Sileby History
Its people and places. A community through time.
NAVE FLOOR MEMORIALS
A number of floor stones are situated towards the west end of the central bay of the Nave. The details are from my own survey in 2005, when many of the stones were already showing signs of erosion. Anything too worn to see has been amended with the historian John Nichols's basic listing of 1800.
Sileby St Mary : Location of Nave Memorials
NV1
Here lieth [the b]ody of
[Mr John C]harnell
who departed this life on
[December 30] inth (?)
Year of our [Lord 1728] in the
[77th year] of his Age
Here
Alfo lieth Interr'd the body of
MRS ELIZABETH HALL
Wife of Mr THOMAS HALL
Relict of MR JOHN CHARNELL
who departed This life the 2d day
of January Anno Dom: 1754
And in the 77th Year of her Age.
Reader ftand thou (?) and fhed a tear
Upon the [ ] that lieth here
And when you [ ] this State of mine
Think on the [ ] that [ ] for thine
For a [ ] you be
Thou [ ] me
Details in RED added from John Nichols
in his 'History of Leicestershire', Vol III (1800) p424-5
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NV2
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In a Vault
beneath this Stone lies ye Body
of MRS MARY KING
who died the 30th of October
1743
in the 30th Year of her Age
Alfo the Body of
MISS Kathe King,...Spinster
Who departed this life on the
Seventeenth day of July
in the 63d Year of her Age
And of our Lord 1766
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Note : Nichols says that this stone is in the South aisle
NV3
Here lyeth interr'd the
Body of JOHN CHURCH Gent
who departed this life July
the 2[8] Anno Dom 17[3]1 in [the 61ft]
Year of his Age
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Details in RED added from John Nichols
in his 'History of Leicestershire', Vol III (1800) p424-5
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NV4
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[Here lieth interred]
[the] Body of
[Elizabeth, the] Wife of
[Mr John] Canner
[She depar]ted this Life
[July 8,] 1769
[Aged 57] Years
[Here lies interred]
[the Body of]
[John Canner]
[Who departed this life]
[Nov 21, 1779]
AGED [69] YEARS
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Details in RED added from John Nichols
in his 'History of Leicestershire', Vol III (1800) p424-5
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NV5
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Here
lieth the Remains of
ELIZABETH the Wife of
Thomas Parfons
She departed This Life
January the 30th 1765
In the 33rd Year of her Age
Alfo Near this Place
lieth the Body of
Thomas Parfons
Who departed this Life
April the 5th 1772
in the [4]6th Year of his Age
Details in RED added from John Nichols
in his 'History of Leicestershire', Vol III (1800) p424-5
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NV6
Here Lieth ye Body
of Thomas Parfons
Son of Thomas Parfons
By Mary his wife who
died May ye 8th
1724
Here Lieth Allfo
Thomas ye 2nd son
of ye same 1724
Her[e] al[so] Lieth Mary
the d[aughter] of the Same
She died June y[e] [..] 1733
in the 5th (?) year of
her Age
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NV7
Here lieth
Interr'd the Body of
William Parfons
Son of Thomas Parfons
By Elizabeth his Wife
he departed this life July 1[st]
In the Year of our Lord [....]
and [in the ? ] Year of his
Age
HERE alfo lie the bodies of
Two Children of the abovefaid
THO: and ELIZ: PARSONS Viz.
[...... ] died December ye 14 (?)
In the [....] Year of her A[ge]
Jane (?) died [....] the 2d } 1737
In the 4th Year of her [Age]
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The stone is very badly worn in parts
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NV8
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[Deposited]
below [the Mortal] Part of
[John Prior]
who died the [27] June
179[3] : in the [64th] Year
[of his age]
My [...................] in the Ground
Till the [........................] Sound
Then [........................] Surprife
And [........................] rife
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Details in RED added from John Nichols
in his 'History of Leicestershire', Vol III (1800) p424-5
NV9
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Here lie the bodies of
Thomas Parsons and Susannah his wife
She departed January the 29th, 1736, aged 84
He departed the 27th of December, 1739, aged 79.
Here also lie the bodies of Thomas Parsons,
and Mary his wife, fon of the abovefaid.
He departed this life March 7, 1747, aged 57.
She died Auguft 10, 1761, aged 62.
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Details in RED added from John Nichols
in his 'History of Leicestershire', Vol III (1800) p424-5
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NV10
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Here lieth Martha Sing
wife of John Sing,
fchoolmasfter of this parifh,
who died the 14th of June, 1771,
Aged 59 Years
Details in RED added from John Nichols
in his 'History of Leicestershire', Vol III (1800) p424-5
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​NV11
Beneath
Lie the mortal Remains of
John Sing.
He departed this Life
Aug 31, 1786
Aged 74 Years.
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Details in RED added from John Nichols
in his 'History of Leicestershire', Vol III (1800) p424-5
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