East Bridgford
St Peter

Monuments and Memorials

The memorials are listed by areas as follows:

Chancel - North Wall
Chancel - South Wall
North Aisle
South Aisle
Chancel Floor
Nave Floor
North Aisle Floor
South Porch

Chancel - North Wall

Memorials on North Wall of Chancel

1George Beaumont (1825-1899) and his wife, Emma (died 1907):

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GEORGE BEAUMONT
OF EAST BRIDGFORD
BORN 1ST DECEMBER 1825
DIED 17TH MARCH 1899

ALSO OF EMMA, HIS WIFE
WHO DIED 16TH JULY 1907
AGED 68 YEARS

Made by Hoyles, Nottingham.

2Ann (died 1870) and her husband, George Beaumont (died 1882):

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
ANN
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
GEORGE BEAUMONT
WHO DIED 26TH JULY 1870, AGED 73 YEARS
ALSO OF THE ABOVE-NAMED
GEORGE BEAUMONT
WHO DIED 26TH MARCH 1882 AGED 86 YEARS

Maker’s name not clear

3Philip Palmer (died 1832) and his wife, Sophia (died 1862):

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND,
KIND FATHER AND SINCERE FRIEND
PHILIP PALMER ESQR
WHO DIED JULY 14TH 1832
AGED 63

ALSO
SOPHIA, RELICT OF THE ABOVE
WHO SURVIVED HIM NEARLY 30 YEARS
AND DEPARTED MAY 14TH 1862
AGED 82

Requiescant in pace :
Resurgant in gloria.

Made by Booth, Nottingham

4Walter Beaumont (died 1841) and his wife, Caroline (died 1861):

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
WALTER BEAUMONT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
APRIL XIITH MDCCCXLI
AGED LXXIV YEARS
ALSO OF CAROLINE HIS WIFE
WHO DIED IVTH OF MARCH MDCCCLXI
IN HER XCTH YEAR

Made by J.E. Hall, Nottm.

5Frances Huthwaite (died 1820):

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FRANCES HUTHWAITE
HALF SISTER OF CHARLOTTE THE WIFE OF
THE REVD. THOS BEAUMONT OF THIS PARISH
IN WHOSE FAMILY SHE RESIDED
IN UNINTERRUPTED HAPPINESS
UPWARDS OF EIGHT AND THIRTY YEARS
SHE DIED MOST SINCERELY BELOVED AND
LAMENTED THE 14TH DAY OF JULY 1820
AGED 56

6Charlotte, wife of the Rev. Thomas Beaumont (died 1830), and their daughter Mary Elizabeth (died 1786):

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLOTTE THE BELOVED WIFE OF
THE REVD. THOS. BEAUMONT
OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 13TH DAY OF NOVR. 1830 HAVING LIVED IN THE
UNDISTURBED ENJOYMENT OF CONJUGAL HAPPINESS WITH HER
AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND DURING A PERIOD OF 33 YEARS.
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF HER WHO IN LIFE
WAS EVER MOST SINCERELY AND AFFECTIONATELY BELOVED
AND AT DEATH MOST SINCERELY AND DESERVEDLY LAMENTED
BY HER AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND.

ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF MARY ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF
THE ABOVE NAMED THOS. AND CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT WHO DIED
AT NOTTINGHAM JANY. 19TH 1786 IN THE 9TH YEAR OF HER AGE.
HER REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THE CHANCEL
OF ST NICHOLAS’S CHURCH IN THAT TOWN.

HEU UNICA!

Additional panel added below in memory of the Rev. Thomas Beaumont (died 1835):

IN THE SAME VAULT AT THE FOOT OF THIS MONUMENT LIES
THE BODY OF THE REVD. THOMAS BEAUMONT, M.A. WHO DIED
25TH AUGT. 1835 THE FAITHFUL AND AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND
OF THE ABOVE NAMED CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT.
HE WAS DESCENDED FROM THE ANCIENT FAMILY OF THE
BEAUMONTS OF YORKSHIRE, AND FOR MANY YEARS WAS
AN ACTIVE MAGISTRATE FOR THIS COUNTY, HIGHLY
ESTEEMED BY HIS FRIENDS AND TRULY BELOVED
BY HIS FAMILY.
HE SURVIVED HIS WIFE FOUR YEARS, MOURNING, NOT
MURMURING FOR HER LOSS, BUT LOOKING FORWARD
“WITH JOY UNSPEAKABLE” TO THE MOMENT WHEN
THROUGH THE MERITS AND INTERCESSION OF OUR
REDEEMER, HE SHOULD BE AGAIN UNITED TO HER IN
THE GLORY OF THE FATHER.

Made by Booth, Nottingham

7Abel Beaumont (died 1856) and his wife, Jane (died 1854):

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
ABEL BEAUMONT
WHO DEPARTD THIS LIFE 24TH JANY. 1856
AGED 65 YEARS

ALSO OF JANE HIS WIFE
WHO DIED 26TH OCTR. 1854 IN THE
42ND YEAR OF HER AGE

8Bernard Markham (1984):

In thanksgiving for the life of
BERNARD MARKHAM
1907  -  1984
Priest
Sometime Bishop of Nassau
and the Bahamas
Rector of this Parish and
Assistant Bishop of Southwell
1972  -  1977

9Memorial to the earliest preacher of Christ in the church:

Stone to unkown first preacher
A stone in honour of the unknown
who first preached Christ where now
stands this church the most ancient
as yet proven of this diocese
1954

Chancel - South Wall

Memorials on South Wall of Chancel

10Caelia Piaulx (died 1751) and her son, the Rev. Peter Piaulx, rector of East Bridgford (died 1783):

Underneath lieth the Body of
Mrs Cælia Priaulx
Relict of Peter Priaulx D.D.
who died May 11th 1751
Aged 86 years

Also the Body of
The Revd. Peter Priaulx B.D.
their son
who died March 18th 1783;
Aged 80 years.
Having been Fortyone years
Rector of this Parish
In Him the Poor have lost
A Friend and Benefactor.

11The Rev. Arthur Alcock Barker, rector of East Bridgford, who died in 1897:

To the Glory of God
and in loving memory of
The Rev. Arthur Alcock Barker, B.D.
late Fellow of Magdalene College Oxford,
for 37 years Rector of this Parish,
who died on Oct. 18th 1897, aged 77 years.
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.”

Made by J. Wipple & Co. Ltd., Exeter & London.

12Alice, wife of the Rev. A. A. Barker, who died in 1891:

In Memorium
Alice Barker, Wife of Arthur Alcock Barker
Rector of this Parish and daughter of Rev. Thomas Baily Wright
Vicar of Wrangle. Born July 15, 1833. Died at Dinan, France

June · 17 · 1891.

13Members of the family of the Rev. Richard W. Hutchins, who died in 1859:

Marriot memorial

IN THE VAULT BENEATH ARE DEPOSITED
THE REMAINS OF ANN MARRIOTT SISTER IN LAW OF
THE REVD. RD. WM. HUTCHINS RECTOR OF EAST BRIDGFORD
WHO DIED 23RD DEC. 1834 AGED 40 YEARS

ALSO THOSE OF SABINA EMILY MARIA DAUGHTER
OF THE ABOVE REVD. RD. WM. HUTCHINS & ELISA HIS WIFE
WHO DIED 22ND FEBRY. 1839 AGED 2 YEARS & 3 MONTHS

AND OF MARY WIFE OF SOLOMON MARRIOTT ESQUIRE & ALSO
MOTHER IN LAW OF THE SAID REVD. RD. WM. HUTCHINS WHO
DIED 12TH APRIL 1840 AGED 67 YEARS

LIKEWISE OF REVD. RD. WM. HUTCHINS B.D.
RECTOR OF THIS PARISH FOR THIRTY TWO YEARS
WHO DIED 11TH SEPT 1859 IN THE 77TH YEAR OF HIS AGE

ALSO IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
ELIZA HUTCHINS HIS WIFE
WHO DIED ON THE 17TH MARCH 1864
AGED 65 YEARS
AND WAS BURIED AT GILSTON, HERTS.

14Frances Atkinson (died 1848):

IN MEMORY OF
FRANCES BELOVED DAUGHTER
OF JAMES AND ANN ATKINSON
OF CLEE IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN
WHO DIED 12TH MAY 1848
AGED 17 YEARS

North Aisle

Memorials on the North Aisle walls

1Irregular shaped black marble slab set in east wall of north aisle. The remains of a larger monument to Gabriel Brunts (died 1638) that was destroyed when the transept was taken down.

Irregular shaped memorial on east wall of north aisle
HIC REQVIESCIT GABRIELIS BRVNTS DE
BRIDGFORD GENER : VIR OPTIMIS NATVRAE
INGENIJQ; CDOTIBo PPOLITVS, QVI CVM ISA-
BELLA VXORE NVP : FILIÂ ROLAND DAND
DE MAVSFEILD WOODHOVSE GENER : P
SPACIV QVADRAGINT : ANNOR : VIXIT . P QVAM
SEPTEM FILIOS & QVATVOR FILIAS HA-
BVIT; QVIQ, IN TERRÂ MORAVIT AD
ANNVM SEPVAGESSIMV TERTIV
ÆTATIS SVÆ & 13o DIE JVLIJ
ANNO DNI : 1638 PA-
CIFICE IN DNO :
OBDORMIVIT

2Lieutentant Colonel Rowland Heathcote Hacker who was buried here in February 1831:

TO THE MEMORY OF ROWLAND HEATHCOTE
HACKER ESQ. LIEUTENANT COLONEL OF
THE LATE NEWFOUNDLAND FENCIBLES AND
YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE REVD.
EDWARD HEATHCOTE AND CATHERINE HIS
WIFE OF THIS PLACE.
HE LIVED BELOVED BY ALL HIS RE-
LATIONS AND FRIENDS - AND DIED -
AGED FIFTY FIVE YEARS SINCERELY
LAMENTED

Made by Earnshaw, Nottingham.

3The Rev. Edward Heathcote (died 1801), his wife, Catherine (died 1818) and their daughters Arabella (died 1781) and Dorothy (died 1791):

The Heathcote memorial
In the family vault near this place
lie the remains
of the Revd. EDWARD HEATHCOTE A M
who departed this life 13 April 1801
in the 76 year of his age
also
of CATHERINE his wife
who was the eldest and last survivor
of the three daughters and Coheiresses of
ROBERT HACKER Esq.
formerly of East Bridgford
who departed this life 3 Decr. 1818
in the 86 years of her age
And
Of two of their daughters (vizt)
ARABELLA who died 17 Mar 1781 aged 7 years
& DOROTHY who died 10 May 1791
aged 14 years.

Made by Wallis and Marshall, Newark.

4Monument to John Hacker and his wife, Margaret. Although the monument states he died in 1620 his entry in the register of burials records 'John Hacker esq. buryed ye 29 March 1616'.

HERE LIETH BURIED YE BODIES OF JOHN HACKER
OF BRIDGFORD ESQR. & MARGARET HIS WIFE, WHO LEFT
ISSUE 4 SONNES & 2 DAUGHTER, HEE DEPTED TS LIFE YE
28TH OF MARCH Ao DMI 1620, & SHEE DEPTED TS LIFE
YE 5TH OF JANUARY 1627, IN WHOSE MEMORY THEIR
SAID CHILDREN HAVE ERECTED TS MONUMENT.

The monument was restored in 1997 in memory of Jack Bullers (1910-1994).

5Robert Brunts (died 1676), his wife, Jane (died 1659) and their two sons, Rowland and Nathaniel (both died in 1637):

TO THE MEMORY OF MR ROBERT BRUNTS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE XXIID DAY
OF OCTOBER 1676 : AGED LXXX YEARS
ALSO JANE HIS WIFE WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE YE XXTH DAY OF AUGUST 1659
AGED XLVIII YEARS
ALSO TWO SONS OF THE AFORESAID
ROBERT AND JANE BRUNTS
ROWLAND THEIR FIRST SON DEPARTED THIS
LIFE THE XXIST DAY OF JULY 1637 :
AGED VII YEARS
NATHANIEL THEIR THIRD SON DEPARTED
THIS LIFE XXTH DAY OF JULY 1637 :
AGED ONE YEERE
UNTO YM WRE BORNE 5 SONS & 5 DAUGHTERS

6Jane, wife of the Rev. Edward Heathcote, who died in 1809:

To the memory of
JANE
the Wife of
The Revd EDWD HEATHCOTE A.M.
& only Child of JOHN COCK ESQR
of Chesterfield in the County
of Derby
She died 18th Decr 1809
in the 39th year of her age
leaving an affectionate Husband
six Sons and three Daughters
to lament their irreparable loss.

7Arthur Richardson (died 1936):

THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES
THE USEFUL LIFE OF
ARTHUR RICHARDSON
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND SOMETIME
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR NOTTINGHAM
BORN AT EAST BRIDGFORD 5TH FEBRUARY 1860
DIED AT EDWALTON NOTTINGHAM 27TH JUNE 1936
“HE HATH SHOWED THEE WHAT IS GOOD” MICAH VI.8

8The Rev Ralph Heathcote (died 1840) and his wife, Ann (died 1839):

TO THE MEMORY OF
THE REV RALPH HEATHCOTE A.M.
OF THIS PLACE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE III DAY OF FEBRUARY MDCCCXL
AGED LXX YEARS
ALSO OF ANN HIS WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE X DAY OF JUNE MDCCCXXXIX
AGED LXII YEARS

9Rowland Heathcote Hacker (died 1879) and his wife, Agnes (died 1890):

IN MEMORY OF
ROWLAND HEATHCOTE HACKER ESQRE
OF EAST BRIDGFORD
THIRD SON OF THE LATE
REVD EDWARD HEATHCOTE
OF CHESTERFIELD
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE
X DAY OF OCTR MDCCCLXXIX AGED LXXVI YEARS
ALSO OF AGNES HIS WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH III MDCCCXC
AGED LXXXIII YEARS

10John Heathcote Hacker (died 1870):

IN MEMORY OF
JOHN HEATHCOTE HACKER ESQRE
OF LEEK IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD; SECOND SON OF
THE LATE REVD EDWARD HEATHCOTE OF CHESTERFIELD;
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE XIX DAY OF OCTOBER MDCCCLXX,
AGED LXXVI YEARS.

11The Rev. Edward Heathcote (died 1844):

TO THE MEMORY OF
THE REV. EDWARD HEATHCOTE A.M.
OF CHESTERFIELD IN THE COUNTY OF DERBY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE VII DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
MDCCCXLIV
AGED LXXXII YEARS
HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE
FAMILY VAULT NEAR THIS PLACE
Recess for wall tomb Effigy Engraving of the tomb
of Sir John de Caltoft
from Thoroton (1677)

12Recess for a wall-tomb with square jambs surmounted by an arch. Above the arch are Babington’s arms carved on a stone shield. Thoroton (1677) says it contained an alabaster slab inscribed with the name of John Babington who died in 1409.

A mutilated effigy of a cross-legged knight has been placed in the recess. It is thought to be the effigy of Sir John de Caltoft, illustrated in Thoroton's Antiquities of Nottinghamshire (1677), which was originally located in the north transept and thrown out into the churchyard when the transepts were demolished in 1778.

South Aisle

Memorials on the South Aisle wall

1Peter Brooke (died 1841) and his wife, Frances (died 1854):

IN MEMORY OF
PETER BROOKE ESQ
LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY
DIED XXV MARCH MDCCCXLI
AGED LII YEARS
A BRAVE OFFICER AND BENEVOLENT MAN
ALSO IN MEMORY OF
FRANCES BROOKE
WIDOW AND RELICT OF THE ABOVE
DIED XIX MAY MDCCCLIV

2Elsie Milward (died 1954) and her husband, Gervase (died 1968):

In loving memory of ELSIE
MILWARD second daughter
of J.P. Chaworth-Musters Esq.
of Annesley Park Nottingham-
shire died 15 October 1954 aged
69 years and her husband
GERVASE G. MILWARD
died 10 February 1968 aged
83 years

Chancel Floor

Memorials on the Chancel Floor

1Medieval cross slab to John de Stanford, rector of East Bridgford 1349-75. 'H.S. 1628' (for Henry Spurre, rector 1585-1628) is also incised into the slab. (See Archaeology section for further details):

JOHANNES: DE: STANFORD: QUONDAM: RECTOR: ECCLIE:
DE: ESTBRIGEFORD: CUIUS: AIE: PROPICIETUR: DS: ET
DIM CRISTIANORU: ANI

2Incised slab to the Rev Peter Priaulx (died 1783):

the
REV PETER PRIAULX
B.D.
Obit 18 day of March 1783
aet LXXX

3Incised slab to 'C.B.' (died 1830):

C.B.
ob: 13th Nov
1830

4Incised slab marking the family vault of the Rev Richard W. Hutchins:

THE FAMILY VAULT
OF
THE REVD R.W. HUTCHINS
RECTOR
(remainder eroded)

5Incised slab to Robert Brunts and his wife Jane:

ROBERT BRUNTS
GENT. AND JANE
HIS WIFE

6Incised slab to 'W.B.' who died in 1841:

W.B.
Obit 12th April
1841

7Incised slab to William Beaumont. The rest of the inscription is too eroded to decipher.

Nave Floor

Monuments on the Nave Floor

1Square brass plate to Thomas Foster (died 1848) and his wife, Dorothy (died 1846):

BENEATH
LIE THE REMAINS OF
THOMAS FOSTER
WHO DIED 23rd NOV 1848
AGED 87 YEARS
BENEATH
ALSO
DOROTHY SHEPERD FOSTER
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 25th MARCH 1846
AGED 79 YEARS

2Worn floor stone to John Ragsdale (died 1753) and his wife, Sarah (died 1744):

[Beneath this stone]
[is] interred the body of
[JOHN] RAGSDALE
[who departed] this life the 11th of
[December in the year] of our Ld 1753
[aged … 9] Years.
[Also of] Sarah his wife
[who] departed this life
[the … Janu]ary 1744
[ … ] Years.
Grieve [not … ] Children, it’s all in Vain
[Your loss is] our Eternal Gain.

North Aisle Floor

Monuments on the North Aisle floor

1Incised slab to Jonathan Brunts (died 1638):

JONATHAN
BRUNTS
DEPARTED TS. LIFE YE 8 OF
APRIL 1638
AGED 7 YEARS

2Brass plate too worn to decipher.

3Large incised slab to 'G.B.' - possibly Gabriel Brunts who died in 1638:

G B

South Porch

1 Margaret Wilkinson (died 1670):

IF
YOV
WOVLD
THIS REC
TOR KNOV
READ THE LINE
S THAT IS BE LOE.
HEREE·LIEIETH·BVR
IED·THE·BODDI·OF
MARGARET·WIL
KINSON·THE·WIF
E·OF·IOHN·WILKIN
SON·WHO·DEPAR
TED·THIS·LIFE·THE
14·DAY·OF·AVGVST
ANO·DOM·1670