamentary defenders of the city in 1643, it is believed that his funeral was attended by Charles I.
Listing NGR: SO8137617021
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