Cromwell St Giles

1On the south wall of the chancel aisle, a classical marble tablet (76cm x 67cm) with reeded pilasters and incised lettering, inscribed:

UNDERNEATH ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF FRANCES, THE WIFE OF THE REVD HENRY DES VOEUX OF CARLTON HOUSE NEAR THIS PLACE, WHO DIED JANUARY 1ST 1827, IN THE 31ST YEAR OF HER AGE “MULTIS ILLA BONIS FLEBILIS OCCIDIT”. UXORI MATRI MULIERI OPTIME SIMPLEX HOC MARMOR AMORIS MONUMENTUM ET PIGNUS INFELIX POSUIT CONJUX.

The Latin roughly translated reads:

Prostrate with many copious tears for the best wife, mother, woman, the unhappy husband has placed this simple marble [as] a monument and pledge of [his] love.

2On the wall of the south chancel aisle, a metal plaque (36cm x 31cm) (below monument no 1), with lightly incised lettering painted black, inscribed:

Underneath lie the Remains of Frances Des Voeux who died Jan. 1st 1827 Also of Frances Louisa Des Voeux who died Sept. 23rd 1817

The Parish register shows that both bodies were interred on 8 January 1827, with the note:

Frances Louisa des Voeux was interred at Hazlehill, Derbyshire near Burton on Trent, Sept 1817, and removed to this church Jan 8. 1827.

3On the wall of the south chancel aisle attached to the notice board, a small brass plaque to the Rev Sheila Dixon on a wooden base (9.5cm x 5cm), incised lettering, inscribed:

This prayer board is dedicated to the Reverend Sheila Dixon Priest in charge of Cromwell Parish from 2005 to 2011

4Above the door in the south chancel aisle, a monument to the Rev Henry Fiennes-Clinton takes the form of a tablet of white tiles surrounded by a thin band of turquoise tiles with an alabaster surround (69cm x 43cm), lettering painted black, inscribed:

The Parish register notes his burial on 20 October 1911 and that of his wife, Sarah Catherine, on 25 March 1898. They are buried in the churchyard alongside the restored medieval cross.

5In the south chancel aisle to the west of the door is a monument to the Rev Charles Fynes Clinton. It is a plain white marble tablet with clipped corners (65cm x 46cm), incised black lettering, inscribed:

Sacred to the Memory of the Revd CHARLES FYNES CLINTON, LL.D. Prebendary of Westminster in 1788. Rector of this Parish in 1789. Born February 29. 1747/8. Died November 13. 1827. In the 80th. Year of his Age

On the bottom edge is inscribed:

R MARSHALL NEWK

One of the floor plaques marks the site of his burial.

6In the south chancel aisle to the west of door (below monument 5), a plain white marble tablet with clipped corners (65cm x 46cm), incised black lettering, commemorates Emma, wife of the Rev Charles Fynes Clinton. It is inscribed:

Sacred to the memory of EMMA, the daughter of JOB BROUGH ESQ. and the wife of the REVD. DR. FYNES CLINTON, born November 27th. 1760, died August 15th. 1831.

As with monument 5, on the bottom edge is inscribed:

R MARSHALL NEWK

The Parish register shows Emma Fynes-Clinton, who had died at London, was buried on 23 August 1831. As for her husband, one of the floor plaques marks the site of her burial.

7In the south chancel aisle to the west of the door (below monument 6) is a plaque to the Rev Charles John Fynes-Clinton. It is in brass on black marble (75cm x 53cm), incised with black lettering and with an ornamental surround, inscribed:

The Parish register notes ‘14th December 1871, Rosabella Fynes-Clinton, 3 Montague Place, London, 63’, and ’15th Jan 1872, Charles John Fynes-Clinton, 3 Montague Place London, 72, 43 years Rector of this Parish’.

See also two plaques 11 and 12 on the chancel floor; these mark the burial place of Charles and Rosabella.

8At the west end of the south chancel aisle, behind the third pillar of the arcade, a brass plaque (24cm x 33cm), incised lettering, above which there is am armorial shield, a fesse on ermine field with St Andrew’s cross, inscribed:

M. S. Sub hoc lapide ELENA Uxor HOLLIS PIGOT Cl. Morte immature abrepta Suis multum desiderata Requiescat Obijt puerpera JAN. 18 AD 1728 36 annos nata

Translation:

[Sacred to the Memory] Under this stone lies Elena, wife of Hollis Pigot Cl., untimely snatched by death, held in deep affection by her family, who died in childbirth, 18 January 1728, aged 36.

The Parish register notes ‘Ellen, ye wife of Hollis Pigot, was buried Jan 19th’.

9On the chancel floor by the vestry door is a brass plaque (31cm x 19.5cm) with clipped corners, lettering incised, inscribed:

Underneath lie the Remains of the Revd. Charles Fynes Clinton L.L.D. who died Nov. 13th. 1827.

This corresponds to the marble monument no 5.

10On the chancel floor by the vestry door to the east of plaque 9, a brass plaque (31cm x 19.5cm) with clipped corners, lettering incised, inscribed:

Underneath lie the Remains of Mrs Fynes Clinton, who died August 15th 1831

This corresponds to the marble monument no 6.

11On the chancel floor by the vestry door to the south of plaques 9 and 10, a diamond shape brass plaque (29cm x 29cm), lettering incised in red and black with a small cross below, inscribed:

JAN C·I·F·C 1872 +

Monument 7 also records this burial

12On the chancel floor by the vestry door to the south of no 11, a diamond shape brass plaque (29cm x 29cm), lettering incised in red and black with a small cross below, inscribed:

DEC R·F·C 1871 +

Monument 7 also records this burial