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Matlock & Matlock Bath's Memorial Inscriptions |
St. Giles' Church, Matlock : in the Church* |
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About St. Giles' Church |
From transcripts
by the Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group.*
Numbering is the same as that done by the DARG,
so there are four parts to number 14 - 14, 14a, 14b and 14c |
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- The Garlands / or Maidens Garlands / between / 150 -200 years
old.
- In Dei Gloriam / This window is given / as a New years / offering
by the / Rev W.R. MELVILLE / Rector of this parish / Jan 1st 1873.
(Gritstone tablet under stained glass window)
- In this Church / lie the mortal remains of / SUSANNAH ELIZABETH
/ relict of JOHN HUSSEY DELAVAL / Baron DELAVAL / of Seaton Delaval
and Fordcastle / in the county of Northumberland / she departed
this life at Matlock / August 29 AD 1822 / aged 59 years.
(Alabaster tablet on Slate surround)
- In memory of / MARY wife of the Revd JOHN WOLLEY (late HURT)
/ Vicar of Breaston Co Nottingham / & eldest daughter &
coheiress of the late / ADAM WOLLEY Esquire of Matlock / she died
3rd May 1844 aged 45 / Her faith was sincere & evident / but
without ostentation / Respected for her superior sound judgement
/ Beloved for her amiable qualities by all who / knew her, especially
her poor neighbours / amongst whom she was ever affable &
benificient / She left a husband & seven children / to lament
the loss of one of the / most affectionate of wives & mothers
/ Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
(Slate tablet)
- Sacred / to the pious memory of / Mr ROBERT CLIFFE / late of
the Wold in this parish born in Farnley in / the parish of Leeds
in the county of York Febry / the 22d anno 1620 and died March
the 24th 1696 / aged 76 years. He was thrice married first to
DOROTHY the daughter of Mr THOMAS PRIME of / Weston in this county
by whom he had no issue / secondly to ELIZABETH eldest daughter
of Coll. NATHANIEL BARTON Of Caldwell in this county / who died
of and with her first child thirdly / to MARGARET the soul surviving
daughter to / ROGER WOMBWELL of Wombwell in the county / of York
Esquire who was his sorrowful and / mournful relict by whom he
had three sons / and one daugter, first WILLIAM born July the
/ 31st 1679 secondly NATHANIELL born December the 11th 1680 thirdly
MARTHA born June the 24th / 1682 and died November the 5th 1693
fourthly / JOHN born January the 4th 1683 he was the most / pious,
the kindest and mercifullest of men, the best of / fathers, the
kindest of masters & the lovingest of / husbands As for your
fathers, where are they and do the Prophets live for ever.
(Metal tablet)
- To the glory of God / and in loving memory of / WILLIAM BELL
HUNTER M.D. / ELIZABETH BEATTY his wife / who entered into rest
on / Decr 2nd 1894-July 6th 1912 / This window is dedicated /
by their only child.
(Metal tablet under stained glass window)
- Sacred / to the memory / of / ADAM WOLLEY Esquire of Matlock
/ who died the 21st day of / July 1827 aged 69 years / also of
ANNE WOLLEY his wife / who died Jany 17 1849 / aged 74.
(Alabaster tablet)
- "Here lyeth the bodies of ANTHONIE WOOLLEY and AGNES his
wyeffe wch ANTHONIE dyethe iiij daye of September in the yere
of our Lord mºdºlxxviij (aged) lxxij on whose soules
God hathe taken mercy on".
(Altar tomb - Inscription from "Cox")
- This tablet erected by AUGUSTUS GORDON Esq / (formerly of His
Majestys 33rd Regt) / and HENRIETTA his wife / late of Everton
in the county of Nottingham / in memory of their beloved children
/ SARAH ELIZABETH died April 5th 1834 aged 7 / EMMA MARIA died
April 19th 1834 aged 9 / ROBERT SPRAGGING died April 21st 1834
aged 3 / CYRUS AUGUSTUS died May lst 1834 aged 6 / They were born
at Everton and died at Matlock Bath / Their remains are deposited
in the north part / of this Churchyard / They were lovely and
pleasant in their lives / and in their death they were not divided.
II Sam.1.13.
(Alabaster tablet on Slate surround)
- Near this place were intered the remains of ADAM WOLLEY of Allen
Hill in this parish and of GRACE his wife / He was born in the
year 1558, married at / the parish Church of Darley on the first
day / of October 1581 and after continuing in wedlock / with his
said wife for the long period of / 76 years, died in the month
of August 1657 in the / hundredth year of his age / She was born
in the year 1559 and died in the / month of July 1669 aged 110
/ And for the purpose of recording so extraordinary / but well
authenticated an instance of longevity / and long continuence
in the state of wedlock, their / great, great, great, great grandson
ADAM WOLLEY / of this parish Gentleman caused this c memorial
/ to be erected in the year 1824.
(Slate tablet)
- Mr THOS HINCKESMAN / Rector / GEORGE SOWTER / GEORGE BRADLE
Churchwardens 1724 / Mr JOSHUA HAYWARD Chief / bennefactor to
this gallerie / Anno Dom MDCXI GEORGE TAYLOR Pr Clerk / Walt pucit
de Wirksworth.
(Handwritten text in glazed frame)
- JOSEPH SLADEN / Memorial / 1885-1923.
(Inscription on door)
- To the glory of God and in memory of MARY / ASTON GOODWIN died
Sept 17th, 1922 also her son / Flight Sub. Lieut GODFREY JOHN
WHITEHOUSE / GOODWIN R.N. killed in France March 12th 1918.
(Metal plaque on Wooden Font cover)
- Benefaction or Charity Boards:
THOMAS JOHNS / late of Matlock, yeoman gave by / his last will
dated the 28 day of / Febr 1667 the sum of two pounds / and four
Bibles to ye value of one / pound to be paid out of ye rents /
of these lands viz Janckin Flat / Causey Lane Meadow & Dich
Loends / situated within Matlock to be distri / buted to ye poor
by the Minister / Churchwardens and / poor for / ever.
(Wooden Charity board)
14a WILLIAM WALKER / Late of Riber yeoman left by his / last will
dated Febr the 27 day Anno / Dom 1631 the sum of ten shillings
/ yearly to be paid out of his estate / called Hillock Cliff Matlock
to be / distributed to ye poor by ye Minister / Churchwardens
& overseers of / the poor or ye major part of them / for ever
/ DANIEL CLARK late of Matlock yemd gave by / his last will dated
June ye 20th 1726 ten / shillings yearly for ever to be paid out
/ of his whole estate into ye hands of JOHN / WOOLLEY & GEORGE
SOWTER & their heirs / sucksessily together with ye over-seers
/ of ye poor to be distributed to 20 of / ye poorest familys in
ye parish.
(Wooden Charity board)
14b GEORGE SPATEMAN late / of Cliff House in the county / of Derby
gent gave by his / last will the sum of 80 pounds / to ye use
of a Free School in / Matlock for ye education of / poor children
& like wise gave ye / sum of 20 pounds for ye use of / the
poor of Matlock parish, for / ever, to be distributed by the /
overseers of ye poor. This will is / dated the 27 March Anno Dom
1647 / which sum is laid out in / house & land at Alfreton.
(Wooden Charity board)
14c ANTHONY WOOLLEY / late of Matlock gent gave by / his last
will dated July the 17 anno / dom 1668 towards ye maintainance
/ of a Free School in Matlock, five / pounds per annum for ever
& that / a peece of land be set apart by his / executors and
upon default here / of to be paid out of his estate at Riber /
JOSHUA BRADLEY late of Matlock / left by his last will dated March
15th 1738 / ten shillings a year to be paid into ye hands / of
Mr WIGLEY HAYWARD, Mr JOHN WOLLEY / & their heirs successively
out of the rents / of a Close called Allcock lying in Matlock
/ Bank to be then distribution amongst 20 / of the poorest families
of Matlock.
(Wooden Charity board)
- In memory of / HENRY EDWIN BAILEY / of Matlock / who entered
into rest on / Easter eve March 31st 1888 / aged 49 years / Thine
eyes shall see the King in his beauty. Isaiah xxxiii.17. / His
servants shall serve him / and they shall see his face. Rev.xxii
3.4. / The clock & chimes in the tower of this / Church were
dedicated Easter 1889 / and were the gift of MARY ANNE BAILEY
/ as a memorial of her husband.
(Metal plaque)
- This window is dedicated / to the glory of God and in memory
of / EMILY P.WOOD / the beloved wife of RANSOM E. WOOD / who died
at Matlock July 15 1874 and is intered in this Churchyard / also
in remembrance of their children / MARY SOPHIA, EMILY PHOEBE,
ELLEN and CHARLES NOBLE / intered in Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn
N.Y. USA.
(Alabaster tablet)
- In memory of / ELINOR CHRISTIAN KEWLEY / born 16th Feb 1837
/ died 6th Sept 1916 / For many years Superintendent of the Girls
/ Sunday School in connection with this Church / This tablet is
placed by the teachers and scholars / as a token of affectionate
remembrance.
(Alabaster tablet)
- Valiant in fight / Sacred / to the memory / of the / Matlock
men / who fell in the / Great War / 1914 -1919 / Remember them
/ O Lord our God / Faithfull unto death.
* Almost all the names are on the War Memorial on High Tor
( See Surnames A - J and
Surnames K - W)
(Three Gritstone tablets in wall)
- In memory of LOUISA JANE relit of / JOHN GREAVES of The Rocks
/ Matlock and 3rd daughter of THOMAS / and JANE LEACROFT of Cliffe
House / Matlock who departed this life on / the 3rd March 1880
aged 89 years / In memory of RICHD BROOK LEACROFT / of Matlock
3rd son of RICHD BECHER / and MARY ANN LEACROFT who / departed
this life 8th April / 1874 aged 51 years.
(Stained glass window)
- To the memory / of / Capt W.CUMMING / of the 83rd British Regt
/ and; 9th Portuguese Cacadores / who / having fought in the Battles
/ of / Oporto, Talavera, Buzaco / and Fuentes de Onoro / fell
in an attack on the French out post / near Bayonne / October 9th
1813 / in the 30th year of his age / This tablet was erected by
his brother / in whose esteem and affection he had / That place,
to which firmness / of mind and urbanity of / manners, justly
ennobled / their possesser.
(Slate tablet)
- In memory of / GEORGE EDWARD STATHAM / Choirmaster of this Church
/ born January 22nd 1854 / died November 25th 1893.
(Metal tablet in Vestry)
In memory of / LUKE ROBINSON STATHAM / for many years Organist
of this Church / born January 31st 1849 / died December 23 1899.
(Metal tablet in Vestry)
- In memory of / JAMES NORTHAGE JAMES Esq / late of Ireton Wood
/ in this county / who died on the 22nd of May 1840 / aged 71
years / also of / MARY widow of the above / who died on the 25th
of September 1843 / aged 74 years / Their remains are deposited
in a vault / with the Altar rails / of this Church.
(Ornate Alabaster tablet on Slate surround)
- The East window was erected in 1969 / to the memory of the BAILEY
family / of the Butts Matlock 1838-1938.
(Wooden tablet)
- In memory of RICHARD BECHER LEACROFT Esq who died Nov 21st 1862
aged 67 years son of THOMAS & / JANE LEACROFT Cliff House
Matlock & nephew of the Rev GEORGE HOLCOMBE DD Prependary
of Westminister / who married CATHERINE daughter of FRANCIS HURT
Esq Alderwasly and was Rector of this parish upwards of 50 of
years.
(Stained glass window)
- AMDG In memory of her beloved husband / JOHN GREAVES of The
Rocks Matlock / these windows are dedicated by LOUISA J.GREAVES.
AMDG In loving memory of THOMAS LEACROFT / of Cliff House Matlock
JANE his wife and / their children GEORGE FREDERICK & CORBETTA.
(Stained glass window)
- 1939-1945 / The names of the fallen / The / Book of Memory /
wherein are written the names / of the men of Matlock whose /
lives were laid down in the / cause of human freedom during /
the Second World War / Requiescant in pace / The silver memorial
lamp which burns / before the Altar of this parish Church was
/ given by the people of Matlock in recognition / of a debt which
can never be paid.
(Leather bound book)
- In memory of MARGARET HARRISON died March 6th 1918.
(Carved in Wooden panelling by Communion rail)
- Hic jacet HENRICUS SMITH quondam istius ecclesis Rector qui
mortem obiit Anno Dom 1640 Divinus,Medicus,Musicus.
(Brass tablet [inscription from .'Cox")
- Memoriae Sacrum / JOSEPHI FERN A.M. lujus Ecclesiae Rectoris
/ Viri pielate religione moribus antiquis / Qui muneris laboribus
non annis confectus / fatis concessit / Septimo idis Aprilis Anno
etatis LXIII / aerae Christianae MDCCXVII / Hic ianae uxoris pietissimae
/ cineres juxta apposili / GODFRIDI WATKINSONI de Brampton / generosi
filae / Quae matura caelo marilo prius occupaid / VIIIcalenda
Augusti / anno oetatis XIIX / salutis MDCCXIV / enurne osa prole
/ quam uteri saecundi uxor peperit / manibus etiam hic justa suint
/ MATHAEI amnelis ELIZABETHAE SUSANNAE / JOSEPHI allerius ELIZABETHAE
& JANAE / MARIAM GODFRIDUM ANNAM SARAM / Huic familia sati
violentia / vouaum iuvidit.
(Metal tablet)
- This lectern is a memorial to / WILLIAM HARRISON MD.JP. / of
Dean Hill / in this parish / who entered into rest 28th January
/ l896 / Psalm CXIX.2.
(Brass plaque)
- In loving memory of / WALTER KIRKLAND / who fell asleep / August
3rd 1899.
(Brass tablet)
- To / the memory of / a beloved husband / father mother / brother
and sister / this window / is with grateful affection / dedicated
/ by L.J.GREAVES / November 28th 1859.
(Alabaster tablet on Slate surround)
- Here lies interr'd / JESSE GWYLLYM / wife to / Capt THOMAS GWYLLYM
/ of Burfield Hereford / and daughter to / THOMAS DUNBAR Esq /
of Liverpool / who died on the 26 March 17-- / in the 21 year
of her age / Snatch'd ere her prime and in her bridal hour / And
when kind future with her lover smil'd / And when high flavor'd
her fresh opening joy / And when blind man pronounced her bliss
comply.
(Metal tablet)
- In memory of / HENRY RYLANCE / infant son of / the Revd W.R.MELVILLE
MA. / Rector of Matlock / died October 19th 1842.
(Alabaster tablet)
- Under this stone are deposited / the remains of the Reverend
/ LAWRENCE WHITAKER / late Curate of St Mary's in / Nottingham
/ In which Church a marble monument is erected / to his memory
/ he died at Matlock Bath the 4th day of / June 1769 in the 46th
year / of his age.
(Metal tablet)
- The Chantry Book / In loving memory of / THOMAS and FLORENCE
BODEN / and their son-in-law GORDON KNOWLES / Matlock Parish Church.
January
4 WILLIAM ALFRED ECOB
7 PHILLIP ROSLING
11 LILIAN THOMPSON
18 EDITH OAKLEY
18 MARY ELLEN STATHAM
19 PETER WILLIAM COOKE
29 KATHLEEN MARION LOVEDAY |
July
5 EMILY BUNTING
14 BERTHA WILSON
26 JANE PRICE
27 GERTRUDE ROSLING |
February
8 CLARA HANNAH STATHAM
16 ALYS MARY WALLIS (1994) |
August
8 ELLEN CONSTANCE JOHNSON
19 FRANK BUNTING |
March
6 LYDIA MARJORIE SMITH
10 CISSIE POULTNEY
12 GEORGE WILLIAM BONSALL
(1979)
5 ANNA THOMAS
17 SARAH KEYTE
22 JOHN WILLIAM HARDY
26 ELIZABETH JAYNE HALLOWS (1986)
28 GORDON KNOWLES
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September
7 ERNEST STATHAM
12 HILDA BOWLER
27 ARTHUR WOODCOCK
27 MAY HUNTER
27 HANNAH MANDER |
April
9 GEORGE CECIL OAKLEY Priest
17 FLORENCE BODEN
19 JOSEPH BUTTERWORTH Priest
24 JOYCE ELSE |
October
21 THOMAS RAYMOND GREATOREX
22 JOHN WILLIAM HARDY
27 JAMES HENRY THOMPSON |
May
5 ALICE ADELA BALGUY
17 SARAH ELIZABETH ELLIOTT
20 JOYCE CULSHAW
22 WILLIAM ROSLING
29 HENRY HERBERT LOVEDAY
30 GEORGE HENRY WRAGG |
November
4 LIZZIE OAKLEY
7 MICHAEL NICHOLAS HAYWOOD
9 EILEEN BUTTERWORTH
14 GEORGE ROBERT OAKLEY Priest
24 WILLIAM WOOD
29 PEGGY SAVILLE |
June
8 THOMAS BODEN
10 CYRIL ELSE
14 CLINTON GEORGE WALTON (1994)
19 INEZ OAKLEY (1994)
23 GEORGE ARTHUR WILSON
30 HAROLD GEORGE CATTEE |
December
4 ALFRED CLAUDE GURNEY
13 EVELINE WAIN
14 ELIOT GEDYE |
- In dei gloriam / This window was given in commemoration of the
rebuilding of this Church / by the younger members of the family
of the Revd W.R.MELVILLE, Rector of this parish 1871.
[HAS A.GIBBS Artist 48 Marylebone Road London]
(Stained glass window)
- To the glory of God and in memory of CATHERINE / SOPHIA OXENDEN
LEACROFT 2nd daughter of THOMAS / and JANE LEACROFT of Cliff House
died 10 Jan 1876 aged / 88 also of JOHN STAPLES K.C.M.C. Lord
Mayor of London / 1886-1887 eldest son of JOHN and MARY ANN STAPLES
/ of Belmont Salisbury died 16th Jan 1888 aged 72.
(Stained glass window)
- AD MARJOREM DEI GLORIAM / ET IN PIAM MEMORIAM / CHARLOTTAE /
EDWARDI SHEFFORD LYTTEL / CONJUGIS DILECTISSIMAE / QUAE / IN BRACHIA
SEPITERNA CHRISTII / TRANS MIGRAVIT / ID OCT MCMXV / Et Laetati
sunt quia requiescunt / et deduxit eos in portum optabilem.
(Alabaster tablet)
- To the memory of / HANNAH / wife of GEORGE KNOWLES / of Matlock
Bank / who died on the V of May MDCCCXXXVI / in the LXIV year
of her age / "Blessed are the dead / who die in the Lord"
/ also of the above named / GEORGE KNOWLES / who died on the XXIII
of Octr MDCCCXLIX / in the LXXX year of his age.
(Alabaster tablet on Slate surround)
- In affectionate remembrance of / GEORGEANA the beloved wife
of EDWIN AUGUSTUS GEORGE JEWITT / and daughter of WILLIAM HENRY
GOSS / who died at Matlock 3rd November 1889 aged 34 years / and
is interred in Winster Churchyard.
(Metal tablet)
- List of Vicars.
 The full list,
with additions from Cox, can be found under Rectors of St. Giles
Church, Matlock
(Wooden tablet in porch)
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*Matlock St Giles' MIs have been transcribed by the Derbyshire Ancestral
Research Group and the transcripts from inside the church are published
here with their written permission. I am extremely grateful to them.
What is published on these pages has been checked as carefully as
possible by the webmistress.
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