History

Sir Richard Mauleverer, 2nd Baronet of Allerton Mauleverer in Yorkshire was buried in Westminster Abbey on 25 July 1675 but no location was given in the register. It is possible he was buried in the north transept where his sister and sons are buried. He was a son of Sir Thomas Mauleverer and his wife Elizabeth (Wilbraham) and was born in 1623. He was a Royalist and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. After being captured during the English Civil War he escaped from Chester castle and fled to The Hague in exile. In 1642 he married Anne daughter of Sir Robert Clerke. Their daughters were Judith, and Mary who married Richard Wiseman. Their son Sir Thomas, who became 3rd Baronet, married Catherine Stapleton but had no children by her although he had an illegitimate son Thomas Newsham. He was buried in the Abbey on 13 August 1687. Their son Sir Richard became 4th Baronet and married Barbara Slingsby.He was buried in the Abbey on 11 May 1689 and his son Richard, 5th and last Baronet, was buried on 27 March 1713.

Lady Elizabeth Mauleverer was buried in 1652. Her daughter Grace is the only member of the family who has a monument or marker in the Abbey.

Grace Mauleverer

She was buried near the door of the chapel of St John the Evangelist (probably at that period accessed via the north transept) on 26 February 1646 (in New Style dating) and her mural monument, possibly by John Stone, was originally above Admiral Warren's monument. It was moved into the chapel and is now on the east wall. The inscription reads:

"Grace eldest daughter to Sr.Thomas Mauleverer of Allerton Maulr. in Yorkshire, Bart. borne in the yeare 1622 married unto Col.Thomas Scot, a member of the Honble. House of Commons 1644 and died the 24th of Feb. 1645. Hee that will give my Grace but what is hers, must say her death hath not made only her deare Scot but vertue, worth and sweetness, widowers"

The coat of arms of Scot and Mauleverer are shown with the crest of a swan.

Sir Thomas and Colonel Scot were both judges at the trial of King Charles I. Sir Thomas died before Charles II was restored to the throne but Scot was hanged in 1660.

A photo of her tablet can be purchased from Westminster Abbey Library.

Further reading for Sir Thomas and Sir Richard:

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004.