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Introduction

Location

History

Archaeology

Contacts

Fittings

Glass

Organ

Bells

Clock

Stonework

Monuments

War Memorial

Churchyard

References

Pictures

Plans

Listing Description

List of Incumbents

Perlethorpe
St John

Monuments and Memorials

The north Chancel wall incorporates two memorial tablets. These are the only memorials within the church.

Brass Plaque

A brass wall plaque is a memorial to Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, Third Earl Manvers. The plate, headed by the Family Coat of Arms with its motto ‘PIE REPONE TE’ reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF SYDNEY WILLIAM HERBERT PIERREPONT THIRD EARL MANVERS BORN 12th MARCH 1825. DIED 16th JANUARY 1900. THIS BRASS IS PLACED IN THE CHURCH HE BUILT AND IN WHICH HE WORSHIPPED, BY THOSE WHOSE PRIVILEGE IT WAS TO SERVE AND WORK FOR HIM ON HIS VARIOUS ESTATES. THE KINDEST OF FRIENDS AND MOST JUST OF MASTERS

Marble Tablet

The white marbled wall memorial tablet, which depicts a motif of George slaying the Dragon within a wreath of flowers, daintily carved and delicately coloured; commemorates the life of the fourth Earl Manvers.