Winthorpe
All Saints

Monuments and Memorials

Vestry

Several members of the Handley family, local property owners and bankers, were buried in a vault of the old church. The vestry of the present church was built over this vault and memorials to members of the Handley family now adorn its walls. Originally, these memorials were displayed on the walls of the sanctuary in the old church; the four oldest can be seen in the photograph of the old interior here.

The first three tablets transcribed below are memorials to the three eldest sons of William Handley (1746-1798) and his wife Ann, of Handley House, Northgate, Newark:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM FARNWORTH HANDLEY ESQ.
OF NEWARK
WHOSE IMMEDIATE ANCESTORS ARE BURIED
IN THE CHANCEL OF THAT CHURCH.

HE WAS A DEPUTY LIEUTENANT
AND MAGISTRATE
FOR THE COUNTY OF NOTTS.
SERVED THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF IN 1822,
REPRESENTED THE BOROUGH OF NEWARK
IN SEVERAL PARLIAMENTS
AND DIED THERE
ON THE 4TH OF DECEMBER 1851,
AGED 71 YEARS.
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN HANDLEY, ESQRE
SECOND SON OF
WILLIAM HANDLEY, ESQRE
LATE OF NEWARK
HE MARRIED MARTHA, DAUGHTER OF
THE REVD PHILIP STORY
OF LOCKINGTON, LEICESTERSHIRE
SERVED THE OFFICE OF HIGH SHERIFF
FOR THIS COUNTY IN THE YEAR 1836,
AND DIED
ON THE 24TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1856
LEAVING THREE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS.
IN MEMORY OF
BENJAMIN HANDLEY, ESQRE
OF POINTON, LINCOLNSHIRE
THIRD SON OF
WILLIAM HANDLEY, OF NEWARK.
HE WAS BORN JANUARY 13TH 1784,
ENTERED THE ARMY
IN THE YEAR 1805
AND SERVED IN THE NINTH REGIMENT
OF LIGHT DRAGOONS
IN SOUTH AMERICA
AND IN THE PENINSULA.
HE WAS RETURNED MEMBER FOR BOSTON
IN THE FIRST SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
AFTER THE REFORM BILL
AND DIED AT POINTON
MAY 16TH 1858

The remaining tablets in the vestry are memorials to the above John Handley’s wife, and their eldest son:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MARTHA,
WIFE OF JOHN HANDLEY ESQUIRE,
OF MUSKHAM GRANGE, IN THIS COUNTY,
AND DAUGHTER OF THE REVD PHILIP STORY,
OF LOCKINGTON, IN THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER.
SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AUGUST 22ND 1851
AGED 70 YEARS
LEAVING A HUSBAND
THREE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS
TO LAMENT THE LOSS OF AN AFFECTIONATE WIFE
AND KIND MOTHER
In Memory of
JOHN HANDLEY ESQRE
OF NORTHGATE NEWARK-ON-TRENT,
SON OF
JOHN HANDLEY ESQRE
OF NORTH MUSKHAM.
HE DIED 8TH DECEMBER 1880,
IN HIS 73RD YEAR.

Organ Chamber

The consecration booklet for All Saints states:

'In the chapel where the organ is placed are collected many of the tablets which were in the previous church.'

One can only assume that the organ of the time was much smaller than the current one, installed in 1899, as the tablets are now very difficult to access and read due to the small amount of floor space available, and the height of the organ. There are three memorials hanging on the west wall of the chamber and evidence of a fourth, which is now standing on the floor, propped against the wall. On the north wall there are two memorials and on the east wall, one memorial, and evidence of another, which was removed to allow an electric blower to be installed for the organ. This latter tablet can be identified by the shape of remnants of mortar left on the wall, and by a passage in the consecration booklet:

'Amongst the tablets in the organ chapel is preserved one to the memory of Robert Taylor, physician in ordinary to His Majesty, who died in 1702, and whose remarkable career is narrated at some length in the histories of Newark.'

The Taylor memorial now hangs in the Nave.

West Wall

IN MEMORY OF
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 23RD OF MAY 1826, AGED 91 YEARS
AND ALSO OF
CHARLOTTE MORLEY
RELICT OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED THE 15TH OF APRIL 1833
IN HER 64TH YEAR
REQUIESCANT IN PACE.

The Latin phrase at the bottom of the plaque can be translated as 'may they rest in peace'.

There is a metal plaque adjacent to the Morley memorial, which is badly corroded and impossible to read in its entirety, but it appears to be a memorial to Robert Buck, M.D., of Newark, who was buried on 14th Nov 1826, aged 68, according to the burial register.

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF THE REVD
WILLIAM RASTALL,
M. A.
PATRON
AND FORMERLY
RECTOR
OF THIS PARISH,
WHO DIED
THE 6TH OF NOVR 1826
AGED 72 YEARS.

The following memorial is propped against the wall, standing on the floor, but clearly used to hang on the west wall of the organ chamber, next to that of the Revd. William Rastall:

In a Vault
underneath this Marble
lie the Remains of MARY, the Wife
of the Revd WILLM RASTALL, A.M.
Rector and Patron of this Church,
who died 5th Decr 1809,
aged 40 years.
As a Wife, a Mother and a Chriftian
She was not furpafsed.
Alfo of WILLIAM THOMAS,
their third Son,
who died 26th Novr 1809,
aged 14 years.

North Wall

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
ROGER POCKLINGTON ESQRE
(ONLY SON OF ROGER POCKLINGTON ESQRE OF
WINTHORPE HALL)
WHO DIED AT LEAMINGTON,
IN THE COUNTY OF WARWICK,
APRIL 25TH 1847
AGED 71.
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF
JANE HIS WIFE
WHO DIED AT LEAMINGTON,
FEBRY 27TH 1851.
THEIR REMAINS LIE INTERRED
IN THE VAULT OF THIS CHANCEL.
IN THE VAULT OF THIS CHANCEL
LIE THE REMAINS OF
ROGER POCKLINGTON ESQUIRE
OF WINTHORPE HALL
WHO DIED OCTOBER 12TH 1810
AGED 76 YEARS
AND ALSO OF
MARY HIS WIFE
(ELDEST DAUGHTER AND COHEIR OF
W. ROE ESQRE OF SUDBROKE IN THE
COUNTY OF LINCOLN)
WHO DIED JULY 19TH 1808

East Wall

TO THE MEMORY OF
ANNIE,
WIFE OF THE
REVD ROBERT RASTALL, M.A.
RECTOR OF STUBTON,
IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN:
WHO DIED MARCH 5, 1847,
AGED 28 YEARS.

Nave

South Wall

A metal on wood plaque is affixed to the wall, at the end of the churchwarden’s pew:

Sacred to the memory of
ROBERT HUNT BRADLEY
who departed this life January 24 1854
aged 73 years
Ever a sincere and devout Churchman,
he acted as Churchwarden at this Church
for forty years, and was a member of the
Church Council from its inception, being
revered and beloved by all who knew him

Also on the south wall is the Taylor memorial, which originally hung on the east wall of the organ chamber in this current church. It was taken down to make room for an electric blower to be installed for the organ in 1949, and resided in a vestment cupboard in the vestry for many years before being restored and hung in its present position in 2008:

To the Memory of
ROBERT TAYLOR, M.D.
Phyfician in ordinary to his Majefty,
who died 15th May, 1762, aged 53.
Alfo
of ELIZABETH TAYLOR, his Wife,
who died 10th May, 1812, aged 86,
and of ROBERT TAYLOR, their Infant Son.
This Monument is erected
by their only Daughter,
ELIZABETH CHAPLIN.

Elizabeth was Dr. Taylor’s second wife, his first being Anne, daughter of John and Jane Heron, whose memorial hangs in Newark Parish Church.

According to the Annals of Nottinghamshire, Vol. 3:

'At the time of [Dr. Taylor’s] decease, which rapidly followed on the reverse of his fortune, he was erecting a magnificent mansion at Winthorpe, near Newark, where he fondly hoped to spend the evening of his days in splendid retirement. He left it, however, unfinished, and it was sold to Roger Pocklington, Esq. His body was to have been brought to Winthorpe for interment immediately after his decease; but the threatened vengeance of some implacable creditor who, under the severe laws then in existence, it was apprehended would seize the body of the deceased, as security for his claim, caused it to be interred in the most private manner possible, in the burial-ground of Audley chapel. However, a few years afterwards, his remains were removed, with those of his infant son, to Winthorpe, and deposited in a small vault, prepared for his reception by his widow.'

Dr. Taylor’s remains were buried at Winthorpe on 19th Feb 1778, some 16 years after his death.

Rear (west) wall

The Revd. Edward Handley built the church in memory of his second cousin, Philip Handley, who was the second son of John Handley and of his wife Martha, both of whom have memorials hanging on the walls of the vestry. Philip Handley was also Patron of the church until his death in 1884. A brass plaque to commemorate his memory hangs on the west wall adjacent to the baptistry:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
PHILIP HANDLEY,
OF MUSKHAM GRANGE
THIS CHURCH WAS REBUILT
AND CONSECRATED
JUNE 7TH 1888.

As the consecration booklet states:

'The date given is that originally fixed for the consecration, but it had to be postponed through the illness of the Bishop [of Southwell].'

The actual date of consecration was Tuesday, June 19th 1888, carried out by the Bishop of Lincoln.

Beneath this plaque is another to the memory of the Revd. Edward Handley himself:

IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE
REV EDWARD HANDLEY M.A.
PATRON OF THIS BENEFICE AND FROM 1886 TO 1895 RECTOR.
AT HIS SOLE COST THIS CHURCH WAS REBUILT 1886 – 1888.
HE DIED FEB 1 1904 AGED 61 YEARS AND WAS BURIED AT
BATH BUT HERE TO THE GLORY OF GOD STANDS THE MONUMENT
OF HIS PIETY AND OF HIS EARNEST DESIRE FOR THE SPIRITUAL
WELFARE OF ALL WHO MAY EVER DWELL IN WINTHORPE.
R.I.P.

Beneath this plaque is hung a framed memorial, possibly to the longest-lived Winthorpe resident:

The new lighting and re-wiring of this Church
was carried out in March 1976
and over three quarters of the cost
was met with a bequest from
ROBERT INSUL HUMPHRIS
who died on 3rd May 1974 aged 101 years
and who is buried in the south west
corner of the churchyard
R.I.P.

Baptistry

On the rear (west) wall of the baptistry, is fixed a brass plaque in memory of an old college friend of the Revd. Edward Handley:

THIS BAPTISTRY IS ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF
ROBERT BRUCE RUSSELL,
THE CHILDRENS FRIEND
DIED MARCH 17 1887.

North Aisle

The War Memorial, which is located between the third and fourth of five windows illuminating the north aisle, is described on a separate page.

Porch

A brass on wood plaque is affixed to the east wall of the porch:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ARTHUR AND ADA FORMAN
THE EXTERIOR FLOODLIGHTING WAS GIVEN BY
THEIR DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW
BRENDA AND KEITH HINDMARSH
30TH NOVEMBER 1969