Bawtry
St Nicholas

Monuments and Memorials

Chancel

North wall

Robert Dalzell (died 1788) and his wife, Elizabeth (died 1817), and daughter, Elizabeth (died 1819):

The Honble ROBERT DALZELL,
Son of
ROBERT, Earl of CARNWATH,
died July 29th 1788,
Aged 50 Years.
ELIZABETH, his Widow
Daughter of
RICHD ACKLOM Esqr
of WISETON,
died May 14th 1817,
Aged 89 Years.
ELIZABETH, Daughter of
the above named
died 24th June 1819,
Aged 52 Years.

Beneath the monument to Robert Dalzell and family is one to William Wright, who died in 1841:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM WRIGHT ESQUIRE
OF BAWTRY; WHO DIED 28TH MARCH 1841,
IN THE SEVENTIETH YEAR OF HIS AGE.

THE SINGULAR ZEAL AND ABILITY, WITH WHICH FOR
A PERIOD OF FORTY EIGHT YEARS,
HE PRACTISED THE MEDICAL PROFESSION,
UNITED WITH THE STRICTEST HONOUR
AND INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER, GAINED HIM THE
ESTEEM OF A LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS.

HIS LOSS IS DEEPLY AND SINCERELY
LAMENTED, BY HIS SORROWING RELATIVES,
IN TESTIMONY OF WHICH, THIS TABLET
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
ANNO DOMINI 1842.

Dorothy Acklom (died 1762):

Near this Place is interred
the body of DOROTHY ACKLOM
youngest Daughter of RICH: ACKLOM
of Wiseton in the County of Nottingham,
and ELIZABETH his Wife, Daughter
of Sr GEORGE COOKE of Wheatley in the
County of YORK Bart.
She was remarkable for those amiable Qualities which,
in a particular Manner win Affection & Esteem; and
had been the Companion of her only surviving parent
till they were separated by that fatal Distemper, the
small Pox: which carried her off the 28th of July, 1762
in the 29th year of her Age.
Her Mother who was made happy by the
Sweetness of her Disposition and filial
Assiduity order’d the Erection of this tablet
to the Memory and Notice of a Merit truly
exemplary.

Beneath the monument to Dorothy Acklom is one to the Rev Augustus Dobree Carey who died in 1898:

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISIONERS
OF BAWTRY WITH AUSTERFIELD IN MEMORY OF
THE REVD AUGUSTUS DOBREE CAREY M.A.
FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, WHO FOR
39 YEARS PRIOR TO HIS DEATH WAS VICAR OF THIS
PARISH AND WHO DIED ON THE 29TH DAY OF MAY
1898 AGED 69 YEARS.
HE WAS THE FIRST VICAR OF THIS PARISH WHICH
WAS FORMERLY PART OF THE PARISH OF BLYTH.
HE WAS INTERRED IN THE CHURCHYARD OF
ASFORDBY IN THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE.

John Acklom (1806):

M. S.
JOHN ACKLOM ESQR LATE LIEUT COLONEL
OF HIS MAJESTY’S 61ST REGT OF FOOT
DIED JUNE THE 1ST 1806 AGED 74.
HE WAS RESPECTED AS A GOOD OFFICER
AND A WORTHY MAN.

Frederick Hawksley (died 1967):

FREDERICK HAWKSLEY TALBOT CARTWRIGHT
SON OF FREDERICK HENRY
AND SARAH ANN,
DIED 23RD DECEMBER 1967
AGED 88 YEARS.

John Cartwright (died 1838) and other members of the Cartwright family:

JOHN CARTWRIGHT GENT
DIED 3RD OCTR 1838,
AGED 76 YEARS.

ELIZA CARTWRIGHT
HIS WIFE
DIED 4TH NOVR 1817,
AGED 45 YEARS.

JOHN URRY H. CARTWRIGHT
THEIR SON
DIED 4TH AUGT 1815,
AGED 22 YEARS.

FREDERICK HAWKSLEY CARTWRIGHT
DIED 1ST OCTR 1874,
AGED 72 YEARS.

JANE CARTWRIGHT
RELICT OF THE LAST NAMED,
DIED 7TH OCTOBER 1881,
AGED 76 YEARS.

FREDERICK HENRY CARTWRIGHT,
DIED 80TH APRIL 1882,
AGED 51 YEARS.

SARAH ANN CARTWRIGHT,
HIS WIFE
DIED 15TH JAN 1935,
AGED 87 YEARS.

South wall

Jonathan Acklom (died 1700):

IONATHAN ACKLOM
Son of IONATHAN ACKLOM of Bawtry
and MILLICENT his wife
was Born on the xxiiD day
of September Anno Dom
1683
and dyed at Eaton Colledge
on the xxth of Iune Anno
1700
whose Body lyes here
Interred

Immediately beneath the memorial to Jonathan Acklom is a brass tablet to Florence Gertrude Wakefield who died in 1943:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FLORENCE GERTRUDE WAKEFIELD
FOR 10 YEARS ORGANIST OF THIS CHURCH
CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE
27TH OCTOBER 1943, AGED 48 YEARS.
ERECTED BY THE CHOIR, CONGREGATION AND FRIENDS.

Sanctuary floor

There is a grave slab to Robert Lister in the floor of the sanctuary:

Here lies the Body of John
Lister Esqr who died the third
day of April 1715 in the sixtieth
year of his Age

Nave

North wall

Mary Bellamy (died 1796):

SACRED
To the Memory of Mary Bellamy Wife
of the late Christopher Bellamy
SURGEON
and Daughter of the late Robt & Mary
Shaw of Bawtry who departed
this Life June 19th 1796.
AGED 39 YEARS.

William Shaw (died 1795):

Near this place lieth Interr’d the remains of
WILLIAM SHAW
late of Bawtry,
who departed this Life Novbr 12th
1795 Aged 74 Years.

Blessed are they
that die in the Lord

Robert Shaw (died 1770):

Near this Place lies Interr’d the
Body of Robert Shaw late of
Bawtry, who departed this Life
11th Day of Decbr 1770 Aged 51
Years.
Likewise Mary Shaw Relict
of the above Robert Shaw, who
departed this Life 15th Day of April
1794 Aged 72 Years.

Also Robert, Son of the above
Robert and Mary Shaw, who
died in his Infancy.

Heaven rejoices,
affection weeps.

South wall

Mary Hett (died 1805):

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
of MARY the Wife of
WM HETT of Bawtry,
who departed this Life
April 14th 1805
Aged 64.

Not Lost, but gone before.

Below the monument to Mary Hett is a memorial to Richard Acklom who died in 1758:

Ricardus Acklom Armiger
de WISETON in Com. Nott.
obit Maii 28 1758
AEt. 64
Elizabetha Ejus Uxor
obit MAii 24 1772
AEt. 70
Memoriae atque eximiis Parentum
Virtutibus Hoc dicavit Filius.

Elizabeth Harrott (died 1843):

Near this place
are interred the Remains of
ELIZABETH HARROTT,
the Wife of
WILLIAM BROUGHTON,
who died on the 26th day
of September A.D. 1843,
Aged 52 Years.

Below Elizabeth Harrott's monument is another to Gilbert Hill who died in 1827:

NEAR THIS PLACE ARE INTERRED
THE REMAINS OF
GILBERT HILL, GENTLEMAN:
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE THIRD
DAY OF APRIL 1827,
IN THE 63RD YEAR OF HIS AGE.
ALSO OF
KITTY HIS WIFE,
WHO DIED JUNE THE TWENTY SECOND
IN THE SAME YEAR
AGED 64.

Jonathan Acklom (1739):

Near this Marble
Lieth what remains of the Body of Ionathan Acklom Esqr
Born at Beverley in ye East Riding of ye County of York;
but many Years Resident in this Town,
where He departed this Life Janry ye 1st 1738-9
in the 88th Year of his Age.
To his Paternal Estate He acquired by ye Practice of ye Law
the Addition of a handsome Fortune, with Credit and
Reputation.
He serv’d the Office of High Sherriffe for the County of
Nottingham was long in the Commission of the Peace;
in which Office it was his steady Conduct to recommend
Peace and Good Will to contending Neighbours.
He liv’d in a Maner suitable to his Fortune,
In Faith and Practice a Christian in the Communion
of the established Church of England.

Lucas Spilsbury (died 1816):

NEAR THIS PLACE ARE INTERRED
THE REMAINS OF
LUCAS SPILSBURY, GENTLEMAN,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE TWENTY NINTH
DAY OF MARCH, 1816,
IN THE 73RD YEAR OF HIS AGE:

ALSO OF
ELIZABETH CHARLOTTE, HIS WIFE,
WHO DIED ON THE 10TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1838,
AGED 86

William Broughton (died 1835):

BENEATH THIS TABLET
ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF
WILLIAM BROUGHTON
WHO DIED ON THE 4TH DAY OF APRIL
A.D. 1835, AGED 13 YEARS.

ALSO THE REMAINS OF
GILBERT AND KITTY HILL
THE UNCLE AND AUNT
OF THE ABOVE.

West wall

On the north side of the tower arch is a simple plaque to Philp Fotheringham (died 1987):

IN MEMORY OF
PHILIP
FOTHERINGHAM
CAPTAIN TO THE BELLRINGERS
AND FOR SIXTY YEARS
A DEVOTED CHORISTER
OF THIS CHURCH
29TH OCTOBER 1916
24TH JANUARY 1987

North Aisle

Jane Thistlewood (nee Wood) was the wife of Arthur Thistlewood who was executed for treason in 1820 because of his involvement in the Cato Street Conspiracy. She died in childbirth in 1805.

NEAR
this place Lie
the remains of JANE THISTLEWOOD
Wife of Mr ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD
of BAWTRY
who Died April 29th 1805.
Aged 30 Years.

George Fisher, surgeon, who died in 1847, and members of his family:

IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE FISHER, SURGEON OF THIS PARISH, WHO DIED THE 21ST JUNE 1847, AGED 36 YEARS.
JANE FISHER, HIS WIDOW, WHO DIED THE 12TH SEPTEMBER 1897 AGED 81 YEARS.
ALSO OF GEORGE FISHER, SURGEON, SON OF THE ABOVE. WHO DIED 1ST AUGUST 1924 AGED 78 YEARS
MARY ANN FISHER, HIS WIFE, WHO DIED THE 9TH OCTOBER 1915 AGED 65 YEARS.
GEORGE FORBES FOW FISHER, SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ANN FISHER
WHO DIED THE 21ST JUNE 1873 AGED 40 WEEKS.
CHARLES FISHER, M.D., D.P.H. CANTAB OF SHERE, SURREY, SON OF
GEORGE AND MARY ANN FISHER, WHO DIED THE 10TH MARCH 1907 AGED 30 YEARS.

South Aisle

Elizabeth Cawdron (died 1767):

Near this Place lies interr’d
the Body of Elizabeth
Cawdron (Relict of the
Revd John Cawdron of Stam
ford in the County of Lincoln)
who died April 17th 1767,
AE:t 66.

Sam Maw (died 1754):

Near this Place Lies Inter’d
MR SAM. MAW Grocer,
died Jany the 10th 1754
Aged 43 Years.
Likewise
MARY the Daughter of
SAM. & MARY MAW
died July the 28th 1763
Aged 25 Years.
Also MARY the Wife
of the above SAM. MAW
died March the 22nd 1784.
Aged 76 Years.

Sam Maw (1809):

Sacred to the Memory of
SAMUEL MAW ESQRE
of Bawtry ,
who departed this Life ,
August the 15th 1809
aged 67 Years .

This Monument was
erected by
Mr T Pinder
in grateful Remembrance
of a sincere Friend.

Elizabeth Hume (died 1834):

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH HUME,
WHO DIED ON THE 3RD OF JULY 1834,
AGED 62 YEARS.
WIDOW OF THE REVD F. HERBERT HUME,
RECTOR OF CARLTON AND WARSOP,
PREBEND OF SOUTHWELL.

Mrs Sally Sandys (died 1844):

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
MRS SALLY SANDYS
MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS AN INHABITANT
OF BAWTRY
OBIT 18TH OF FEBRUARY 1844 AETAT 75
AND IS INTERRED AT FELKIRK CHURCH
CLOSE TO THE FAMILY VAULT OF
VISCOUNT GALWAY
THIS MUCH RESPECTED AND
LAMENTED LADY WAS THE ONLY DAUGHTER
OF THE REV. SAMUEL SANDYS
OF SOUTHAM WARWICKSHIRE
BY HIS WIFE SALLY DAUGHTER OF
NICHOLAS SMYTHE ESQ.
OF CONDOVER PARK SALOP
AND WAS LINEALLY DESCENDED FROM
DR EDWIN SANDYS ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY HER AFFECTIONATE FRIEND
THE HON. FRANCES JANE MONCKTON

South Chapel

On the west wall of the chapel is a large monument to Robert Banks (died 1771) and his wife, Elizabeth (died 1773):

[Near this] Place is interred the Body
of ROBERT BANKS, Gent.
who departed this Life the 14th Day of April 1771
in the 60th Year of his Age
Justly regretted
for his Abilities and benevolent Disposition
by his Friends in general,
and for his Kindness & Affection,
sincerely lamented by his nearer Relations
to whom he was deservedly very dear.
ALSO
ELIZABETH BANKS, his Widow
(Daughter of Francis Ward of Willington, Gent)
Who died the 24th Day of March 1773
Aged 63 Years.
She was an affectionate Wife, a tender Parent
and through her last long & painful illness
an Example of true Fortitude & Resignation.