Thrale history
A New Thraliana, A Chronicle of the Thrale family of Hertfordshire. 1973.
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Photos William Thrale 1738-1793 Ralph Thrale 1778-1852 Sarah Burchmore 1767-1820 Thraliana - The diary of Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale (later Mrs Piozzi)
Headstones Hester Maria COTTON mourning tablet
By Joseph Wilton, epitaph by Dr. Samuel Johnson.John, Richard, John, Charles & Margaret (née Chaplin) THRALE mourning tablet, 1704
1704 mourning tablet for John Thrale, wife Margaret Thrale née Chaplin & sons Richard, John and Charles. Displayed the Thrale arms of a paly of ten or and gules impaling those of the Chaplin family, ermine on a chief indented azure, three griffins, heads erased or. This is the earliest known time that the arms of the family were monumentally displayed, having been adopted by John Thrale from the arms granted to the Threeles of Sussex.
Plot: South transept.Henry Thrale's memorial tablet
Erected on Friday 20 September 1782. The monument is by Joseph Wilton R.A. who also made George III's coronation coach. The Latin inscription is by Dr. Samuel Johnson.Headstone of Richard Thrale
Adjoining to this side of the Tomb
lies the Remains of
Mr. RICHARD THRALE
late of the Pound Farm Sandridge
& Husband of the above MARY THRALE
who Died Aug:.19th.1755 Aged 66 Years
Histories Arthur Murphy
Henry Thrale's oldest and dearest friend. It was Arthur Murphy who introduced Dr. Samuel Johnson to the Thrales in January 1765. Arthur Murphy (1727-1805) was a barrister, journalist, actor, biographer, translator and playwright. One of the most popular comic dramatists of the second half of the eighteenth century, from which he made his fortune. He occasionally used the pseudonym, 'Charles Ranger'.Streatham Park library and the Streatham Worthies