West Stockwith St MaryMonuments and Memorials
Sanctuary
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A life-size marble monument of William Huntington in the north-east corner of the sanctuary. The effigy shows him reclining on his elbow and holding a drawing of a ship in his hand. The inscription reads:
Here lies the Body of
WILLIAM HUNTINGTON
Late of this Place Ship-Carpenter, second Son of JOHN and
MARY HUNTINGTON who by his Last Will & Testament after ye
Death of his Mother & the Marriage or Death of his Widow gave
Seven Hundred and Forty Pounds for ye Building of Ys CHAPPEL
and HOSPITAL round about it, and for ye Support of a MINISTER
SCHOOL MASTER, & ten Poor Ship-Carpenters widows and other
CHARITYS, bequeath'd all his Lands in West Stockwith
Gunhouse and Misterton for ever,
He dyed Decembr. the 24. 1714 Aged Forty one years.
The Executing of his Will was committed by ye Founders to ye care of
| WILLIAM SAMPSON Junr Gent |
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| MATTHEW SAMPSON Gent |
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of GAINSBOROUGH |
| Thomas LOWKER Mercht |
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| HENRY SHAW Gent |
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The artist was E. Poynton.
In the south-east corner are three monuments, arranged vertically:
IN MEMORY
of
JOHN LAING
(late of BRIGG Lincolnshire)
who departed this life October 15th 1822,
Aged 44 Years.
Also of ELIZABETH ANN LAING his Wife,
who died February 10th 1824, Aged 41 Years. |
To the MEMORY of ANN, Wife of
THE REV. JOSEPH PEARSON
Minister of this Chapel, who
died January the 26th 1797
in the 50th Year of her Age.
Her Virtues were many, Her Vices few.
Also near lies the remains of the
REV. JOSEPH PEARSON
Vicar of Misterton and Surrogate
and Thirty seven Years Minster of this
Place, who died the 5th of May 1803
in the 62d Year of his Age. |
| JOHN LAING |
Beneath this Stone
are deposited the remains of
The Revd Josh PEARSON
to whose memory
the Tablet refers. |
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Nave
On the north wall of the nave is a memorial tablet to Ann Raines, who died in 1840:
ANN RAINES
DIED MARCH 3D. 1840
AGED 67 YEARS.
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On the south wall are two monuments:
In Memory of
JOSEPH PEARSON
late of West Kinnald Ferry, Solicitor,
Died May 16th 1825, Aged 23 Years.
Reader!
Seek thou not here his merits to disclose,
Nor draw his failings from this dread abode,
Here they alike in silent hope repose,
To wait the sentence of a righteous God. |
IN MEMORY OF
THE REVD WILLIAM ADAMTHWAITE
Minister of this Church 41 Years,
who died May the 10th 1849,
aged 69 Years.
ALSO SARAH HIS WIFE
who died January the 25th 1845,
Aged 56 Years.
ALSO WILLIAM YOUNGEST SON
who died February the 21st 1833,
Aged 3 Years.
ALSO EMMA WIFE OF JAMES RAYNES
AND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE,
who died in the UNITED STATES
July the 15th 1863,
Aged 44 Years. |
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