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Church of St Fimbarrus or St Nicholas

A Grade I Listed Building in Fowey, Cornwall

  • Church of St Fimbarrus or St Nicholas, Fowey

  • St Nicholas: mainly c14; aisles & clerestory rebuilt c15; partially burned down during French raids

  • St Nicholas: early c14 nave & north aisle; octagonal piers without capitals

  • St Nicholas: unknown civilians & wives, possibly Thomas Treffry & wife Avisie, c.1450, & Thomas Treffry (the younger) & wife Elizabeth, c.1465; Lancastrian supporters, usher to Henry VI; family restored to favour after Bosworth

  • St Nicholas: effigy from the tomb of John Rashleigh, c.1610; ruff & berret; this John is either the husband of Alice Lanyon d.1582 or their son

  • St Nicholas: John Rashleigh d.1582

  • St Nicholas: Alice Lanyon, wife of John Rashleigh, d.1591, eng. 1602

  • St Nicholas: inscription from the brass of Alice Rashleigh, daughter of William Lanyon, eng.1602; refers to one son & six daughters

  • St Nicholas: shield from the brass of Alice Rashleigh, 1602

  • War memorial cross with interlace carving, Church of St Fimbarrus or St Nicholas, Fowey

  • St Fimbarrus: dedicated by Bishop Grandisson, 1336; partially burned down during French raids in 1457 & rebuilt from 1460 onwards

  • St Fimbarrus: c15 four-stage tower with string courses

  • St Fimbarrus: early c14 nave & aisles; octagonal piers without capitals, double chamfered pointed arches, roof supported by angels; south aisle extended as the Treffry chapel c.1500

  • St Fimbarrus: Norman font of Catacleuse stone with honeysuckle pattern of foliage

  • St Fimbarrus: monument to the Rashleigh family of Menabilly (1582-1675)

  • St Fimbarrus: effigy from the Rashleigh monument, erected c.1610; ruff & beret

  • St Fimbarrus: kneeling figure from the Rashleigh monument; this probably represents John Rashleigh, d.1624

  • St Fimbarrus: inscription relating to John Rashleigh of Menabilly, d.1582, his wife Alice Lanyon, one son & six daughters

  • St Fimbarrus: arms from the Rashleigh monument

  • St Fimbarrus: shield from the Rashleigh monument; possibly the ship 'Frances of Fowey’' used during the Armada

  • St Fimbarrus: coat of arms surmounting the Rashleigh monument; primarily relating to Jonathan, d.1675, his wives & immediate descendants

  • St Fimbarrus: central inscription from the main Rashleigh memorial featuring Jonathan Rashleigh, d.1675, & other family members

  • St Fimbarrus: another memorial to the Rashleighs featuring John, d.1624, his wife Alice Bonython & his daughter in law Anne Basset of Heanton, d.1631

  • St Fimbarrus: memorial to Thomas Rashleigh of Coombe, d.1662, aged 67

  • St Fimbarrus: brass relating to a member of the Rashleigh family; possibly one of the John Rashleighs of Menabilly or Robert Rashleigh of Coombe, c.1589

  • St Fimbarrus: Alice, daughter of William Lanyon, d.1591, wife of John Rashleigh d.1582 eng.1602

  • St Fimbarrus: memorial to Mary Courtenay of Trethurfe, d.1655, aged 16; daughter of Peter Courtenay & granddaughter of Jonathan Rashleigh

  • St Fimbarrus: unknown civilians & wife, possibly Thomas Thomas Treffry (the younger), d.1474 & wife Elizabeth (Colan of Helland); lady is a copy

  • St Fimbarrus: memorial slab to three brothers of the Treffry family of Place; John (d.1501), William (d.1505) & Thomas (d.1509)

  • St Fimbarrus: memorial slab to John Treffry of Place, d.1590

  • St Fimbarrus: memorial to Thomas Treffry of Lostwithiel, d.1635, & wife Katherine (nee Hellier alias Mayow)

  • St Fimbarrus: memorial to a John Treffrey (1684?) with verse

  • St Fimbarrus: memorial to John Treffry, d.1658, in the form of a will leaving his estate to William Toller

  • St Fimbarrus: memorial to William Toller, d.1684; his grandson was the successor of the Treffry family whose successors took the Treffry name

  • St Fimbarrus: memorial to Richard Pryn of St Germans, d.1663

  • St Fimbarrus: memorial to John Goodall of Fowey, d.1684, & his son William, d.1686

  • St Fimbarrus: memorial to Sarah Hillersdon of Membland, d.1664

  • Church of St Fimbarrus or St Nicholas

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Entry Name: Church of St Fimbarrus or St Nicholas

Listing Date: 13 March 1951

Last Amended: 8 November 1999

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1327314

English Heritage Legacy ID: 70706

ID on this website: 101327314

Location: St Fimbarrus' Church, Fowey, Cornwall, PL23

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Fowey

Built-Up Area: Fowey

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Fowey

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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