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Saint Michael

Saint Michael

Upton

Northamptonshire

C12 with C13-C15 alterations, C14 tower and porch of 1594

Architectural Features

Inner wall of tower incorporated three-light screen panel, probably C15

C17 communion table in vestry

Reredos, choir stalls, desks and pulpit, all of Riga oak and designed 1899 by M H Holding

Stain glass east window of 1870

Four hatchments, oil on canvas, with Samwell family coat of arms

Monuments: alabaster effigies of Richard Knightley d.1537 and his wife, on tomb-chest of 1892 incorporating one original panel with three shield-holding angels

Wall monument to Sir Thomas Samwell d.1757 of veined grey marble with apron and cartouche above with painted coat of arms

Slate wall monument with painted inscription in upright oval gilt frame to James Harrington d.1677, buried St Margarets, Westminster, erected by his relative Wenman Langham Watson 1810

Large wall monument to Thomas Samwell Watson Samwell d.1831 of white marble on slate background with mourning female figure and trophies on top, signed by Whiting, Northampton

Wall monument to Wenman Langham Watson Samwell d.1841 of white marble on slate ground