2015
TL3351 : Wimpole - Tomb of Sir Thomas Chicheley (d.1616)
taken 9 years ago, near to Arrington, Cambridgeshire, England
Wimpole - Tomb of Sir Thomas Chicheley (d.1616)
This splendid alabaster and marble tomb belongs to Sir Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616) he was the father of the extravagant Sir Thomas who had to sell the estate and so was not buried in this chapel.
The Sir Thomas represented here was a Member of Parliament for Huntingdon (1601) and Cambridgeshire (1614) - you can read about his parliamentary career with a good background about the Chicheley family here
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For a closer view of the good knight's head, see
TL3351 : Sir Thomas Chicheley, praying in stone
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