he admitted his sexual orientation soon after she accepted his proposal. During thirteen years of rocky marriage, which included a serious affair of his wife's, they had four children: Mary, Helen, Prudence, and Felicity. Mary Ashbee, later Ames-Lewis (1911–2004) was born at Chipping Campden; Jane Felicity Ashbee (1913–2008), Helen Christabel Ashbee, later Cristofanetti (1915–1998) and Prudence Margaret Ashbee (1917–1979) were all born at Broad Campden. Ashbee was influenced in his life by the theories of homosexuality developed by Edward Carpenter. Death Ashbee died in 1942 at Sevenoaks and was buried at St Peter and St Paul's Church in Seal, Kent, where he was church architect. The internal screen for the church tower was designed by Ashbee. Personal archive and legacy His papers and journals are at King's College, Cambridge. Ashbee's unpublished personal memoirs, all 7 volumes, are held at the London Library. The East End Preservation Society has presented an annual CR Ashbee Memorial Lecture since 2015: 2015 - Oliver Wainwright on the Seven Dark Arts of Developers 2016 - Rowan Moore on The Future of London 2017 - Maria Brenton, Rachel Bagenal and Kareem Dayes on Hope in the Housing Crisis. 2018 - The Gentle Author of the Spitalfields Life blog on CR Ashbee in the East End. See also Birmingham Guild and School of Handicrafts, which was modelled on Ashbee's Guild and School of Handicraft. Clifford Holliday, town planner and architect, followed Ashbee in Palestine (1922-1935) Ernest Tatham Richmond, British architect, Consulting Architect to the Haram ash-Sharif (1918–20) References Further reading Crawford, A. 1986. C.R. Ashbee, Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist (Yale University Press) Fiona MacCarthy. 1981. Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds (University of California Press) External links Victorian Web: C. R. Ashbee, an overview Charles Robert Ashbee on-line; guide to illustrations Court Barn Museum in Chipping Camden: Life and works of Ashbee and other members of the Guild 1863 births 1942 deaths Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Arts and Crafts architects Arts and Crafts movement artists Administrators of Palestine Architects in Mandatory Palestine English businesspeople English graphic designers 19th-century English novelists 20th-century English novelists English printers English socialists English LGBT people Gay artists People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Architects from London Private press movement people Masters of the Art Worker's Guild