Barton-in-Fabis St George

Monuments and Memorials

Chancel

William Sacheverell (died 1616) and his wife, Tabitha

An alabaster tomb in the north-east corner of the sanctuary with the recumbent figure of a man in plate armour, his head lying on his helmet and his feet upon his gauntlets; a female by his side with a ruff and lappet, her head on a pillow. The feet and hands are missing from both effigies.

The inscription reads:

HERE LIETH BVRIED YE BODY
OF WILLIAM SACHEVERELL,
OF BARTON ESQ. HE MARRIED
TABITHA, DAVGHTER & SOLE
HEIR OF IAMES SPENCER GENT;
BY WHOM HE HAD ISSVE, 2
SONNES & 2 DAVGHTERS; HE
DECEASED THE 8 DAY OF
MARCH, ANNO DMI 1616.

On the tomb’s south side there are images of four children – two male, one female and one of unknown sex in a shroud. The Sacheverell crest is carved on the west end.

Joseph Milner (died 1751) and his wife, Elizabeth (died 1779)

A monumental tablet on the north wall.

NEAR this Table lies deposited
The Body of that honest and good man,
JOSEPH MILNER, M.A.
Rector of this Parish, Official of this Arch-Deaconry,
And Son of ye Revd & worthy MR WILLIAM MILNER,
Rector of Shephall in Hertfordshire.

Having gone thro’ his Academical Studies
With with credit & applause, at ST Catherine-Hall in Cambridge,
He dedicated his Soul to GOD, and his Righteousness
And served him in Spirit & in truth.

Thirty years he fed his Flock of Barton,
His only Flock, with faithfulness & tenderness,
At the same time shewing the Shepherd lov’d his Sheep,
And teaching the Sheep to love the Shepherd.

Tho’ late he entred on his Judicial Charge,
Yet bless’d with a sound & penetrating Mind,
He became well the important Post,
And in the opinion of every wife and good man,
Presided with Ability & Dignity.

But in no part of his Life was he more usefully distinguish’d
Than in the generous Offices of private Friendship.
His prudent Advice & Affectionate Address,
Directed by a candid & open Simplicity of Heart
In most Cases happily prevailed.

Deprived of such a Partner, and Oh! How soon depriv’d!
His tenderly & justly beloved Wife ELIZABETH
Daughter of the Revd MR JOHN WOODS,
Rector of Wilford & Cortlingstock,
As a Monument of his Worth, & a Pledge of her Affection,
This Marble Table caused to be erected,
First bathing it with a Flood of Tears.

He was born Octr 7th 1695 & died Jany 27th 1750/1.

Also NEAR this Place lieth the Remains of
ELIZABETH MILNER, Relict of the abovesaid
JOSEPH MILNER, M.A.
She departed this Life
June the 19th, 1779,
Aged 65 Years.

Good condition, some letters no longer black.

Raefe Sacheverell (died 1605) and his wife, Emma (died 1606)

Coat of arms

Skull decoration

Inscription surrounded
by heraldic shields

A mural monument resting on the top of the tomb chest to Maria Sacheverell.

The inscription reads:

HERE LIETH BVRIED RAEFE SACHEVERELL ESQR SONE & HEIRE OF
WILLIA[M] SECO[N]D SO[N]NE OF HENRY SACHEVERELL KNIGHT & EM[M]E,
DAUVGHTER OF WILLIA[M] DETHICK ESQR. HIS WYFE HAD ISSVE
WILLIAM, ANTHONY, IOHN, IOHN, THOMAS, EDMUND, &
RAEFE, AND HENRY, MARY, LVCY, IANE, MILLICENT, ISABELL,
DOROTHIE, & ELLEN. RAEFE DIED THE FIRST OF SEPTE[M]BER
1605 AND EM[M]E DIED THE LASTE OF APPRILL, 1606.

Good condition, some damage to marble surround.

The inscription is surrounded by various heraldic shields which show the intricacy of the family line; the Sacheverell crest is above – Argent on a Saltire Azure, five Water Bougets Or; the crest above is a Goat Passant - and also a small picture of a skull.

Maria Sacheverell (died 1664)

Chest tomb beneath
the mural monument

West side of chest tomb
showing arms

A black marble chest tomb in the south-east corner of the chancel (beneath the mural monument to Raefe and Emma Sacheverell.

The inscription is in Latin and names Maria Sacheverell, née Staunton, wife of William Sacheverell, and their offspring. Maria died on 19 August, 1664. The text is badly eroded but the words were recorded by William Stretton on his visit in 1820:

Hic jacet corpus Mariase Sacheverell filiae natu maximae Gulielmi Staunton nuper de Staunton in Comitatu Nottinghamiensi Armigeri, uxoris Gulielmi Sacheverell de Morley in comitatu Derbiensi Armigeri hujus manerij Domini qui ex ea susceperat Henricum, Gulieimum, Radulphum, Mariam, Gulielmum, Elizabetham, Jocosam, Robertum, et Catherinam, ex quibus quatuor filij cum una filio a matre adhuc superstite nec non acerbam supradicti Henrici primogenitu hic itidem sepulta mortem supra quam ferre valuit deflente, supremum diem obierunt. Maria vero, Elizabetha, Jocosa et Roberto in vivis relictis, ipsa decimo nono die Augusti anno Domini millesimo sexcentisimo septuagesimo quarto vitam cum morte commutavit.

On the west side of the tomb are the arms of Sacheverell impaling argent, two chevrons sable, Staunton.

Henry Sacheverell (died 1598)

An alabaster mural monument with heraldic shields on the south wall.

The inscription reads:

HERE LIETH BUVRIED HENRY
SACHEVERELL, OF BARTO[N]
ESQR, SO[N]NE AND HEIR OF
RICHERD (THE 3 SO[N]NE OF
HENRY SACHEVERELL KNIGHT)
AND ELIZABETH HIS WYFE
DAVGHTER & SOLE HEIRE
OF HENRY GRAYE, BASE SO[N]NE
OF HENRY, LASTE LORD
GRAYE OF CODN[O]R, WHICH
DIED THE 27 OF DECEMBER,
IN THE YERE OF OVR LORD, 1598.

Good condition.

Ann Sacheverell (died 1754) and her daughter, Ann Clifton (1754)

Underneath Henry Sacheverell's monument is a stone slab, probably set into the floor when made, but now attached to the wall.

Here
lieth Interr’d the Body of
Ann Sacheverell Relict
of ROBERT SACHEVERELL
of Barton and Daughter
of Thomas Marshall
GENTLEMAN of the same
place, She departed this Life
May the 28th MDCCLIV,
In the 80th Year of her Age.

Here also lieth the Body of
ANN CLIFTON, Relict of
George Clifton Esq:r& Daughter
of ROBERT SACHEVERELL ESQ
By Ann his Wife.
She departed this Life
October the 2nd 1754 Aged 47.

Henry Sitwell (died 1691)

A mural monument of marble on the west wall of the chancel, to the north of the arch.

Detail

HERE lies the body of
HENRY SITWELL third son
of FRANCIS SITWELL Esq
& KATH[ERINE]: his wife Eldest
daughter of HEN[RY]: SACHE=
=VERELL Esq he died the
7th day of MARCH 1691
and in ye 30th yeare
of his age

Good condition.

John Wickliffe (died 1792)

A memorial tablet on the west wall of the chancel, to the south of the arch.

NEAR
this Place
lies Buried the
Body of the Revd.
JOHN WICKLIFFE M.A.
forty one Years Rector
of this Parish.
He died 25th Novr.
MDCCXCII,
Aged 68
Years.

Good condition.

John Marshall (died 1747)

A gravemarker leaning against the south wall of the chancel.

Here lyeth the Body
of JOHN MARSHALL Esq
CAPTAIN in the ROYAL
REGIMENT of ENGLISH
FUZILEERS Who Departed
this life Octobr 15th 1747
Aged 69 Years.

Reasonable condition; probably part of it below the inscription is missing; it may have been sited in the chancel or nave floor before this and like memorials were taken up so as to pave all with York stone.

Anna Milner (died 1726)

Another gravemarker standing upright against a wall:

Depositum Annae Milner
Quae Obiit 23tio Octbris
Anno Dom:1726 to
AEtat …

Nave

The Rev C. A. Hodgson (died 1916)

Memorial tablet on the east wall of the nave to the south of the chancel arch.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

the Rev C.A. Hodgson, B.A.

WHO FELL ASLEEP JUNE 16TH 1916

AGED 75 YEARS.

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS A MARK OF LOVE
AND ESTEEM, BY THE PARISHIONERS CHOIR AND
CHILDREN OF THIS PARISH, TO WHOM HE
MINISTERED FOR 38 YEARS, AND ALWAYS
SHOWED THE GREATEST KINDNESS AND
SYMPATHY IN TROUBLE AND DISTRESS.

Immediately beneath the tablet is a badly corroded metal plaque to the Rev. C. A. Hodgson:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
& IN MEMORY OF
REV C. A. HODGSON B.A.
FOR 38 YEARS RECTOR OF THIS PARISH.
BORN APRIL 21ST 1841, DIED JUNE 11TH 1916
ALSO OF MAY, HIS WIFE.
BORN APRIL 12TH 1849, DIED NOVR 27TH 1912.

THE CROSS ON THE SCREEN AND THIS TABLET
WERE ERECTED BY THEIR SIX LOVING CHILDREN

Mary Jane Hodgson (died 1912)

Memorial tablet on the east wall of the nave to the north of the chancel arch.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

Mary Jane,
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE

Rev. C. A. Hodgson,

WHO FELL ASLEEP NOVEMBER 27TH 1912,

AGED 63 YEARS.

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF LOVE,
BY THE PARISHIONERS, CHOIR, AND CHILDREN OF
THIS PARISH, TO WHOM FOR MANY YEARS SHE
ENDEARED HERSELF BY HER READY SYMPATHY
AND LOVING HELP.

South Aisle

Alice Sitwell (died 1713) and her husband, William Sacheverell (died 1715)

A Derbyshire marble altar tomb at the east end of the aisle.

Two panels each with a Latin inscription, recorded in the Stretton MSS. One is for Alice Sitwell who died in 1713, the second for her husband William Sacheverell who died in 1715.

The inscription reads:

Hic jacet corpus Alicia, Georgii Sitwell de
Renishaw in Comitatu Derbiensi Armigeri filia natu
minima Gulielmi Sacheverell de Barton in Comitatu
Nottinghamiensi armigeri uxoris nuper formosa casta
dilecta, Cui duos dedit filios, Gulielmum scilicet et
Henricum Spem Parentis et Solamen si quid
Pietas, preces, et humilitas valeant (quas Deus
magni astimat, et in quibus tota fuit) ipsa, ex
hac vita transiit in beatissimam, Augusti die
vicesimo, Anno Domini millesimo Septingentesimo
decimo tertio, AEtatis Sua vicesimo Sexto.

Hic jacet corpus Gulielmi Sacheverell
de Barton in Comitatu Nottinghamiensi
Armigeri, Gulielmi Sacheverell de Barton
pradicto Armigeri, et Iana Secunda the
lami Socia, Ioanne Newton Baronetto
Lincolniensi prognata filii Natu maximi
Vxorem Aliciam prius in Calum regres
sam, ipse, Sibi, non Suis, faliciter Secutus
est, quinto die Septembris, Anno Domini
millesimo Septengentisimo decimo quinto.

In 1820, Stretton recorded that the tomb was located in the chancel.

Henry Stevenson (died 1779) and his wife Jane (died 1778)

A slate memorial tablet on the north wall of the south aisle, near the altar.

Sacred
To the Memory of Henry Stevenson Who departed this Transitory Life February the 21st In the Year of our LORD M.DCCLXXIX. Aged 57 Years.		To the Memory of Jane, the Wife of HENRY STEVENSON She departed this Life February the 9th In the Year of our LORD M.DCCLXXVIII. Aged 49 Years.

Stay gentle Reader, spend a Tear, Upon the Dust, that slumbers here; And when you read the State of me, Think on the Glass, that runs for thee.		All her Afflictions, she with Patience bore, Was not Surpriz’d when Death was at ye Door; For in her Maker was her only trust, In Hopes to rise in Glory with the Just.

Maker’s mark at the bottom of the grave marker reads: 'Winfield fecit'.

Henry Stevenson (died 1804)

A painted slate memorial tablet on the south wall of the aisle, near the altar. The ornately carved inscription reads:

Detail

S A C R E D
to the Memory of
Henry, Son of
JOHN & ISABEL STEVENSON,
who departed this mortal
Life
July the 18th 1804;
in the 20th Year of his Life.

Hail happy HENRY! Thy bless’d spirit’s gone,
To put we trust thy Saviour’s glories on:
Now with thy God acceptance thou hast found,
And with immortal happiness art crown’d:
Translated from a world of sin and strife,
From all the ills and miseries of life:
No heart distressing care thou e’er wilt know,
Nor sorrows that await us here below.

John Stevenson (died 1811) and his wife, Isabella (died 1827)

A tablet on the south wall of the aisle.

S A C R E D
to the memory of
JOHN STEVENSON
who departed this life
on the 2nd day of January,
1811,
AGED 54 YEARS.

Afflictions long of the severest kind,
Yet was he patient and his will resign’d.
With humble confidence in Christ did trust,
To save his soul and raise him from the dust;
Since life’s uncertain death is even nigh.
Live well to day, to morrow thou may’st die.

ALSO
OF ISABELLA, RELICT OF
JOHN STEVENSON
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY
1827,
AGED 72.

Three memorial tablets on the south wall at the west end of the aisle:

In
Memory of
ANN, Daughter of
Richard & Dorothy Wilkinson
who departed this Life Feby 4th 1799,
in the 19th Year of her Age.
Fair and beauteous, young and gay,
Here the falls to Death a Prey
Bright and glorious, good and wife
There she mounts to yonder Skies
There to reign in Bliss above
Perfect Peace, and perfect Love
Let not them the Fear of Woe
Down thy Cheek dear Parent flow;
Rather let thy Life’s Decline
Praise that Providence divine
Which, from such a World as this
Took thy Child to heav’nly Bliss.

Maker's mark is 'Surplice, Chilwell'.

S A C R E D
to the Memory of
R O B E R T, the Son of
Richd & Dorothy Wilkinson

who left this transient world
the 17th day of May, 1802.

in the 20th Year of his Age.

Altho’ so young, I was belov’d of all,
Grieve not dear Parents at my early fall;
God’s only Son chose me to greater bliss,
And call’d me to eternal happiness.

Maker's mark is 'Winfield'.

S A C R E D
to the Memory of
Richard Wilkinson
who exchang’d this mortal
for an immortal state
on the 9th of May 1822:
Aged 70 years.

Mourn not for me, departing friends,
Nor shake at death’s alarms:
Tis but the voice that Jesus sends,
To call us to his arms.

Maker's mark is 'Winfield'.

At the west end of the south aisle are several memorial tablets, mostly relating to members of the Stevenson family.

On the west wall, arranged in the shape of a cross:

BENEATH
LIE THE REMAINS OF
ANN STEVENSON,
BORN 19TH JULY 1774,
DIED 14TH OCTOBER 1833;

WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH.
12 Heb. 6.v.

BENEATH
LIE THE REMAINS OF
ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF
RICHD AND ELIZH STEVENSON;
BORN 22ND MAY, 1813:
DIED 6TH FEBY 1824.

THEY ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL
GOD BRING WITH HIM. 1. Thes. 4.14

BENEATH
LIE THE REMAINS OF
THOMAS STEVENSON,
BORN 7TH MARCH, 1783;
DIED 16TH AUGUST, 1831;
BY LIGHTENING.

“BE YE THEREFORE READY ALSO.”
12. Luke. 40.

BENEATH
LIE THE REMAINS OF
ISABELLA STEVENSON;
BORN 24TH JANY 1781:
DIED 8TH FEBY 1822.

THE SECRET OF THE LORD IS WITH
THEM THAT FEAR HIM. Psalm 25. 14.

IN MEMORY OF
RICHARD STEVENSON,
BORN NOVR 22ND 1776,
DIED JUNE 17TH 1855.

PSALM XXV . 9.
“THEM THAT ARE MEEK SHALL HE GUIDE IN
JUDGMENT: AND SUCH AS ARE GENTLE
THEM SHALL HE LEARN HIS WAY.”

IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH, WIFE OF
RICHARD STEVENSON,
BORN JULY 12 . 1777,
DIED JULY 7 . 1852.
ST LUKE 1.C.47 . V.
“MY SPIRIT HATH REJOICED
IN GOD MY SAVIOUR,,

BENEATH
ARE THE REMAINS OF RICHARD STEVENSON
M.A, AND FELLOW
OF TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.
WHOM WHILE YET
A YOUTH, OF THE HIGHEST PROMISE
PROFOUNDLY VERSED
IN THE DEEPEST STUDIES OF PHILOSOPHY,
A PREMATURE DEATH ALAS!
IN THE VERY FLOWER OF HIS AGE TORE AWAY
FROM HIS MOST AFFECTIONATE PARENTS,
RELATIONS, AND FRIENDS,
BORN, 18, OCT 1811; DIED, 27 SEP, 1837.
“THE LORD GAVE, AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY.”

Three floor stones at the west end of the south aisle:

[… …]
Richard Stevenson
who died
on the fourth of November
M.DCCC.XX.

Aged 94 Years.

Happy is he that hath the GOD of
Jacob for his help whose hope is in
the LORD his GOD. Psalm 146. Ver 5.

Beneath
are interr’d the Remains
of ANN, the Wife of
Richard Stevenson
She departed this Life
December the 5th
Anno Dom: 1787
In the 40th Year of her Age.

Oh! Cruel Death that could no longer spare
A loving Wife, and tender Mother dear;
Great is the Loss, to those she’s left behind,
But she no doubt, eternal Joys will find.

In Memory
of MARY, the Daughter [of]
Richard Stevens[on]
by ANN his Wife,
She departed this Life
October the 22d 1781
In the 3d Year of her Age.

Weep not dear Friends, it’s all in vain
Weep for your Sins, and them refrain
For here I Sleep, free from all Pain,
‘Till Christ doth raise me up again.

Leaning against the north wall of the south aisle, and partially obscuring the inscription of the floor stone to Mary Stevenson, is a small slate tablet:

ANN WILKINSON
died Feby 4th
1799

Set in the floor is a small tablet:

ISABELLA STEVENSON
Died Feby 16th 1827.