thrale & thrall family history

Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England

Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England



 


Tree: UK Thrale family

Address : Latitude: 51.42952471766461, Longitude: -0.13160526752471924


Media

Photos
St Leonards Church, Streatham 1790
St Leonards Church, Streatham 1790

Documents
Henry Thrale epitaph printed in Gentleman's Magazine
Henry Thrale epitaph printed in Gentleman's Magazine

Headstones
Henry Thrale's memorial tablet
Henry Thrale's memorial tablet
This epitaph to Henry Thrale (1730 - 4/8/1781) is taken from the book Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi which was first published in 1786.

"The following epitaph on Mr. [Henry] Thrale, who has now a monument close by hers [Hester Maria Salusbury, Hester Thrale's mother] in Streatham Church, I have seen printed and commended in Maty's Review for April, 1784; and a friend has favoured me with the translation:-

Hic conditur quod reliquum est. HENRICI THRALE

Qui res seu civiles, seu domesticas, ita egit
Ut vitam illi longiorem multi optarent; Ita sacras
Ut quam brevem esset habiturus praescire videretur,
Simplex, apertus, sibique semper similis,
Nihil ostentavit aut arte fictum aut cura Elaboratum.
In senatu, regi patriaeque Fideliter studuit;
Vulgi obstrepentis contemptor animosus,
Domi inter mille mercaturae negotia Literarum elegantiam minime neglexit.

Amicis quocunque modo laborantibus,
Conciliis, auctoritate, muneribus adfuit.
Inter familiares, comites, convivas, hospites,
Tam facili fuit morum suavitate Ut omnium animos ad se alliceret;
Tam felici sermonis libertate Ut nulli adulatus, omnibus placeret.
Natus 1724.
Obiit 1781. Consortes tumuli habet Rodolphum patrem, strenuum fortemque virum, et Henricum filium unicum, quem spei parentum mors inopina decennem praeripuit. Ita Domus felix et opulenta, quam erexit Avus, auxitque pater, cum nepote decidit. Abi viator! Et vicibus rerum humanarum perspectis, AEternitatem cogita!

Here are deposited the remains of HENRY THRALE, Who managed all his concerns in the present world, public and private, in such a manner as to leave many wishing he had continued longer in it; And all that related to a future world, as if he had been sensible how short a time he was to continue in this. Simple, open, and uniform in his manners, his conduct was without either art or affectation. In the senate steadily attentive to the true interests of his king and country, He looked down with contempt on the clamours of the multitude: Though engaged in a very extensive business, He found some time to apply to polite literature And was ever ready to assist his friends labouring under any difficulties, with his advice, his influence, and his purse. To his friends, acquaintance, and guests, he behaved with such sweetness of manners as to attach them all to his person: So happy in his conversation with them, as to please all, though he flattered none. He was born in the year 1724, and died in 1781. He was born in the year 17242, and died in 1781.

In the same tomb lie interred his father, Ralph Thrale,
a man of vigour and activity, And his only son Henry, who died before his father, Aged ten years.
Thus a happy and opulent family, Raised by the grandfather,
and augmented by the father, became extinguished with the grandson.
Go, Reader! And reflecting on the vicissitudes of all human affairs,
Meditate on eternity.
Hester Maria Cotton's mourning tablet
Hester Maria Cotton's mourning tablet
By Joseph Wilton, epitaph by Dr. Samuel Johnson.
Sophia Thrale's mourning tablet
Sophia Thrale's mourning tablet
By John Flaxman at St Leonards Church, Streatham.

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours;
and their works do follow them. Rev Chap XIV Ver 13. [Book of Revelation]

Sacred to the memory of
Sophia
Wife of Henry Merrik Hoare Esqr of London
Third daughter of Henry Thrale Esqr
And grand-daughter of Hester Maria Salusbury
Whom in her recorded virtues she equalled
And the excellence of whose mind
Was expressed in the beauty of her countenance
Born 23rd July 1771. Died 8th Novr 1824.
Thrale family burial vault, St Leonards, Streatham.
Thrale family burial vault, St Leonards, Streatham.
The very large leather decorated, lead-lined coffin in the middle, is that of Henry Thrale. The plaque which is inscribed…

Henry Thrale Esq.
Died 4 April 1781
aged 53 years.

The other coffins are his children.

Cemeteries

   Name   Location 
1.St Leonards ChurchStreatham, Surrey, England

Christening

Matches 1 to 3 of 3

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Christening    Person ID   Tree 
1 Thrale, Anna Maria  17 Apr 1768Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I217 UK Thrale family 
2 Thrale, Henry Salusbury  3 Mar 1767Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I670 UK Thrale family 
3 Thrale, Lucy Elizabeth  16 Jul 1769Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I218 UK Thrale family 

Burial

Matches 1 to 13 of 13

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Burial    Person ID   Tree 
1 Cotton, Hester Maria  UnknownSaint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I683 UK Thrale family 
2 Mostyn, Thomas Arthur Bertie  Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I429 UK Thrale family 
3 Thrale, Anna Maria  23 Mar 1770Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I217 UK Thrale family 
4 Thrale, Cecilia Margaretta  UnknownSaint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I96 UK Thrale family 
5 Thrale, Frances  8 Oct 1765Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I216 UK Thrale family 
6 Thrale, Frances Anna  Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I91 UK Thrale family 
7 Thrale, Henry M.P.  11 Apr 1781Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I83 UK Thrale family 
8 Thrale, Henry Salusbury  28 Mar 1776Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I670 UK Thrale family 
9 Thrale, Lucy Elizabeth  26 Nov 1773Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I218 UK Thrale family 
10 Thrale, Penelope  Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I219 UK Thrale family 
11 Thrale, Ralph  Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I220 UK Thrale family 
12 Thrale, Ralph M.P.  Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I69 UK Thrale family 
13 Thrale, Susannah Arabella  Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England I93 UK Thrale family