John Sacheverell

- 1485

• Name	John Sacheverell
  Birth	of Morley, Derbyshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Aug 1485	Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I36346	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Ralph Sacheverell,   b. of Hopwell, Derbyshire, England d. 28 Aug 1488
  Mother	Joan Curzon
  Family ID	F21375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Statham
  Children	+ 1. Henry Sacheverell,   b. 1475, of Morley, Derbyshire, England d. 22 Jul 1558 (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F21371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Although some sources suggest he died in 1483, his monumental brass at St. Matthew's Church in Morley, installed about 1525, says that he died at Bosworth Field in 1485 fighting for Richard III. The inscription reads Hic jacet Johnes Sachevrell Armig fili et heres Radi Sachevrell Armigi dni de Snetterton et hopwell Et Joana ux eju' filia et unica heres heres herici Stathum Armigeri dni de Morley qui quidem Johnes obiit in bello Ricardi tercij juxta bosworth anno dni Mccc lxxv Quorum aiabus propicietur deus Amen. (Here lies John Sacheverell esquire, son and heir of Ralph Sacheverell esquire, Lord of Snitterton and Hopwell, and Joan his wife, daughter and sole heiress of Henry Stathum esquire, Lord of Morley, the which John died in the war of Richard III near Bosworth AD 1485 on whose souls may God have mercy. Amen.) Given the extreme rarity of monumental inscriptions highlighting the fact that their subject died fighting on this particular losing side, it is difficult to imagine a circumstance in which the Sacheverell family might have, here, been saying anything other than the truth about the circumstances of John Sacherevell's death. (Source: Derbyshire War Memorials.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1520] The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester by John Nichols. London, 1795-1815. [S5960] The Descent of the Family of Statham by S. P. H. Statham. London: Times Book Company, 1925., year only.