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and principal seat. In the early mediaeval era exceptionally wealthy such persons desired to be buried within abbeys or monasteries founded by themselves or their ancestors (usually for the express purpose of funding monks or nuns to pray continually for the rapid transition of their souls and those
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Ailesbury Mausoleum consisted originally of a subterranean crypt with vaulted ceiling with an elongated octagonal shaped room above at ground level. The crypt contained the Countess's coffin whilst the room above displayed her monument, in the form of an oval
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within the vault survives in the
Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office. The family continued to use the Mausoleum for interments until 1836, at which date 24 of the loculi were occupied by deceased family members, when another vault at
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by King James I (1603-1625), which he made his seat. The advowson remained a possession of his descendants until 1954, long after the family had sold
Houghton in 1738, when it was transferred to the Bishop of St. Albans.
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It was customary before the use of mausoleums in
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Museum and Art
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On the death of the 3rd Earl of Ailesbury in 1747 his 8 year old nephew Thomas Brudenell duly became
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