<p style='text-align: justify;'><p><b>122a Cherry Hinton church. Mural monument to Walter Serocold, slain at the siege of Calvi, Corsica, 1794</b></p><p>The following two drawings (<b>122a</b> and <b>122b</b>) appear to have been drawn on a folded sheet of paper that, when folded out and pasted into the album, are at 90 degrees to one another. The two-month siege of Calvi, at which Nelson lost an eye, was fought early in the Napoleonic Wars, when British and Corsican forces invaded Corsica in order to drive out the French. They were successful but the island proved too costly to maintain and the British retreated in 1796. Walter Serocold, son of the the eponymous former minister and lord of the Uphall manor (<b>122b</b>), was a 37 year-old naval captain when killed by grape-shot during this siege. The lengthy inscription includes quotations from letters of appreciation and condolence, eg ‘<i>the King has not a more meritorious young captain in his majesty’s navy</i>’. The name ‘HOOD’ shown by Relhan at the foot of this monument refers to one of these encomia by Admiral Hood. Relhan shows the arms (of Serocold impaling Letwood) in a disc at the bottom of the tablet. The sculptor was John Flaxman, who later made a similar memorial for Charles Cotton (<b>257</b>) at Madingley.</p><p>Lysons 1808; RCHME 1959; VCH 2002; Wikipedia</p><p><b>122b Cherry Hinton church. Matrix of a cross-brass, and arms of Borlase, Serocold and Watson families</b></p><p>Cole says ‘<i>near the S door into the chancel lies an old stone with the half figure of a mass priest in his habit, in his hands conjoined in brass but no inscription on it</i>’. This is now almost entirely covered in pews on a wooden floor. There is also no sign of a brass with ‘<i>a large curious cross, the bottom of it supported by some curious creature, and in one corner of the stone is cut a crescent; all very ancien</i>t‘. nor of the cross (apparently missed by Cole) that Relhan draws which has similarities in its crescent and mullet in the upper corners but no sign of any creature at the foot. This cannot be traced, but the drawings of arms of Borlase, Serocold and Watson are taken from tomb slabs in the chancel, reading left to right, that for Borlase (impaling Serocold and Holmes) being taken from the slab for Revd George Borlase (Casuistical Professor) 1809, for Serocold (impaling Borlase) from that of Henrietta Watson 1792, for Watson for that of William Watson (who beautified the church – see<b>121</b>) 1721, for Serocold (impaling Watson) from that of Abigail Watson 1734 and for Serocold from that of Walter Serocold 1747. For these families see (<b>125</b>). </p><p>Palmer 1932; RCHME 1959; Saunders P pers comm; VCH 2002 </p></p>
