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M.I.s of St Peter & St Paul Church, Shorne - recorded by D. E. Williams 2013

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Section D All the monumental in this section are east of the east end of the church. Number 146 is slightly to the north of the church. All other monument due east of the church are modern. Inscriptions in boxes thus: [  ] are missing in the original and have been reconstructed from the Registers or other sources.
 Inscriptions are arranged alphabetically. Click on the letter below.                 Plan Of Graves

B   C   D   H   J   L   M   N   S   T   W

161.   Headstone, Hidden Behind Bush, East of Path

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
JOHN BALDWIN
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 2nd 1881
AGED 49 YEARS
ALSO FANNY THE BELOVED WIFE OF
HENRY TUFF
AND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 22nd 1891
AGED 22 YEARS
"Whom the Lord Loveth He Chasteneth"
ALSO ELIZABETH WIFE OF THE ABOVE
JOHN BALDWIN
WHO DIED APRIL 22nd 1892
AGED 48 YEARS
"Deeply Regretted"

John Baldwin, Domestic Coachman in Camberwell in 1871 Census

Elizabeth Baldwin,
Laundress, living at Old Vicarage, 1891 Census (See Tuff)

Henry Tuff, (Buried in Section C) a Groom at the Old Vicarage, living with mother in law, Elizabeth Baldwin, 1891 Census.

147.   Large Ledger, Surrounded by low Brick Wall, Horizontal Cross

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
TUFNELL CARBONEL BARRETT, ESQ.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 31st OF AUGUST 1856
IN HIS 47th YEAR
MARY ANN BARRETT JULY 5th 1872

LUCY ALICIA
BARRETT
SEP. 2nd 1878

TUFNELL SAMUEL
BARRETT
PRIEST
JUNE 13th 1908
TUFNELL COWPER
ALLISTON
BARRETT
OCT. 6th 1914
BETTY HUGHES
ROOKE TUFNELL
BARRETT
JAN. 2nd 1931
MARY LOUISA
TUFNELL BARRETT
MAY 21st 1890

LOUISA TUFNELL
BARRETT
JUNE 3rd 1898

MARY SUSAN
COWPER
NOV. 6th 1936

ESU MERCY
R.I.P.

Tufnell Carbonel Barrett, Esq. of Shorne
P.C.C. Will dated 6th August 1856
   All modern household furniture, plate, linen, china, etc., in his house, except carved oak sideboard and other similar furniture, and other antique furniture and all oak carvings, to wife Mary Ann. Residue to son Tufnell Samuel, subject to payment of debts, etc. By his marriage settlement, his wife is entitled to income from the sum of £3,700. He gives her an annuity of £100 for life or widowhood, from his real estate. His freehold cottage in Shorne, formerly called Clay Hall, adjoining the village pound, occupied by Mrs White and others, rent 7s 6d per week, to his servant Sarah Eatwell, for life. His barn and stable in Shorne, opposite property of Messrs. Hurley and Solomon, abutting public road, and in his own occupation, to servant Stephen White, who has lived with testator for many years as gardener, for life. His freehold, copyhold and leaseholds in Kent and elsewhere, subject to payment of mortgages to free properties lefts to Sarah Eatwell and Stephen White, and for payment of debts and funeral costs, to son Tufnell, who is executor.
   Witnesses: Thomas Staunton and N.B.T. Wood
   Proved 25th September 1856

CARBONEL see Barrett

155.   Ledger on Brick Base

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN CARNEY, ESQUIRE
SENIOR CAPTAIN OF THE 2nd OR QUEEN'S
ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT, WITH WHICH CORPS
HE SERVED IN THE WEST AND EAST INDIES
FOR A PERIOD OF MORE THAN 29 YEARS
HE DIED 25th MARCH 1846
IN THE 46th YEAR OF HIS AGE
ALSO TO
SUSANNA MAPLESDEN CARNEY
HIS WIFE
WHO DIED AT SHORNE JANUARY 5th 1867
IN THE 57th YEAR OF HER AGE
AND TO
EDWARD SMYTHE
OF PIPE'S PLACE
WHO DIED JULY 26th 1874 AGED 68 YEARS
ALSO TO
MARIA SUSANNA MARY CATHERINE ANNE
HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
JOHN AND SUSANNA MAPLESDEN CARNEY
BORN AT BOMBAY SEPTEMBER 6th 1833
DIED NOVEMBER 13th 1905
ALSO TO
EDITH FLEMING WALLACE
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
EDWARD AND ANN SMITH
BORN APRIL 26th 1859
DIED MARCH 10th 1947

John Carney, Captain in H.M. 2nd or Royal Regiment of Infantry
P.C.C. Will dated 2nd March 1846
   His real and personal estate, including his life insurance for £1,200 in Universal Life Assurance Society, King William Street, City of London, (except gold watch, chain and seals, left to him by his father, which goes to sister), to wife, Susannah Maplesden Carney, for herself and daughter Maria, who he commends to the "maternal and affectionate care of my said dear wife ....."; his wife is executor.
   Witnesses: S. Mellin of Brompton, E.D. Vaughan and E.D. Mellin
   Proved 23rd June 1846

COWPER see BARRETT

150.   Pedestals, Cross and Curbs

IN MEMORY OF
SARAH
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM ROBERT DUNN
WHO DIED AUGUST 5th 1896
IN HER 72nd YEAR
"For so He Giveth His Beloved Sleep"

William Dunn, on wife's headstone; Naval Pensioner 
1881 Census; Sexton, 1891 and 1903 Kelly's Directory

159.   Headstone and Footstone

IN
MEMORY OF
ELLEN FORREST
DIED MARCH 1866
AGED 85 YEARS
A FAITHFUL SERVANT
IN ONE FAMILY
FOR SIXTY FIVE YEARS

Ellen Forrest, Servant to Rev. J.J. Marsham, at Kirkby Overblow, Yorkshire, 
1841 Census, she born in same county;
In the 1851 Census she is in Shorne, but not it seems a live in servant.

160.   Fallen Headstones

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ELEANOR HOLLANDS
WHO DIED OCTOBER 2nd 1893
AGED 51 YEARS
ALSO
ELLEN HOLLANDS
WHO DIED MARCH 25th 1894
AGED 76 YEARS
"Why should we Mourn departed Friends,
Or Shake at Death's Alarms,
'Tis but the Voice that Jesus sends,
To Call us to his Arms,
To Depart and be with Christ which
is Far Better"

Eleanor Hollands, Servant to Rev. J. Marsham at "Overblow House" in Shorne, 1891 Census.

Ellen Hollands,
Wife of Henry Hollands at Higham, Agricultural Labourer, 1891 Census

146.   Coped

South Side

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MARY JARRETT
WHO DIED MARCH [ ] 1862 AGED 80 YEARS

North Side

ALSO CHARLES JARRETT
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER [ ] 1858 AGED 78 YEARS

Charles Jarrett, Gardener and Victualler at the" See Ho" inn, 1851 Census and Melville's Directory 1858
Appears in Parliamentary Poll Book 1847. Married Mary Botting at St. Margaret, Rochester in 1810

148.   Pink Granite Cruciform Coped, Grey Granite Base

South Side

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR PARENTS
ALFRED SAMUEL LINES
BORN 23rd NOVEMBER 1851 DIED 15th AUGUST 1906
AND
MARIA LINES
BORN 4th MARCH 1852 DIED 25th DECEMBER 1906
"Thy Will be Done"

North Side
ALSO ALICE MAUD ELIZA WILLIAMS*, DAUGHTER
WIFE OF LIEUT. BENJAMIN WM. WILLIAMS
BORN FEBRUARY 7th 1872 DIED APRIL 19th 1924
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THE ABOVE
BENJAMIN WILLIAM WILLIAMS
BORN OCTOBER 24th 1868 DIED AUGUST 18th 1943

* See Window in Church

Alfred Lines, Wood Sawyer in Lambeth, 1901 Census, has one servant. 
Married Maria Drew in Norfolk in 1871

Alice Williams, Stained Glass Window inside church.

MAPLESDEN see Noakes

158.   Cruciform Coped


2nd FROM LEFT: REV. J. J. MARSHAM, 1894
MIDDLE AND RIGHT: TWO OF HIS OLD SERVANTS,
ELLEN FORREST, 1865 AND ELEANOR HOLLANDS, 1893
DID THE REVEREND GENTLEMAN EXPECT TO NEED HIS SERVANTS IN THE NEXT WORLD ?

North Side
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE REVD. JACOB JOSEPH MARSHAM
SON OF THE REVD. AND HON. JACOB MARSHAM D.D.
BORN 8th FEBY. 1804 DIED 23rd OCTR. 1894
FOR 52 YEARS VICAR OF SHORNE

South Side
"Be of Good Comfort, Rise, He Calleth Thee"
St. Mark 10th Chapter, 9th Verse
See Window in Church

Jacob Joseph Marsham, former Vicar of Shorne
Obituary from "The Times", 25th October 1894
   "The Church Review announces the death of the Rev. JACOB JOSEPH MARSHAM, which took place on Tuesday last at the patriarchal age of 90. Born on February 8th 1804, at Rochester, where his father, the Hon. And Rev. Jacob Marsham, D.D., was one of the canons of the cathedral, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
   His father was also a canon of Windsor, rector of Kirkby Overblow, Yorkshire, vicar of Wateringbury, Kent, and a prebendary of Wells.
   Mr Marsham was ordained in 1827 as his father's curate at Kirkby Overblow. Ten years later he was presented by the Dean and Chapter of Rochester to the living of Shorne, Kent, which he held for 52 years, only resigning when he became blind. He had been hale and hearty to within a couple of days of his death, and at last succumbed to senile collapse.
   For nearly 40 years he had been J.P. For the county of Kent. He was a grandson of the second Baron Romney and nephew of the third Baron, who was created Earl of Romney in 1801.
   During Mr Marsham's long incumbency of Shorne he was instrumental in restoring the ancient parish church. He also built excellent national schools. It was in his churchyard that Charles Dickens, whose house at Gad's Hill is only just outside the parish, used to love to sit, as Foster records in his "Life of Dickens"; and up to the very last Mr Marsham never let wind, rain, snow or personal ailment keep him away from church and the Holy Communion"
   Rev. Marsham's will was dated 18th February 1879, with a Codicil dated 2nd June 1891.
His executor was his nephew, Robert Henry Bullock Marsham. His personal estate was about £48,000 (about £3,000,000 in modern values). He left property to his nephew, Fitzroy D. Maclean; property at St. Kitts to nephew Robert Marsham. His nieces, Louisa Nevill, Emily Maclean and Fanny Hood were residuary legatees.

149.   Headstone and Body Stone


JUDITH MITCHELL, 1805
(ALSO INSCRIBED WITH WALTER MITCHELL'S NAME)
WALTER MITCHELL WAS NEVER BURIED AT SHORNE
AND HIS DATE OF DEATH AND AGE REMAIN BLANK

JUDITH MITCHELL
OBIT
MARCH THE 8th? 1805
ETAT
79
ALSO WALTER MITCHELL
OF CAXTON ? PARISH, SOUTH
STAINLEY, WEST RIDING OF YORK
OBIT
[ * ]
ETAT
[ * ]

*The Date and Age were not Incised, Mitchell was not Buried at Shorne.
His name must have been incised in his lifetime

Walter Mitchell, Esquire, the same man who sold the Manor of Randall to the Earl of Darnley in about 1793 ? (Hasted's History of Kent)
Appears in Parliamentary Poll Book 1803

156.   Ledger on Brick Base

IN MEMORY OF
EDWARD MAPLESDEN THIRD SON OF
JARVIS AND MARY NOAKES
OF IFIELD PLACE FARM IN THIS PARISH
WHO DIED MARCH 26th 1848
IN THE 43rd YEAR OF HIS AGE
ALSO HENRY MAPLESDEN THEIR SON
WHO DIED AUGUST 31st 1849 AGED 36 YEARS
ALSO ANNA MAPLESDEN
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AT IVY MILL HOUSE, TOVIL
DECEMBER 19th 1875 IN HER 77th YEAR
"Her End was Peace"
ALSO OF MARY MAPLESDEN SECOND DAUGHTER OF
THE ABOVE JARVIS NOAKES
DIED JUNE 13th 1880 IN HER 80th YEAR
AFTER A LONG ILLNESS BORN WITH CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE

Edward Maplesden Noakes, Gentleman, late of Woolwich, now of Vauxhall Bridge Road, Westminster.
P.C.C. Will dated 4th March 1848 (Died at home of brother in law, W.S. Young, in Vauxhall Bridge Road)
   To brother Francis Maplesden Noakes, his silver cigar case; to sister Frances Maplesden Young, £100. Rest and residue, to brother Jarvis William Maplesden Noakes and brother in law, William Samuel Young, in trust for his mother and brothers and sisters, in equal shares. Jarvis Noakes and William Young are executors.
   Witnesses: Elizabeth Young, 30 Parliament Street and John Lake, 5 Great George Street.
   Proved 26th September 1848
   Died at the house of Mr W. S. Young in Vauxhall Bridge Road

Anna Noakes,
Ivy Mill was a Paper Mill

ROOKE see Barrett

SAINSBURY   see Smythe

157.   Pedestals and Tall Cross

East Side
EDWARD GEORGE
SAINSBURY SMYTHE
BORN MAY 4th 1854
DIED JULY 17th 1926
ELIZABETH WOOLLETT SMYTHE
BORN JULY 31st 1849
DIED JULY 17th 1926

North Side
JOHN ROBERT SMYTHE
HIS BROTHER
BORN NOVEMBER 28th 1860
DIED DECEMBER 20th 1947

Edward Smythe, Senior, Wine, Spirit, Beer and General Merchant, 1851 Census; Merchant of Pipe's Place, 1861 Census; China Merchant of Swanscombe, 1871 Census. In and 1851 and 1861 he states born at Southwark, in 1871 born at Blackfriars.
Appears in Parliamentary Poll Book 1857

Edward Smythe,
Junior, died at Gravesend, "The Times" death notices.

John Smythe,
a Printer at Gravesend living with sister and husband, Mr. Phelps, a Bank Clerk, 1901 Census

SMYTHE see CARNEY

TUFF see BALDWIN

TUFNELL see BARRETT

WALLACE see CARNEY

WILLIAMS see Lines

WOOLLETT see SMYTHE

152.    Pedestals, Cross and Curbs

South Side
IN AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBRANCE
OF
ALFRED YOUNGMAN
THE BELOVED CHILD OF
JOSEPH & BLANCHE WARD
WHO DIED JAN. 18th 1891
AGED 12 YEARS

East Side
ALSO IN AFFECTIONATE
REMEBRANCE
OF
JOSEPH YOUNGMAN WARD
WHO PASSED AWAY
JANY. 17Th 1913
AGED 74 YEARS
"All [   ] Jesu Blest,
[    ] that Eternal Rest"

North Side
ALSO OF HIS
WIFE
BLANCHE E. WARD
WHO DIED MAY 25th 1936
AGED 82 YEARS

Joseph Youngman Ward, same man at the "Crown" 1891 Kelly's Directory, and in 1901 Census a Carpenter at Gravesend, both he and Maria born in Norfolk.

154.   Headstone, Plain Ledger and Foot Stone

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOSEPH WELLS
LATE OF PENSHURST, KENT
WHO DIED JUNE 23rd 1859
AGED 66 YEARS
ALSO
MARY WIFE OF THE ABOVE
JOSEPH WELLS
WHO DIED OCT. 24th 1861
AGED 66 YEARS

Joseph Wells, Retired Gardener, living in Shorne in 1851 Census, born Ireland

WILLIAMS see LINES

151.   Pedestals, Cross and Curbs

IN MEMORY OF
MARY AGNES
TUFNELL WOOD
WIFE OF [   ]
REV. WILLIAM WOOD
M.A.
OF MAR[T]OCK, SOMERSETSHIRE
ELDEST DAUGHTER
OF THE LATE
[SAMUEL] ? BARRETT [   ]
[   ]

Mary Agnes Wood, daughter of Samuel Barrett, died at 2 Princes Square, London, " The Times"

YOUNGMAN see Ward

153.   Thick Grey Stone Chest Tomb

17th or early 18th century.
Any inscription on the top has completely eroded away.
Small excavations were made on the north, east and south sides,
but I did not notice any inscriptions.

 

END OF SECTION D

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PLAN OF SECTION D GRAVES
(NOT TO SCALE)
This plan is purely diagrammatic, designed to give approximate
positions only, it is not meant to be accurate representations.

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