Church Memorials Palfrey-Rowley Regis

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Patshull
Pattingham
Pelsall
Penkhull
Penkridge
Penn
Pillaton
Pipe Ridware
Quarnford
Rangemore
Ranton
Reapsmoor
Rocester
Rolleston
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Patshull

CHURCH. St Mary. MEMORIALS. Chest-tomb with figures to Sir John Astley d1532. Sir Richard Astley Knt. & Bart. K.G. d1687. John Astley, Baronet d1772. Right Hon. George Lord Pigot Baron Patshull in the Kingdon of Ireland d1771. Gen. Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet & Col. 38th Regt. of Foot d1796, & wife Anne, & daughter Anne died aged 24. Gen. Sir George Pigot Bart d1811 & wife Mary Anne d1833 & eldest daughter Mary Anne d1797, John 3rd son d1801, George eldest son d1810 aged 10, Sophie 2nd daughter d1824 aged 26, & Olivia 5th daughter d1833 aged 28, & Henry Orlando 4th son d1840 aged 32. Mary, wife of Sir Robert Pigot Bart. d1847. Frances, daughter of George 5th Viscount Barrington, 2nd wife of William 4th Earl of Dartmouth, d1849. Hon. Arthur Kaye Howard Legge R.N. d1861. Mary Florence Henrietta, youngest child of William Walter 5th Earl of Dartmouth, d1863. Aisle in memory of Bishop Lonsdale 1874. Screen - William Walter 5th Earl of Dartmouth d1891. Mary wife of Thomas Price of Burnhill Green d1902. Nigel Legge-Burke of Hayes, Lieut. 2nd Batt. Coldstream Guards killed Ypres 1914, (this tablet was first placed in Paynestown, the parish church for Hayes House, Co. Neath, Ireland, & was removed when the church was demolished 1959). Cross with inscription encased in glass - Heneage Greville, Lord Guernsey eldest son of 8th Earl of Aylesford killed in Battle of Aisne 1914. Gerald Legge Capt. 7th (service) Batt. S. Staffs Regt. 2nd son of William Heneage, Earl of Dartmouth, d1915 at Suvla Bay & wife Mary. Rev. Humphrey Fleming Pinder d1916. WW1 roll of honour boards on the pillars. Frances Charlotte Legge d1930, Elizabeth Sarah Legge d1917, Henry Charles Legge d1923, Augusta Georgiana Legge d1931. William Legge, Viscount Lewisham, Capt. Staffs. Yeomanry, only son of William 7th Earl of Dartmouth d1942 at El Alamein. Winifred Annie Kemp of Burnhill Green d1957 & husband Cecil, churchwarden d1962. Psalm board - Albert Henry Salter 1961. IN THE CHURCHYARD. N church wall R side - Dame Mary Astley d1670, Sir John Astley d1772; L side - William 4th Earl of Dartmouth d1853, George Legge d1853, Mary Florence Henrietta Legge d1863 aged 1. William Smith shepherd & servant of Sir George & Sir Robert Pigot & of 4th & 5th Earls of Dartmouth d1879. John Bayne head gardener d1889. NE corner - William Heneage 6th Earl of Dartmouth d1936 & wife Mary d1929 & William 7th Earl of Dartmouth d1958 & wife Ruperta d1962 & Humphrey 8th Earl of Dartmouth d1962. Diana 3rd daughter of 7th Earl of Dartmouth d1970.

Pattingham

CHURCH. St Chad. MEMORIALS (Some information in P pp48-51). Benefactions board - many names 1710 (Information in P p107. For Pattingham charities see pp103-117). John Walford of Great Moore d1777 & wife Jane d1773 & son John Walford d1780 aged 27 & his wife Mary d1803. William Plimley of Rudge d1779 & wife Sarah d1784 & son Thomas Plimley d1803 & daughter Mary Edwards d1827 & younger son William Plimley d1833 also Mrs Catharine Brown, wife of John Brown d1813. Andrew Boycott Wight d1847 aged 5. Robert Howells d1863 & wife Eleanor d1860 & son John d1879 & son Robert d1915 & his wife Martha Catherine d1880. (Bell ringing notice boards in the belfrey tell of how a complete peal of Grandsire Triples consisting of 5,040 changes in 1865 and again by the Yorkshire Association of change ringers in 1892, and the Rules & regulations to be observed by the Ringers etc. A tablet recalling restoration of the tower, and a restoration in 1928, P p32). The Spire to the church - William 4th Earl of Dartmouth 1871. Stephen Faulkner of The Great Moore d1875 & wife Ann d1870, also Charles Parkes Faulkner of The Little Moor d1879 & wife Mary Lythall d1864 also Thomas Stephen Faulkner of The Great Moore d192, & wife Ann d1921. The screen - gift of William Simmons 1891. Capt. Cathcart Boycott Wight-Boycott J.P. D.L. of Rudge Hall d1891. Emma Boycott of Rudge Hall d1892. Re-hanging of bells - for 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s reign 1897. Rev. William George Greenstreet M.A. of Christ’s College, Cambs. d1900. Rev. William George Greenstreet M.A. d1900. Oak panels in the screen - Mary Catherine Hawley, organist d1910. Brigadier General Thomas Andrew Wight-Boycott F.D. S.O. officer in QORR. Staffs. Yeomanry served in S. Africa d1916 from disease contracted at Gallipoli, his sword hangs below. Also the Chapel was furnished by his relations to his memory. WW1 roll of honour - paper frames in oak panelling by S door. Margaret Helen Alison Johnson 1920, some of the inscription is in Welsh. Prayer rest - Daphne Isolda d1921. Elizabeth, wife of Cathcart Boycott Wight-Boycott d1923. Alice Wilson, wife of W.R. Wilson of Rudge d1940, also W.R. Wilson d1968. Christopher Henry Congreve Dent B.A. M.B. B.ch (Cantab) M.R.C.S. (Eng) L.R.C.P. (Lond) Surgeon Lieut. Royal Naval Vols. Reserve killed in action in H.M.S Hood 1941. WW2 roll of honour. Baptistry refurnished - Dennis Selby, lay reader to 1981. Oak panelling - Col. Eric Langton Butler OBE. MC. TD. DL. d1985, benefactor. Organ - Doris Pugh, organist 1987. Two small brass plaques on the choir stalls. GLASS MEMORIALS. (Information in P pp40-47) Thomas Boycott of Rudge Hall d1856. Elizabeth Jane Greenstreet d1857. E window S aisle - Andrew Wight of Ormistan N.B. d1858 & wife Louisa Mary Catherine Wight d1873 & son Andrew Boycott Wight d1847 & other son Hamilton Belfast Boycott Wight d1853. Elizabeth Miller d1867 aged 32. E windows - Elizabeth North O’ Connor, eldest daughter of Rev. W.C. Greenstreet d1875, circular light - to the same 1876. Three windows - Thomas & Mary Simmons, & their children John & Mary, & their children Richard & Martha 1876. Glass presented by Martha Simmons 1876. William Tomkins d1876. Cathcart Boycott Wight-Boycott d1891. Jane Own d1892. Tower window - William Walter 5th Earl of Dartmouth 1893. Anne Cooper of Highgate House 1923. Two windows - Andrew James Chesterfield d1926 aged 25. Robert & Martha C. Howells 1942. James Cater 1948. E windows - Mary Ethel, wife of Harry Sellick Dyke of Upper Westbeach & also John & Laura Reynolds Dyke 1955. FURNISHINGS. Two oak chests, one is very old & has lost most of its brackets & iron binding. Commandments board. Lord’s Prayer board. Creed board. Two framed photographs - i) of the flagon ii) of the paten & chalice. IN THE CHURCHYARD. The oldest gravestone is dated 1661, a small stone near the porch (P p56). Cross restored 1853?. Against S wall by the door statue of angel bust from Houses of Parliament, presented by Mr Geoffrey H_____? M.P.

Pelsall

CHURCH. St Michael. MEMORIALS. Rev. Charles Blackham B.A. d1811. Henry Wilkinson Wennington of Goscote d1836 & Charlotte Wennington d1845 aged 22 & William Vincent Wennington d1837 aged 30 - the children of Henry Wilkinson Wennington & wife Sarah. Ornate gothic memorial with portrait - Thomas Wright Dickinson M.R.C.S. of Bilston d1859. Sarah wife of Thomas Wright Dickinson d1875. Sidney Lloyd killed 1916 aged 20. Second Lieut. Sidney Thomas Fox Royal Garrison Artillery killed in action France 1917 interred in the Military Cemetery at Zillebeke. Crucifix - Absolom Law 1971. Mary Poxon, benefactor. All the modern seats have tiny memorial plaques. GLASS MEMORIALS. E window - John Smith Charles d1901. George Harrison killed in Sicily 1943. Gift of the Sunday School & Bible Class Members 1953. Boaz & Emma Richardson 1943,1954. George Archie Sigley d1958. Enoch & Ellen Lycett & children Enoch & Florence Ellen. Clara Jane & Enoch Watson. FURNISHING. A most ornate gothic tablet for the Commandments, Lords Prayer etc. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Epitaph on grave to Sarah Rowley d1785 aged 30 (SHOS vol 2 p61). Hall Colliery Disaster Nov. 14 1872 Memorial - 22 died. George Hall killed on the level crossing at Heath End, Pelsall by a train July 9 1887 aged 1 year & 7 months (Walsall Observer 9 July 1887, 12 July 1987). Members of the Charles family of Pelsall Hall.

Penkhull

CHURCH. St Thomas. MEMORIALS. Thomas Webb Minton d1870 son of Thomas Minton d1836, founder of the firm of Mintons, endower of the church in 1842 also Rev. Samuel Minton M.A. d1893 - son of Thomas Webb Minton. Clock tower - John Blow Ashwell of Quarry, Stoke-on-Trent d1910. Thomas Mason, choirmaster d1936. Harold Steele d1937 also the altar in small chapel to him. Oak panelling - Harry Beeston, churchwarden, killed 1940. Margaret Gleaves d1947. William Harley Grocott 1953 & wife Eleanor Jane 1962. Copy of painting - Christ on the Cross, in memory of William Robert Sadler d1958. Arthur William Taylor d1963. Edith Harding d1970 & husband John d1963. Isaac Lovatt d1964. Bookcases - Douglas Kirby d1976. Re-siting & refurnishing of the font - Olga Arrrowsmith d1984. Thomas Mason, John Stuart, Harry Smith, Frank Brindley, William Alldis, verger, clerk, choirmasters etc. GLASS MEMORIALS. Lavina Leason Lady Mayoress 1940 & son Major George Leason killed d1944. To the Royal Engineers 292 Army Field Company marking their actions in WW2 in Egypt & Greece. Harry Leason d1965, Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent 1946-7. E window - William Tomlinson, & wife Dinah, & George Dent also William Clapton Lester, & wife Margaret Harrison. Annie, Jennie & Ethel, Mary Evans. FURNISHINGS. Incumbents board. Painting of the church (by children) - B. Knight, B. Simpson, & G. Barrisford of 4A. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Herbert Lodge d1856, father of Sir Oliver Lodge. Grace Lodge d1879, mother of Sir Oliver Lodge. (Both in STM Nov 1963 p49p, Dec 1968 p37).

Penkridge

CHURCH. St Michael. MEMORIALS. In the founders arch an incised slab. In vestry - incised slab with figures of Richard Littleton d1518 & wife Katherine. Chest-tomb with effigies of Edward Littleton d1558 & his two wives - Isabella Wood & Helen Davnnerton, around the base figures of three males, three females, two in boyhood, two died in infancy. Chest-tomb with effigies of Sir Edward Littleton d1574, & wife Alice (daughter of Francis Corkayne), around the base figures of eight females, six males & two died in infancy. Double decker chest-tombs, bottom layer (the father) - effigies of Sir Edward Littleton d1610 & wife & figures of their children - Gilbert, William, George, Thomas, John, Edward, Mary, Anne, Dorothy, Jane, Margaret, Honor, Lettice; top layer (the son) - Sir Edward Littleton d1629 & wife & figures of their children - William, Walter, Lettice, Mary, Margaret, Anne, some of the tiny female heads have fallen off & been stuck back on again. Small incised slab hung on wall, horizontally - child figures at prayer of William, Edward, William (died in infancy), Richard, William (died in infancy), Marcie, Marie, Usula, Jane, Alice, date is c.1630-40. Alexander Ward, benefactor d1729. In vestry - Sir Edward Littleton d1741 & wife Mary d1742 (daughter of Sir Richard Hoare Knt. Lord Mayor of London). John Eginton of Rodbaston d1752 & wife Jane, youngest sister of Sir Edward Littleton, who had three sons - John, Edward, Theophilus; Edward’s children were - Joseph d1742, Elizabeth d1764, James d1772, Jeremiah d1773, Lucy. John Herbert of Richerscoat d1769 & wife Eleanor d1787 & children - John d1794, Sarah d1795. Thomas Hayes, merchant of Bristol d1791 also Rev. Thomas Perry of Balliol College, Oxford d1743 & wife Elizabeth d1744 (Thomas Hayes was buried at the head of Perry’s grave, who was his instructor in early life). Rev. James Stafford A.M. d1794 & wife Ann, sister of Sir Theophilus Biddulph Bart. d1798 & children - Egerton, Frances Jane, James & Beatrix Ann. Sir Edward Littleton Bart. of Teddesley Park d1812 & wife Frances of Catton d1781. Hyacinth Gabrielle Marchioness Wellesley wife of Richard Marquis Wellesley KG, native of France, d1816 at Teddesley. Rev. Richard Slaney d1830. John Hodson d1836 & wife Anne d1843 & daughter Anne d1874. Right Hon. Hyacinth Mary Lady Hatherton wife of Edward John Lord Hatherton 2nd daughter of Richard Marquess Wellesley K.G. d1849 also her eldest daughter Hon. Hyacinth Anne Littleton d1847. Rev. Edward Hall d1851. In the vestry - Edward John Lord Hatherton, son of Moreton Walhouse of Hatherton, great nephew of the last Sir Edward Littleton of Teddesley Park d1863. Floor slab - Edward Richard Littleton 2nd Baron Hatherton C.B. d1888. Edward Richard 2nd Baron Hatherton C.B. of Teddesley Hay d1888, & wife Margaret youngest daughter of George 5th Duke of Northumberland d1897. James Alexander Fell M.A. Corpus Christi College, Canta d1897. Cecil Francis Henry Littleton of London Scottish Regt. Capt. 5th Batt. Queens Own Cameron Highlanders 4th son of Algernon Charles & Lady Margaret Littleton d1917, buried in Aubigny Cemetery, France. Cecil Francis Henry Littleton’s cemetery cross from Aubigny en artois Cemetery sent home when the permenant headstone was erected in 1924. Many rolls of honour for WW1 on wooden boards & scrolls. Charlotte Louisa daughter of Sir Charles Robert Bart. of Tendring Hall, Suffolk & wife of Edward George Percy, 3rd Baron Hatherton d1923 also Edward George Percy d1930. Hon. Henry Stuart Littleton 3rd son of 2nd Baron Hatherton d1933. Geoffrey Cecil Congreve D.S.O. D.L. JP Commander Royal Navy, 1st Baronet d1941 in a raid off coast of France. Arthur Edmund Westwood Malin, bellringer d1975. Rev. David John Howlett vicar 1946-76. GLASS MEMORIALS. E window - Edward John 1st Lord Hatherton 1864. E window S aisle - Hyncinth Mary 1st wife of Edward John Lord Hatherton 1864. Elizabeth Croydon d1865. William Francis Littleton CMG 1889. Elizabeth Page 1890. Thomas Croydon of Drayton in Penkridge d1896 & daughters Betsy d1927, Harriet d1914, Fanny d1930, Anne d1906. Charles & Mary Ann Keeling 1903. Annie Gertrude Keeling 1910. E window N aisle - Admiral Hon. Charles Littleton d1912, also Rev. Hon. Cecil James Littleton d1933. NOTE. Clock mechanism on display - a pendulum & rotator, recently found in ‘Bowman’s (Beauman) Chamber’ which was over the S porch of the church - the former village school room - it was placed there in 1897 by Smuel Doley following the installation of the present 8-day clock, the clock had been in use since 1825. IN THE CHURCHYARD. S wall of chancel, carved into the stone - Jacob vs Riddings vicar, RIVS, DE: PENKRICH ANNO DOMINI 1578. Also graffitti the dates: 1677, 1854, 1742. Arrow-sharpening marks. George Huskisson collector of her Majesty’s Customs on Island of St Vincent, West Indies d1844. Mrs Sarah Bentley d1902 nurse & friend to 2nd Baron Hatherton. Flora Jackson d1927 servant at Teddesley Hall. Charlotte Louisa Baroness Hatherton d1930 & Edward George Percy 3rd Baron Hatherton C.M.G. d1923. Edward Charles Rowley 4th Baron Hatherton d1944 & wife Hester Edithe d1947. William Hugh Littleton 4th son of the 3rd Baron Hatherton d1956 & wife Lilian Littleton d1954. Joyce Marie eldest daughter of 4th Baron Hatherton d1968. Edward Thomas Walhouse 5th Baron Hatherton d1969. John W.S.B. Littleton 6th Baron Hatherton d1973.

Penn

CHURCH. St Bartholomew. MEMORIALS. Robert Janns d1727 & wife Elizabeth Wood d1779 & daughter Sarah d1753 son Thomas d1759 & his daughter Sarah d1771. Richard Evens of Pen left in his will two guineas for bread for the poor & 20 shillings on Christmas Day & same New Year’s Day 1734. Gravestone brought inside & propped up - Raphaelis Sedgwick 1747. Ann Bache Sedgwick. Peter Payton of Nether Penn d1771. Thomas Dethick d1775 & wife Elizabeth d1833. Thomas Bradney Deputy Lieut. of the County of Stafford d1782 & 1st wife Mary d1742 2nd wife Anna Maria d1750 & 3rd wife Mary d1790 - the memorial is to her memory. William Pershouse d1789 son of William & Elizabeth Pershouse & his wife Ellen d1829. John Marsh of Lloyd House in Penn d1795 & wife Esther d1797 & son John Marsh d1799 & three children who died in infancy. Four sisters who all died in their eighties - Elizabeth Arden d1799, Jane Russell d1802, Mary Russell d1802, Ann Piggot d1804 also William Arden son of Elizabeth d1801. Brass plaque - chancel rebuilt at expense of Mrs Ellen Pershouse & Richard Bayley Marsh Esq 1799. Anne Sophia wife of Charles Evans of Compton in Tettenhall d1809, also Charles Evans d1820. William Bradney Pershouse of Penn Hall d1843, Deputy Lieut. of County of Stafford, & wife Alice. Eleanor Mary Bradney wife of Capt. Powell R.N. d1847. William Thacker of Mochall Hall, Penn d1854 also wife Anne d1806, also Elizabeth Mills, widow of Col. Mills & mother of Anne d1837 also Ellen Pershouse Phillips daughter of William & Anne Thacker d1863 also Robert Thacker son of William & Anne Thacker d1867 also Mary Elizabeth Drummond daughter of William & Anne d1876. William Fryer Thacker Lieut. Col. 2nd York & Lancaster Regt. d1885. Rev. Charles Henry Cole-Webb d1906. Rev. William Henry Heale M.A. d1907 buried at Newick, Sussex. Alfred Charles Twentyman FRGS JP of Castlecroft d1908, & wife Mattie Louisa Twentyman d1930, & daughter Hilda Mattie d1900. Rev. Francis Henry Paley M.A. d1909 interred at Malvern. Rev. Oswald Addenbrooke Holden killed in action 1917, served as a chaplain. Rev. O.A. Holden’s Field Cross - a wooden cross attached to the wall (C. Forces). WW1 roll of honour. John Jenks d1927, & wife Henrietta M.Jenks d1925. Theodore Addenbrooke T.D. Major in 6th S. Staffs Regt. d1931. John Charles Rowe d1955. Bookcase - William Adams d1960. Door to the church - Walter William Elliot d1981. GLASS MEMORIALS. Sarah, wife of Rev. Edmund Paley d1864. E window - WIlliam Hanbury Sparrow of Penn d1867. W window S aisle - Sarah wife of Rev. William Milton? d?. Benjamin Savage d1876. Frederick Edwin Lewis d1889. Arthur Hinde d1902. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Preaching cross base known as Lady Godiva’s Cross c.1050. Another cross base restored in 1912. Sundial. Epithaph on headstone to Edmund Gold d1730 (SHOS vol 2 p219). IN JEFFCOCK ROAD CEMETERY. Cast-iron obelisk to G.B. Thorneycroft.

Pillaton

CHAPEL. St Modwena. MEMORIALS. Chapel dedicated by Richard Littleton & Alice Wynnesbury having fallen into decay & disuse 1888. William Francis Littleton, Companion of the order of St Michael & St George d1889. Prayer on altar is said annually on 1 May in memory of William F. Littleton 1889. To the memory of caretakers & wardens - Samuel & Mary Dean 1888-1909, Arthur & Milly Dean 1909-1956, Roger Dean 1956-1990.

Pipe Ridware

CHURCH. St James (A BMSGH survey) MEMORIALS. Francis Cobb benefactor to the poor left £100 to be distributed at Christmas. John Whitehall d1684 & wife Frances daughter of Thomas Gresley (he was eldest son of Sir George Gresley of Drakelow). Bridget Whitehall d1716 & Frances Whitehall d1743 daughters of John Whitehall, they were both benefactors & Frances was knowledgeable in medicine & surgery by which she helped the poor. FURNISHINGS. Font.

Quarnford

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Rangemore

CHURCH. All Saints. MEMORIALS. Rev. Edward E. Arden B.A. d1877. Large brass with shield ‘Resurnam’ motto - Michael Thomas Bass d1889, & wife Eliza Jane Bass d1897. Large brass with shield ‘Basis Victutum Constantia’ motto - Michael Arthur, Baron Burton of Rangemore d1909 & wife Harriet Georgina. The clock in the tower - Michael Arthur 1st Lord Burton. The Statues of the Annunciation in memory of Frederick McCallum 1910. WW1 roll of honour. WW2 roll of honour. Sculpture of Christ ‘The Offering of Many’ in memory of ________ Jane Thornewill? 1920?. Harriet Georgina wife of 1st Baron Burton, patron of the church, 1909-31, 1932. The Sanctuary is in memory of Ida Mary Appleton d1967. GLASS MEMORIALS. Michael Thomas Bass 1886 x 3. 1st Lord Burton d1909 erected by more than 800 people on his many estates in Needwood, & East Staffordshire. Same dated 1911. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Michael Thomas Bass of Rangemore d1884 & wife Elizabeth Bass d1897. Michael Arthur 1st Baron Burton of Rangemore d1909 & wife Harriet Georgina d1931. Louis Constant Benjamin Geukens born at Scherpenheuvel 1913 d1915 inscription in Dutch as well.

Ranton

CHURCH. All Saints. MEMORIALS. Sarah wife of Anthony Titley of Eccleshall, but later of Wortley Lodge near Leeds d1807. William Hall d1833 & wife Ann d1878. WW1 roll of honour - organ replaced in their memory. Elizabeth James d1930 interred at Ellenhall. The bell turret - John Owen Timms killed in action & Frank Russell died of fever in WW2 & Mary Ann Hart. Walter De La Mare Clay, churchwarden d1972. Hymn board - John A. Hazeldine d1982.

Reapsmoor

CHURCH. St John. 1842. Converted to a residence.

Rocester

CHURCH. St Michael. MEMORIALS. Bust of Elias Poynton d1699 & wife Alice d1706?. Lieut. Charles Campbell Hartley d1912 in India. John Fearn d1925 & son Francis Bramwell Fearn d1952. Ernest Corden d1943. GLASS MEMORIALS. E window by William de Morgan, restored 1991. Dorothy Orton d1829 & daughter Anne d1832 also father & husband James d1861 & his 2nd wife Mary d1843. Louisa Jane Siuch Daiugan d1865. Thomas & Lavinia Keeling 1873. Jessica Finch Daingan d1876. Lydia Anne Webb d1913. Elizabeth Walker. Colin Minton Campbell x 2. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Very well preserved Mediaeval cross. A perfect raised cross slab & two others much defaced (HOU p358 il of one of them). Ellen Moreton d1812.

Rolleston

CHURCH. St Mary. MEMORIALS. Vertical incised slab with figures of John Rolleston & Alurredi? Rolleston & Margaret. Mutilated floor slab to left of the altar. Recumbent effigy of Robert Sherbourne, Bishop of Chichester d1536. Wall monument with three kneeling figures - Thomas Caldwell d1554 & three sons & wife Alice d1579, she gave a cow to the church & made a beginning for others to follow. Incised slab with figure of a priest - Honrard Rolston 1615. Recumbent effigy of Sir Edward Mosley d1638. William Rolleston of Acton, Middlesex d1672. Charity board - William Rolleston 1672. William Rolleston? - can’t be read. Thomas Wickham & John Wickham of Oxon d1692. Elizabeth Ferrebee d1753. Sir Oswald Mosley Bart. d1757. Rev. Sir John Mosley Bart. d1779. Oswald Mosley of Polesworth Castle d1789 & wife Elizabeth d1789. Sir John Parker Mosley Bart. d1798. John Mosley d1804 son of Oswald Mosley of Polesworth Castle & wife Elizabeth. Sarah Maria Mosley (nee Paget) of Shepton Mallet d1823. Penelope Mosley d1833. Rev. John Peploe Mosley M.A. d1834. Capt. William Bayley Mosley d1848 at Landour. Oswald Mosley d1856. William Feiden Mosley d1863 killed in action in the Umbeyla Pass. Sir Oswald Mosley 3rd? Bart. M.P. d1871. Emily Mosley d1880. Sir Tonman Mosley Bart. d1890, & wife Catherine d1891. Jane Elizabeth Feilden wife of Rev. Feilden d1904. Nicholas Mosley wounded & d1915 also brother Edward Hugh Mosley d1910 buried Elko, Nevada, USA. Sir Oswald Mosley 4th Bart. d1915. Rev. Leonard Francis Tyrwhitt d1921. Oswald Mosley 5th Bart. d1928. Hilda Rose Anslow d1928 & husband Tonman Lord Anslow d1933 & his brother Ernald Mosley d1933. John Henry Topley d1930. Leslie C. Smith d1950. William Bagnall d1946. Philip Roland Knight d1971. Sir Oswald Mosley son of Oswald Mosley of Ancoats & wife Elizabeth. Katherine Dudley Grand. The Free School charity board. Charity boards. Three memorials couldn’t fully be read for something in the way - Henry Mosley. Edward Mosley. John Mosley. GLASS MEMORIALS. Sophia Ann, Lady Mosley d1859. Frances Heatly Leigh (nee Mosley) d1881. Samuel Higgot d1909 & Hannah Higgot d1893 & Elizabeth Higgot d1901. Glass erected & painted by Octavia Spooner & Letitia Mosley over the family vault. FURNISHINGS. Font. NOTE. A seal in a small glass case (copy?) given by Robert Sherbourne, Bishop of Chichester 1503. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Joseph Barton servant to the Mosleys d1894 placed by Sir Oswald Mosley. Sarah White d1897 mother to Constance Lady Mosley wife of Sir Oswald 4th Baronet.

Rowley Regis

CHURCH. St Giles. There have been four churches on this site in 85 years (BCM Jan. 1987 pp18 ils, 19). MEMORIALS. Henry Haden d1675 & wife Mary d1717 & son Henry d1736 & his wife Elizabeth d1732, arms in stone above (Latin). Tablet erected 1883 - Thomas Tilley of Cradley Heath d1774 & son Timothy I d1820 & his wife Sarah d1803 & his brother Titus c.d1815 & Thomas son of Timothy d1847 at Dudley Port & his wife Hannah d1848 & their son Timothy II d1844 & his wife Phoebe died at Dudley 1863 & Phoebe wife of Edward Fisher of Horsley heath sister of Timothy II d1804 aged 26, & Edward son of above anmed Thomas & Hannah Tilley died at Dudley Port 1859 & his brother Thomas died at Bushbury 1878 & also Phoebe wife of Samuel Mills of Darlaston & daughter of the aforesaid Thomas & Hannah Tilley d1883 at Dudley Port. John son of Jeremiah & Mary Gaunt d1777 & his wife Alice d1783 & their son Tycho surgeon of Birmingham d1814. Panelling - Members of the Auden family baptised in this church between 1726-1826. Elizabeth daughter of J. Beet of Rowley Hall & wife of Very Rev. A. Neikman D.D. Dean of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope d1855 aged 34. Plaque about the history of the church founded on this site about 1199, 2nd church built 1840 taken down 1900 & 3rd church erected 1904, destroyed by fire June 18 1913 rebuilt 1923. Font base - Thomas David Wright Pittaway d1928. Screen - Richard William Allen d1931 & wife Ann Maria d1934. GLASS MEMORIALS. E window Lady Chapel - Thomas David Wright Pittaway d1928. William Henry Jones d1928. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Archie Cartwright, tyrannical foreman of the Eagle Colliery was murdered anonymously by one of the miners c.1852 (TB April 1983 p5 see map).

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