Tomb - chest tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

The tomb of George Montgomery, Bishop of Meath (1610-20) is just S of the tower of the parish church (ME025-022----) and is a composite display of cut stone on a masonry pier, in which more than one tomb could be represented. The chest tomb (dims 2.42m x 1.35m; H 0.8m) is built into the base displaying on the N side a side-stone with three worn female figures and angels at either end. Above this and recessed under a decorated segmental arch is a side-stone (Wth 1.6m; max. H 1.06m) with three figures identified by their initials as the bishop (GLM), his first wife Susan Steyning (SM) and daughter Jane (IM). Three armorial plaques also displayed probably relate to this tomb, one (Wth 0.92m; H 0.84m) with the angel Gabriel and the inscription ‘Repose SM’ while above it a smaller stone (Wth 0.49m; H 0.51) has a crest and the date 1638. The third (Wth 0.76m; H 0.91m) has the Montgomery arms, which consists of three fleur-de-lys per salter with three gold rings. The crest is supported by two angels and has the date 1614 (Vigors 1891; O’Reilly 1956, 18-19). For Bishop Montgomery see this web-page accessed on 25 June, 2014: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Montgomery_(bishop)

See the attached images of the E (024), N (028) and E (031) faces of the composite Montgomery tomb.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date ofupload: 3 July, 2014

References

O'Reilly, M. 1956 Ardbraccan. Ríocht na Mídhe, 1, 2, 15-19.

Vigors, P. D. 1891 Parish of Ardbraccan. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland, 1, 457-8.