John Massingberd a wealthy merchant died On This Day 23 November 1653. Lived in "Broadwaters" an ancient moated site, in the Manor House of Tooting Bec.
Massingberd Monument in St Leonard's Church:
Here lyeth the body of John Massingbird Esquire who departed this life the XXIII of November MDCLIII leaving Caecilia his wife with two daughters Elizabeth and Mary the elder married some yeeres before to George Berkeley onely son of the Lord Berkeley the younger since to Robert Lord Willvghby eldest son of the Earle of Lyndsey.
(John W Brown St Leonard's Streatham - book available to purchase https://www.streathamsociety.org.uk/architecture-and-buildings.html )
Massingberd Monument in St Leonard's Church:
Here lyeth the body of John Massingbird Esquire who departed this life the XXIII of November MDCLIII leaving Caecilia his wife with two daughters Elizabeth and Mary the elder married some yeeres before to George Berkeley onely son of the Lord Berkeley the younger since to Robert Lord Willvghby eldest son of the Earle of Lyndsey.
(John W Brown St Leonard's Streatham - book available to purchase https://www.streathamsociety.org.uk/architecture-and-buildings.html )
