Granby
All Saints

Monuments and Memorials

Chancel

There are a number of floor stones in the chancel, between the encaustic tile floor of the choir and the sanctuary rails.

Abigail Frost (died 1749) was the sister of Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, who baptised, confirmed, married and crowned King George III:

ABIGAIL ANNA
Wife of John Frost
Daughter of Tho: Seeker
of Sibthorpe Gent :
Died Octobr 16. 1749:
Aged : 60

The floor stone in memory of John Frost is badly worn:

HERE
Lieth the Body of
Mr: JOHN FROST
who Departed this
life the ?18th day of
[.........]

Another worn floor stone commemorates Sarah ?Brown (died ?1777):

HERE
lieth the Body
of Mrs Sarah Brown
The wife of Mr Jo
hn Brown who
departed this life
the 17 day of [...]
Aged 48 1777

William Hutton (died 1833):

To the memory of
WILLIAM
4th son of the Rev. John Hutton
Vicar of Granby
and Jane his wife.
He died Augt 17th, 1833
aged 23 Years.

I am Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Come Lord Jesus, come quickly.

Godfrey (1907) records two other floor stones:

Here lieth the
Body of Hannah Frost
the Daughter of Mr John and Mrs Abigal-Anna Frost
departed this life the 26th day of February 17[3 or 5]8
Aged. 16: Years
Here lieth interred the
Body of the Revd John Britton
Who departed this Life
The 11th day of November in the
Year of our Lord, 1770:
Aged 85 years

A brass plaque, orginally in Granby Methodist Chapel, was moved to the south wall of the nave in 2004 when the chapel closed:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE HOPEWELL
FOR MANY YEARS SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
AND CLASS LEADER IN THIS CHURCH
DIED 25TH SEPTEMBER 1908.
ALSO MARY HOPEWELL, WIFE OF THE ABOVE.
DIED 12TH JULY 1912.

THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM.