Title:

Gentleman

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

Robert

Last Name:

Phelips

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1707 onwards

Inscription:

-Here Robert Phelips laid down his mortal remains ; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashire, Groom of the bedchamber to James II: second born son of Robert Phelips, a Knight Batchelor of Montacute in this county of Somerset; who first to Charles I then Charles II and James II against all the enemies such as the Scots as well as the English, he strenuously and constantly stood up as a champion for the church of the legal English monarchy. When times were changing he was not swayed by them. Born first of February 1618 AD Died 21st of June 1707

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Memorial Notes:

See: https://www.bathabbeymemorials.org.uk/person/phelips-robert