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1. The oldest monument in the Church is one placed under a recess in the north wall of the chapel of the Blessed Virgin. The side, that is seen, is ornamented with quatrefoils, and above is a loose slab bearing a modern inscription as follows:—
Here lies Sir Roger Somervile
Summoned to Parliament among the Barons of the Realm
In the 18th of Edward III
and died in February, 1336.
Also Sir Philip Somervile, his Brother and Heir
Who departed this life the 23rd of January, 1354
Poſeſs'd of this and several other Manors
Was succeeded by his Daughter and Grandaughter
viz. Joane Wife of Sir Rees ap Griffith
Who died 8 October, 1377, at Stockton-in-Warwickshire
and Maude Daughter of John Stafford (?)
Elizabeth 2nd Daughter of the said Sir
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. In the east window of this chapel are two kneehng figures, a man in armour and a lady. His tabard and her mantle are blazoned Barry argent and gules, within a bordure azure charged with martlets. (Merlay). Below are the words
Sir Roger de Somervile
and Maude his Wife.
3.
Here he the Remains of Sir Walter Griffith, Kt.
who departed this life on the 9th day of Auguſt, 1481
and Jane his firſt Wife
Daughter of Sir Ralph Nevill, by Mary
Grandaughter to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaſter
In the Chapel alſo lie the Remains
of Agnes, Second Wife of the ſaid Sir Walter
Daughter of Sir Robert Conſtable of Flamborough
and married secondly to Sir Gervaſe Clifton
of Clifton, in the County of Nottingham, Kt. of the Bath
She died January the 23rd, 1505
Leaving Iſsue by Sir Walter Griffith aforesaid Walter his
Succeſsor made Knt. of the Bath on All-hallows Eve, 1494
at the Creation of Henry 2nd son of Henry VII. Duke of York
and Agnes Married to Gervaſe Clifton,
of Clifton-in-Nottinghamshire, Knt. of the Bath,
Son of Sir Gervaſe, above mentioned.
