page_title: Humphrey Sydenham (1694–1757)
section_title: Monument at Dulverton
hierarchical_section_title: Humphrey Sydenham (1694–1757) / Monument at Dulverton
caption_attribution_description: English: Mural monument on north wall of north aisle of Dulverton Church, Somerset, to Humphrey V Sydenham (1694-1757), "The Learned", of Combe, Dulverton in Somerset and of Nutcombe, Devon, MP for Exeter 1741-1754. Inscribed: "Near this lies interred humphry Sydenham Esqr., whose least honour was his descent from an ancient &amp; worthy family, whose true glory was his uniform character in publick &amp; private life. He was the most obedient son of the Church of England, the disinterested lover of his country, the lover of Mankind; of integrity unshaken, in devotion constant, in good works abundant; the stict observer of himself, the candid judge of others. Just, humane, beneficent in all relations, the steady patriot, the faithful husband, the affectionate father, the kind master, the generous friend; zealous without faction, pious without moroseness, chearful with innocence, possessed of the esteem of good men who knew him, and careless of the applause or censure of bad ones. The rest of his history will be displayed in the presence of God and angels and men. He gently fell asleep after having served his generation sixty-three years, at his seat at Combe in Somersetshire, Aug. 12 1757. This monument was raised by his widow in testemony of his &amp; her own conjugal affection". Underneath are displayed on an escutcheon quarterly of four: 1st: Argent, three rams passant guardant sable (Sydenham); 2nd: Argent, a bend of fusils sable (Kittisford); 3rd: Chequy argent and sable (St Barbe); 4th: Gules, a bend between six cross crosslets or (?). Overall is an inescutcheon of pretence: Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle triple-towered argent (Hill of Kerswell Priory, Broadhembury, a junior branch of Hill of Hill's Court in Shropshire ("Hill's Court" is the present "Court of Hill" in the parish of Nash, South Shropshire))
context_page_description: Humphrey Sydenham, "The Learned", of Combe, Dulverton in Somerset, and of Nutcombe in Devon, was a Tory MP for Exeter, in Devon, between 1741 and 1754.
context_section_description: His mural monument in Dulverton church is inscribed as follows:
  "Near this lies interred Humphry Sydenham Esqr., whose least honour was his descent from an ancient & worthy family, whose true glory was his uniform character in publick & private life. He was the most obedient son of the Church of England, the disinterested lover of his country, the lover of Mankind; of integrity unshaken, in devotion constant, in good works abundant; the stict observer of himself, the candid judge of others. Just, humane, beneficent in all relations, the steady patriot, the faithful husband, the affectionate father, the kind master, the generous friend; zealous without faction, pious without moroseness, chearful with innocence, possessed of the esteem of good men who knew him, and careless of the applause or censure of bad ones. The rest of his history will be displayed in the presence of God and angels and men. He gently fell asleep after having served his generation sixty-three years, at his seat at Combe in Somersetshire, Aug. 12 1757. This monument was raised by his widow in testemony of his & her own conjugal affection".
  Underneath are displayed on an escutcheon quarterly of four: 1st: Argent, three rams passant guardant sable (Sydenham); 2nd: Argent, a bend of fusils sable (Kittisford); 3rd: Chequy argent and sable (St Barbe); 4th: Gules, a bend between six cross crosslets or (?). Overall is an inescutcheon of pretence: Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle argent (Hill).
caption: Mural monument in Dulverton Church to Humphrey Sydenham (1694–1757)
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