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Church of Holy Trinity

A Grade I Listed Building in Charwelton, West Northamptonshire

  • Charwelton Church, Northamptonshire

  • Holy Trinity: Decorated & Perpendicular church set isolated in fields away from the village

  • Holy Trinity: battlemented west tower with angle buttresses; Perpendicular two-storeyed porch

  • Holy Trinity: square headed Perpendicular windows in south aisle & clerestory; chancel rebuilt 1901-1904

  • Holy Trinity: Decorated north arcade with tall piers continued into the arches; lower south arcade with octagonal piers & double chamfered arches

  • Holy Trinity: c15 octagonal font with square stem; carved with leaves, flowers & geometric symbols

  • Holy Trinity: monument to Thomas Andrew, d.1564, & two wives; free standing tomb with shields separated by pilasters

  • Holy Trinity: south side of the monument to Thomas Andrew, d.1564, & two wives; inscription recording death of first

  • Holy Trinity: east side of the monument to Thomas Andrew, d.1564, & two wives; shield between children

  • Holy Trinity: Thomas Andrew, d.1564, bearded figure wearing plate armour & SS collar

  • Holy Trinity: Katherine Cave of Winwick, d.1555, first wife of Thomas Andrew, d.1564; close headdress with single curl at sides; heart necklace

  • Holy Trinity: Mary Heneage of Towes, second wife of Thomas Andrew, d.1564; similar dress to first wife except cross necklace instead of heart

  • Holy Trinity: shield on the north side of the monument to Thomas Andrew, d.1564

  • Holy Trinity: memorial of white stone from Thomas Andrew, d.1594, in memory of his two wives; twelve figures; tapering caryatids to side; erected 1590

  • Holy Trinity: inscription from the memorial to the wives of Thomas Andrew, d.1594

  • Holy Trinity: Thomas Andrew, d.1594, & wives Frances Cotton of Landwade, d.1567, & Mary Isham of Pytchley, d.1589

  • Holy Trinity: children from the memorial to the wives of Thomas Andrew, d.1594

  • Holy Trinity: brass to Thomas Andrew, d.1496, & wife Margery Clarell of Egdecote; five sons and three daughters

  • Holy Trinity: brass to Thomas Andrew, d.1496, & wife Joan (or Margery) Clarell of Egdecote; Coventry workshop

  • Holy Trinity: Thomas Andrew, d.1496, merchant's fur lined overgown with fur cuffs

  • Holy Trinity: Margery (or Joan) Clarell of Edgecote, wife of Thomas Andrew, d.1496; pediment headdress, hair enclosed in ermine cap, embroidered side-lappets

  • Holy Trinity: children from the brass to Thomas Andrew, d.1496, & wife Margery Clarell of Egdecote; gowns similar to those worn by their parents

  • Holy Trinity: achievement from the brass to Thomas Andrew, d.1496; curly-headed angels holding bust of figure in gorget & helm; arms of Andrew

  • Holy Trinity: similar brass to Emma Knightley of Fawsley, d.1490, first wife of Thomas Andrew, d. c.1530

  • Holy Trinity: Thomas Andrew, d. c.1530

  • Holy Trinity: Emma Knightley of Fawsley, d.1490, first wife of Thomas Andrew, d. c.1530

  • Holy Trinity: brass to Thomas Andrew, d.1541, & wife Agnes Newport of Furneux Pelham

  • Holy Trinity: brass to Thomas Andrew, d.1541, & wife Agnes Newport of Furneux Pelham

  • Holy Trinity: memorial slab to Thomas Knightley, d.1669, aged 4

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Entry Name: Church of Holy Trinity

Listing Date: 18 January 1968

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1370027

English Heritage Legacy ID: 360544

ID on this website: 101370027

Location: Holy Trinity Church, Church Charwelton, West Northamptonshire, NN11

County: West Northamptonshire

Civil Parish: Charwelton

Traditional County: Northamptonshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northamptonshire

Church of England Parish: Charwelton Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Peterborough

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