Jefferis Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3.5m South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. Chest tomb.
Jefferis Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3.5m South of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- spare-solder-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 985 060
- Coordinates
- 51.75319, -2.02257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Jefferis monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard approximately 3.5 meters south of the Church of St. Michael in Duntisbourne Rouse. It dates from 1611 and is made of limestone, featuring a contemporary brass inscription plate. The tomb is long and narrow with plain ends and sides, and it has a very thick chamfered top and a chamfered base.
The inscription plate on the south side reads: "AN ELEGIE OF ELIZABETH JEFFERIS WYDOWE OF JOHN JEFFERIS OF DVNSBVRNE VPON HIS DEATH WHO DECEASED THE XII DAY OF SETEMBER 1611 TWO BODYES ONE VNITED HART CONTEINED FAST LINCKT IN LOYAL LEAGVE OF TRVE AFFECTION BVT DEATH, THAT SVCH A SWEETE CONTENT DISDAIND MAD OF ONE HALFE TO IMMANVRE DISCRETION ONE HALFE YET LIVES ALASSE, WHY LIVES IT LONGER? IT LIVES TO MAKE MY GRIEFE AND SORROWES STRONGER YET TILL THE TIME MY FATALL THRED BEE SPUNNE MY HALFE SHALL PAY PERPETVALL OBSEQVIES AS FRESH AS WHEN MY FIRME LOVE FIRST BEGVNNE AND DECK THY HEARSE WITH ENDLESS ELEGIES WHEN IN SELFE SAME THRISE DESIRED SHRINE MY BODY SHALL THE LAST REST TAKE BY THINE WE HAD VIII CHILDREN IIII SONNES & IIII DAVGHTERS AS FOLLOWETH JOHN ELIZABETH GEORGE ANNE THOMAS SVSANA JOHN ELIZABETH THIS JOHN JEFFERIS DECEASED WAS YE YOVNGEST SONNE OF HIS FATHER RICHARD JEFFERIS OF DVNSBVRNE." This monument is noted as a very early example of a brass inscription plate.
Local climate
Jefferis Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3.5m South of Church of St Michael receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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