Calverton
St Wilfrid

Monuments and Memorials

From south entrance working clockwise:

West Wall (South of Tower)

Thomas and Hannah Redgate

On the wall is a white on black marble monument to Thomas and Hannah Redgate. The monument appears formerly to have had a pediment, now presumably lost.

IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS REDGATE ESQUIRE,
ONLY SON OF
WILLIAM AND HANNAH REDGATE,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
31ST DAY OF OCTOBER 1853,
AGED 71 YEARS.
ALSO OF
HANNAH HIS WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1858,
AGED 71 YEARS.

Mary Ann Cooper

SACRED
to the memory of
MARY ANN COOPER,
who died March 8th 1901,
aged 61 years.
Interred in this Churchyard.

AUTHORESS OF AN IMPROVED MUSICAL NOTATION
AND OTHER WORKS.

The ‘improved musical notation’ of Mary Cooper was a system in which every semitone had its own line space, thus removing all sharps and flats, but whether this was an improvement is open to question: it did not catch on!

An inscription on the black backing slab makes it clear that the monument is by Hall & Co of Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham.

Tower

Wall monument to
John Hall Clay
and his son
Accompanying
floor brass

John Hall Clay and his Son

Near this place
are deposited the Mortal remains
of the Reverend JOHN HALL CLAY, M.A.
of Queens College Cambridge, Vicar of Oxton and
Blidworth, and for some years resident in this Parish,
who departed this life Septr 6th 1822, aged 53.
Sincerely lamented by all who knew him, and more particularly
by the Poor to whom his heart and hand were ever open.
His only Son JOHN CLAY Esqr late of Trinity Hall, Cambridge,
Survived him little more than one short month,
departing this life October 9th 1822, in the 23rd Year of his Age
at Malling Deanery in Sussex, and was conveyed here to be
interred by the side of a beloved and affectionate Father
his filial attention to whom was the cause of his premature death.
If every promise of future excellence, the dawn of every rising
virtue, could have warded off the dart of death,
this estimable youth would have been longer spared to his
afflicted and Widowed Mother, but the ways of Providence
are equally inscrutable and wise

Accompanying brass in floor:

In the Vault beneath lie the Remains
OF THE REVD IOHN HALL CLAY
(Late of this Parish)
He departed this life Sepr 6th 1822
IN THE 53RD YEAR OF HIS AGE.

LIKEWISE
OF JOHN CLAY ESQR only Son of the above,
Who survived his beloved Father little more
Than one short Month, departing this life Oct 9
In the 23rd Year of his Age.

West Wall (North of Tower)

The monuments formerly on the walls of the nave have all been removed to the west wall.

John Nunn

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN NUNN, GENTLEMAN,
OF THE PARK, NOTTINGHAM,
WHO DIED
ON THE XTH OF DECEMBER MDCCCLV,
AGED LXIII YEARS.

“THANKS BE TO GOD WHICH GIVETH US THE
VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.”

The monument is by Walkers of Nottingham

Katharina Sherbrooke

IN MEMORY OF
KATHARINA, RELICT OF
SIR JOHN COAPE SHERBROOKE G.C.B.
 AND ELDEST DAUGHTER OF
THE REVD. REGINAL PYNDAR,
RECTOR OF MADRESFIELD IN THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER,
SHE DIED AT SIDMOUTH IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON
MAY 15TH. 1856, AGED 73 YEARS.
HER REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THE FAMILY VAULT AT OXTON.

NONE HAVE LIVED MORE BELOVED AND RESPECTED.
NONE HAVE DIED MORE LAMENTED.

Sir John Coape Sherbrooke

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
SIR JOHN COAPE SHERBROOKE,
GENERAL IN THE ARMY,
COLONEL OF THE 33D. REGT. OF FOOT,
AND KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE
MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER
OF THE BATH.
HE DIED ON THE 14TH. OF FEBRUARY 1830,
AGED 65 YEARS.
HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED
IN THE FAMILY VAULT AT OXTON,
IN THIS COUNTY.

Although no mention is made of the fact on his memorial, Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, a veteran of the Peninsula War, who was for many years resident in Calverton, was also Governor General of Canada, 1816 to 1818, and the city and county of Sherbrooke are named after him.

Chancel, North Wall

Thomas O Hoyle

A small wooden-mounted metal plaque reads:

IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS O. HOYLE M.A.
FAITHFUL SERVANT OF THIS PARISH
THE VICAR FOR 30 YEARS 1956-86
"YE ARE NOT YOUR OWN
YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE."

(The scriptual quotation comes from 1 Corinthians 6.19,20.)

Charles Percy Smith

Below the memorial to the Rev Mr Hoyle is another brass plate reading:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF
CHARLES PERCY SMITH, M.A.,
VICAR OF CALVERTON 1905-1911

“The work of Righteousness shall be Peace.”

ISAIAH XXXII,17

ERECTED BY THE GUILD OF CHURCH WORKERS.

Chancel, South Wall

Jane Pepper

Built into the south wall of the chancel is a tablet to Mrs Jane Pepper recording her benefactions to the Church and Parish:

UNDER THIS MONUMENT CLOSE BY
THIS Wall, LIETH YE BODY OF MISTRIS
Jane Pepper; INTERRED YE 17TH DAY OF
JANUARY Anno Domi 1686/7 WHO gave
UNTO THE POOR OF Calverton
all her HER PART of YE CHURCH CLOSE IN
Calverton FOREVER & a Silver Plate
also, TO YE PARISH CHURCH thereof.

The slighly strange date for the interment of her body, viz 17th January 1686/7 is a reminder that until 1752 when England adopted the Gregorian Calendar, the year began on March 25th, not January 1st. In England until 1752 events taking place between January 1st and March 25th were sometimes dated in both years – as we find here on Mrs Jane Pepper’s memorial.

Her donation is also mentioned on the Charity Board in the church.

Nave, South Wall

Frank Evelyn Seely

Near the eastern end of the south nave wall is a plaque which reads:

IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF

FRANK EVELYN SEELY T.D.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL, SOUTH NOTTS HUSSARS
FOR 25 YEARS CHURCHWARDEN AND A LIFELONG
FRIEND OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF THIS PARISH
BY WHOM THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED 1929

1824  BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART MATT. v 3  1928

His father, Sir Charles Seely, had been a great benefactor to the parish, which presented him with an illuminated address, now to be found in the Calverton Museum.

Mrs L E Seely and Mrs G F Seely

Immediately below the memorial to Frank Evelyn Seely is another plaque. This commemorates two women whose surname is not given on the plaque, but by its placing on the wall it must refer to the plaque above. It reads:

Also remembered with affection
by their children and grandchildren
and their friends in Calverton
his wife
LEILA ELIZMA 1876-1903
and his second wife
GETRUDE FANNY 1883-1967
Their children rise up
and call them blessed