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## Church of Corpus Christi, Tremeirchion
In the years after [[Gabriel Piozzi]] and [[Hester Thrale née Salusbury|Hester]] took up residence at [[Brynbella]], they improved the scandalous state of the family church of the Salusbury family. They replastered the walls and repaired the windows, pews and pulpit.
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<div class="caption">Church of Corpus Christi, Tremeirchion in 2001.</div><br>
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<div class="caption">Church of Corpus Christi interior, Tremeirchion.</div>
> [!QUOTE] On 17 September 1803, Hester Thrale wrote in [[Thraliana]] …
> A new vault has been constructed under the Altar at Dymerchion for his and my last cold Residence, & narrow Apartment—Poor dear old Lucy Salusbury my admirable Progenetrix & Mother to my Father[^1] Was found crumbling in Dust; her Skull only whole, & the Black Ribbon pinned round it, that I suppose bound her head in its last Agony[^2] —There was no Act[^3] then extant for burying in Woollen.
>
> My Father being wrapt in Lead was easily discerned from his Brothers, & dear Mama—as he called her to the Last—They had never found Money to make themselves a Vault, so their poor Bones have been gathered up now by Mr Piozzi, and placed decently in our new Repository, where ours will shortly accompany them no doubt: to the great Joy of all my Daughters who really have now waited my Death so long—They are justified in their Impatience. New Pulpit Cloths—new Reading Desk Bible & Surplices—& a new Brass Chandelier—in Lieu of a Wooden one—are among my [[Gabriel Piozzi|present Master's]] Donations—beside Slating & Glazing & painting & Whitewashing: & what our Curate Mr Roberts prefers to all—Enlarging his little Church in the Gallery-Part—& we will put up the old curious Cross wch some fools pulled away 40 Years ago— & make all smart and handsome.
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<div class="caption">Church of Corpus Christi Lychgate, Tremeirchion in 2001.</div>
In winter 1804, Hester wrote [[Tremeirchion village church repaired|verses on the restoration of the Church]].
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## Graves
![[2001-07-19 Thu#Sir John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury]]
## See also
![[hester-lynch-thrale-1741-1821🔎#^hester-lynch-thrale-infoblock]]
#history/person/SALUSBURY/hester-lynch-born-1741
#history/person/PIOZZI/gabriel-mario-born-before-1740
#history/person/SALUSBURY/john-salusbury-piozzi-born-1793
#history/place/wales/flintshire/tremeirchion
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[^1]: [[John Salusbury]].
[^2]: She died in 1745.
[^3]: Burying in Woollen Acts 1666-80.