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The monument to him and his two wives, surmounted by his coat of arms, was originally in the church of St Denis, Faxton, a hamlet near Lamport in Northamptonshire. The coat of arms and imposing Baroque scrolls indicate the prestige of the family while the inscription refers to Sir Edward's many virtues and his 'continual domestic and hereditary splendour'. The church became redudant in 1939, and was eventually demolished in 1958. The monument, along with two others from the Nicolls' family, was however taken to safety and given to the Museum in 1965. The other funerary monuments (Museum nos. A.9-1965 and A.11-1965) commemorate Sir Augustine Nicolls (1559-1616), Sir Edward's great-uncle, and John Nicolls Raynsford (1723-1746), another relative.","physicalDescription":"Gypsum alabaster funerary monument to Sir Edward Nicolls with an inscription in latin. A black marble slab bearing a Latin epitaph is set in an elaborate framework of alabasrer, with volutes at each side and a cherub's head with wings underneath. 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JUDITHAM ROLANDI S IOHN equitis filiam,/ Quae 7 filias ipsi peperit./2/ JANAM STEPHANI SOAMES equitis filiasm 8/Ex qua suscepit filiolum unicaum EDVARDUM/ filiasq[e] duas SUSANNAM & JANAM,/ Quose eiusdem Tutelae moriens reliquit/ Vixit annos 63, menses i. Obijy Febrs. 28, 1682/ Charis[sim]o Conjugi Uxor moerens/H[oc]: M[onumentum]: P[osuit]","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"This is the monument to Edward Nicolls, Baronet from the Illustrious line of the Seymour, whose body is covered by a tombstone nearby. As long as he lived the doors of his house were open to good and civilised men, in which place remain his virtues and those of his uncle Augustine and the religion, honesty and humanity of his father Francis to all his people; and likewise his continual domestic and hereditary splendour. \r\n\r\nHe had two wives\r\n1. Judith Roland, the daughter of the knight S John who gave him seven daughters. \r\n2. Jane Stephen Soames, the eighth daughter of a knight. From her he received only one son Edward and two daughters Susanne and Jane who are left as his chief mourners, \r\n\r\nHe lived sixty-three years and two months and died on the 28 February 1682. His mourning wife erected this monument to her most beloved husband.","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"From the demolished church of St Denis, Faxton, Northamptonshire.\n\nHistorical significance: The hamlet of Faxton, is an abandoned village and chapelry in the county of Northamptonshire in England in a remote position two miles to the north-east of Lamport. In the Domesday Book it was a village of thirty-two families. By 1801 the total population was 54. By 1841 it had risen to 108 but by 1921 it was 37. No one lives in the village now. in 1939 services in the church came to an end. Eventually lead was stripped from the roof and in 1958 it was demolished as a 'dangerous structure'. The wall monuments were removed in pieces to the stables of Lamport rectory. In 1965, the Museum agreed to accept the monuments in the rectory stables as a gift. By then they were in poor condition and the reassembly of the monument was laborious and complex. \r\nThree memorials in Faxton church have not come to the Museum. A plain slabe to Elizabeth Framwell, who died in 1781, has been included in the paving round the base of the column that marks the site of Faxton church. Another simple slab to Susanna Danvers, who died in 1730, daughter of Sir Edward Nicolls, second baronet, has disappeared, although it was photographed by the National Buildings Record in 1945. The monument to Hester Raynsfor, born Isham, who died in 1763, was installed in the Ishal chapel in Lamport church. It was executed by William Cox of Northampton (b. 1717, d. 1793).","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Monument, alabaster with black marble tablet, to Sir Edward Nicolls, Baronet (1619-1682), Northamtonshire, ca. 1682","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Hodgkinson, T, 'Monuments from Faxton Church Northamptonshire in the Victoria and Albert Museum', <u>Northamptonshire Past and Present</u> 1971/2, p. 336, pl. 3."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Bilbey, Diane with Trusted, Marjorie. <u>British Sculpture 1470 to 2000. A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.</u>  London: V& A Publications, 2002. pp. 209-210. cat. no. 305"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"cartouche","id":"AAT10256"},{"text":"putti","id":"AAT250465"},{"text":"volute","id":"AAT1729"},{"text":"coat of arms","id":"AAT126352"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Unknown artist\r\nMonument to Sir Edward Nicolls (1619–82)\r\nAbout 1682\n\r\nSir Edward Nicolls was a leading supporter of the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. His second wife, Jane Stephen Soames, commissioned his funerary monument. It is one of a group of Nicolls family members' tombs given to the V&amp;A when the church housing them was demolished.\n\r\nLondon\r\nAlabaster with marble tablet\r\nFrom the demolished church of St Denis, Faxton, Northamptonshire\r\nA translation of the Latin inscription is available in the Large Print Guide","date":{"text":"2021","earliest":"2021-01-01","latest":"2021-12-31"}},{"text":"This funerary monument commemorates Sir Edward Nicolls (1619-82), great-nephew of Sir Augustine Nicolls, whose tomb is displayed nearby. Its coat of arms and imposing Baroque scrolls indicate the prestige of the family. The inscription refers to Sir Edward's many virtues and his 'continual domestic and hereditary splendour'. 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