Churches of Burghill

• St. Mary's Church - Burghill

  The large church of St. Mary at Burghill stands on a hill, and in the churchyard are some of the best churchyard yew trees in the country, there are certainly a great many of them. The oldest of these trees is believed to have once sheltered William Wordsworth and his wife on one of their many visits to the area, his brother in law living nearby at Brinsop Court.

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Font

  This font has a lead bowl set inside an ornamental Norman stem and dates from around 1180. There are twelve, rather worn, figures around the arcade which represent the apostles, and there is a seated figure facing East which probably represents Christ. In 1810, the church tower collapsed which severely damaged the lead bowl, and it was thus replaced with sandstone. However, the original lead bowl was repaired, and subsequently put back in the font.

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Memorials

  Wife of Thomas Martin

   

  Sacred to the memory of M……….(unreadable) Jane, wife of Thomas Martin Esq. of The Lodge in this Parish. She died December 30th 1837 aged 35 years. By her death her husband has lost an affectionate wife , her children a kind indulgent mother, and the poor an ever ready friend. Also of their son Alfred John Martin, he died February 14 1858 aged 7 weeks

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Sir John Milbourne

  Elizabeth Devereux

  These effigies are of Sir John Milbourne and his wife Elizabeth Devereux on a tomb of alabaster. They date from 1440 and are in excellent condition, with Sir John clad in plate armour of the period. Around the base of the tomb is a group, most likely their son and grandchildren, kneeling before the Virgin and Child.  The inscription reads “here lyeth the bodies of Sir Milbourne and Elizabeth his wife, the daughter of the most Honourable Knight of England who was slain at the great battle of Pilleth”

   

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Benjamin Biddulph

  Sacred to the memory of Benjamin Biddulph Esq. of Burghill House in this Parish. Born November 1774, died (unmarried) June 13th 1849

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Robert Masters

  This rather poor picture of a brass dated 1619 bears the inscription – Here lyeth the bodye of Robert Masters gent. late of this manour who travelled with Thomas Cavendish Esqr. to Virginia and afterwards aboute the globe of ye whole world – and after his returne marryed Winefred ye daughter if Thomas Cornwall of Buckland Gent; by whom he hath 2 sonnes and 7 daughters. He departed this life the 3rd June AD 1619

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Catherine Taylor

  Near this place rest the remains of Catherine, daughter of Thomas Carpenter Esq. and wife of William Taylor of Tillington Court, who departed this life 3rd day of September AD 1789 in the 50th year of her age. She was a sincere Christian, an affectionate wife, and tender parent. Also William, son of the above named William Taylor and Catherine his wife, who died in his infancy 22nd August 1774. Also Elizabeth their daughter who died November 27th 1788 aged 17

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  John Awbrey

  Here lyeth the body of John Awbrey Esq. Yongest sone of William Aubrey Doct of Law and one of the Masters of Requests in Ordinary to Queene Elyzabeth who dyed ye X1th of June 1616 being about ye age of 38 yeres, married Rachell the daughter of Richard Danvers of Totnv in Wiltshire Esq. by whom he had issue, one sonne and one daughter. God send him a joyfull resurrection”

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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News from the Past Burghill

• Burghill News from the Past

  Murder;  swine fever, fire and much more

  1787 – Amazing age attained by Woman

  Ann Mellin died at the beginning of July 1787 at the incredible (for the time) aged of 102.

  1787 – Tailor’s house set on fire

  Benjamin Williams, a Tailor of Burghill, spent some time and effort building himself a small house. This dwelling was “maliciously set on fire by some wicked person or persons unknown”.

  Benjamin pleaded for help in finding the culprits and offered the reward of a guinea for any information.

  1895 – Cider a Temperance Drink?

  For some time it had been claimed that cider was a temperance drink; however in the report of Burghill Asylum, according to the medical superintendent of the British Medical Journal, more people were admitted to the asylum because of the affects of drinking cider, than any other cause!

  I can believe that!

  1899 – Death of Man at Burghill Lunatic Asylum

  Frederick Waite aged 33 was an inmate of Burgill Asylum;  he had been admitted on 7th January 1898 on the warrant of the Home Secretary from HM prison at Hereford.

  Frederick’s parents lived in Chesterfield, but he himself had been wandering around the country, housebreaking and committing larceny until he was caught and tried in January 1898, after which he was sent to the asylum being considered quite insane.  He was also thought to be epileptic.

  By the end of March 1898 his condition seemed to improve and he was given work in a tailor’s shop, but after a succession of fits he lost that job.  He grew worse, and witnesses said that he became very excited and appeared to have a gross brain disease – he became more demented and eventually died from exhaustion and gangrene of the lungs.

  The surgeon said that Frederick had been well and properly treated at the asylum, and someone had been with him constantly for three months.

  1899 – More from Burgill Lunatic Asylum

  Dawson Wellington, an inmate of Burgill lunatic asylum, managed to escape and was missing for several days.

  Dawson was considered to be deranged in his mind and very prone to deceit and lying, but not dangerous in any way.

  He was eventually found wandering in fields in Leominster by a policeman, and was returned to the asylum

  1896 – Annual Report of the Burghill Asylum

  The annual report of the Hereford City and Country Asylum at Burghill was issued, and the Medical Superintendent Dr. Chapman declared that “Hereford has most patients in the asylum in proportion to its population, of any county in England or indeed the world, and the excess appears to consist largely of the aged and paralysed; of helpless and bedridden persons”.

  He also protested about the introduction of yet more red tape caused by new legislation, which created a huge increase in work.

  1907 – Swine Fever breaks out in Burghill

  Mr. Sharland-Ball’s high class herd of pigs at Manor Farm Burghill, had to be destroyed following an outbreak of swine fever.

  1908 – Experimental Orchard at Farm of Burghill Asylum

  The Agricultural Education Committee of Herefordshire County Council made arrangements to set out an experimental orchard in accordance with the plans of the National Fruit and Cider Institute.

  Six acres of land at Burghill Asylum would be planted with at least 25 varieties of fruit, some of which had never been tried before in Herefordshire.

  1926 – Double Murder at Burghill Court – The Butler did it

  The trial of Charles Houghton opened in November 1926, where he was charged with the murder on 7th September of two elderly ladies – Miss Elinor Drinkwater Woodhouse and Miss Martha Gordon Woodhouse who were his employers, at Burghill Court.

  He had been in the service of the Woodhouse family for 22 years, initially as a Footman and then Butler. However, he became rather fond of the booze which didn’t go unnoticed by the ladies who didn’t like it one bit, especially as he was actually the only man who lived on the premises.

  The ladies sacked Houghton on 6th September and he was given 24 hours to leave; he was given a month’s wages in lieu of notice and a month’s board money, and they told him that they would help him find another job. Houghton objected to the short notice, and eventually the ladies agreed to let him stay for a week – they were actually quite upset at the action they were having to take.

  The next day after breakfast, he shot them both at close range with a sports gun.

  At the end of his trial, he was given the death sentence, and taken to Gloucester Gaol.

  Charles Houghton appeal against his death sentence as he languished in the condemned cell in Gloucester for the murder of Miss Elinor Drinkwater Woodhouse of Burghill Court. was not proceeded with.

  There was a second indictment which charged Houghton with the murder of Miss Martha Gordon Woodhouse.

  The solicitor for the defence, Mr. F. Craze of Hereford, laid the case and evidence before the Home Secretary, who declined to interfere with the death sentence.

  Charles Houghton was executed in Gloucester Gaol on 3rd December 1926.

  The two sisters were buried in the same grave in Burghill churchyard – their favourite pony drew a carriage full of flowers and wreaths.

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Buildings of Burghill

• Burghill Court History

  Burghill House as the Court was originally known, was built by Benjamin Biddulph in the late 18th century, and was thought to have been designed by Anthony Keck of Gloucestershire.

  Benjamin Biddulph died before the house was completed and nothing at all had been done to the surrounding grounds, and although some trees were planted along the years the full splendour of pleasure grounds, gardens, summer houses and parkland was not recorded until 1832.

  The Woodhouses at Burghill Court

  In 1874 the house was purchased by John Woodhouse, a wine merchant, and he set about rebuilding it and transforming it into a lovely big Georgian house which from then on was called Burghill Court.
  John’s wife, Elinor along with her two daughters were well loved members of the community and were highly respected; they were also generous, and in 1898 Elinor built the club house in Tillington for use by local men, and also gave many to the church for necessary repairs.

   
  The eldest daughter, Elinor Drinkwater Woodhouse, was at one time engaged to a missionary, but was grief stricken when she learned that he had been killed, and presumably eaten, by cannibals. She never married.

   
  Elinor’s son John Gordon Woodhouse made a somewhat unwise marriage to Violet Gwynne of Folkington Manor, she being something of a shopaholic and rather flighty. They moved to London and her influence changed him for the worse – his mother Elinor was not so unkind as to totally disinherit him, but when she died in 1923 she was clever enough to leave him Burghill Court but only a pittance in cash, thus ensuring that he could never afford to live there and his two sisters could continue to do so in peace. John Gordon and Violet later moved to Stroud in Gloucestershire.
  Murder at Burghill Court
  Just three years later, the two sisters were brutally murdered by Charles Houghton, a long time employee of the Woodhouse family, being first taken on as a footman before rising to the post of butler.
  After 22 years in service he became an alcoholic, and eventually Elinor and Martha Woodhouse were forced to dismiss him – he was given a month’s pay and asked to leave by the following day, but when he protested at such short notice he was told that he could stay until the end of the week.
  The following morning he appeared to be normal, even attending family prayers and serving breakfast, but shortly afterwards he shot both sisters. The police broke into his room, where he had botched an attempt at suicide having cut himself seven times with a razor.
  On 5th November 1926, Houghton was held in the condemned cell at Gloucester prison following his sentence of death, and although an appeal was made against the sentence this was withdrawn although his solicitors did try to plea insanity hoping that it might save Houghton from the scaffold. The Home Secretary refused to interfere with the sentence, and at 8 on Friday 3rd December 1926 Houghton was hanged by Thomas Pierrepoint.
  Houghton was buried alongside the north wall of the prison, in a space reserved for such offenders.

  Burghill House Household – 1851

   

  Georgina Owen	4	Daughter and Lady	b.Ireland
  Ellen Owen	1	Daughter	b. Shrewsbury
  Jane Bright	27	Lady’s Maid	b. Shrewsbury
  Debra Charnock	40	Nurse	b. Worcester
  Elizabeth Davis	21	Housemaid	b. Montgomerieshire
  Helene Evans	18	Housemaid	b. Merioneth
  Daniel Bright	23	Footman	b. Condover
  George Bevan	26	Groom	b. Wellington, Shropshire
  John Price	21	Labourer	b. Denbigh

   

  1857 Thomas Monington Weston in residence.

   

  Burghill House Household – 1861

  Arthur Henry Wall	45	Magistrate	b. Kington, Herefordshire
  Margaret Wall	48	Wife	b. Kington, Herefordshire
  James Turner	41	Coachman	b. Aymestry, Herefordshire
  John Hoy	30	Butler	b. Clifton, Bristol
  Caroline Davis	40	Housemaid	b. Leominster, Herefordshire
  Anne Trehearne	27	Cook	b. Ledbury, Herefordshire
  Mary Drowns	19	Kitchenmaid	b. Burghill, Herefordshire

   

  Burghill House Household – 1871

  Arthur H. Wall	55	Magistrate	b. Kington, Herefordshire
  Margaret Wall	58	Wife	b. Kington, Herefordshire
  Milbrough Taylor	69	Wife’s sister	b. Kington, Herefordshire
  Mary Wynn	48	visitor	b. Hereford City, Herefordshire
  John Hoy	40	Butler	b. Bristol, Avon
  Thomas Eastwood	31	Gardener	b. Northumberland
  Caroline Davis	50	Housemaid	b. Leominster, Herefordshire
  Sarah Plevy	35	Cook	b. Presteign, Radnor
  Elizabeth Plevy	33	Housemaid	b. Presteign, Radnor
  Eliza Phillips	16	Under Housemaid	b. Presteign, Radnor

  Burghill Court Household – 1881

  John G. Woodhouse	57	Justice of the Peace, Herefordshire	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  Elinor L. Woodhouse	51	Wife	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  Frances H. Woodhouse	30	Step Daughter, school manager	b. Cheshire
  Elinor D. Woodhouse	19	Daughter,	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  Martha G. Woodhouse	12	Daughter	b. Liverpool Lancashire
  John G. Woodhouse	10	Son	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  Jessie L. Baskerville	35	Governess
  James Hollis	30	Butler	b. Oxfordshire
  Mary Vale	40	Cook	b. Almeley, Herefordshire
  Ellen George	50	Housemaid	b. Flint, Flintshire
  Alice Morgan	20	Serving Maid	b. Goodrich, Herefordshire
  Sarah Dale	20	Housemaid	b. Breinton, Herefordshire
  Elizabeth Lloyd	20	Kitchen Maid	b. Herefordshire

  Burghill Court Household – 1891

  Elinor L. Woodhouse	61	Widow living on own means	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  Frances H. Woodhouse	40	Step Daughter, Clerk to School board	b. Cheshire
  Elinor D. Woodhouse	29	Daughter living on own means	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  Martha G. Woodhouse	22	Daughter living on own means	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  John G. Woodhouse	20	Son, Under Graduate Cambridge	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  Frances E. Drinkwater	19	Niece living on own means	b. Switzerland, British Subject
  Charles Ines	33	Butler	b. Aconbury, Herefordshire
  Ellen Genge	60	Housemaid	b. Flint, Flintshire
  Selina Bowyer	21	Cook	b. Shropshire
  Sarah A. Bray	18	Housemaid	b. Colwall, Herefordshire
  Mary Davies	18	Kitchenmaid	b. Herefordshire

  Burghill Court Household – 1901

  Elinor L. Woodhouse	71	Widow living on own means	b. Liverpool Lancashire
  Elinor Drinkwater Woodhouse	39	Daughter, living on own means	b. Liverpool Lancashire
  Martha Gordon Woodhouse	32	Daughter living on own means	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  Frances Blanche Maude	20	Visitor	b. Kensington, London
  Jane Aubrey	32	Cook	b. Brecknockshire
  Ellen George	70	Housemaid	b. Flint, Flintshire
  Sarah Ann Anney	32	Housemaid	b. Canon Pyon, Herefordshire
  Constance Ellen Wilkes	17	Housemaid	b. Kings Pyon, Herefordshire
  Rosetta Preeece	29	Kitchen Maid	b. Weston Beggard, Herefordshire
  Edmund Vaine	43	Butler	b. Stirling, Scotland

  Burghill Court Household – 1911

  Elinor L. Woodhouse	81	Widow living on own means	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  Elinor Drinkwater Woodhouse	49	Daughter living on own means	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  Martha Gordon Woodhouse	42	Daughter living on own means	b. Liverpool, Lancashire
  Alice Woodhouse	58		b. Cheshire
  Annie Bunn	27	Cook	b. Worcester
  Alice Sarah Anne Probert	25	Housemaid	b. Eye, Herefordshire
  Beatrice Emma Lewis	18	Housemaid	b. Stoke Prior, Herefordshire
  Ella Dorothy Powell	16	Kitchenmaid	b. Bullingham, Herefordshire
  Charles Houghton	29	Butler (and murderer!)	b. Cheshire

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Benjamin Biddulph died before the house was completed and nothing at all had been done to the surrounding grounds, and although some trees were planted along the years the full splendour of pleasure grounds, gardens, summer houses and parkland was not recorded until 1832.

The Woodhouses at Burghill Court

In 1874 the house was purchased by John Woodhouse, a wine merchant, and he set about rebuilding it and transforming it into a lovely big Georgian house which from then on was called Burghill Court.
John’s wife, Elinor along with her two daughters were well loved members of the community and were highly respected; they were also generous, and in 1898 Elinor built the club house in Tillington for use by local men, and also gave many to the church for necessary repairs.

 
The eldest daughter, Elinor Drinkwater Woodhouse, was at one time engaged to a missionary, but was grief stricken when she learned that he had been killed, and presumably eaten, by cannibals. She never married.

 
Elinor’s son John Gordon Woodhouse made a somewhat unwise marriage to Violet Gwynne of Folkington Manor, she being something of a shopaholic and rather flighty. They moved to London and her influence changed him for the worse – his mother Elinor was not so unkind as to totally disinherit him, but when she died in 1923 she was clever enough to leave him Burghill Court but only a pittance in cash, thus ensuring that he could never afford to live there and his two sisters could continue to do so in peace. John Gordon and Violet later moved to Stroud in Gloucestershire.
Murder at Burghill Court
Just three years later, the two sisters were brutally murdered by Charles Houghton, a long time employee of the Woodhouse family, being first taken on as a footman before rising to the post of butler.
After 22 years in service he became an alcoholic, and eventually Elinor and Martha Woodhouse were forced to dismiss him – he was given a month’s pay and asked to leave by the following day, but when he protested at such short notice he was told that he could stay until the end of the week.
The following morning he appeared to be normal, even attending family prayers and serving breakfast, but shortly afterwards he shot both sisters. The police broke into his room, where he had botched an attempt at suicide having cut himself seven times with a razor.
On 5th November 1926, Houghton was held in the condemned cell at Gloucester prison following his sentence of death, and although an appeal was made against the sentence this was withdrawn although his solicitors did try to plea insanity hoping that it might save Houghton from the scaffold. The Home Secretary refused to interfere with the sentence, and at 8 on Friday 3rd December 1926 Houghton was hanged by Thomas Pierrepoint.
Houghton was buried alongside the north wall of the prison, in a space reserved for such offenders.

Burghill House Household – 1851

1857 Thomas Monington Weston in residence.

Burghill House Household – 1861

Burghill House Household – 1871

Burghill Court Household – 1881

Burghill Court Household – 1891

Burghill Court Household – 1901

Burghill Court Household – 1911

1787 – Amazing age attained by Woman

Ann Mellin died at the beginning of July 1787 at the incredible (for the time) aged of 102.

1787 – Tailor’s house set on fire

Benjamin Williams, a Tailor of Burghill, spent some time and effort building himself a small house. This dwelling was “maliciously set on fire by some wicked person or persons unknown”.

Benjamin pleaded for help in finding the culprits and offered the reward of a guinea for any information.

1895 – Cider a Temperance Drink?

For some time it had been claimed that cider was a temperance drink; however in the report of Burghill Asylum, according to the medical superintendent of the British Medical Journal, more people were admitted to the asylum because of the affects of drinking cider, than any other cause!

I can believe that!

1899 – Death of Man at Burghill Lunatic Asylum

Frederick Waite aged 33 was an inmate of Burgill Asylum;  he had been admitted on 7th January 1898 on the warrant of the Home Secretary from HM prison at Hereford.

Frederick’s parents lived in Chesterfield, but he himself had been wandering around the country, housebreaking and committing larceny until he was caught and tried in January 1898, after which he was sent to the asylum being considered quite insane.  He was also thought to be epileptic.

By the end of March 1898 his condition seemed to improve and he was given work in a tailor’s shop, but after a succession of fits he lost that job.  He grew worse, and witnesses said that he became very excited and appeared to have a gross brain disease – he became more demented and eventually died from exhaustion and gangrene of the lungs.

The surgeon said that Frederick had been well and properly treated at the asylum, and someone had been with him constantly for three months.

1899 – More from Burgill Lunatic Asylum

Dawson Wellington, an inmate of Burgill lunatic asylum, managed to escape and was missing for several days.

Dawson was considered to be deranged in his mind and very prone to deceit and lying, but not dangerous in any way.

He was eventually found wandering in fields in Leominster by a policeman, and was returned to the asylum

1896 – Annual Report of the Burghill Asylum

The annual report of the Hereford City and Country Asylum at Burghill was issued, and the Medical Superintendent Dr. Chapman declared that “Hereford has most patients in the asylum in proportion to its population, of any county in England or indeed the world, and the excess appears to consist largely of the aged and paralysed; of helpless and bedridden persons”.

He also protested about the introduction of yet more red tape caused by new legislation, which created a huge increase in work.

1907 – Swine Fever breaks out in Burghill

Mr. Sharland-Ball’s high class herd of pigs at Manor Farm Burghill, had to be destroyed following an outbreak of swine fever.

1908 – Experimental Orchard at Farm of Burghill Asylum

The Agricultural Education Committee of Herefordshire County Council made arrangements to set out an experimental orchard in accordance with the plans of the National Fruit and Cider Institute.

Six acres of land at Burghill Asylum would be planted with at least 25 varieties of fruit, some of which had never been tried before in Herefordshire.

1926 – Double Murder at Burghill Court – The Butler did it

The trial of Charles Houghton opened in November 1926, where he was charged with the murder on 7th September of two elderly ladies – Miss Elinor Drinkwater Woodhouse and Miss Martha Gordon Woodhouse who were his employers, at Burghill Court.

He had been in the service of the Woodhouse family for 22 years, initially as a Footman and then Butler. However, he became rather fond of the booze which didn’t go unnoticed by the ladies who didn’t like it one bit, especially as he was actually the only man who lived on the premises.

The ladies sacked Houghton on 6th September and he was given 24 hours to leave; he was given a month’s wages in lieu of notice and a month’s board money, and they told him that they would help him find another job. Houghton objected to the short notice, and eventually the ladies agreed to let him stay for a week – they were actually quite upset at the action they were having to take.

The next day after breakfast, he shot them both at close range with a sports gun.

At the end of his trial, he was given the death sentence, and taken to Gloucester Gaol.

Charles Houghton appeal against his death sentence as he languished in the condemned cell in Gloucester for the murder of Miss Elinor Drinkwater Woodhouse of Burghill Court. was not proceeded with.

There was a second indictment which charged Houghton with the murder of Miss Martha Gordon Woodhouse.

The solicitor for the defence, Mr. F. Craze of Hereford, laid the case and evidence before the Home Secretary, who declined to interfere with the death sentence.

Charles Houghton was executed in Gloucester Gaol on 3rd December 1926.

The two sisters were buried in the same grave in Burghill churchyard – their favourite pony drew a carriage full of flowers and wreaths.

Font

This font has a lead bowl set inside an ornamental Norman stem and dates from around 1180. There are twelve, rather worn, figures around the arcade which represent the apostles, and there is a seated figure facing East which probably represents Christ. In 1810, the church tower collapsed which severely damaged the lead bowl, and it was thus replaced with sandstone. However, the original lead bowl was repaired, and subsequently put back in the font.

Memorials

Wife of Thomas Martin

Sacred to the memory of M……….(unreadable) Jane, wife of Thomas Martin Esq. of The Lodge in this Parish. She died December 30th 1837 aged 35 years. By her death her husband has lost an affectionate wife , her children a kind indulgent mother, and the poor an ever ready friend. Also of their son Alfred John Martin, he died February 14 1858 aged 7 weeks

Sir John Milbourne

Elizabeth Devereux

These effigies are of Sir John Milbourne and his wife Elizabeth Devereux on a tomb of alabaster. They date from 1440 and are in excellent condition, with Sir John clad in plate armour of the period. Around the base of the tomb is a group, most likely their son and grandchildren, kneeling before the Virgin and Child.  The inscription reads “here lyeth the bodies of Sir Milbourne and Elizabeth his wife, the daughter of the most Honourable Knight of England who was slain at the great battle of Pilleth”

Benjamin Biddulph

Sacred to the memory of Benjamin Biddulph Esq. of Burghill House in this Parish. Born November 1774, died (unmarried) June 13th 1849

Robert Masters

This rather poor picture of a brass dated 1619 bears the inscription – Here lyeth the bodye of Robert Masters gent. late of this manour who travelled with Thomas Cavendish Esqr. to Virginia and afterwards aboute the globe of ye whole world – and after his returne marryed Winefred ye daughter if Thomas Cornwall of Buckland Gent; by whom he hath 2 sonnes and 7 daughters. He departed this life the 3rd June AD 1619

Catherine Taylor

Near this place rest the remains of Catherine, daughter of Thomas Carpenter Esq. and wife of William Taylor of Tillington Court, who departed this life 3rd day of September AD 1789 in the 50th year of her age. She was a sincere Christian, an affectionate wife, and tender parent. Also William, son of the above named William Taylor and Catherine his wife, who died in his infancy 22nd August 1774. Also Elizabeth their daughter who died November 27th 1788 aged 17

John Awbrey

Here lyeth the body of John Awbrey Esq. Yongest sone of William Aubrey Doct of Law and one of the Masters of Requests in Ordinary to Queene Elyzabeth who dyed ye X1th of June 1616 being about ye age of 38 yeres, married Rachell the daughter of Richard Danvers of Totnv in Wiltshire Esq. by whom he had issue, one sonne and one daughter. God send him a joyfull resurrection”