Relhan Collection : 291 Great Shelford church. Altar tomb etc to Goldwell and Torrell families

Relhan, Richard, 1782-1844

Relhan Collection

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>Cole 1742 records a canopy supported by 2 Corinthian pillars with Goldwell arms dated 1596 on one side and Torrell arms dated 1591 on the other, with a lengthy Latin inscription. On S wall are 2 Goldwell coats of arms. Bury manor had been given to Ely c.1000, was sold to John Goldwell in 1600, and sold on in 1614. In 1929 only 2 Goldwell coats of arms were noted, and it was surmised that many other monuments had been lost. The other manor, Moynes/Granham’s, was acquired by John Hinde of Madingley under Henry VIII and sold by his son Francis (<b>259</b>) to the Goldwells. They sold it to the Bishop of Exeter, whose nephew, Ernest Carey, sold it to Edward Ventris (<b>292)</b> in1646. His family sold it to Francis Duncombe, whose daughter Anne sold it to St John’s College. Today there are stone panels displaying coats of arms on the S chancel wall, presumably remains of this monument.</p><p>Bell 2013; Palmer 1932; VCH 1982</p></p>