Church of England
Inglesham
Wiltshire/Berkshire
Swindon Borough Council
SU 205 984
The Parish Vicar
Vicarage Lane
Highworth
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN6 7AD
15
1654
1837
Recorded Ledgerstones
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 1
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering centrally placed over whole of stone with a margin at top and bottom
Copperplate. Upper and lowercase
Hear, Allso, lyeth, Countey, Barks
Condition good
Purbeck
1732
1930 x 927 mm
76 x 36.5 inches
Here [——}Body of
Anne Litle Wife of
Richard Shilburne
Citizen & Vintner of London
And Daughter to
Thomas Sa[un]ders Gent
Who departed this Life
Dm. 177[3]
Feb[ 17[13]
[———————]40 [ ] 40
Mollin [Ofsa cubant timulis
Soc[iatn ] uentum
Hear Allso Lyeth y Body of
phebe Howse Wife
Howse [Lare] of L[an]gford in y
Countey
of Barks and Daughter of N[–] Thomas Saunder
A Bo[– –y-] Who y Departed This Life
e
May y 20[–]1732 [ –] Year of [—]Age
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 2
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Heraldic device at top. Lettering covers remainder of stone
Upper and lowercase. Also copperplate. ‘Syncere’, ‘interrd’, Wolfton possibly instead of Wolston, ‘bleffed’
Per chevron sable and argent three elephants’ heads erased counterchanged, tusked, or.
Crest: An elephant’s head erased sable tusked or.
Condition good
Purbeck
1683
2140 x 915 mm
84.25 x 36 inches
To the Pious & Sacred Memory
of the Godly & Religious X[rrans]
here interrd
Viz
Thomas Saunders
Gent. 4th Son of Tho: Saunders of
Wolfton in ye County of Berks
and
PHEBE his Wife
Daughter to Mr Alexander [—] of
Little Blunsdon in ye County of Wilts
To ye most Desired and Best of Parents
who in Honourable Wedlock were bleffed wth Issue
viz: Elizbeth,Tho: Martha, Phebe, Alexander
Anne, Mary, Thomas
Phoebe Saunders
Executrix to ye said MrThomas Saunder Daught
To him by his said Wife Phebe, This Small Tribute
does humbly Offer
As an Instance of her Syncere Devotion to [—]
Living and of her Veneration & Gratitude now [dead]
} Thomas Feb 27 17 12/13}
Ob} }Ano [—]
} Phebe Jan 24 1683 }
Ab Leetor et Immitare
The ‘e’ in ye is engraved above the y and is smaller.
Similarly ‘r’ in Mr. ‘th’ in with. ‘te’ in tribute.
‘w’ in now. ‘2nd d’ in dead. ‘o’ in Ano.
I am pleased to acknowledge that the full blazon of the arms of the Saunders family was given by courtesy of the Oxford University Heraldic Society
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 3
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering on upper half
There is a rectangular brass plate at the top of the stone
Uppercase
Condition poor
Purbeck
1790
Ledgerstone: 1939 x 686 mm
75.5 x 27 inches
Brass: 13.25 x 10.75 inches
E
[M] B 179
E. B
___________
The stone might record someone of the same family as the brass set on top of it as they share the initial letter B in the surname
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 4
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering in centre
Upper case
Condition very good
Not known
6093 x 1170 mm
46 x 27.5 inches
A memorial on the wall of the the south aisle is to Jane Bruce, 3rd wife of Revd Stanhope Bruce, who died August 8th 1837 aged 61years
J . B.
1 8 3 7.
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 5
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Traces of lettering over most of the stone. Quarter stone decoration in all four corners
Upper case
Condition poor
Not known
1820 x 940 mm
71.5 x 37 inches
D
ANN B
RO[BERT] WOOD
86
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 6
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering towards top of stone
Upper and lowercase. ‘Newgate’ in copperplate. ‘LONDON’ in italics
Condition excellent
Purbeck
1793
990 x 600 mm
39 x 23.75 inches
HANNAH HOLMES
Daughter of
JASPER and
ELIZABETH HOLMES
of Newgate Street
LONDON
ob: June 25th 1793
AEtate 15 Months.
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 7
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering on top two-thirds of the stone under a decorative scroll across the width of the stone. Another scroll is engraved under ‘AGED 32’ and above ‘Alfo of Mary his Wife’
Upper and lowercase. ‘Alfo’ rather than ‘Also’. The number ‘1’ in ’11th day’ and ‘1743’ have tails like ‘Js’.
Condition good
Purbeck
1743
1905 x 953 mm
75 x 37.5 inches
In memory of
WALTER MATTHEWS
Who departed this Life
The 11th day of June 1743
AGED 32
Alfo of Mary his Wife
who departed this Life
September the 19th .
1766 [Aged 6]5.
Near the bottom of the stone in line with the second 6 in 1766 a small circular piece of stone appears to have been cut out and then replaced.
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 8
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
An angel’s head is engraved at the top
Lettering is in the centre and is underline by a flourish across the width of the stone
Upper and lowercase. Copperplate
‘Lyeth’, ‘ye’ rather than ‘the’
Condition very good
Local limestone, Purbeck type
1720
1931 x 953 mm
76 x 37.5 inches
HERE
Lyeth ye Body of
[J]OHN MATTHEW Sener
departed this Life
Jan ye [31st] 1720/21
In the 78 Year of His Life
A narrow portion of stone at the top left-hand side through the J in John has been cut away.
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 9
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
The stone once held a brass of a 14th century knight with a basinet, sword and four shields. Only the matrix remains
Condition poor
Tournai marble
1300
3099 x 1080 mm
122 x 42.5 inches
Ref. W.H.Knowles, ‘The Church of St. John the Baptist, Inglesham, Wiltshire’,
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Transactions, Vol.53.1931, p.205
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 10
Rectangular
Aligned East to West
The first six lines from ‘MARY’ to ‘1654’ are at the top and enclosed by a border. The last two lines are in the centre and are without a border.
Uppercase
‘YEARE’
Condition fair
Purbeck type
1654
1549 x 724 mm
61 x 28.5 inches
MARY THE WIFE OF
R
ROB[AE]RT BAB MIN OF
THIS PLACEDIED JAN 15TH
TH
IN THE 29 YEARE OF
HER AGE ANOQVEDN+
1654
NESCIS OVA HORA
VIGILA
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 11
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering at top
Upper and lowercase
‘Jvne’
Condition fair
Hornton stone
1702
1549 x 749 mm
61 x 29.5 inches
R[EINND] BABB Vicar of
This place Died Jvne
the 11 1702 in the
[55] year of his Age
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 12
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering at top of stone
Uppercase
Condition poor
Hard local limestone, Purbeck type
1524 x 832 mm
60 x 32.75 inches
ROBERT SON OF MR
BERNARD BABB VICAR
[OF THIS PLACE DIED]
OF HIS AGE
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 13
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering at top half of stone. There is a border round the stone
Upper case
‘YEARE’
Condition poor
Purbeck limestone
1918 x 851 mm
75.5 x 33.5 inches
WIFE
BABB
PLACE
HTER
BABB
PLACE
[THE]
YEARE
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 14
Rectangular
Fragment of decorative engraving
Fragmentary
Possibly York stone
222 x 146 mm
8.75 x 5.75 inches
Fragment of a stone with decorative engraving, possibly the same stone as in Plan015
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 15
Rectangular
Fragment of decorative engraving
Fragmentary
Possibly York stone
139 x 661 mm
5.5 x 26 inches
Fragment of a stone with decorative engraving which is on one part 139 x w 305mm (5.5×12)ins of three slabs aligned in a row. Possibly part of the stone described in Plan 014
Eve Thornton
Inglesham, St John the Baptist : Ledgerstone 3A
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering covers whole of brass
Uppercase and lowercase
‘Refurrection’
Condition good
Brass
1783
273 x 335 mm
13.25 x 10.75 inches
Here lieth the Body of
PATIENCE the Widow of
ROBERT BATES Vicar
of Maxey in the County
of Northampton. She died
in firm belief of a Joyful
Refurrection to life eternal
June y 14th 1783 in the
83d Year of her Age
Patience Bates might have been of the same family recorded on Plan 03 as they share the initial letter B in the surname
Eve Thornton
