chancel memorial brass thompson
roberts plinth tomb
monumental brasses combined 1 slab memorial next altar @ north-east corner of chancel thompson—the wife of thomas thompson—who died in childbirth, aged 31, on 25 july 1607, st james day. there 8 plates: 1 each of image of man , woman in elizabethan dress; 2 inscriptions; 1 depicting 9 sons; 1 4 daughters; , @ head 1 shield of arms each on thomas , an.
on opposite south-east side engraved stone slab memory of dame mary scott with, @ top, 3 coat of arms in lozenge format. dame mary died 1678 aged 89 years, , daughter of john aldersey of aldersey hall, cheshire, haberdasher in london—the alsersey family first inhabitants of berden hall. first married thomas westrowe, london alderman , grocer. son, thomas westrow, mp hythe in long parliament , rump parliament, , militia captain in parliamentary forces. mary scott s second marriage, in 1630, sir norton knatchbull of mersham hatch in kent. third husband sir edward scott of scotts hall @ nettlestead, kent whom married after being widow 35 years. epitaph is: worthily in great reputation piety , zeal in reformed religion exemplary vertue in relations of wife , mother , generous hospitality bounty , charity full extent of estate. in death lamented of knew her.
also in chancel, high on south wall, marble , alabaster tablet thomas aldersey of berden hall; born in cheshire, died 1598. inscription plaque set within pilasters side , plinth below. below plinth apron scrolling , oval marble inset. above inscription entablature topped circular coat of arms supported , surrounded scrolling.
in north-east corner of north transept brass plaques william turnor, died 1473, , 2 wives margery , margaret. brick tomb william turnor figures of man in fur-edged gown, belt , bag, , of 2 women in belted dresses , veiled head-dresses, inscription , 2 inscribed scrolls, indents of 2 shields , figures of children. further north chancel memorials joseph hammond, died 1762, inscription buried near place lies body of joseph hammond died june 1762 aged 61 years. tender husband, kind master , true friend. sincere christian. joseph hammond s wife , son memorialised plaque. further north transept stone floor slab memorial thomas meade, died 1653. meade s brother, rev joseph meade (1586-1639), born @ berden priory, educated @ christ s college, cambridge, , became english scholar 1641 key of revelation became influential treatise on book of revelation. worn floor slab thomasine, died 1656, wife of thomas meade, lies in nave. further north transept memorials of 2 coffin lids, 1 defaced part of raised cross, , other of purbeck marble, upturned , used wall bracket; both 13th century. south transept floor slab thomas grove, died 1669, , daughter margaret , 4 grandchildren.
on south wall of nave marble tablet colonel john bury obe, churchwarden of parish 1946 1961. on nave north wall tablet rev herbert hudson next cross , staff boy bishop miracle play revived. on north wall brass plaque 33-year-old corporal of 48th gordon highlanders, 1st canadians, died @ arras in 1918.
gravestone mary ann griffin of berden hall
two individual first world war war graves in churchyard: 1 gunner w. turner (died 12 december 1916, aged 31), royal garrison artillery; , 1 private ernest a. knight (died 28 november 1918, aged 28), essex regiment—ernest knight 1 of herbert hudson s boy bishops. war memorial lies in churchyard east of chancel, names of eleven berden soldiers of first, , 2 of second world war.
headstone of sir francis reid of berden hall
further churchyard grave markers murdered parish constable henry trigg; thomas beard (died 1800?); , mary ann griffin (died 1899 aged 34), wife of lewis phillips of berden hall. beard stone contains serpentine moulding @ each side of top meeting central circular moulded device, defining 3 engraved fields, , carved pictorial details, central angel holding anchor. overgrown slab running stone contains similar circular engraved device. griffin stone chamfered-arch topped inset floral carving, semi-circular side columns topped floriate capitals, , inlaid inscriptions. near griffin stone plinth tomb moulded base, , overhanging top dentils below , pyramid top. members of roberts family, 1 of whom roland brandram roberts of kirimetiya estate, ceylon (died 1910 aged 46), cremated @ golders green, ashes interred in berden graveyard. 2 marble , granite sarcophagus-style tombs north of church; 1 george seabrook (died 1885); other thomas seabrook (died 1847) , wife, elizabeth (died 1871). george , thomas seabrook of berden priory. further headstone brigadier sir francis smith reid , wife. reid senior british army officer during , after second world war, , secretary speaker of house of commons.
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