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Ripon
North Yorkshire
Yorkshire & Humberside

Minster Road ☐
(Cathedral)

Hugh Ripley

c. 1553 - 1637
Last 'Wakeman' (responsible for the security of the town once the 'night watch' had been set) and first Mayor of Ripon.

Daniel Harvey
1730

Description

Stone statue of Hugh Ripley kneeling.

Inscription(s)

here lieth intombed the bodie of hvgo
ripley late of this towne marcheant
was the last wakeman & thrice maior
by whose good endeavours this towne
first became a maioralite & lived to
the age of 84 yeeres & died in the
yeere of our lord 1637

the former monument
having been defaced in
the time of the civil
wars this was erected
by the corporation
a.d. mdccxxx

Sculptor

Daniel Harvey (1683-1733), English sculptor of York.

Sources & Information

English Church Architecture, Ripon Cathedral.
Church Monuments Gazetteer, Ripon Cathedral.

Locatie (N 54°8'6" - W 1°31'13") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh157; Photograph: 29 July 2019
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