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Helen Forder
2005
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Lady
Greenly ... continued
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In 1835 Lady Greenly
suffered a slight stroke and this, together with rheumatoid arthritis caused
her to be less active. Previously she had been a keen horsewoman, and spent
many hours on horseback travelling between Herefordshire, Monmouthshire,
Glamorganshire, and Breconshire. According to Baroness Bunsen:-
'Miss Greenly & most of her contemporaries relieved themselves from
the long tyranny of whalebone by casting off all wholesome ligatures ,
& for the most part, condensing all visible dress into a riding habit
which was rarely taken off ... the riding habit was in her case the more
indispensible attire, as trotting many a weary mile was necessary after her
Parents settled for good at Titley, to enable her to enjoy any of the
society welcome to her ...'
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From then until her death in
1839, Lady Greenly was unable to attend the eisteddfodau, although she
continued to support and encourage them.
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Eliza Greenly died on 29th
January 1839 and was buried at St. Peter's Church, Titley, where the
following inscription appears on a monument to her memory.
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* Sacred to the memory of the Lady Elizabeth Brown Coffin
GREENLY,
only child of the late William GREENLY esq. of Titley Court and
of Elizabeth his wife; and wife of Admiral Sir Isaac COFFIN Bart G.C.H.
who took the name of GREENLY by letters patent on his marriage.
She was born on the 27th November 1771 and died on the 29th January 1839
aged 67.
This monument is erected by her surviving parent in memory of her virtues
and
of her talents which she dedicated through life to the cause of religion
and morality.
In her character were blended the qualities most loved of God - Piety,
Humility and
Sincerity joined to a clear understanding and matchless sweetness of
disposition.
Her resignation and cheerfulness under severe and protracted trials attested
the firmness of her faith in "him who was made perfect through
suffering" and
inspired the tenderest affection in those around her and the deepest sorrow
at her loss.
Her remains rest in the vault underneath the tower erected by herself
at the west end of this church.
Them who sleep in Jesus will God also bring with him.
* Memorial Inscription recorded by Lisa
Davies
online at http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/HEF/Titley/MIs.html
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Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin
died on 23rd July 1839 in Cheltenham, where he had spent the last years of
his life.
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