Agneta Phillips

Agneta, widow of Colonel Robert Phillips (or Phelips) of Montacute, was buried in Westminster Abbey on 5th September 1691 near the Quire door but she has no memorial. The Colonel is probably the person mentioned in Luttrell's Diary under 18th December 1685 saying that the King had appointed him one of the commissioners to execute the office of lord privy seal during the absence of the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was a Member of Parliament, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Groom of the Bedchamber to the King and is buried in Bath Abbey. She was the daughter of Sir Robert Gorges. Two young children (Frances and either Thomas or Henry) were buried in the Abbey on 16th and 29th May 1677 respectively. Two daughters were buried at Acton.