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Bramcote
Old Church

Monuments and Memorials

Prior to the demolition of the nave and chancel c1861 the church monuments were moved into the base of the tower. Here they remained until 1916 when the Rev W.M. Browned and local landowner, Major E.F. Holden, removed them to the new church.

A handful of monuments remain in the tower.

Only the main inscription survives of the alabaster monument to Henry Hanley, who died in 1603. It reads:

a monument erected for henrie handley gent : a man greatlie beloved for his vertues and Elizabeth his wief doughter of Thomas Braye of Sheffield in the county of yorke gent : by  whome he had issue a sone and a doughter named Henrie and alice yett living wch Elizabeth depted this life, the xxth daie of februarye anno dni , 1596, and the said henrie the father depted this [life] the xijth daie of November ao dni 1603: and they bothe lye buried in this churche of Bramcote in the east end of the southe alley over agaynste this monyment upon whose sowles God have mercie this monument beinge erected by his executors for remembrance [to] his posteritie.

Hanley monument c1917

Rubbbing of the inscription on the upper slab

Fellows (1917) provides a description of the monument as it appeared in the early years of the 20th century:

'The mural tablet to Henry Hanley, in the tower of the old church at Bramcote, consists of an oblong carved alabaster frame, containing two slabs of the same material; on either side are the kneeling figures, facing outwards, of a man and a woman in Jacobean costume. The upper slab is badly cracked, but a heel-ball rubbing has revealed the wording on this portion, as follows:

Impietie yt weere [when] men be
dead and gone ~~~~~~
theire vertues should surcease and
be revived by none

beneath is :

"A monument erected for Henrie Handley, gent., a man greatlie | beloved for his vertues and Elizabeth his wief doughter of | Thomas Braye of Sheffield in the county of York, gent. : by | whome he had Issue a sone and a daughter named Henrie | and Alice yett livinge, wch Elizeabeth deptd this life the | xx daie of februarye anno dmi 1596 and the said | Henrie the father deptd this [life] xij daie of November | ao dni 1603 and they both lye buried in this | Churche of Bramcote in the east end of the | southe alley over agaynste this monyment | upon whose soules God have mercie this | monument beinge erected by his executors for remembrance [to] his posteritee."

Carved fragments, apparently part of the lower portion of this monument, though detached, are still preserved and seem to have been used for a similar purpose previously, as they show on the back odd words referring to someone who had ten children, amongst whom were an Anthony and a Thomas, the date being 1602; but no surname has survived to satisfy present day curiosity.

Here lyeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ire of Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
daughter of Dame . . . . . . . . . . . 
had issue tenn children . . . whom having
and George and one daughter sons Anthony
. . . . . . . . . . . . the twentieth day of
September in the year of . . . . . . . . 602.'

An oval plaque to John Lilley who died 1786:

In Memory of JOHN LILLEY Gent. who died March 10th 1786. Aged 98.

Alabaster incised slab

A badly worn incised alabaster slab set in the tower floor. It depicts a man and woman of late medieval or early 16th century appearance. Vestiges of a marginal inscription can be seen but the text is illegible.

There are also several worn slate floorstones:

Near this Place [Liet]h the Remains of JOHN WELLS Who departed this Life June the 30th Year of our LORD 1765 Aged 78 Years. Also Near this Place lieth the Remains of MARY, Wife of the said JOHN WELLS. She departed this Life May the ?? A:D: 1736.