| Image title: | Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol |
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| Source: | Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth: “Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans” (1915) |
| Place shown: | Redcliffe, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
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| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested |
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Admiral Sir William Pen (1621 – 70), son of Giles Penn of Redcliffe, was buried at St Mary Redcliffe Church. He was a squadron commander in Cromwell’s Navy. He received Pennsylvania as a land grant in exchange for services rendered to King Charles II, and founded a Quaker colony there. Admiral Penn is buried in the church shown here. I don’t know how he would have felt about that, as a Quaker! Thomas Chatterton, the poet (1752 – 1770) was also associated with this church, according to Who Lies Here by Michael Kerrigan. |
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