 Abt 1687 - 1773 (~ 86 years)
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| Name |
Coward, Thomas |
| Born |
Abt 1687 |
Of Winchester, Hampshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
7 May 1773 |
Spargrove, Somerset, England |
| Person ID |
I09736 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Apr 2015 |
| Family |
Greenhill, Mary, b. Abt 1690, Of North Bradley, Wiltshire, England , bur. 6 Oct 1766, Spargrove, Somerset, England (Age ~ 76 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1710 |
Wiltshire, England |
| Family ID |
F03065 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Father: In the Church of St. Lawrence, Winchester, were recently the remains of a handsome mural monument for Thomas Coward, who married Grace, daughter and coheir of Thomas Moore of Hawkechurch, Dorset, and Spargrove, Somerset; among the debris of this monument others in the tower are the following shields: the coat of Leigh or Coward, as appended to the will of Thomas Coward above cited; also, Arg., a cross eng. betw. twelve billets gu., Heath; also, Gu., a lion ramp. per fess indent erm. and erminois, Stokes; and, Az., a chev. betw. three pears pendant or, Orchard. The coat of Leigh seems to have been occasionally used by Coward in place of their proper coat, namely, Or, on two bars sa. three roses, two and one, of the first. This last is cut on one of the battlements of Ditcheat Church with the date 1667, and these initials, C. C., for Christopher Coward of Ditcheat.....The first pedigree is headed by one Thomas Coward of Winchester who died in 1727 and whose son Thomas Coward of Spargrove in the county of Somerset had sons Thomas, William and John, the latter being of Wadham College, Oxford in 1741.....Collinson's History of Somerset 3 volumes, 1791:
Spargrove is now the estate and seat of Thomas Coward, Esq. On the south side of the Church of St. Mary is an elegant mural monument of white, grey and Sienna marble inscribed: "Underneath lie the remains of Thomas Coward, Esq., and Mary his wife, of Spargrove in this county, who through a long life (if human life can be called long) practised those virtues which made them beloved when living, and lamented now dead. She died October 6, anno salutis 1766, aetat. 76; he May 7, 1773, aet. 86. Though strictly just, yet he was always inclined to pardon; though fond of ancient hospitality, yet not profuse; though mild, affable and courteous, yet honest and sincere. Both endeavoured to the best of their abilities, as parents, friends and Christians, to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with their God." Arms, Argent, on a chevron gules three martlets of the field, on a Chief of the second a chamber-piece or, Coward; impaling sable two bars argent, on a chief of the first a griffin or. (Presumably father and son were both named Thomas).
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