Military Rank:

Quartermaster

First Name:

Daniel

Last Name:

Blackford

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

After 25 October 1681

Inscription:

Hic Jacet Corpus de Daniely Blackford Filius de Johannes Blackford Octobris vicessimo quinto Anno Domini 1681 Aetatis suae 59. When I was young I ventur'd Life and Bloode both for my Kinge and my countrie’s Goode. In elder years my care was chief to bee Soldier for Him that shed His Bloode for me.

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Very Poor

Condition Description:

Its position in the church aisle means it has been heavily eroded by centuries of worshippers. Inscription is largely illegible.

Memorial Notes:

Daniel Blackford served in Earl of Northampton's Regiment of Horse, where he is listed as a quartermaster to Capt Clarke (https://wiki.bcw-project.org.uk/royalist/horse-regiments/earl-of-northampton). Daniel was captured following following the Royalist assault on Compton Wynyates in January 1645. He later returned to Oxhill and became churchwarden there in 1679-80.