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          Monumental Inscriptions from Tovil Anabaptist Burial Ground.

Typed up by Pat Tritton

Plan (95KB) of location of gravestones in Tovil Anabaptist Burial Ground

The following record of the burial ground inscriptions are the result of combining information from:

i)  ‘The Tombs Register of the Ancient Burial Ground at Tovil’ – an anonymous list of names, dates of death and
ages produced about 1870, apparently accurate but obviously not including the few burial details after that date;

ii) a survey undertaken by M.C. Thomsett in 1979, but he was clearly unaware of the 1870 Tombs Register with
its dates and ages and his survey contains some inaccuracies and omissions;

iii) a less than complete survey undertaken by pupils from Oldborough Manor School in 1992;

iv) a survey undertaken by me in June/July 2010.

The inscriptions as here transcribed are probably as accurate as can now be produced, given that many of the stones have been weathered so that the lettering is no longer easy to read, and in some cases is illegible or has vanished. The numbers refer to the graves as they are numbered on the plan. The square brackets indicate illegible or missing portions of the inscriptions and stones, and obliques indicate ends of lines.
                                                                                                                        Roger Thornburgh, 2010

1.  In memory of / John BALLARD / who departed this life Sept^r 25th 1815. / Aged 35 years / Also of / Phoebe Ballard / Wife of the above who departed this Life / May the 5th 1852 Aged 72 years. / Also Elizth Ballard Daughter of / the above who died Feb^ry 25th 1815. / Aged 19 months / Left Issue Four Sons (viz) John. Henry./ Charles. & William./ Also William Son of the above who died / Sept^r 24th 1822 Aged 11 years & 5 Months. / Also Charles third Son of the above / who died Nov^r 15th 1839. Aged 30 Years. / Also John. Son of the above / who died July 10^th 1863. / Aged 58 years

2.   In memory of / Rebecca PINE widow of / John Pine of Tovil and only child / of Christopher CARBERRY and / Rebecca his wife, / who died October the 2nd 1865 / aged 92 years / also in memory of / Rebecca Pine, / second daughter of the above named / who died 15th June 1892, / aged 89 years.

2a.  R.P. 1865

3.   In / Memory of / Robert only Son / of Will^m & Mary GROSVENOR / of St Michael’s Parish, Cornhill, London, who died Oct 9th 1776. / Aged 7 years / Also of Lydia GEORGE / Born May 19th (OS) 1748 / Died May 13th 1834 / Aged 86 Years

4.   In memory / of / Thomas PINE / of Maidstone / who died June 17^th 1857, / aged 83 years. / Also of / Ann, his wife,/ who died January 6th 1857, / aged 83 years.

4a.   T.P. 1857. A.P.1857

5.   (Left hand panel)   Here / Lies [the] / body [of] / Jane [ GRIGSON ] / daugh[ter of] / Benjam[in Grigson and] / Con[stance .........................] /  (Lines 8 – 11 illegible)  / Daughter of Benjn / Grigson & Constance / [his] wife departd / this life y^e 2 of may / 1712 aged 3 years / and 6 months / John Grigson son / of Benjamin / Grigson and Constance / his wife departed / this life y^e 24th of / March 1712
(The 1870 list gives Jane’s death, in infancy, as being 1707. The name of Eliza must have been in the lines on this stone which are now illegible as she appears in the 1870 list as having died in 1712 at the age of 3½.) 
(Right hand panel virtually gone)

6.   [ Here · / lieth]· the · body · / of · Simon · PYNE · / who · departed · / this · life · the · 28 · / of · october · in · / the · yeare · / of · ovr · lord · 1681 · / being · aged · 47 · / years · two · / months · and · 12 · / dayes · leaving · / issve · John · Thomas · / Arthor · Mary · / and · Hanna

7.   (Top of table tomb)   Here / [Li]eth the Remains [of] / [W]illiam [Son of] / [Thomas?] and Hannah [ PINE] / who died Feb^ry 21st 18[49] / Aged 6[4] Years / Also Elizabeth Wife of the above / William Pine / who died July [ .. ] 18[53] / Aged 65 Years / Also Rose Pine / who died Feb^y [ .. ] 1855 / Aged 73 Years / Also Mary Pine / who died Feb^y 23rd 1855 / Aged 75 Years
(West face: not properly checked as it is difficult to read without helpful lighting.)   John son of Tho and Mary PINE died March 15th 1810 aged 31 Years. Also Tho son of Tho & Hanna Pine who died Oct^r 5th 1852 Aged 75 Years. Also Sarah Wife of the above Tho Pine who died Jan 23rd 1863 Aged 77 Years . Charles Arthur Scott Pine died Oct^r 22nd 1861 Aged 10 weeks. William Rose Pine died Nov^r [ ... ] 1863 Aged 17 Years.

8.   In Memory of / Elizabeth Wife of Simon PINE / who departed this Life 19th Day / of September 1782 Aged 6[8] Years. / Also to the Memory of the above / Simon PINE who departed this / Life the 25^th Feb^y [1789 aged 75]

9.   [In] / Memory of [Edw^d] DAVIS / who died N[ov^r ...... 1800] / Aged 2[7 Years] / Also Han[nah D]AVIS / his Wi[fe who died] / Oct^r the [ .... 1811] / [Age]d 36 [Yea]rs

9a.   E D. H D. (Leaning against wall alongside headstone.)

10.   In A Vault / in Front of this Stone /are deposited the Remains / of M^rs Mary HAWKINS Wife of M^r George Hawkins / (of Gabriel Hill Maidstone) / who departed this Life Dec^r 28th 1812 / Aged 39 Years. / Also of Sophia their Daughter / Aged 8 Years. / Samuel Reader & Ebenezer 2 sons / who died in their Infancy.

11.   Here lyeth the / body of Alexander BASSUCK / freemason who departed / this life 10 of June 1702 / aged 83 years / Think nothing strong / death will arrest ye all / my lot today tomorrow / Thine may fall / Here lyeth also the body / of Sarah his wife who died / y 15 day of February 1703 / aged 72 years

[12.   Thomsett’s list had the inscription: ‘E. ALCHIN 1812. E. 1826’. but there is now no sign of any stone with this inscription in this position or anywhere else in the burial ground, and no Alchins appear on the 1870 list for these dates. Was it the footstone to No.29 with incorrect dates? The spelling of the surname is different however.]

13.  To the Memory of / Thomas BAILEY / of Maidstone who departed this Life / the 9^th of February 1814 Aged 66 years / Also Elizabeth second Wife of the above who died the [11th?] of December 1810 / Aged [59 Years] / [Also Sally Bailey] Wife of / Walter OT[TA]WAY second Daughter / of the above Thomas [Bailey who died] / the 21st March 1803 [Aged 24] / And Charles Son of Charles and / Elizabeth JAMES / who died [ .. ] March 1808 Aged 3 Years. (There follow 12 illegible lines of verse.)

13a.  T.B. 1814. E.B. 1810

14.  In Memory / of / Stephen FRENCH / of this Parish / who departed this Life November 17th [1814] / Aged 54 years / Left Issue two Sons and one Daughter / viz. Elizabeth William & Stephen / Also Elizabeth his Wife / who died November 8th 1818. / Aged 64 Years.

15.   (Right hand panel). Here lyeth y^e / Body of Eliz / abeth y^e Wife of / Edward BEDWELL / Senior who / Departed thi^s / Life y^e 21: of / Febuary 1708 / in y^e 77 year / of Her Age.   (Left hand panel). Also / Here lyeth y^e Body of M^r: Edward / Bedwell / who depart’d / this Life the 26^th of October / 1716 in the / 84^th Year of / his Age

16.  In memory / of Chilley PINE third son of the late / John Pine of Lower Tovil who died before Sebastopol March the 6^th 1855 / and was buried in the military burial / ground at Balaklava. born June 15^th 1810 / registered at D^r Williams’s Library / having served in Bengal, China, New Zealand / and New South Wales for many years / He landed with his Regiment the / 4^th Dragoon Guards in the Crimea and was / shortly after promoted to the chief / surgeoncy of the Fourth, and subsequently / of the second division of the army, / when he was present at the engagements / of Balaklava and Inkermann. / He married on the 8^th june 1853 / at Handsworth in the county of Stafford / Agnes Miller GIBSON, eldest daughter of /James Gibson M.D.. and great grand / daughter of James WATT the engineer / and left issue an only child Arthur Chilley / born April 20^th 1854 and who was / baptised at the chapel of the Royal Hospital / Kilmainham, May 31^st 1854. / having expressed a wish that his remains "might one d[ay rest in this plac]e" amidst / t[hose of his ancestors] / this st[one was erected to his memory] / by a sup[ ........ er and brother] / also in mem[ory of ............................ of Otford] / kent, (elder b[rother of the above Chilley Pine)] / died unmar[ried born 12^th ............ 18....]. (The last 5 lines of this inscription flaked off and fell onto the ground; some of it was saved in 1992 and reassembled onto a board which is now with the Loose Area History Society.)

17.  Here lie the remains / of / Rebecca WOOD. widow of / John Wood of Cranbrook. amd formerly / widow of Christopher CARBERRY. / who died Feb^ry 21^st 1827. aged 76 years. / leaving issue only by her first / marriage one daughter (viz) Rebecca. / the wife of John Pine of Tovil.

18.  In Memory / of / Ann PINE, third daughter of / the late John Pine of Tovil / who died the 13^th of February 1826 / aged 21 years. / also of / Elizabeth Jane Pine, / eldest daughter of / Benjamin Chilley Pine / of Maidstone, who died 31^st august / 1826 aged 16 years. / "The wintry blast of death," / "kills not the buds of virtue; no, they spread," / "beneath the heavens beam, of brighter suns." / "through endless ages, into higher powers."

18a.  A P 1826, E P 1826

19.  In / Memory of / Benjamin Chilley PINE / who died September 12^th 1827 / Aged 49 Years

19a.  B.C.P. 1827.

20.   IN memory / of / Elizabeth PINE / daughter of / John & Eliz^th PIne / who departed this life July 16^th / 1793 aged 17 years / Also of Mary Pine / sister of the above / Elizabeth Pine / who died December 28^th 1839 / aged [56] / Also of Ann Pine sister of / Elizabeth & Mary Pine / wh[o died January..............1849] / [aged 71 .................................. ] / ALSO  [ ............................ ] / B[ ..................................... ] / [ .......................... ] / WHO [ ............................... ] / [ ...............?................ ]

20a.  [Facing the back of headstone No. 35 , so inscription cannot be read.]

21.  Thomas PINE / Died Jan [28^th?] 1763 Aged 60 Years. / Mary Widow of Tho^s Pine / Died March 18^th 1788 Aged 82 Years. / Jordan Son of T & M Pine / Died [ blank ] 1747 Aged 1 Year / James Son of T & M Pine / Died August 1748 Aged 17 Years. / Sarah Daughter of T & M Pine. / Died Jan 31^st 1754 Aged 4 Years. / Elizabeth Daughter of T & M Pine / and Wife of the Rev^d M^r John WICHE. / Died Apr. 16^th 1766 Aged 30 Years. / John Son of T & M Pine died Apr 16^th / [1789 Aged ] 48 Years. / Also [Elizab]eth Wife of the above / Joh[n Pin]e died April the 12^th 1796 / Aged 51 Years.

22.  [Thomsett mistakenly allocated this number to the second half of stone No.21.]

23.  The Rev^d / John WICHE / died April 7 1794 / Aged 76 Years / He was a teacher of Youth and Pastor / of the General Baptist Church at / Maidstone for near Half a Century / Also Elizabeth Wiche his Daughter / Born Jan^ry 24^th 1761. died July 3^rd 1778 / Aged Seventeen Years. / Also Jane his youngest Daughter / who died July 31^st 1822 / Aged 58 Years.

24.  Thomas Jordan PINE / Born Oct^br 9^th 1733 / Died Dec^br 17^th 1805 / Aged 72 Years. / Pure religion and undefiled befor[e God] / and the Father is this to visit the Fat[herless] / and widows in their affliction and t[o keep] / oneself unspotted from the worl[d] / Also Thomas Pine Son o[f] / the late John Pine of Tov[il] / Born Sept^r 2^nd 1808. / Died Nov^r 20^th 1833. Aged 25 Years.

24a.  T J P. 1805

25.  Sacred to the Memory of / Stephen BEECHING / Departed this Life the 7^th June 1791. / Aged 32 Years.

26.  To the Memory of / John BEECHING / Late of Maidstone died October 6^th 1810. / Aged 47 Years. / Issue One Son & Two Daughters / Also Mary / Wife of the above John Beeching / who departed this Life the 4^thMarch / 1826 Aged 62 Years /
Near this Place are also deposited the remains / of eleven Infant Children of the above / John Beeching and Mary his Wife.

27.  Sacred / to the Memory of Samuel DAWSON / who died Dec^r 23^rd / 1785 Aged 24 Years / Also Elizabeth Dawson / who died Oct^r 23^rd 1786 Aged 26 Years / Likewise Thomas Dawson / who died Jan^y 13^th 1789 Aged 40 Years / Also Elizabeth Wife of the Rev^d J Dawson who died / November 12^th 1815 Aged 51 Years / Sons and Daughtrs of / M^r Isaac Dawson / Likewise the above Rev^d Joseph Dawson / Son of the aforesaid M^r Isaac Dawson / who departed the Life October the [ .. ] / 1825 Aged 66 Years

27a.  S.D. 1785

28.  In Memory of / Mary Wife of WIll^m BOORNE / who departed this Life May the 22^nd / 1774 Aged 63 Years / Redeeming grace Electing love / Her theme below Her song above / Also Elizabeth Boorne second / Wife of the above William Boorne / who departed this Life December / the 9^th 1825 Aged 94 Years

29.  In Memory of / Elizabeth Wife of / Richard ALLCHIN of Maidstone / who was born August 27^th 1779 / died April 19^th 1815 / Leaving Issue one Daughter Elizabeth / For many years she labored incessantly / for the welfare of others and long previously / to her Death was almost precluded / from every enjoyment herself. Doubtless / there is a future state in which suffering / Virtue will be amply recompenced. / Also in Memory of / the said Richard Allchin who died / June 30^th 1842 Aged 71 Years / Also of Elizabeth their Daughter / who died Sep^t 29^th 1828 Aged 20 Years / He was ditinguished by his intelligence and / [ ............................ ] amiable daughter
[ ........... ] the patient / [ ........... ] of [ ................ ] / [ ........................................] / [ ................................. ]

30.  Here lieth the Body of / M^rs Eliz LAW Relict / of M^r John Law Jun^r / late of Faversham Dec / who departed this Life / y^e 22^d of Feb 1741 / Aged 44

31.  In Memory of / Mary Wife of Thomas ATKINS / who died 26^th of May 1797. / Aged 34 Years. / Also two children died in their Infancy / Left Issue one Daughter Sally. / Also the ab[ove n]amed Sally Atkins died t[he] 30]^th March 1798. / Aged 3 Years and 8 Months.

32.  In Memory of Mary / Wife of Isaac DAWSON / who died 10^th Dec^br 1753. / Aged 27 Years. / Also Sarah their Daugh^t / Aged 1 Year.

33.  In Memory of / Jane Wife of / Isaac DAWSON / who died August 14^th 1806 / Aged 79 Years / Also of the above Isaac Dawson / who died July 28^th 1814 / Aged Ninety two Years.

34.  Here lyes / the Body of / Margaret [Wife] of / Tho DAWSON / of Maidstone [ .... ] / she departed this life / Nov^r 23^d 1728 / Aged 22 Years / Also y^e Body of / Amos their son / Also the Body [of Margarett] / Dawson their d[aughter Aged] / one Year [ ....................... ] / Left Issue one [son ... ] / Thomas Dawson

35.  Sacred to the Memory of / Samuel EDMETT who died Jan / the 15^th 1786 Aged 58 Years / Also Sarah his Wife died May the 17^th 1781 Aged 47 Years / Eliz^h their Daugh^t died Sept^r 22^d 1783 Aged 9 Years / GEORGE their Son died 27^th Aged 6 Years / Also Sarah their Daugh^t died Feb^ry / the 16^th 1792, Aged 20 Years / Also Esther their Daughter died /January the 27^th 1801, Aged 21 Years / Also Mary their Daughter who died / the 19^th of June 1833 Aged 61 Years

35a. (Footstone standing against headstone, badly flaked.) S E

36.  To the Memory of / Will^m Son of Will^m & Ann EDMETT / who died March 6^th 1806. Aged 7 Months / also Esther their daughter who died May / 23^rd 1808 Aged 4 Years 9 Months / also Samuel their Son who died Oct^r
[25^th] / 1810 Aged 12 Months / also William their Son who died Oct^r [16^th] / 1815 Aged 8 Years & 8 Months

36a.  (Footstone close to headstone.) W. E. 1806

37.   In Memory of /William EDMETT / of Maidstone / who died April 8^th 1845 / aged 75 years / Thomas Clark Edmett / [son of the above] / [who died ................1848] / [aged 29 years ........ ] / [ ......................... ed]mett / [ ................................... ] / [ ............. ed]mett

37a.  W. E. 1845

38.  In Memory of Eli^z / Wife of Benjamin KNOWLDEN / who died July 7^th 1762 / Aged 33 Years / Also two Children died in their Infancy. / Left Surviving one Son and four Daugh^s. / Will^m Mary Eliza^h Martha and Sarah. / Also Mary Knowlden died / Feb^ry 29^th 1774 Aged 21 Years. / Likewise the Said Benjamin Knowlden / who died Novem^br the 8^th 1776 Aged 50 Years / Also Anna his Daugh^tr by Anna his Second / Wife died Oct^br 20^th 1779 Aged 14 Years

39.  In Memory / of Elizabeth the / Dearly beloved Wife of / John FAULKNER of East- / Farleigh who Lived together / in love and Unity 46 Years / She died April [ ... ] 1765 / Aged 75 Years / Also John Faulkner died / Feb^ry 8^th 1772 Aged 77 Years

40.  In Memory of / George BENTLIF. / born Feb^y 11. 1779. died Feb^y 4. 1824. / and Sarah. his wife / born May 7. 1783. died Nov^r 30. 1871. / Also in remembrance / of their deceased children.- / Thomas. Born Sept^r 20. 1807. died April 26. 1830. / William. born March 20. 1809. died Aug^t 1. 1842. / (interred at st. mary’s Bermondsey.) / Emily. wife of George BOOTH / born Feb^y 27. 1821. died sept^r 22. 1847. / Henry. born Oct^r 12. 1810. died Dec^r 2. 1847. / Alfred. Born Feb^y 25. 1823. died Feb^y 23. 1855. / and Mary-Anne. who died in infancy. / This memorial was erected in 1872. / by the surviving children of the above / George & Sarah bentlif. / viz George Amatt Eliza Sarah Caroline. / Mary-Anne and Samuel. / (On rear of stone) Further records of burial / on granite monument / over vault / in maidstone cemetery. (Stone coffin has G B 1821 on its end.)

41.  Sacred / to the Memory of / John BURCH / Departed this Life [ .. ] Sept 1802 / Aged 73 Years /

42.  Sacred / to the memory / Emily ELGAR Daughter of / William & Mary Elgar / of this Parish / died August 11^th 1808 / Aged 2 Years 6 Weeks & 5 Days / Also William Elgar Son of the above named William & Mary Elgar / died Sept^r 27^th 1810. / Aged 10 Years 7 Months & 22 Days / Also of the above Named / Mary Elgar / died April 1^st 1813 Aged 37 Years. (Stone coffin has W E on its broken-off end.)

43.  In Memory of / Tho^s ELGAR Junior (Late) of Maidstone / he Departed this Life December y^e 26^th 1755 / Aged 27 Years / Here also lieth the Body of Tho^s Elgar / Senior he Departed this Life August y^e 3^d 1763 / Aged 71 Years / Left Issue 3 Sons, 2 Daughters. (Stone coffin has E.E. 1808 on its end.)

44.  Here Lyeth the Body of / M^r / Tho^s Mercer / Late of Maidstone / who Departed this Life / the 22 of July 1744 / Aged 41 Years / Also Here Lyeth the Body of / M^rs Sarah Late Wife / to the above said M^r Tho^s Mercer / who Departed this Life / the 19 of April 1752 / Aged 49 Years

45.  Here Lieth the Body of / Joseph Mercer / Formerly of Sedlescombe / in Sussex and Late of / Maidstone in this County / who Departed this Life / y^e 7^th Day of February / 1737 / Aged 78 Years / [Thin]k Seriously on Death / [ ....... ] and Eternity

46.  In Memory / OF / Alice / Wife of James WIDGEON / who departed this Life March 5^th 1819 / Aged 61 Years. / Likewise James Widgeon / Husband of the above (Late of Sheerness) / who departed this Life the 14^th of August / 1830 Aged 75 Years / Also Charles Widgeon HAYWARD / Grandson of the above / who died August 19^th 1856 / Aged 41 Years (Stone coffin has A.W. 1819 on its end.)

47.  (Top of table tomb)   Here rest the remains of / Israel LEWIS of Hampstead / who died dec^r 28^th 1820, aged 72. / Robert Lewis / of Longcroft near Ttring, / who died Sep^t 13^th 1827 aged 67. / M^rs Elizabeth Storke / COOPER / who died July 28^th 1818 aged 75. / and their nephew / James Cooper / who died May 24^th 1820 aged 27. / Also in memory of / Lewis Cooper, / who quitted this world / on the 28^th day of October, / in the year 1842. / at the age of 66. / and of Matilda his wife, / who died at Hampstead, / on June 17^th 1854 aged 73. / Likewise of Emily Cooper, / their daughter / who died Sept^r 10^th 1877 aged 75.

48.  [Here lieth the Bod]y / [of ..................... ] DEANE / [ ......................... ] of / the [ ................ ] of Ash / Son [of ................Will]Iam / De[ane of ] Ridley / wh[o died ....................... ] / this [ ............................ ] / in y^e [year of our] / Lord 1727 in y^e / (rest of inscription below ground).

49.  William DEANE / of Ridley in Kent [died Ma]y 1 / 1734 Aged [68] / Here lies the B[ody of] / Sa[rah] deane [wife of] / Wil[l] deane daughter of [ .............. ] / Deane of Ridley / [ .............................. ] Oct Year of our Lord / [1721 Aged 49 ............................ ] / [ ................................................ ]

50.  In Memory / of / Catherine Wife of / John PILLOW / who died April 27^th 1818 / Aged 69 Years / Also the above / John Pillow / who died Oct^r 3^rd 1836 / Aged 87 Years

50a.  (Footstone standing against headstone.) C. P. [1818]. J. P. 1836

51.  In Memory of / Flower, / wife of Thomas SICKLEMORE, / who died October 15^th 1798, / aged 35 years. / also / James son of the above, / who died November 25^th 1811, / aged 18 years.

52.  Here lieth the body / of M^rs Sarah BEDWELL / who Departed this life [4^th?] of / December 1755 / Aged 81 Years

53.  Here Lieth the body of / Mary MERCER / of Maidstone Who Departed / this Life 2^nd September / 1737 / Aged 65 Years

54.  Here / Lieth y^e Body of /David PAIN Son of / [ ...........................Pa]in of
Ha ......................... ] / [who d]eparted this Life / [ ............... ] y^e 20^th 17[ .. ] / In y^e 51^st Year of his Age

54a.  (Footstone may belong to No. 54, but only the top is visible; inscription is below ground.)

55.  In Memory of / Harriot / Daughter of Edward and / Mary PINE of Otham: / who died November 19^th 1798 / Aged 28 Years. / Her life tho painful was to others dear. / Her early death has left a loss severe. / Also Sarah their daughter died / May 14^th 1804. Aged 28 Years. / She too alas from friends is torn away / To join her valu’d sister’s mould’ring clay; / The selfsame gloomy path her feet have trod / While we for both lament they rest in peace with God.

55a/b.  (Tops only of two footstones are visible, side by side; inscriptions are below ground.)

56.  In Memory / OF / Ann wife of John TURNER / who Departed this Life / March the 14^th 1803. / Aged 65 Years.

57.  Sacred / To the Memory of / Elizabeth Wife of Samuel CORNFORD / of this Parish / who departed this Life March 28^th 1810 / Aged 40 Years / Also Sarah their Dau^r died Feb^y 7^th 1802 / Aged 2 Years / Edward their Son died Oct^r 13^th 1810 / Aged 5 Years / And 2 Sons Twins viz: Benjamin / & Joseph died in their Infancy / Also Sarah / Daughter of the above named / Elizabeth Cornford / and the beloved Wife of / John WOOD of Maidstone / died Jan^y 21^st 1868 Aged 61 Years / They rest from their labours / Also John Wood / Husband of the above / who died January 14^th 1880 / in the 75^th Year of his Age / In God have I put my trust.

58.  To the Memory / OF / Rebecca Wife of Rob^rt DAWSON / Who Departed this Life March 24^th / 1803, Aged 63 Years. / Wife so lovely to my Soul was and is knit. / Time must end with me before I her forget.

59.  Here Lyeth the Body of / Edward BEDWELL / Brewer Who Departed this / [Life] y^e 19^th of October / Anno Domini 1728 / Aged 59 Years

60.  In Memory of / Anne HAYWOOD wife of / Charles Widgeon Haywood Esq^r / late of Tovil died 5^th January 1864 / aged 43 years. / also / Elizabeth Amy Haywood / widow of Charles Garnells Haywood / who died august 15^th 1864. / aged 83 years.

61.  (Inscription on 2-panel face eroded away completely – probably 18th century.)

62.  Here Lieth [y^e Body] of / Mary [M]OORE [the] Wife / of W[..................... ] Daughter / [ ........ ] LE [ ......................... ] MARY / WRIGHT [ .................... ] / [ ...........?............ ]

63 (This inscription is one of the most significant in the burial ground, but is difficult to read not only because it is faint, but because it is in Greek and Latin as well as English. The Greek has not been attempted here, and both the Latin and English sections are incomplete – and the Latin seems not to agree with the English!)

Hic jacet in tumulo / corpus J[ ........... ] WRIGHT / medici / qui obiit Decim die / Augusti Anno D 1706 / et aetatis sua quadrag[ ............. ] / filios duos et filias [ ................ ] em relinquem

Here lieth the body of Joseph WRIGHT / late of Maidstone who departed this / life the 14th May Anno Domini 1703 / aged 78 years

64.  (Large slab presently covered with moss; some elements of the inscription were recorded by Oldborough Manor pupils in 1992, and these together with the date of death and age from the 1870 list, plus some guesswork, have been used to produce this less than complete version.)
[Here lieth the Body of] Tho^s / PENWALL of [ ............... ] grocer / who Departed this Life in / [ .......... ] Oc[t^r .......... ] / Anno Domini [1705 Aged 42 Years]

65.   (Large slab presently covered with moss; it may or may not have an inscription.)

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