Winkburn St John of Jerusalem

Monuments and Memorials

Chancel

Memorial to D'Arcy Burnell (d. 1774)

Monument to
D'Arcy Burnell		 Death holding
a torch		 Pedestal with Burnell
coat of arms		 Fame holding a
portrait of
Burnell

On the north side of the east window there is a fine monument to D'Arcy Burnell who died in 1774. The inscription is flanked by decorative pilasters and above is a central pedestal decorated with a shield and surmounted by an urn. On the left side of the pedestal is a large figure of Death holding a torch and on the right side a large figure of Fame holding a portrait of Burnell. The sculptor is not known.

The inscription reads:

Sacred to the Memory of
D’ARCY BURNELL Esqr,
This monument is Erected in Testimony of her true Affection
by his Disconsolate Wife Mary, Sole Daughter & heir
of Robt Pakey of the City of Lincoln, M.D.
His virtues were those that gave a Lustre to Private life.
The Post of Honour is the Private Station
Which he truly Adornd.
As he was Exemplery in Every Relation in Life.
A Good Husband, Kind Master, and Stanch Friend;
and as A Son and Brother few ever did or will equal him,
He bore a Long Illness with true Christian Fortitude,
And Died June ye 1 1774
Aged 46 Years.
To the Inexpressible Grief & Affliction of his Affectionate & Disconsolate Wife.

O Death, ere thou hast Slain Another
Generous, Just, and Good as he
Time Shall throw a Dart at thee.

A Wit’s A Feather and A Chief A Rod,
An Honest Man’s the Noblest work of God.         POPE.

Memorial to William Burnell (d. 1609)

Monument to
William Burnell		 Entablature
surmounted by
decorative shields		 Kneeling figure Kneeling figure

On the south side of the east window is a monument to William Burnell who died in 1609. Set into a recess is a large kneeling figure with sword. The inscription beneath is flanked by single decorative fluted brackets which support shaped urns and Doric columns with architrave over surmounted by further inscription and entablature surmounted by decorative shields.

The inscription on the entablature reads:

Quos Hymenaeus Hymen, lecto, bene iunget in uno,
Cur non hos tumulo condidit una dies
Heu deus ipse simul vetuit succumbere morti,
Dum volet ille sequar; chare marite vale.

 

Vive diu, fautesque mihi charissima quondam,
Nunc proli clarae vivito chara tuae
Teque tuosque, brevi faelices spero videre,
Mecum cantantes carmina grata deo.

The inscription below the effigy reads:

Here lies Willia[m] Burnell Esquire interr[e]d
on whom th[e] almighty blessings greate confer[e]d
the welth he was possest of did he spend
like a good steward, to a lawfull end
of smaller meanes a greater house none kept
So greate a tyme : few greate ones him outstept
he married of the Cordalls familie
Eizabeth by name : had progenie
Sonnes Willia[m], Edward, John Lawrance Thomas
Fraunces  & Robert : Seaven theire nu[m]ber was

 

Foure Daughters also all of them made spouses
before his death to men of worthy houses :
one to a knight to three squires thither three
to his greate comfort did he placed see
Elizabeth to Cave, knight : Dorothie
was married to an Esquire, Strelley :
To Markham an Esquire, Jane did he give
and unto Wombwell an Esquire Ollyve :
he left remaining after him his wife
and all these children when he left this life

 Obiit 2o April ano : Dom : 16[0]9 ano aetatis 61

Memorial to William Burnell (d. 1570)

Tomb chest of
William Burnell		 Detail Detail Part of the inscription

On the south side of the sanctuary is the tomb chest of William Burnell who died in 1570. The slab has an inset carved figure with a shield above the head. The marginal inscription reads:

HIC JACET GVLIHE | LMVS BVRNEL ARMIGER, QVI OBIIT | 23 DIE MINSIS |
SEPTEMBRIS AO DMI 1570 AETATIS [SUAE] 56

On the eastern side of the slab is another inscription:

COMPREMIT HOC DVRVM BVRNELLI MEME….
INTER CAELICOLAS MENS SVA SACRA SEDET PROFVIT …
HIC MVLTIS NVLLI NOCVISSE STVDEBAT ILLIVS
ET CVCTIS SERMO FACETVS ERAT, SVPTIBUS ET …
OPRIIS OPVS IS FVNDAVIT APERTV ANNEXAM TEM
LOCONDIDIT ILLE DOMVA

Memorial to Laurence Barrington Assheton Craven-Smith-Milnes (d. 1933)

On the south wall of the chancel, above the tomb chest is a monument to Laurence Barrington Assheton Craven-Smith-Milnes (1874-1933). The inscription states:

IN MEMORY OF LAURENCE
BARRINGTON ASSHETON
CRAVEN-SMITH-MILNES
OF PERTH, WEST AUSTRALIA
AND WINKBURN NOTTS.

BORN JAN 26 1874
DIED MAY 12, 1933

Memorial to Harriet Gertrude Burnell (d. 1841)

A tablet on the south wall to Harriet Gertrude, daughter of Edward Valentine and Harriet Pegge Burnell, who died in 1841. The inscription reads:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
HARRIET GERTRUDE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF
EDWARD VALENTINE AND HARRIET PEGGE BURNELL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 14TH 1841,
AGED THREE YEARS.

“AND THEY BROUGHT YOUNG CHILDREN TO HIM, THAT HE
SHOULD TEACH THEM, AND HIS DISCIPLES REBUKED THOSE
THAT BROUGHT THEM.
BUT WHEN JESUS SAW IT, HE WAS MUCH DISPLEASED, AND SAID
UNTO THEM, SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME
AND FORBID THEM NOT, FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, WHOSOEVER SHALL NOT RECEIVE THE
KINGDOM OF GOD AS A LITTLE CHILD, HE SHALL NOT ENTER THEREIN.
AND HE TOOK THEM UP IN HIS ARMS, PUT HIS HANDS UPON
 THEM, AND BLESSED THEM.”
10 TH CHAP. ST MARK 13 TH 14 TH 15 TH AND 16 TH VERSES.

Memorial to Hugh D'Arcy Burnell (d. 1883)

On the north wall of the chancel is a brass tablet in memory of Hugh D'Arcy Burnell (1836-1883).

HUGH D’ARCY PEGGE BURNELL
COLONEL
COMMANDING 7TH QUEENS OWN HUSSARS
BORN 16TH JULY, 1836
DIED 18TH DEC. 1883.
ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY
BY THE OFFICERS
AND
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
WHO SERVED WITH HIM
IN THE REGIMENT.

“BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS
AND SO FULFIL THE LAW OF CHRIST.”

Floorstones

There are several worn floorstones in the chancel to members of the Burnell family:

Ellen, widow of William Burnell, died 22 November 1788 aged 90 years

William Burnell, died 15 July 1741 aged 53 years

William, son of William and Eleanor Burnell, died 19 July 1744 aged 14 years

Acton, son of William and Mary Burnell, buried 31 December 1687

Frances, daughter of Acton and Margaret Burnell, buried 2 June 1656

Alice, daughter of William and Mary Burnell, buried 26 September 1686

Elizabeth Finch (nee Burnell), died 15 October 1771 aged 39 years. The inscription reads:

ELIZABETH
Daughter of William Burnell Esqr
And Wife of John Augustine Finch
Rector of Aston and Hockerton
Died
October the Fifteenth 1771
Aged 39 Years

Mary Burnell, died 14 December 1740 aged 23 years

Ellen, daughter of William and Ellen Burnell, died 10 November 1754, aged 20 years

Elizabeth Cave, daughter of Norris Cave, died 15 January 1689 aged 66. The Latin inscription reads:

HIC JACENT RELIQVIAE
ELIZABETHAE CAVE
FILIAE NORRICII CAVE
ARMIGERI QVAE
OBIIT DECIMO
QVINTO DIE IAN ANO
DNI MDCLXXXIX
AETAT SVAE LXVI

Margaret, wife of Acton Burnell, July 1657

Edward Pegge Burnell, died 22 November 1924, aged 89

On the exterior of the south chancel wall is a monument to Eliza Parker, who died in 1700:

HERE LYETH
THE BODY OF M
ELIZA: PARKER
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE IULY
THE 16: A:D: 1700

Nave

Memorial to Mary Pegge Burnell (d. 1815)

On the south wall of the nave is a memorial to Mary, wife of Peter Pegge Burnell, who died in 1815. The inscription states:

UNDERNEATH
LIE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF
MARY PEGGE BURNELL,
WIFE OF PETER PEGGE BURNELL ESQ.
OF WINKBOURNE IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTNGHAM,
AND OF
BEAUCHIEFF ABBEY IN THE COUNTY OF DERBY;
SECOND DAUGHTER OF WM. MILNES ESQ.
OF ALDERCAR PARK, DERBYSHIRE,
AND RELICT
OF THE LATE JONATHAN LEE ESQ. OF CHESTERFIELD.
SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE JULY 11. 1815,
AGED 62 YEARS.

ALSO OF THE ABOVE
PETER PEGGE BURNELL ESQ.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 8TH OF FEBRUARY ANNO DOMINI 1836
AGED 85 YEARS.
HE WAS THIRD SON OF THE LATE
STRELLEY PEGGE ESQ. OF BEAUCHIEFF ABBEY
IN THE COUNTY OF DERBY
THROUGHOUT A LONG AND
ACTIVE LIFE PASSED IN RETIREMENT
AND UNPRETENDING HUMILITY
HE POSSESSED THE ESTEEM
AND RESPECT OF ALL
WHO KNEW HIM.

Memorial to Edward Strelley (d. 1924), Harriet (d. 1886) and William Acton Pegge-Burnell (d. 1925)

On the north wall of the nave is a monument to Edward Strelley, Harriet and William Acton Pegge Burnell:

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IN LOVING
MEMORY OF
EDWARD STRELLEY
PEGGE-BURNELL
DIED
22 NOV 1924
AGED 89

 

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IN LOVING
MEMORY OF
HARRIET
PEGGE-BURNELL
DIED
15 SEP 1886
AGED 81

 

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IN LOVING
MEMORY OF
WILLIAM ACTON
PEGGE-BURNELL
DIED
26 JAN. 1925
AGED 82

Floor stone to D'Arcy Burnell (d. 1774)

In addition to the impressive monument in the sanctuary there is also a floor stone in the nave to D'Arcy Burnell, who died in 1774:

Burnell coat of arms
on D'Arcy Burnell's
floor stone

D’ARCY BURNELL Esqr
Son and Heir of WM BURNELL and ELENOR MORTON
and Grandson of WM BURNELL and MARY SAVILL
Coheirs of WM Savill Esqr of Newton in the County of Lincoln
Born Decemr the 12th 1727 Died June the 1st 177[4]
Aged 46 Years.

O Death ere thou hast slain another
Generous Just and Good as he
Time shall throw a Dance at thee

Near this Place Lieth Interred
the Remains of MARY BURNELL
Relict of the above mentioned D’ARCY BURNELL
She departed this Life March 23rd 1784
Aged 57 Years.