St. Andrew, Shrivenham, Berkshire
Description
The church of St. Andrew is of stone of the Jacobean period, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled central Perpendicular tower containing 6 bells and a clock: at the east end is a monument of marble to John Wildman esq. d. 1710, who inherited the Beckett estate from his father, Sir John Wildman kt. alderman of London and postmaster-general, d. 1603, and a simlar monument to his adopted heir, John Shute, afterwards 1st Viscount Barrington, who died Dec. 14, 1734; in the chancel is also buried William, 2nd Viscount, who died Feb. 1, 1793; another monument in the nave commemorates the Hon. Samuel Barrington, Admiral of the White, d. Aug. 16, 1800; and near the family pew is hung a large white standard, captured by this officer from the "St. Florentine," when in command of the "Achilles" in 1759: there is a fine brass to William Keppel, 6th Viscount, d. Feb. 9, 1867; and another brass to Charlotte Maria, Countess of Strathmore (d. Nov. 3, 1854), and to Adelaide, wife of Charles Balfour esq. (d. Feb, 23, 1862), the eldest and youngest daughters of the 6th Viscount; and a memorial to Francis Lyon Barrington (d. Jan. 15, 1877); the church also contains a marble monument to George St. Vincent N. T. Murray, only son of Admiral Sir George Murray; and a handsome memorial brass, erected by George, 7th Viscount Barrington, to the late Earl of Beaconsfield, who died April 19, 1881: in the churchyard, at the west end of the church, lies a mutilated recumbent effigy of stone, and there are memorials to Anne, wife of William Naish, ob. March 8, 1678, and to John Naish, ob. Sept. 20, 1675, and several large tombs to the Colton family; a brass to the 7th Viscount Barrington and 1st Baron Shute, who died 7 Nov. 1886, and in whose memory the church was reseated with oak by his widow and daughters: there is also a brass to Percy, 8th Viscount Barrington and 2nd Baron Shute, d. 29 April, 1901: the church affords 500 sittings.
Church Records
The register dates from about the year 1580.