St Mary at the Walls

St Mary at the Walls

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Transcriptions of Plaques & Tablets...

ST MARY AT THE WALLS TRANSCRIPTIONS OF PLAQUES AND TABLETS




As transcribed by Mr Robert Brown & Miss Karen Waddy
on 8th, 13th & 29th November 2002.


After entering the main West door, under the tower, on the left wall is a white marble effigy of JOHN REBOW in stone.
The Rebow crest is above the effigy.
The tablet to the left of the effigy reads:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ISAAC MARTIN REBOW
OF WIVENHOEPARK IN THIS COUNTYESQR
COLNEL OF THE EAST ESSEX MILITIA
FROM THEIR FIRST ESTABLISHMENT
AND MEMBER FOR THIS BOROUGH
IN FIVE SUCCESSIVE PARLIAMENTS
WHO DIED OCTR 5TH 1781
ALSO OF
FRANCES MARY REBOW
HIS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER
WHO DIED MARCH 7TH 1793
ALSO OF
SARAH EMMA HICHENS
HIS SECOND DAUGHTER AND WIFE OF
HENRY HICHENS OF PENZANCE IN THE
COUNTY OF CORNWALL ESQR
WHO DIED MAY 24TH 1798
ALSO OF
MARY EMMA REBOW
DAUGHTER OF LIEUTT COLL
FRANCIS SLATER REBOW
AND MARY HESTER HIS WIFE
AND GRANDAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
ISAAC MARTIN REBOW
WHO DIED FEBY 15TH 1804
The tablet to the right of the effigy reads:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MARY REBOW
AND DAUGHTER OF
THOMAS MARTIN OF ALRESFORD HALL
IN THIS COUNTYESQR
WHO DIED DECR 22ND 1804
ALSO OF
MARY HESTER WIFE OF
LIEUTT GENERAL FRANCIS SLATER REBOW
OF WIVENHOEPARK
AND ELDEST DAUGHTER AND CO-HEIRESS
OF THE BEFORE-MENTIONED COLNEL REBOW
SHE DIED THE 23RD DAY OF JULY 1834
AGED 57 YEARS
IN HER EXERCISE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN
VIRTUE WAS UNITED WITH THE MOST
AMIABLE AND ENDEARING MANNERS
ALSO OF
THE SAID FRANCIS SLATER REBOW
OF WIVENHOE PARK A GENERAL IN THE ARMY
WHO DIED THE 7TH OCTOBER 1845
IN THE 76TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
HE WAS THE SON OF R SLATER ESQRE OF CHESTERFIELD
AND ASSUMED THE NAME OF REBOW ON HIS
MARRIAGE WITH THE BEFORE-MENTIONED
MARY H REBOW OF WIVENHOEPARK
Underneath the effigy is another large stone tablet, which reads:
JOHN REBOW OF COLCHESTER MERCHANT DYED THE 13 OF APRIL 1699
IN THE 72 YEAR OF HIS AGE AND IS BURIED NEAR THIS PLACE AND SARAH HIS WIFE
DAUGHTER OF FRANCIS TAYSPILL OF THE SAID BURROUGH MERCHANT
SR ISAAC REBOW KNT ERECTED THIS MONUMENT IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER AND MOTHER
LIKEWISE TO THE MEMORIES OF
MARTHA REBOW WHO DIED AUGUST 17TH 1705
SIR ISAAC REBOW——————-SEPTR 19TH 1726
JOHN REBOW—————————MAY 23RD 1731
ISAAC LEMING REBOW———-MARCH 3RD 1734
JANE REBOW—————————–NOVR 2ND 1737
JANE REBOW————————MARCH 31ST 1751
After entering the West door, under the tower, there is to the right a wooden rood screen fixed to the South wall.
Carved into the screen is an inscription.
It reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND AS A
THANKOFFERING THIS SCREEN WAS
GIVEN BY PERCIVAL ROBERT AND
FLORENCE BRINTON 1922
Fixed to the south internal tower wall, above the rood screen, is fixed a large wooden carved plaque which features the following inscriptions:
ST MARY THE VIRGIN: COLCHESTER
COMMONLY CALLED S. MARY-AT-THE-WALLS
LIST OF RECTORS FROM 1286 AD
THE NAMES OF RECTORS PREVIOUS TO THAT DATE ARE UNKNOWN.
1286 THOMAS AIGNELL.  DIOCESE OF LONDON
1310 ADAM ATTE WELLE.  UP TO 1846
1330 RICHARD DE BORHAM. FIRST BISHOP
1361 JOHN BELTESFORD.  RESTITUTUS 314
1361 WILLIAM DE BELLASFORD
1382 WILLIAM CRANWELL
1385 RALPH PINSTHORPE DE HENHAM
1390 THOMAS LOWE
1394 JOHN HOREWOOD
1395 ROBERT WARE
1403 JOHN CANNON
THOMAS WILKINSON
1434 JOHN CHICHELEY
1436 JOHN MILDWELL
1439. ROBERT LARDENER
1464 ROBERT WYLLY
1467 WILLIAM KETILL
1476 JOHN ISAAC
1483 THOMAS KERVER
1503 ROBERT LOWNDE
1531 EDMUND CAMPION
1532 JOHN CLARKE
1539 THOMAS KYRKHAM
1551 MARMADUKE SMYTH
1555 JOHN THORPE
1556 JOHN FRANCIS
1556 THOMAS DYCONSON
1558 THOMAS BROWNE
1562 HUGO ALLEN
JOHN WALFARE
1596 GEORGE ARCHER
1603 THOMAS TAYLCOTT
1641 JOHN STEVENS
WILLIAM BOISSARD  ( INTRUDED DURING THE COMMONWEALTH )
JOHN SMITH
1676 JOSEPH POWELL
1697 DAVID KENNEIR
1707 ROBERT MIDDLETON
1735 JOHN CARLETON
1737 PHILIP MORANT
1771 THOMAS BARSTOW
1788 THOMAS TWINING
1804 PHILIP BAYLES
1855 CHARLES ALFRED L’OSTE  DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER 1846 TO 1877
1870 JOHN WILLIAM IRVINE   FIRST BISHOP  JUSTUS 604
1897 GREVILLE TURNER HAYLES  DIOCESE OF S. ALBANS 1877 TO 1894
1933 GEORGE AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL FIRST BISHOP
1946 HAROLD ISAAC NOAKES   THOS LEGH CLAUGHTON 1877
1965 RALPH STEVENS
DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD
1914
FIRST BISHOP
JOHN EDWIN WATTS-DITCHFIELD  1914
——————————————————————————————
CHURCH & TOWER
RUINED IN THE SIEGE 1648
CHURCH REBUILT
1713-14 AND 1871-72
TOWER BRICKWORK
ADDED 1729
REPAIRED 1911
NAVE ROOF
RE-TILED 1916
—————————————————————————————————-
THIS CARVING IS THE
WORK AND GIFT OF
HENRIETTA SELINA ORD
BOARD FIXED  1910
————————————————————————————————-
North / South aisle, above the font and to the left is a dark wooden plaque with gold writing.
It reads:
AD 1695
JEREMIAH DANIELL
LEFT BY WILL A RENT-CHARGE OF 40 SHILLINGS
PER ANNUM UPON A FIELD CALLED
COCKERILLS CROFT
TO BE GIVEN IN COALS TO THE POOR OF
THIS PARISH FOR EVER
On the South wall, to the right of the fire exit is a white marble tablet.
It reads:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN LINGWOOD
WHO DIED 20TH MARCH 1834
AGED 60 YEARS
ALSO OF
SARAH WHITTAKER LINGWOOD
(RELICT OF THE ABOVE)
WHO DIED 10TH JULY 1844
AGED 71 YEARS
THEIR BELOVED REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED
IN A VAULT IN THE CHURCHYARD
NEAR THIS SPOT
On the South wall, to the left of the fire exit is a brass plaque.
It reads:
THIS BUILDING WAS ERECTED AS A CHURCH
DECONSECRATED, IT ISN`T A CHURCH ANYMORE
ONE DAY, HOWEVER, IT MAY BECOME A RUIN
IF SO, IT WILL BE A RUIN OF A CHURCH
On the South wall, to the left of the fire exit door, there is an upper plaque.
It reads:
NEAR THIS PLACE, REST THE REMAINS OF
HARRIET FRANCES WIFE OF
RICHARD REEVE OF GIFLINGHAM
SURGEON OF THE WEST-SUFFOLK REGT OF MILITIA
(DAUGHTER OF CLAUDE BENEZET ESQ
AND ANNE HIS WIFE
OF MARGATE IN THE IfLE OF THANET)
WHO DIED SEPR 7TH 1801
AGED 30 YEARS
On the South wall, to the left of the fire exit door, the lower marble tablet is inscribed:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MILDRED AGNES
WIFE OF
PERCIVAL HOPE KEALY
ROYAL ENGINEERS
WHO DIED AT ROORKEE INDIA
DECR  6TH 1902
ERECTED BY HER HUSBAND & MOTHER
On the South wall is a brass plaque.
It reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
YORICK GORDON SMYTHIES
ELDEST SON OF THE REV WILLIAM YORICK SMYTHIES
DIED IN PERNAMBUCO 15TH APRIL 1882 AGED 35 YEARS
AND OF
WILLIAM GORDON SMYTHIES
SECOND SON OF THE REV WILLIAM YORICK SMYTHIES
DIED IN LONDON 1ST APRIL 1909 AGED 60 YEARS
Underneath this plaque on the South wall is another brass plaque.
It reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GEORGE FAIRHEAD WRIGHT
WHO ENTERED INTO REST
ON 12TH MAY 1931
AGED 72 YEARS
THE PEACE OF GOD WHICH
PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING

On the South wall, between brass plaques is a marble carved tablet.
It reads:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CHARLES NORFOLK SMYTHIES CLERK DCL
WHOSE MORTAL REMAINS REST IN THE VAULT BENEATH
AFTER A BRIEF
BUT BRIGHT COURSE IN THE MINISTRY
AS CURATE OF THIS PARISH
HE BREATHED HIS LAST IN PEACE AT PENZANCE
IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL
ON THE
6TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1847
IN THE 35TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
“GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD GLORY SAVE IN THE CROSS
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST”
GALS VI.14
ALSO OF
HENRY TRAVERS SMYTHIES
WHO DIED IN THE LORD ON THE 2ND DAY OF FEBRUARY 1854
AGED 10 YEARS
ALSO OF
THE RIGHT REVD CHARLES ALAN SMYTHIES DD
BISHOP OF ZANZIBAR
WHO DIED AND WAS BURIED AT SEA
MAY 7TH 1894  AGED 49
A NOBLE LIFE OF DEVOTION TO DUTY
On the South wall, about halfway along, is a brass plaque.
It reads:
IN TENDER MEMORY OF
THE REVD
WILLIAM YORICK SMYTHIES
TRIN: COLL: OXON:
OF “HILLSIDE” WEELEY COLCHESTER
YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE
FRANCIS SMYTHIES ESQ
OF “THE TURRETS” COLCHESTER
CURATE OF PAULTON-CUM-FARRINGDON
AND WEMBDON SOMERSET
VICAR OF SHILBOTTLE NORTHUMBERLAND
RECTOR OF BUCKLAND DOVER
INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS
FOR THREE SUCCESSIVE BISHOPS OF
ROCHESTER AND ST ALBANS
VICAR OF WEST MERSEACOLCHESTER
RECTOR OF ALGARKIRK BOSTONLINCOLNSHIRE
FELL ASLEEP AT ALGARKIRK HALL
JULY 2ND 1910 AND IN HIS 94TH YEAR
BURRIED IN BUCKLAND CHURCHYARD
THEM WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM
1 THESS IV 14
On the South wall, there is a brass plaque (to the right of a marble tablet) behind the bar.
It reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FRANCIS SMYTHIES
WHO DIED 18TH MAY 1888
AGED 77
On the South wall behind the bar is a brass plaque.
It reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE LOVING
MEMORY OF WILLIAM PRATT GARD
BORN 8TH APRIL 1858
DIED 8TH NOVEMBER 1888
“AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT”
On the South wall, above the bar, is a white marble tablet with a small sculpture of a hand holding oak leaves and acorns on the top.
It reads:
IN REMEMBERANCE
OF FRANCIS SMYTHIES ESQRE
WHO DIED MAY 13TH 1840 AGED 60
AND HERE BENEATH LIES BURIED
NOT FORGOTTEN
ALSO OF HIS CHILDREN
PALMER, ELLEN AND ELIZABETH
WHO DIED IN THEIR YOUTH
AND ALSO OF
CAROLINE RELICT OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTR 11TH 1851
IN HER 70TH YEAR
ALSO OF HARRIET JANE WIFE OF
FRANCIS SMYTHIES
WHO DIED NOVR 11TH 1871 AGED 49
On the South wall, behind the bar on the top left hand side is a white marble tablet.
It reads:
TO THE MEMORY OF
CAROLINE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF GEORGE EDWARD TOMPSON ESQ
OF YARMOUTH NORFOLK
AND SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
FRANCIS SMYTHIES ESQ OF COLCHESTER
IN WHOSE VAULT SHE LIES INTERRED
SHE DIED JULY 1ST 1844 AGED 29 YEARS.
THIS TABLET IS RAISED BY HER HUSBAND
AS A TRIBUTE TO HER MANY
EXCELLENT QUALITIES
On the South wall, behind the bar on the lower left hand side is a white marble tablet.
It reads:
THOMAE TWINING AM
HVIVS ECCLESSIAE RECTORI
VIRO IN QVO
DOCTRINA INERAT MVLTIPLEX ET RECONDITA
INGENIVM ELEGANS NON EXILE SPINOSVM QVE
SED ACCVRATVM ET ACVTVM
IN REBVS QVAE AD ARTEM CRITICAM PERTINENT EXPLICANDIS
SERMO SINE ACVLEO ET MALEDICTIS FACETVS
ET SAPORE POENE PROPRIO ATHENARVM IMBVTVS
MANSVET VDO MORVM ET COMITAS SVIS PERIVCVNDA
PIETAS ERGA DEVM PVRA ATQVE SINCERA
SIQVIDEM HONESTA DE NATVRA EIVS OPINIONE
STABILI QVE IN CHRISTO FIDE
POTISSIMVA NIXA EST
ET CVM SYMMA IN OMNES HOMINES BENEVOLENTIA
NVNQVAM NON CONIVNCTA
RICARDVS TWINING FRATRI CARISSIMO
NATO VIII ID CALEND IANVAR ANNO SACRO M DEC XXXV
MORTVO VIII ID AVGVST M DCCC IV
CONDITO COLCESTRIAE IN SERPVLCRETO TEMPLI
AD MILEEND SITI
H.M.P.C
On the East wall to the right of the stage area is a large dark coloured marble tablet commemorating those lost in the
First World War.
There are angels and a cross above the names, and a banner inscription beneath the angels and above the names,
which reads:
THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD
The names on the tablet read:
ALLEN S
FISHER E M
MILLS F A
ARMES H C
FROST F C S
MUNSON A H
BAREHAM H
GAME A
NEAVE W
BARNES A
GARROD H
NEVARD A A
BARNES G G
GILL W R
OLIVER H P
BARRINGTON A L B
GOWEN F A
PADMORE J A
BEARD E C
GRIMWOOD J C
PARISH G E
BEETON F
HAMBLION H W
PAUL E K M
BLAKE C
HAMBLION W
PHILLIPS U B
BLYTH W J
HARDEN A H
PLUCK R E
BOOTH J H
HARRINGTON A
PRAED F A
BOWRING A H
HART R C
PRIME E J
BROWN G A
HARVEY S R
PRITCHARD G W
BRUCE J
HAYCROFT T W W
PURKISS L
BRUCE N
HAYWARD H B
REDHOUSE F
BRUNWIN-HALES G O
HAZELL F P
REED A
BRUNWIN-HALES H T
HEAD M
ROWE A H
BULTITUDE F S
HORWOOD R B
SECKER J D
BUNTON C
HUMM H G
SHEAD J W E
BURLEIGH E
HUNWICK J P
SHELDRAKE G C
BYE H J
HUNWICK W C
SMITH E THOMPSON
CARD L H
HUSSEY F W
SMITH J
CHATTERWELL W
ISOM S C
SPARLING A E
CLARK F S
KEATLEY C R
STANYON A
CLEMENTS V
KEATLEY J D
STICKLAND W A
COTTIS F
KERNAGHAN G H
STOWE E
COULSON A
KETT E C
TRIPHOOK  O L
CUTHBERT F
KING J H
TYLER J C
DANIELL S
KING W H
VERNARD W
DENTON A
LEE B H
VERLANDER W J
DINES E J
LE CROS C A
WADE W
DINES F E
LILLEY F D
WALLACE D W
DOE H G V
LYONS A S
WARD A G
EBSWORTH A
LYONS B
WATSON H
EDWARDS G W
MASON C
WILBY A D
EDWARDS W S
MASON J W
WILLS H
EUERBY J W
MASON W J
WINDSOR H F
EVES R V
MILLER C H
WOOLARD A G
FIELDGATE R L
MILLER H A
WOOLARD B E

MILLICAN R I

Underneath the list of names it reads:
TO THE LORD OF HOSTS
EVER OUR HOPE AND STRENGTH
IS CONSECRATED
THE WARRIORS CHAPEL
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM
DIED WHERE DUTY CALLED THEM
IN THE GREAT WAR
There are also the dates 1914 to the left and 1918 to the right, just above this inscription.
Near to the Rebow effigy, on the North / South aisle, near to the gentleman’s toilets is a dark wooden plaque
with gold writing.
It reads:
AD 1689
JOSEPH COX
LEFT BY WILL £100 TO BE VESTED IN LAND
THE RENT THEREOF TO BE GIVEN ANNUALLY
TO THE POOR OF THIS PARISH
FOR EVER
On the North wall, above the bar, there are two white marble tablets.
The upper tablet reads:
NEAR
THIS PLACE ARE DEPOSITED
THE REMAINS OF
HUMPHREY CARLETON ESQUIRE
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED SINCERELY LAMENTED
THE 27th OF JULY 1805
AGED 80 YEARS
HIS INTEGRITY AND MILD MANNERS
CONCILIATED THE ESTEEM OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM
AND HIS DOMESTIC VIRTUES
PARTICULARLY ENDEARED HIM TO HIS OWN FAMILY
On the North wall, above the bar, the lower white marble tablet reads:
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN RUDD
WHO DIED JULY 3 1827
AGED 68 YEARS
AND OF HIS WIDOW
MARY RUDD
DAUGHTER OF
THOMAS AND MARY DUNKLEY
WHO DIED OCTOBER 1 1831
AGED 76 YEARS
On the North wall, to the right of the bar is a white marble tablet with an urn above the inscription.
It reads:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
EDWARD HASELL NEWELL
SURGEON
WHO DIED SEP 23 1800
AGED 21 YEARS
ALSO OF
SARAH RELICT OF THE ABOVE
ROBERT RICHARDSON NEWELL
WHO DIED APRIL 20TH 1825
AGED 73 YEARS
THEY LIVED BELOVED AND DIED
LAMENTED
There is an article about him here:



Below is a similar looking white marble tablet.
It reads:
TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN CHARLES HASELL NEWELL
OF THE
ALEXANDER EAST INDIAMAN
AGED 34 YEARS
HE LOST HIS LIFE IN HIS BRAVE AND HUMANE EXERTIONS
TO SAVE THE SHIP BENGAL DESTROYED BY FIRE
OFF POINT DE GALLE JANY 16TH
1815
On the North wall, to the right of the fire exit, is a white marble tablet in the shape of a mantelpiece
with an urn placed on top.
It reads:
BENEATH
ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF
SIR THOMAS ORMSBY BARONET
WHO DIED AT COWES AUGUST 9TH 1833
AGED 35
MARRIED MARY MARTIN SLATER REBOW
ONLY SUVIVING CHILD OF
LIEUT GENERAL FRANCIS SLATER REBOW
AND MARY HESTER HIS WIFE
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO HIS BELOVED MEMORY
AND IN AFFECTIONATE REGARD TO HIS DISTINGUISHED
VIRTUES IN EVERY RELATION OF LIFE
ALSO OF
THE SAID MARY M. LADY ORMSBY
WHO ON THE DECEASE OF HER MOTHER IN 1834
BEING HER ONLY SUVIVING CHILD AND HEIREfS
RESUMED THE SURNAME OF REBOW
BY ROYAL SIGN MANUAL
SHE MARRIED SECONDLY JOHN, SECOND SON
OF T.L (or T).GURDON ESQRE OF LETTON IN THE
COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND DIED 17TH SEPT
1842 WITHOUT IfSUE IN THE 38TH YEAR
OF HER AGE
On the North wall, approximately half way along is a white marble tablet
with an opened book and horizontal sword carved above it.
It reads:
IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM MASON INGLIS
CAPTAIN ROYAL ENGINEERS
WHO, WHILE SERVING IN THE
SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL
WAS LOST IN THE WRECK OF THE “PRINCE”
AT BALAKLAVA
14TH NOVEMBER 1854
AGED 32 YEARS
Below this tablet is another white marble tablet with the design of a helmet,
a horizontal sword and a branch with leaves carved on the top.
It reads:
IN MEMORY OF
WILFRED F MARSHALL
SECOND LIEUT IV MADRAS PIONEERS
2ND SON OF CHARLES AND HELEN MARSHALL
OF COLCHESTER
WHO DIED WHILE ON SPECIAL SERVICE
AT OOTACAMUND INDIA21ST JUNE 1898 AGED 21
ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS
There are eight ochre terracotta clad columns in the church, four on either side of the East / West aisle.
On the base of the column near to the North wall and second down from the East wall is an inscription.
It reads:
DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THE REVERED MEMORY OF ALL
WHETHER IN HIGH OR HUMBLE STATION
WHO IN DAYS OF STRESS AND DANGER
UPHELD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
AS OUR MOST PRECIOUS HERITAGE
AD 1911
At the East end of the North wall is a white marble tablet with two dark marble columns either side of the inscription.
The top of the tablet is a triangular roof effect.
It reads:
TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF
THIRZA
WIFE OF EDWARD SMITH
OF ST MARY`S LODGE IN THIS PARISH
WHO DIED JUNE 5TH 1875
IN THE FIFTY SECOND YEAR OF HER AGE
“BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART”
“HER CHILDREN ARISE AND CALL HER BLESSED”
Below it is a simple white marble plaque.
It reads:
IN MEMORY OF
EDWARD SMITH
WHO DIED JANUARY 15TH 1897
AGED 81
In the Warrior Chapel is an inscription carved into a decorative wooden support frame.
It reads:
THESE ARE THEY WHICH FOLLOW THE LAMB
In the vestry, now an office is a slate coloured marble tablet.
It reads:
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS MAYHEW GENT
SOMETIME A STUDENT AT XT CHURCH
OXFORD AFTERWARDS AT LEYDEN
IN HOLLAND ONLY SON AND HEIR OF
THOS MAYHEW GENT AND ATTORNEY
IN THIS TOWN WHO DIED AND WAS BURIED
HERE THE 6TH OF OCTOBR 1727
THIS MARBLE AND INfCRIPTION WERE
HERE PLACED IN THE YEAR 1748 BY
WM MAYHEW GENT WHO
MARRIED HIS SISTER ELIZ THOS
THE SON DIED A BATCHELOR THE 17TH OF OCTOBR
1739 AGED 27 YEARS
In the organ chamber, near to the door that leads to the vestry is a small brass plaque.
It reads:
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
ARTHUR WILLIAM NUNN
FOR MANY YEARS A DEVOTED
CHORISTER OF THIS CHURCH
WHO DIED JANUARY 25TH 1935
THIS MEMORIAL WAS GIVEN BY HIS WIFE AND FAMILY.
To the right of where the organ was situated is a wooden decorative screen dated 1908.
On the upper left hand side is a column topped with a crest.
On top of the column is an effigy of an angel holding a shield with a carved cup on the shield.
Underneath are the words:
CUP OF BLESSING.
On the column it reads:
1925
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
THIS SANCTUARY
WAS DECORATED
IN LOVING MEMY
OF
HENRY E BAKER
G. O. BRUNWIN-HALES
WM  R. CANDLER
BORN IN THIS PARISH
1832 DIED IN DETRIOT
MICHIGANUSA 1909
CATHERINE M EAGLE
ED D. O. EALES
CHARLES FULLER
H. HOWARD FULLER
E. MILLICENT FULLER
MARGARET GAME
GEORGE S. MARTIN
EVAN THOS PROSSER
JANE PROSSER
CHARLES T. WARD
CHARLOTTE E. WEBB
ALICE WRIGHT
ALICE EMILY WRIGHT
FLORENCE M. GRIMWADE
JAMES PRIOR
MARY ANN PRIOR
ALSO AS A
THANK OFFERING FOR
THE
GOLDEN WEDDING OF
JAMES & ELIZABETH
ORRISS

On the North wall at the East end of the church is a large painting of Jesus and two others.
Under the painting it reads:
KNOWN IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD
Above the painting are three crests.
Under them it reads:
THE WAY                     THE TRUTH                     THE LIFE
To the left of the picture is an inscription.
It reads:
IN MEMORY OF EDGAR
ATLEE HUNT Dt MAY 6
1923 AND EDGAR DAVID
COPE HUNT Dt JUNE 20
1924 THIS PAINTING IS GIVEN
To the left of the East window is a painted panel depicting Saint Augustine.
Underneath is an inscription.
It reads:
1908
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
KATE LOCKWOOD
DIED JUNE 22 1906
To the right of the East window is a painted panel depicting Saint Aidan.
Underneath is an inscription.
It reads:
1908
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOSEPH HOWARD SECKER
A CHORISTER OF THIS CHURCH
DIED FEB 4 1907
On the South wall at the East end of the church is a stained glass window.
To the right of the window is a brass plaque with a crest above an inscription.
It reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ROBERT HENRY WHITCOMBE
D D
BISHOP OF COLCHESTER
BORN JULY 18TH 1862
PASED TO HIS REST
MARCH 19TH 1922
Under the window is a white marble tablet with a decorative coloured mosaic design.
It reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ADOLPHUS EDGAR CHURCH
MANY YEARS CHURCHWARDEN
RICHARD HERON GEE
ASSISTANT CURATE
JANE WIDOW OF FRANCIS
CURTIS RECTOR OF ALL SAINTS
CHARLOTTE MARY WIFE
OF EDGAR ATLEE HUNT
FRANCIS SMYTHIES AND
CHARLOTTE HIS WIFE PAR-
ENTS OF JANE H. HAWKINS
ALRESFORD HALL
AND OTHERS
THE EAST WINDOW WAS
DEDICATED AD 1903
Further to the right of the stained glass window is the arch over the vestry entrance.
It too is highly decorated and bears a painting of an angel.
Underneath it reads:
TO THE LOVED
MEMORY OF
JAMES
ORRISS
THE  DECOR-
ATION
These transcriptions were copied down over a period of several sessions and in far from ideal conditions in a busy Arts Centre, often in poor lighting.
We take no responsibility for the accuracy of these transcriptions, which were done to the best of our abilities.


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