Samuel was the son of Lawrence Bridger, rector of St. John the Evangelist Church in Slimbridge.
Samuel was auditor of the College of Gloucester, England.
Samuel and his wife Mary lived in an ancient house called
Woodmancote and raised their eight children there.
Their children were: John, Samuel, Joseph, who immigrated to Virginia, James also of Virginia, George, Jonathan, Martha, and Mary."
Samuel had the reputation of being rather tight with his money, left his mark on Woodmancote. In order to avoid the decree of King Charles I, who had assessed a tax on each window in every dwelling in England, he bricked over at least three of Woodmancote's second floor windows. His "tax shelter" is still visible.
At one time there was an interesting epitaph in the Lady Chapel of Gloucester Cathedral
Here lyes the body of Samuel Bridger, gent, who Departed this life upon the 21st day of July, An.1650.
Receiver of this College Rents, he paid
His Debt to Nature, and beneath he's laid,
To rest until his Summons to remove,
At the last Audit, to the Choir above.
The epitaph was removed during a restoration at the end of the 19th century and is no longer there.
On June 30th 1996 a new window in the North wall of the chancel and adjacent to the altar of St. John the Evangelist Church in Slimbridge was dedicated in memory of Lawrence Bridger who was Rector 1577-1630. The Dean of Chapel and choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, took part in the service. The window, which incorporates the Bridger coat of arms was made possible by the generosity of American descendants, several of whom attended the ceremony.
To view the window click Lawrence Bridger
Samuel was auditor of the College of Gloucester, England.
Samuel and his wife Mary lived in an ancient house called
Woodmancote and raised their eight children there.
Their children were: John, Samuel, Joseph, who immigrated to Virginia, James also of Virginia, George, Jonathan, Martha, and Mary."
Samuel had the reputation of being rather tight with his money, left his mark on Woodmancote. In order to avoid the decree of King Charles I, who had assessed a tax on each window in every dwelling in England, he bricked over at least three of Woodmancote's second floor windows. His "tax shelter" is still visible.
At one time there was an interesting epitaph in the Lady Chapel of Gloucester Cathedral
Here lyes the body of Samuel Bridger, gent, who Departed this life upon the 21st day of July, An.1650.
Receiver of this College Rents, he paid
His Debt to Nature, and beneath he's laid,
To rest until his Summons to remove,
At the last Audit, to the Choir above.
The epitaph was removed during a restoration at the end of the 19th century and is no longer there.
On June 30th 1996 a new window in the North wall of the chancel and adjacent to the altar of St. John the Evangelist Church in Slimbridge was dedicated in memory of Lawrence Bridger who was Rector 1577-1630. The Dean of Chapel and choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, took part in the service. The window, which incorporates the Bridger coat of arms was made possible by the generosity of American descendants, several of whom attended the ceremony.
To view the window click Lawrence Bridger
Samuel was the son of Lawrence Bridger, rector of St. John the Evangelist Church in Slimbridge.
Samuel was auditor of the College of Gloucester, England.
Samuel and his wife Mary lived in an ancient house called
Woodmancote and raised their eight children there.
Their children were: John, Samuel, Joseph, who immigrated to Virginia, James also of Virginia, George, Jonathan, Martha, and Mary."
Samuel had the reputation of being rather tight with his money, left his mark on Woodmancote. In order to avoid the decree of King Charles I, who had assessed a tax on each window in every dwelling in England, he bricked over at least three of Woodmancote's second floor windows. His "tax shelter" is still visible.
At one time there was an interesting epitaph in the Lady Chapel of Gloucester Cathedral
Here lyes the body of Samuel Bridger, gent, who Departed this life upon the 21st day of July, An.1650.
Receiver of this College Rents, he paid
His Debt to Nature, and beneath he's laid,
To rest until his Summons to remove,
At the last Audit, to the Choir above.
The epitaph was removed during a restoration at the end of the 19th century and is no longer there.
On June 30th 1996 a new window in the North wall of the chancel and adjacent to the altar of St. John the Evangelist Church in Slimbridge was dedicated in memory of Lawrence Bridger who was Rector 1577-1630. The Dean of Chapel and choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, took part in the service. The window, which incorporates the Bridger coat of arms was made possible by the generosity of American descendants, several of whom attended the ceremony.
To view the window click Lawrence Bridger
Samuel was auditor of the College of Gloucester, England.
Samuel and his wife Mary lived in an ancient house called
Woodmancote and raised their eight children there.
Their children were: John, Samuel, Joseph, who immigrated to Virginia, James also of Virginia, George, Jonathan, Martha, and Mary."
Samuel had the reputation of being rather tight with his money, left his mark on Woodmancote. In order to avoid the decree of King Charles I, who had assessed a tax on each window in every dwelling in England, he bricked over at least three of Woodmancote's second floor windows. His "tax shelter" is still visible.
At one time there was an interesting epitaph in the Lady Chapel of Gloucester Cathedral
Here lyes the body of Samuel Bridger, gent, who Departed this life upon the 21st day of July, An.1650.
Receiver of this College Rents, he paid
His Debt to Nature, and beneath he's laid,
To rest until his Summons to remove,
At the last Audit, to the Choir above.
The epitaph was removed during a restoration at the end of the 19th century and is no longer there.
On June 30th 1996 a new window in the North wall of the chancel and adjacent to the altar of St. John the Evangelist Church in Slimbridge was dedicated in memory of Lawrence Bridger who was Rector 1577-1630. The Dean of Chapel and choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, took part in the service. The window, which incorporates the Bridger coat of arms was made possible by the generosity of American descendants, several of whom attended the ceremony.
To view the window click Lawrence Bridger
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