St Andrew, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
St Andrew is a dramatic example of what happens when a noble family entirely dominates a village. There was a medieval church here, surrounded by a little medieval village, but little of it now exists: Only a small side chapel remains,and even that has been restored almost out of all recognition. The rest of the church is a rebuilding of 1749.
The monument designed and executed by Peter Scheemakers to commemorate the Hon Charles Yorke (1722-1770), his first wife Catherine Yorke (née Freeman) (died 1759) and his second wife Agneta Yorke (née Johnston) (died 1820). The Lord Chancellor's purse is shown below his portrait medallion, a sad reminder that he held the Great Seal for only a day before his tragic death in 1770.
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