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St. Martin's Church, Firbeck: Transcriptions of Plaques &c. inside the church.

Source=h:/!Genuki/RecordTranscriptions/MIs/FirbeckStMartinMIs.txt This transcription is a transcription of a transcription originally done in 1988 by Wath and Mexborough Archives. These documents have many typographical errors and so we cannot vouch for the acuracy in the original transcription.


Plaque Number [C1]
[Over the Door] - FUNERAL HATCHMENT [No Inscription]


Plaque Number [C2]
Coat of Arms
HONI SOIT QUI MAL I PENSE
DIEU ET MON DROIT


Plaque Number [C3]
Stone Plaque on west end of Nave
VIOLET
HUMPHREY
1904 - 1970
A friend to
this Church.


Plaque Number [C4]
Brass Plate
This CHURCH
WAS REBUILT IN 1820
and
NINETY THREE additional SITTINGS
were then obtained
which are free and unappropriated
towards which the SOCIETY for promoting
the enlargement & rebuilding of
CHURCHES contributed the sum of £120


Plaque Number [C5]
Brass Plate
THIS CHURCH WAS ENLARGED AND ALTERED BY
HENRY GLADWYN JEBB
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
FRANCIS HARRIOTT MILES
IN THE YEAR OF THE JUBILEE OF
QUEEN VICTORIA
AND IN THE 50th YEAR OF THE INCUMBENCY OF THE
REV'd THOMAS POOLE, M.A.
RE-OPENED ON 6th DECEMBER 1887


Plaque Number [C6]
Brass Plate
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
HENRY GLADWYN JEBB
of FIRBECK HALL, PRIEST
THIS TOWER IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW
1900


Plaque Number [C7]
Small Brass Vase in 'kitchen'
IN
MEMORIUM
1914 - 1918
[See also C20]


Plaque Numbers [C8] & [C9]
Pair of Brass Vases in 'kitchen'. Both have same inscription
IN MEMORY OF TONY ROEBUCK, 5 YEARS
FROM ALL PARISHIONERS, 19th SEPTEMBER, 1952
[See also C18]


Plaque Number [C10]
Stone tablet with carved surround, on West wall [in toilet]
Defideratifsmæ memoriæ
Catherinæ primogenitæ Edwardi Darcy de Dertford Cantiana
Equitas aurati, Reginæ Elizabethæ a Secretiori cubicolo,
Feminæ undiquaq ornatifsimæ
Nuptiis & natu talis, qualem depingunt stemata fua Gentilitia
Vultus venufti, corporis fymetri, viuacis, fæcundi
Cuius extermas elegantias illustrarunt virtutes
Theologicæ pietas cordata, charitas effuta, obedienta
Coniugalis, castitas inexpugnabilis
Ethicæ, placida ingenuitas, modefta humilitas
patienta magnanima, prudentia oec menica
Right hand of Tablet:
Quæ obijt Astonæ 24 Maij 1646 in sinu unicæ suiæ
filiæ fuperstitis Elizabethæ dotifsæ Joanis Dni
Darcy et Menhill, coniugis Francifci Fane Equitas debalneo,
Hicq fepulta affinis facta est cineribus Amiciæ
Bradbury Auiæ, Guiliemi patris, et Winefradæ Eyre
Matris mariti fui coniunctior'q proprijs viferbus, nempe
Catherinæ , Margaretæ Nathanieli, Mari anonymo, et
Mariæ nuptæ Gulie: Sauile de Copley [in propugnando prefidio
Lincolniæ infauste occifo] liberis ex Marito fuo
fufceptis, et hoc facello contuinulatis

Bottom:
Johannes mæstifsimus fuus promogenitas improles hafce articulatus litouit Lachrymas
quæ durum hunc excauarant propriæq fepulturæ, aream, juxta matrem
[Numinis et osteritatis venia] sibi confignauit

Translation:
"In Memory of Catherine, first child of Edward Darcy of Kent,
Horseman to the Queen. She was Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I,
and wife to Armour Bearer William West of Firbeck. She was in all
ways the most elegant of women: she resembled all of her family,
she was of pure blood; also fair of face, shapely, lively and fertile.
These external features matched her virtues: a theologian, of wise
sense of duty, vast charity, obedient to her husband, and of impregnable
chastity.
Ethical, modest, humble, of great patience and prudence. She
died at Aston on the 24th May 1646, in secret, with her one and
only daughter, the very gifted Elizabeth, brother Darcy and sister
Menhill, her husband [?] Francis Fane, horseman of Bath, standing
over her.
Here the burial took place, and her ashes were placed with
those of Amicia Bradbury, her Grandmother, and William's Father
[William the Lawyer], and her mother by marriage, Winifred Eyre:
and associated in personal matters, certainly, Catherine, Margaret,
Nathaniel, with an unknown husband, and Maria, wife of William Copley
[killed in fighting in defence of the Garrison at Lincoln] and the
children adopted by him, were all buried in this chapel.
John, his very gentle first born, offered a clear sacrifice
of tears, which filled a hollowed out rock, and he vouched for an
area reserved for burials near his mother."


Plaque Number [C11]
" O.S. Map -
19th CENTURY
VIEW OF PARISH,
BOUNDARY REMAINS
THE SAME."


Plaque Number [C12]
Stained Glass Window - 3 panels
At the bottom is -
HENRIETTA GALLY KNIGHT - IN MEMORY OF A BELOVED - HUSBAND A.D. 1847


Plaque Number [C13]
Photograph - "[LEONARD OF] SHEFFIELD" . Clock over photograph.


Plaque Number [C14]
Brass Plate [in base of bell tower]
THE TUBULAR BELLS WERE PLACED IN THIS
TOWER BY SUBSCRIPTION, IN MEMORY OF
THE REV. HENRY GLADWYN JEBB
AND DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND THE USE OF THIS PARISH BY THE
BISHOP OF BEVERLEY ON THE
12th OF JULY 1900.
REV. A.H.S. BEAN, RECTOR
JAMES SPURR
JOSEPH BINGLEY CHURCH WARDENS


Plaque Number [C15]
Font. [Inscription round base]
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN MEMORY OF THOMAS POOLE, 56YEARS RECTOR OF THIS PARISH, AND MARY
HIS WIFE, THIS FONT IS DEDICATED BY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.


Plaque Number [C16]
ROLL OF HONOUR

Behind the Keeping watch
dim unknownabove His own
Standeth GodAll's well!
within theAll's well!
Shadow. 

Austin, James Edward Hill, Broughton
Bean, Cuthbert Alex'der StillingfleetHill, Raymond
Bean, Bernard WilloughbyHill, Dick
Barnard, CharlesHiley, Fred
Brooke Smith, Louise AlfredJarman, Henry
Baxter, WilliamJebb, Sidney Gladwyn
Baxter, EdwardLeckenby, Sidney
Cutler, CliffordMartin, Norman
Cox, CecilMiller, Lewis A
Eaton, HerbertRushby, William
Eaton, Douglas*Taylor, William B
Fish, GeorgeTonks, Harry
Fish, WilliamTonks, Harry
*Hudson, GeorgeWhite, Sir Archibald Bart.
Heald, EdwardJackson, Frank
*Heald, WilliamMeredith, Ivor
Hanson, CharlesCuckson, Stanley
Pigott, CyrilCuckson, George
Allison, Tom
Spencer, Robert
Beighton, James
Winn, William
* These names underlined in red


Plaque Number [C17]
Stone Tablet:
Benefactions
Belonging to this Parish.
Geo. Jenkinson of this town
left by Will 1726 to ye Poor
Widdows yearly 2 pounds
One half to be given at
Christmas Eve the other
at Whitsun Eve. Ariseing
from Lands Lying in the
Parish of Tuxford
Francis Ellis Trustee.


Plaque Number [C18]
Picture -
"SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN
TO COME UNTO ME."
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ANTHONY MICHAEL ROEBUCK
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED 19th SEPT. 1952
AGED 5 YEARS.
[See also C8, C9]


Plaque Number [C19]
Brass Plaque:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
BROUGHTON HILL GEORGE HUDSON
NORMAN MARTIN WILLIAM TAYLOR
WHO FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY
AND WE WERE NOT HURT
NEITHER MISSED WE ANYTHING WHEN WE WERE IN THE FIELDS.
AS A FURTHER MEMORIAL, A BED HAS BEEN PARTIALLY ENDOWED IN
VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WORKSOP, BY CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE INHABITANTS
OF FIRBECK.


Plaque Number [C20] [See also C7]
Small Brass Vase
IN
MEMORIUM
1914 - 1918


Plaque Number [C21]
Visitors Book. - In Loving Memory of Harold Arthur Wharton.


Plaque Number [C22]
FUNERAL HATCHMENT
" IN CAED QUIES"


Plaque Number [C23]
Stone Tablet:
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN GALLY KNIGHT, ESQ.,
ELDEST SON OF
THE REV'D DR. GALLY AND ELIZABETH KNIGHT, HIS WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 20th DAY OF OCTOBER 1804
IN THE 64th YEAR OF HIS AGE
A DISTINGUISHED CLASSICAL SCHOLAR
AN EMINENTLY USEFUL MAGISTRATE,
WISE, LEARNED AND KIND,
HE OCCUPIED HIS LIFE IN FULFILLING
HIS DUTIES TO GOD AND MAN,
AND OBTAINING THE RESPECT AND ESTEEM
OF ALL BY WHOM HE WAS KNOWN.


Plaque Number [C24]
Stone Tablet:
IN MEMORY OF
HENRY GALLY KNIGHT, ESQ.
YOUNGER SON OF
THE REV'D DR. GALLY AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 6th DAY OF APRIL 1808,
IN THE 56th YEAR OF HIS AGE
ALSO IN MEMORY OF SELINA HIS WIFE
DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM FITZHERBERT ESQ.
OF TISSINGTON HALL, DERBYSHIRE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 2nd DAY OF JAN. 1823
IN THE 71st YEAR OF HER AGE
THEY BOTH COMBINED PIETY AND CHEERFULNESS
IN A REMARKABLE DEGREE
NOT ESCHEWING THE WORLD, BUT PASSING THROUGH IT UNSPOTTED
AND AFFORDING A BRIGHT EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIAN VIRTUE
AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND THE WIDOW REBUILT THIS CHURCH.


Plaque Number [C25]
Stained Glass Window - 2 panels
Pictures - 3 on each window refer to

MATT 13, 31MATT 7, 24 
MATT 25, 1MATT 13, 33
MATT 25, 14MATT 13, 34
[Bottom right hand corner]
In honoured memory
of John Fisher, died
6 Nov 1950 in his
93rd year, 59 years
Vicar's Warden of this
Church. Also his sister
Frances Augusta Fisher
died 1 Oct. 1938 in
her 83rd year.


Plaque Number [C26]
Funeral Hatchment
"TOUT JOUR PRET".


Plaque Number [C27]
Arched Stonework:
DEPOSITVM JOHANNIS WEST DE FIRBECK AR
ET FRANCISAE VXDRIS EIVS QVI OBIERVNT, HAEC
J3 FEB A.D. J157 ANNOS NATA : 49 ILLE
7 JUMI A 1659 NATVS ANNOS 54
DM JOHANNIS WEST AR MVMUOVEUIKOV
HABES, TERRA GUOD SUPERBIAS, ET GUOD INFLERIS,
Nec iniuria arcum hunc erigis triumphalem
inisigiuorem enim nunguam adepta es victoriam
Nec inagis gloriosam tenui ti urnam.
Quicquid uspiam doctrinæ eloquentiæ eruditionis.
Fortitud inis, justitæ, Pietatis,
Constantiæ, Charitatis Candoris
Ar[u]um, Scientiarum, Morum
Ingenii, Acuminis, Festivitatis
Per totum antea sparsim vagabatur orbem,
Natura simul juncta in uno Corpore Prodidit,
Sed ne Deliciis Humanum Genus
Diulius Frlieretur, suis
Neve Avidor Miu----s thesaurum hunc putaret Proprium
Heu--- multo citiu------------ Par Fuit, Recondidit
Quid -------- ura cu-------- Viri merita adco altas in
Om-------------- ices ut
------------------ æ lern --m trans-nisermt
----------------- Memoriæ Pauc----asce
---------------- Avit nec plub---------
------------------- verit--------
ej---------- et nominis [cog]neminis et Dinis Prids et Ne[I] os
FRANCISCVS FANE CAR( )LO 2 CORONATO
BALNEI MILES


Plaque Number [C27a]
At the side of the archway is a framed, typed 'rough translation' -
"Here lies John West of Firbeck and Frances his wife; who have
died, the latter on the 13th February 1657, aged 49; the former
on the 7th July 1659 aged 54.
P.M. John West
It goes on to describe West as "learned, eloquent, erudite,
courageous, just, pious, consistent, charitable, sincere, artistic,
scientific, moral, ingenious, shrewd and "humorous", in the most
flowery of terms. It ends -
"When such great men deserve such praise in all sincerity,
they grow roots so that, through tradition, they may send down
their writings to posterity. These short lines written for you
and blurred by not a few tears, are offered as true advice to you,
Oh most gentle descendants, with good wishes from the bereaver
to his sons and grandsons. Francis Fane, Poet, Soldier of Bath.


Plaque Number [C28]
Stone in Floor [near the lecturn] only partly visible.
Round the edge of the stone:
"----- KNIGHT SONN OF S. RALPH KNIGHT OF LANGOLD WHO
DEPARTED THE -----------"
In the centre of the stone:
" JANUARY BEE
ING NINE
MUNTHES AN
TWELVE DAYES
OULD ANNO
DOM. 1662."


Plaque Number [C29]
Brass Plate - near lecturn, concerning iron Chancel Screen.
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE
BELOVED MEMORY OF THEIR FATHER
HENRY GLADWYN JEBB
THIS SCREEN IS ERECTED BY HIS DAUGHTERS
FLORENCE JEBB AND EDITH BOROUGH
MAY 7 1899.


Plaque Number [C30]
Stone in floor - mostly covered by the Choir Pews.
"---------- of
----------elict
---------Esqr.
---------Sep.
-----------n."


Plaque Number [C31]
Stone in floor at east end of organ.
Here lieth the Body of
Mrs. MARY OWEN, Relick
of T. OWEN ESQre.
who departed this life
May 27 1731
Anno Domini ----- Year.
-------mory of Mr.[?]
------ STANIFORTH
who departed this life
-------20. Anno Dom.
1787, Aged 60 years.


Plaque Number [C32]
Brass Plate, to the east of the organ:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS POOLE M.A.
FOR 56 YEARS RECTOR OF THIS PARISH
BORN 23 NOVEMBER 1803,
DIED 22 JANUARY 1894, LORD
NOW LETTEST THOU THY SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE.]


Plaque Number [C33]

LIST OF INCUMBENTS.
Mr. Fletcherc1646Canon Lee1947
Samuel Cressc1716Rev. Challen1850
Nathaniel Pearsonc1727Rev. GL Murphy1954
Edward Marshall1729-77Rev. J Thompson1969
Tempest Stringerc1781Rev. S Clarke1971
Isaac Johnsonc1808Rev. JWA Woods1973
Rev. G Whiteheadc1812Rev. H Liddle1982
Rev. Thomas Poole1838-94  
Rev. Canon AHS Bean1894-1927  
Rev. James Redrobe1927-32  
Rev. EJ Ives Lacey1932  
Rev. Holloway1939  
Rev. Bentley1940  
Rev. Fitton1943  
Canon St.Leger Blakeney1945  


Plaque Number [C34]
Stained Glass Window - Inscription "Saint Matthew"


Plaque Number [C35]
Stained Glass Window - Inscription "Saint Mark"


Plaque Number [C36]
Stained Glass Window [East end of Church] - "Salvator Mundi"


Plaque Number [C37]
Stained Glass Window - Inscription "Saint Luke"


Plaque Number [C38]
Stained Glass Window - Inscription "Saint John"


Plaque Number [C39]
Brass Plate:-
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FREDERICK HOBSON [B.A. LOND.]
DIED DECEMBER 23rd 1961
EASTER 1962


Plaque Number [C40]
Book of Common Prayer:
" In thankful remembrance
for mercies and blessings
received.
St. Peter's Eve, 1936".


Plaque Number [C41]
Stone Tablet with carved surround.
"Mortale quod fuit hic deponiuur
Fideliæ Knight, Vxoris Chariffimæ Radulphi Knight
De Langhall Equitas quæ poft annoru triu et
Viginti gratum conjugium menfe cum vigenti
Quinque diebus luperaddius et quindecim
Liberorum foelix puerperium vita annorum
Quadraginta trium peracta feliciter
Viro dilecta liberis chara amata fuis pauperi
Facilis vicinis grata nemini nifi malo severa inter
Opimates Euge optima Deo longe Chariffima
Fatalem claufit diem maturum fibi præmaturu
Nobis heu vltinum April 18 AD 1671
Quos Deus donavit fervis fuis Liberi

Iohannes Heftera
IfaaeusChristiana
Radulph mortFidelia mort
RadulphusBridgetta
Gulielm mortFidelia
Gulielm mortAlicia mort
ThomasAnna
Dickinson

Quibus pariendis perijt vivendis fuperftes manet
Vittute vivitur Ære perennius
Conjux tamen mæftiffimus
Hoc æterni pofuit amoris innemofynon.


Plaque Number [C41a]
Framed, typed translation of the above.
"Buried here because dead; Fidelia Knight, most sweet wife of
Ralph Knight, Horseman of Langold; who after 23 years,
happily married, and a month with 25 days added on, of happy
childbirth had 15 children, happily carried through 43 years of
life, with an esteemed husband, sweet children, their love, happy
in poverty in a pleasant neighbourhood, where no one, unless wicked
was separate, among the nobility.
The sweetest God, far away, closed the day fatefully at the
right time for him, too early for us, alas! The end April 18th
AD 1671"
God gave them, His servants, their children

John Hesta
IsaacChristiana
Ralph, diedFidelia, died
RalphBridget
William, diedFidelia
William, diedAlice, died
ThomasAnna, died
Dickinson


Plaque Number [C42]
Card - re, Sir Ralph Knight [Extract from Hunter's South Yorkshire]

Langold was the first purchase which Sir Ralph Knight made in Yorkshire; but he soon added to it the manor and estate of Letwell. He much enlarged the house at Langold, and made it his residence when not engaged in public affairs. Here he is said to have entertained Monk in his famous march from Coldstream to London. Langold and Letwell have remained to the present day in the possession of the descendants, who have added to their estates in this neighbourhood the manor of Firbeck. Sir Ralph Knight was a distinguished and fortunate officer in the civil wars. His father resided in the neighbourhood of Newbury in Berkshire. At the breaking out of the war he was in his twenty third year, and, prepared it is probable by the spirit of disaffection to the things established in Civil and ecclestiastical affairs, which prevailed at that time to a great extent around Newbury, he entered the parliamentary army. The first time in which I have seen his name mentioned is in October 1643 He was then Sergeant-major, or as we now say major, in sir Miles Hobart's regiment, in the army of the Earl of Manchester. He distinguished himself in the fight of Horncastle in that month, and was sent about the same time by the Earl of Manchester to summon the castle of Bolinbrooke. It is to be regretted that sir Ralp Knight, who saw, and was himself a part in, much of the affairs of those times, and who was afterwards intimately acquainted with the secret springs in a most critical period of our history, did not, like several of his contemporaries, leave written memorials of his services. We lose sight of him after this till the year 1646, when he took to wife a daughter of a late Vicar of Rotherham. The nuptials were solemnised at that place on June 23. It may be presumed that he was at that period in some kind of military command in those parts of Yorkshire. It was about this period that he bought Langold, and the Register of St.John's, Laughton, containing a record of the baptisms of several of his children between 1649 and 1656, it may be inferred that he made it his residence, as far as military life allowed of any settled abode. We next find him in the army of general Monk of Scotland. He was colonel of one of the four regiments of horse under his command. When it was proposed to open a negotiation with the other army under Fleetwood, he was deputed with colonels Clobery and Wilks to visit London and treat with Fleetwood. The articles of agreement which were signed by the three colonels on behalf of the Scotch army and by Fleetwood for the assemby of officers at Wallingford-house, on Nov. 15, 1659, express a determination to oppose the king's restoration, to promote the formation of a well ordered commonwealth, to cause a parliament to be summoned, and to maintain in the armies a disposition to peace. This was not what Monk desired or intended; and on their return he refused to sanction the treaty, and imprisoned colonel Wilks. Probably he had gained what he wanted, time. Colonel Knight does not appear to have suffered in his estimation, and he probably acted with perfect sincerity, not knowing at that time the ulterior objectives of the general. It seems likely however, that they were not long concealed from him and that he concurred in Monk's design. In a document relating to him after the restoration, the preamble speaks thus: "Whereas the said Colonel Knight hath faithfully served his majesty, and did correspond and join with the aforesaid duke of Albemarle, in his majesty's most happy restoration, &c. He was at least with general Monk in his march to London, and employed by him in watching the motions of Lambert, and in taking possessions of some of the strong towns of the north. And when the army was arrived in London, colonel Knight was in close communication with Monk, and actively engaged in promoting his objectives. Soon after the king's return the colonel was knighted, and received other proofs of royal favour. He retained his military command after the restoration. Among the evidences of Mr. Knight at Firbeck, is an order dated August 13, 1667, to sir Ralph Knight, directing him to disband his regiment at Yarmouth. The remainder of his life, and he lived to witness the revolution an event in which he would probably sincerely rejoice, was spent for the most part at Langold, where he had a numerous family of children, several of whom were connected in his lifetime with some of principal families in those parts of Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. His first wife died in 1671 and many years after sir Ralph took a second wife, the widow of Rolleston, who had been the secretary to William duke of Newcastle. In 1675 he bought the hall, manor, and advowson, of Warsop in Nottinghamshire, with various farms situated in that parish, of the trustees of William lord Willoughby, to which lord Willoughby Warsop had been bequeathed by George earl of Rutland his mother's brother. Sir Ralph Knight made his last will on Christmas Day 1689. He desires to be buried in the chancel of the church of Firbeck. He gives to his son Isaacthe perpetual advowson of the rectory of Warsop and "all the money which the king is owing to me, as I have been often promised to have it by my lord Rochester and others of the exchequer: it is £1000, but the said Mr. Roger Jackson can tell justly what it is". He gives to him also the farm at Woodsetts. He makes liberal provision for his other children; and gives his coach and four to his wife, who is also to have the goods she bought from Sokeholme. He makes his sons-in-law, Richard Taylor, of Wallingwells, esq. And John Clarkson, of Kirton, esq. his executors. He died on April 21, 1691, and was buried at Firbeck, where is a monument to his memory.

[above the pedigree of sir Ralph Knight which I cannot reproduce herein]

Mr Ralph Knight, the grandson of sir Ralph, appears to have derived a more elegant turn of mind from the blood of his mother. He was a person of considerable refinement and acquirements, had travelled, and had become fond of architecture and landscape gardening. He, and his particular friend Mr. Worsley, of Hodingham, were continually amusing themselves with imagining architectural designs. He had inherited at Langold a place suceptible of much embellishment. The late Mr. Repton, and indisputable authority, was accustomed to say that the groupes of oaks, thorns, yews, and other trees, were more picturesquely combined at Langold than at any other spot in the country. This was produced by the taste of Mr. Knight. He built new stables at Langold on a large scale, and had completed the plans for a new house, which he was prevented by death from carrying into execution. Dr. Gally, who married his only sister, besides the preferment mentioned in the pedigree, was a prebendary of Norwich and Gloucester. He was of one of those refugee families who came into England on the revocation of the edict of Nantz. His ancestors had been long established at Nismesin Languedoc. He was himself distinguished among the literati of the day. A list of his publications may be found in Nichol's Literary Anecdotes, vol. 11. 274. He kept up a correspondence with many of the principal scholars on the continent, and collected a valuable classical library. At the death of Mr. Ralph Knight, Mr. Gally Knight succeeded to the estate, and his two sons both took the name and arms of Knight, in addition to their own.


Plaque Number [C43]
Stained Glass Window [3 panels] with the inscription:
"THEY SAW THE YOUNG CHILD WITH MARY HIS
MOTHER AND FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPPED HIM
AND THEY PRESENTED UNTO HIM GIFTS".


Plaque Number [C44]
Brass plate, on window sill
IN LOVING AND MOURNFUL MEMORY OF
EUSTACE HENRY RAMSDEN
AND
ALVERY FREDERICK RICHARD
THE SONS OF
HENRY GLADWYN AND EMMA LOUISA JEBB
WHO DIED TOGETHER ON 15th JANUARY 1871


Plaque Number [C44a]
Framed, typed inscription
"This tablet is to the memory of the two sons of the Rev.
Henry Gladwyn Jebb, of Firbeck Hall.
They were drowned together in a skating accident at Wheatley,
Doncaster in 1871.


Plaque Number [C45]
Stone Tablet [set on slate?]
TO THE MEMORY OF
HENRIETTA
WIDOW OF HENRY GALLY KNIGHT, ESQ.
BORN DECEMBER 27th 1787
DIED OCTOBER 8th 1848
O TARRY THOU THE LORD'S TIME
BE STRONG AND HE SHALL
COMFORT THINE HEART.
W. AUBREY, YORK. on slate


Plaque Number [C46]
Stone Tablet
TO THE MEMORY OF
HENRY GALLY KNIGHT, ESQ.
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
FOR THE NORTH DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM
BORN DECEMBER 2nd 1786, DIED FEBRUARY 9th 1846
HAVING MARRIED IN 1825 HENRIETTA
DAUGHTER OF A.H. EYRE, ESQ. OF GROVE, NOTTS.
AN ACCOMPLISHED SCHOLAR, A LIBERAL PATRON OF THE ARTS
HE APPLIED THE RESOURCES OF HIS NATURAL GENIUS
AND HIGHLY CULTIVATED TASTE
TO THE ATTAINMENT OF A DISTINGUISHED PLACE
IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF LITERATURE
IN EVERY RELATION OF LIFE HE WAS LOVED AND RESPECTED
UPRIGHT IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS PUBLIC DUTIES
A KIND MASTER, A GENEROUS LANDLORD, A CONSTANT FRIEND
A DUTEOUS SON, A MOST TENDER AND AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND
ABOVE ALL, A SINCERE AND HUMBLE CHRISTIAN
HIS REMEMBRANCE WILL LIVE LONG
IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS DEVOTED WIDOW.


Plaque Number [C47]
Framed Inscription - typed copy of the wording on C45 and C46


Plaque Number [C48]
Stone in floor [partly covered by 'staging' and choir seats]
--- HERE LYETH THE LADY
------KNIGHT OF THE WIFE OF
--------RALPH KNIGHT
----------OLD KNIGHT
------------D THE 18th DAY OF
----------ANNO DOMINI 1671
------------EAR


Plaque Number [C49]
Stained Glass Window [3 panels]
" I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED AND AM
PERSUADED THAT HE IS ABLE TO KEEP THAT WHICH I HAVE
COMMITTED UNTO HIM AGAINST THAT DAY".
"ELIZA MILES OB. 2nd FEB. 1862
WILLIAM MILES, SEP: BRISTOL CATHEDRAL".


Plaque Number [C50]
FUNERAL HATCHMENT [ST LEGER COAT OF ARMS.]
"HAUT ET BON".


Plaque Number [C51]
Stone Tablet set in a carved tracery surround;
In
a Vault
in the Churchyard rest the mortal remains of
Anthony Francis Butler St. Leger
of Park Hill in the county of York Esquire,
only son of Anthony Francis St. Leger
and Harriet Daughter of Charles Chester of Chicheley
in the county of Buckingham Esq..
He was born on the 9th of December 1806
and died on the 31st October 1862.
Respected, Beloved and Lamented"


Plaque Number [C52]
Brass Tablet:
Coat of Arms; ANTIQUUM OBTINENS, HAUT EN BON.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
COLONEL ST. JOHN LEGER OF PARK HILL
ELDEST SON OF GENERAL JOHN CHESTER R.A.
WHO DIED 9th AUGUST 1905. AGED 82 YEARS.
AND WAS BURIED AT ASHSTEAD, SURREY.
HE WAS A J.P. AND D.L. FOR THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
AND FORMERLY SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE
SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, HAVING BEEN SEVERELY
WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF SOBRAON IN THE SIKH CAMPAIGN
OF 1848-9, FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED THE MEDAL AND CLASP.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS CHILDREN.


Plaque Number [C53]
Stained Glass Window - [3 panels]
Pictures and inscriptions on the windows refer to:-

S. JOHN 21.1 HE SPAKE UNTO THEM IN PARABLESS. MATT 25.1
S. MARK 4.14S. LUKE 15. 21S. LUKE 15. 6
S. LUKE 18. 13S. LUKE 10. 34S. MATT 13. 44
IN MEMORIUM SOROBIS DILECTÆ, A.F.B.ST.L. 1854


Plaque Number [C54]
Brass Plate on Bookshelves
THESE SHELVES WERE GIVEN
TO HOUSE THE PRAYER AND HYMN BOOKS
IN MEMORY OF
ERNEST CHAPMAN OF MANOR ORCHARD
WHO DIED ON HIS 70th BIRTHDAY, 26th NOVEMBER 1975
HE, WITH HIS WIFE OLIVE REGULARLY WORSHIPPED IN AND
SUPPORTED ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH.
THE SHELVES WERE PURCHASED WITH MONIES DONATED BY
HIS WIFE, THEIR CHILDREN, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.


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