Clayworth
St Peter

Here Lyeth the body of
MRS SARAH DICKONSON
Daughter of THOMAS DICKONSON GENT
She departed this life the 2d day of
Ianuary Anno Domini 1721.

Here Lieth ELIZABETH Wife of the
Revd SAMUEL HURST Rector of
this PARISH. She Departed this Life
March the 9th 1723
In the 33d year of her Age.

Here Lieth SAMUEL their SON
who Died April ye 1st 1714
Aged 3 Months

MONUMENTU AERE PERENNIUS
in mortui immortalem memoriam
IOHANNIS TONSTALL VIRI PIETATE ET DOCTRINA
VENERABILIS QUONDAM ECCLESIAE HUIUS REC=
TORIS VIGITANTISSIMI PER ANNOS 24 SATIS
VIRTUTI VIXIT SATIS NATURAE OBIIT IN
CANITIE BONA ET DIERUM SATUR AUG: 24 ANO
SALUTIS 1630 AETATIS SUAE 66 HIC IACET
CORPORIS QUOD DEPOSUIT REDEMPTIONEM
EXPECTANS

Humfray Fitzwilliam Esquyer was buryed at Claworth ye
xxviii of Octobre Ao 1556, who had to wiffe Anne one of
ye dowghters of Willm Dalyton of Laghton in the County of
Lincolne Esquyer which Anne was buryed at Claworth the
last day of June Ao 1558 and had issue sones, Willm, Charles
Roger, Thomas, Edward, Humfray, & dowghters Elizabeth
Margarett, Dorothe and Anne whose soules God pardon

[…]
Dickonson Gent &
Hannah his wife
who departed this
life 14 of Dec 1675
Aged 11 weekes

Ad pedem hujus Columnae, Est
depositum GULIELMI SAMPSON
Fratris HENRICI LEVERTONIAE ad
austrum nati, In Aula PEMBROCHIANA
CANTABRIGIAE educati, Soccii,
Custodisque electi, nuperque
PREBENDAE de CLIFTON in Sanctam
Mariam LINCOLN PREBENDARII,
et hujus Ecclesiae Rectoris,
Pastorisq Qui obit tertio
Kalendas NOVEMBRIS Anno Dmni:
1702. Annoq AEtatis Sexaginta
Seprimo, ubi requiescit in Spec
beatae Resurrectionis.

In gratam Viri tam erudite
memoriam Nepos Haeresque ejus
SAMPSON KING Civis Londinensis
hoc marmor erexit

IN MEMORY OF
WALTER MANNERS, M.D.
WHO DIED
AT CLAYWORTH,
OCTOBER 9TH 1856,
AGED 68 YEARS.

TO THE BELOVED MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM ARTHUR STEWART OLIPHANT
COLLINGWOOD
WHO DIED AT CLAYWORTH, MARCH 17TH 1864,
AGED 15 MONTHS,

“TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE NOT ONE OF THESE
LITTLE ONES; FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IN HEAVEN
THEIR ANGELS DO ALWAYS BEHOLD THE FACE OF MY
FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.”
MATT. 18 CHAP, 10 VERSE.

H[enr]icus Sampson,
L[evertoniæ ad Austrum natus,]
Co[vent]riæ b[onis Literis et Linguis institutes]
A[ulæ Pembrochianæ apud Cantabrigienses Socius.]
[Lugdu]ni [Batavorum in Medicina Doctor creatus.]
Collegii Medicorum [quod Londini est, Socius Honorarius,]
Theosophiæ, qu[æ primo pura, inde et pacifica studiosus,]
Donee
Unae cum Senectæ Astmate estiam sœvo,
Tanquam mari turbido, jactatus, quassus, fractus,
Claworthu[m tandem appu]lit et Portum invenit.
[Ubi Exuvias deposuit]
Ossa scilicet j[uxta Filii Ossa sita]
Alteram sui p[art[em, quæ [nec] carne[m habuet nec] ossa
Immortalitatem spirantem, Patri [spiritu]um,
Qui solus immortalitatem habet, sursum reddidit.
Die 23 Iulij. Anno Dom. 1700, AEtat, suæ 71:
In memoriam tam chari Capitis
Hoc marmor mœrens po[suit]
Conjux viduata tedis.
Anna Sampson.

IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE STOVIN,
LATE OF CLAYWORTH, SON OF JONATHAN AND MARY STOVIN
OF OUSEFLEET GRANGE IN THE COUNTY OF YORK,
HE DIED JUNE 19, 1852,
AGED 84 YEARS.

ALSO IN MEMORY OF
MARY STOVIN
WIFE OF THE ABOVE GEORGE STOVIN
AND DAUGHTER OF ROBERT AND DOROTHY SPENCER
OF HODSOCK PRIORY BLYTH, IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM
SHE DIED AUGUST 12, 1837
AGED 72 YEARS.

Here lies Meekness, Charity, Fidelity
Courteous Beheaviour and Civility
his Wife and Child’s great loss, Relations grief
the Poor man’s friend, the Widows great relief
Just in his Practice, in Religion Sound
were (in my late friend) all these Virtues found
the Seventeenth of June at Wyston Born
Anno Forty Three was John Hartshorne
and June the Thirteenth Anno Seventy Eight
From Birth to Death Thirty Five Years compleat
Small Term of Years for good Men here to Stay
The last Term also ended the same Day.
And must I also for I cannot Express
Thy full due Pray in this my Simple Verse.

IN MEMORY OF
JOANNA STOVIN
DAUGHTER OF GEORGE STOVIN AND MARY HIS WIFE
OF THIS PARISH AND SISTER OF THE REVD JAMES STOVIN
VICAR OF BECKINGHAM FROM 1845 TO 1853
BORN AT CLAYWORTH 7TH OCTOBER 1806
DIED AT CLAYWORTH 7TH MAY 1881
BURIED AT BECKINGHAM 11TH MAY 1881.

ALSO
IN MEMORY OF
HARRIET STOVIN
SISTER OF THE ABOVE JOANNA STOVIN
BORN AT BAWTRY 4TH FEBRUARY 1800
DIED AT CLAYWORTH 12TH NOVEMBER 1882
BURIED AT BECKINGHAM 16TH NOVEMBER 1882.

ALSO
IN MEMORY OF
MARY STOVIN
LAST SURVIVING SISTER OF THE ABOVE
BORN AT BAWTRY 4TH JULY 1798
DIED AT EVERTON 29TH JULY 1884
BURIED AT BECKINGHAM 2ND AUGUST 1884.

Within this Chancel
lies interr’d the Mortal
part of Elizabeth Wife
of Michael Hartshorne of
Wyston Gent: who departed this Life
the Fifth Day of November
Anno Christi 1732.
And in the Forty Eight
Year of her Age.

And also the Mortal part of the said
MICHAEL HARTSHORNE who
departed this Life the
Twenty-Eight Day of May
Anno Christi 1737.
And in the Sixty Sixth
Year of his Age.

“GOD IS LOVE.”

In Memory of
ANTHONY HARTSHORNE
of
Hayton Castle,
Born 1739
High Sheriff of this County 1786
Died 1808.

This Tablet is placed by his Nephew
Robert Hartshorne Barber.

M :    S:
ELIZABETHAE Tenerce nuper Conjugis
RICHARDI ACKLOM de Wiseton in hac Paroch: Arm,
Et JOHIS STANHOPE de Alta Melwood
in Insula AXHOLMIAE Com:LINCOLN: Arm:
Filiae Pice et Cohierdis.
Obijt Eboraro 17: die Martij Ao Dni 1722.
AEtatis Suae 25o
Et infra Cancellanibmtce Ecclesiae
Sta HELENAE in Urbe illa Sepelitur.
Cum duobus Infantibus
Uno Puero post vitam brevem Unius Mensis
A:o Precedente ibi Sepulto.
Altera Filia Mortua Nata octo Autem dies
Ante mortem dilectissimae Matris.
Alia atq Puella Ao AEtatis Suae 3.
Ah praemature etiam direpta,
Infra hoc Jacet.
Neq prolem ullam Reliquit.
Virtutes ejus Amabiles Dilectissimam
Marito. Omnibus Gratam reddiderunt Ecm
Mors Illis Lucrum
harissimae Conjugi, Posuit Hoc Marmor,
Maritus vere Maestus.

SACRED
to the Memory of
JONATHAN ACKLOM ESQR
of Wiseton,
who departed this life
May 20th 1812 Aged 84 Years.

RICHARD ACKLOM ESQR
of Wiseton,
died December 23rd 1812
Aged 50 Years.

Within this Vault
Lies the Body of MARY ACKLOM,
Daughter of MARMKE CONSTABLE ESQRE
of Wassand in the East Riding of the County of
York & for above Forty one Years the valuable &
beloved Wife of JONAN ACKLOM ESQRE of Wiseton
in this Parish.
She was born the 31st of July 1737 –  married
the 7th of July 1760 in Beverley Minster.
On the 5th of Febry 1796 She was deprived of
the Use of her right Side by a paralytic Stroke, but
having great Powers of Mind & an Aversion to an
inactive Life by persevering Application She ac-
quired the Ability to write & maintain a numerous
Correspondence – & to employ herself on many Sub-
jects of Utility & Amusement with her left Hand.
She was eminent for the Endowments both of [Rea-]
son & Understanding – for her religious and […]o
[…]ral Virtues & her liberal, yet judicious
Benevolencies.
She died after a Weeks Illness perfectly sensible
and resign’d with express’d Sensations of Ser[en]ity
& Happiness on Sunday morning
Septr 6th 1801.

Here also were deposited the
mortal remains of JOHN SPENCER,
son of Robert & Dorothy Spencer
of Hodsock Priory in the County
of Nottingham, who died the
18th day of April, 1836;
Aged 69 Years.

At
The Restoration of the Church in 1875
THIS MEMORIAL
Was inserted to mark the last resting place of
GEORGE STOVIN OF CLAYWORTH
AND MARY HIS WIFE
The latter died August the 12th 1837 Aged 72
And the former June the 19th 1852 Aged 84.

Here Lyes the body of Anthony
Hartshorne son of Michael Hartshorne
of Clayworth who dyed ye 5 day of decmr
In ye 67 year of his age Anno Dom 1719
Also was married to Dorathy Brown daugh
ter of George Brown of wellom by whom
he lyeth & left Issue 3 children
Anthony Elizebeth & Catherine

Sacred
to the Memory
of ANN ELIZABETH
Wife of CHRISTOPHER NEVILE Esqr.
of Scaftworth
and eldest Daughter of
JONATHAN ACKLOM Esqr of Wiseton.
She died June 11th 1813 aged 51,
leaving Issue two Sons
CHRISTOPHER and GEORGE.
Through Life
She was an unaffected Example
of every domestic Virtue.
In her were united
the sincerity and steadiness
of the Friend
and tenderness and affection
of the Wife and Mother,
the piety, faith, charity
and resignation of the Christian.

Here lies the Body of Jonathan Acklom;
The Eldest & deservedly Beloved Son of Jonathan &
Mary Acklom of Wiseton in this Parish.
He died on the 30th Day of May 1772 :
Aged 11 Years after an Illness of near Two
Years Continuance, which He bore with a
Most amiable Patience & with such a Sensible
Attention to Christian Hopes, as would have done
Honour to any Age of human Life.

IN MEMORY OF
ROBERT LAYCOCK OF WISETON HALL
IN THIS PARISH
HIGH SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
M.P. FOR NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
BORN 1833     DIED 1881

BRIGADIER GENERAL
SIR JOSEPH FREDERICK LAYCOCK
K.C. M.G., D.S.O., T.D.
SERVED IN THE BOER WAR
RAISED AND COMMANDED THE NOTTS, R.H.A. IN 1914
HIGH SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
BORN 1867    DIED 1952

MAJOR GENERAL
SIR ROBERT EDWARD LAYCOCK
K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.
COMMANDED THE SPECIAL SERVICE BRIGADE (COMMANDOS)
1940-43
CHIEF OF COMBINED OPERATIONS 1943-46
HIGH SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
GOVERNOR AND C. IN C. MALTA 1954-1960
LORD LIEUTENANT OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
BORN 1907   DIED 1968
THEY WORSHIPPED IN THIS CHURCH

To the Memory of
LACEY DICKONSON
Gent: Who lies interr’d in the
Middle of this Chancell.
He departed this life January
24th Anno Dm. 1720.

Near the same place lie the
remains of his eldest Son
Thomas Dickonson Esq. of West
Retford, who died the 4th of Jany
1773; in the 60th year of his age.

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF
FREDERICK DAVENPORT ESQRE
OF THIS PLACE
WHO DIED AUGUST 21ST 1837 AGED 54

MARY ANN
WIDOW OF THE ABOVE
DIED MARCH 25TH 1854
AGED 70

This Memorial is dedicated
by her Daughter,
to the beloved memory of
Hersilia Singleton Collingwood,
Born January 11th 1822,
Died May 4th 1903.
Buried at Eastbourne.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
FRANCIS OTTER, GENTLEMAN.
SON OF JOHN AND ANN OTTER OF THIS PLACE
HE DIED SEPTEMBER 21ST A.D. 1813,
AGED 53 YEARS.
IN WHOM SUPERIOR ABILITIES
WERE BASED ON ENERGY OF CHARACTER,
DIRECTED BY SCRUPULOUS INTEGRITY OF PURPOSE,
AND ANIMATED BY
A SINGULAR GENEROSITY OF FEELING.
UPON HIS SUDDEN DEATH HOW MANY
HAD TO LAMENT THE IRREPERABLE LOSS
OF THEIR ADVISER, BENEFACTOR AND FRIEND:
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF
ANN OTTER,
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE NAMED JOHN AND ANN OTTER;
SHE DIED MARCH 9TH 1831,
AGED 66 YEARS.
FAITHFULLY TRAINED UP IN THE GREAT PRINCIPLES
OF MORALITY AND RELIGION,
SHE DELIGHTED TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN OTHERS,
CHARITABLE AND AFFECTIONATE,
JUST, JUDICIOUS, AND SINCERE,
SHE MADE THE CHRISTIAN VIRTUES
WHICH SHE PRACTISED,
TO BE RESPECTED AND BELOVED.

To the dear memory of ISABEL LUCY,
wife of Leonard Swaine Marsh
and daughter of Henry Otter
She fell asleep 20 Dec: 1804, aged 36 years

HERE REST THE REMAINS OF
THE REV. WILLIAM GREENWOOD, M.A.
FORMERLY FELLOW AND TUTOR OF C.C.C. CAMBRIDGE,
WHO DIED AT NEWARK FEB. 18, 1837,
AGED 42.

A MAN OF SOUND TALENT AND FIRM PRINCIPLE
SUSTAINED BY CALM AND SOLID PIETY
OF GOOD DISTINCTION IN HIS UNIVERSITY
AND HIGHLY VALUED THROUGHOUT AN ACTIVE LIFE
FOR STRENGTH OF JUDGMENT AND SINGLENESS OF MIND.

HIS PARISHIONERS OF THRAPSTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
WHERE HE WAS RECTOR NINE YEARS,
HAVE THERE RAISED A TABLET TO HIS MEMORY.
HIS WIDOW CATHERINE,
DAUGHTER OF JOHN OTTER, ESQ. OF THIS PARISH,
RECORDS HIS WORTH HERE.

IN MEMORY OF
MARY OTTER,
THIRD DAUGHTER OF JOHN OTTER
AND BARBARA HIS WIFE;
SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE
APRIL THE 30TH 1835,
AGED 31 YEARS.

BENEATH lie Buried the Remains of
SUSANNAH TURNER
of this Parish and formerly of Kilnhirst
in the County of York.
She died on the 27th of December 1823
in the 85th Year of her Age.
NEAR the North Door lie the remains of
SAMUEL son of William Turner,
and the above named Susannah his wife.
He died Decr 11th 1855 Aged 77 Years.

TO THE MEMORY OF MARRIANNE EVA,
THE BELOVED WIFE OF R.C. OTTER AND
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF CHARLES NORTH
OF ROUGHAM, NORFOLK, SHE DIED AT
CLAYWORTH JAN 3RD 1917, IN HER 56TH YEAR.

+   MARY ELEONORA   +
THE BELOVED SECOND WIFE
OF R. C. OTTER DAUGHTER
OF THE HON. R.W. CHETWYND
SHE DIED AT CLAYWORTH
OCT. 31, 1936 IN HER 47TH YEAR

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ROBERT JOHN CHARLES OTTER
CAPTAIN THE NORFOLK REGT
ELDEST SON OF
R.C. AND M.E. OTTER
BORN JANY 12TH 1881
MARRIED 1914
GWENDOLINE ETHEL BERNERS
WOUNDED IN THE S. AFRICAN WAR 1901
KILLED IN ACTION AT WULVERGHEM
FEBRUARY 15TH 1915 BURIED IN THE
CHURCHYARD OF DRANOUTRE FRANCE.

HIS LIFE HE GAVE TO HIS COUNTRY
HIS SOUL TO GOD

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND THE LOVED MEMORY OF
ROBERT CHARLES OTTER
AND OF THOSE MEN & WOMEN WHO
BY THEIR DEVOTED SERVICE TO HIM
AND TO HIS FAMILY HELPED TO
MAKE THAT MEMORY SO DEAR
HE WAS BORN SWINTON HOUSE,
YORKS, ON AUGUST 15TH 1853.
2ND SON OF HENRY & MARY OTTER
HE CAME TO ROYSTON MANOR,
CLAYWORTH, IN 1891, AND DIED THERE
ON OCTOBER 25TH 1939 AT THE AGE OF
86, STILL A MAN OF STERN PERSONAL
DISCIPLINE AND GENTLE SYMPATHY.
HE WAS CHURCHWARDEN & READ THE
LESSONS IN THIS CHURCH FOR MANY
YEARS. A LOVER OF MEN AND OF ALL
LIVING THINGS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN,
OF WHOM HE BROUGHT UP ELEVEN.

IN THANKSGIVING FOR
BISHOP
ANTHONY OTTER
1896 – 1985
Fourth son of Robert Charles
& Marianne Eva Otter,
From his family and others
who held him in great
affection for his love
of all creatures.

REMEMBERING ALSO HIS SISTER
DORCIE OTTER
1886 – 1970.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HENRY ROYSTON OTTER
MIDSHIPMAN R.N.
THIRD SON OF
R C AND M E OTTER
BORN APRIL 20TH 1891
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED WHILE HOME
ON LEAVE NOVEMBER 27TH 1909

“FOR I SENT YOU OUT WITH
MOURNING AND WEEPING BUT
GOD WILL GIVE YOU TO ME AGAIN
WITH JOY AND GLDNESS FOR EVER.”

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LT. COL. ROBIN OTTER M.C.
1888-1965 SECOND SON OF
ROBERT CHARLES AND
MARIANNE EVA OTTER

IN MEMORY OF
JOHN OTTER
THE ELDEST SON OF THE LATE JOHN AND ANN OTTER
OF THIS PARISH,
WHO DIED ON THE 24TH DAY OF MAY
A.D. 1831
AGED 73 YEARS
A MAN OF STRICT INTEGRITY
HE SHONE A BRIGHT EXAMPLE
OF DOMESTIC AFFECTION,
OF KIND ATTENTION TO THE POOR,
AND OF CALM UNFEIGNED
PIETY.

HIS FAITHFULLY ATTACHED WIFE,
BARBARA OTTER,
WHO ERECTED THIS TRIBUTE TO HIS WORTH,
DIED 26TH FEBRUARY 1848, AGED 74 YEARS.