Charles Dixwell and family Monument - Churchover, Warwickshire

walwyn Sun, 11/15/2009 - 15:25
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Dixwell Monument - Churchover

 

This monument is dedicated to Charles Dixwell (d1591), his wife Abigail (d1635), and their five children William, Edgar, Humphrey, Basil, and Barbara. The style is very similar to the monument in the north aisle dedicated to Robert Price. It consists of a couple kneeling, with their children below.1

 

One family member John Dixwell the younger son of Edward (Edgar?) Dixwell, was raised by his uncle Basil Dixwell of Brome Kent. John became a lawyer, joined the Kent county committee and was a captain in the Kent militia. In 1646 he was elected to the Long Parliament as MP for Dover, and 1649 he was one of the 59 signatories of King Charles's Death Warrant. Following the Restoration of the Monarchy, John Dixwell, fled to New Haven Conneticut where he lived under the name of James Davids.

 

Dixwell Monument - Churchover

 

Dixwell Monument - Churchover