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What follows is a transcription of one of the many pocket field notebooks belonging to the noted author and antiquarian, Mr Leland L. Duncan. For many years right up until his death Duncan visited Kent churches and churchyards and noted in his own shorthand the memorial inscriptions contained therein. These inscriptions he compiled are not "as carved in stone" but in his own standard form. Sadly he used a stub of a blunt HB pencil on cheap paper which over 100 years later is sometimes hard to read. However, in the period which has elapsed, many of the inscriptions are now even more difficult to read which makes L.L. Duncan's efforts all the more valuable.
                                                                                                       Frank Bamping  12 December 2000

The Memorial Inscriptions in the Churchyards of Saint Mary Cray, Kent, taken on the 13th August 1921.

                                                                                                           Leland L. Duncan

1.         Eliza, wife of Thomas Martin, died July 21 1878 aged 38.

2.         Edwin Blackman died 3.11.1880 aged 24.

3.         Here rests Mary Hallahan, the mother of Margaret Tobin. Also William Edward Epsom died 10 February, 1880 aged 15 years.

4.         Esther Augusta Sibley died 30.6.1873 aged 30.

5.         C.E. Dabnor died 4.9.1897 aged 61. Mary his wife died 3.9.1900 aged 62.

6.         John Spearing died 23.3.1873 aged 55. John Spearing, son of the above died 4.11.1878 aged 33.

7.         James Mylne died 6.10.1862 aged 24. John Mylne ......  [gone]

8.         Mrs Sarah Townsend wife of Charles Townsend of this parish died 5.3.1819 aged 26. George Henry Donmall, grandson of the above died 4.1.1846 aged 5 months. Eliza Donmall wife of George Donmall and daughter of the above Mrs Townsend died 13.2.1850 aged 32. George Donmall, relict of Eliza Donmall died 4.9.1860 aged 52.

9.         Mrs Ann Thick who after fulfilling the duties of a wife and mother died 16.6.1856 aged 66.

10.       Abraham Jordan died 27.3.1867 aged 42. Sarah Jordan, his wife died January 1 1886 aged 72. Formerly of Shoreham in this County.  

11.       A wooden cross on which no inscription remains.

12.       Mrs Ann Child, wife of Mr Henry Child .........parish who departed this life the .... day of January ......years ... place. Also ...... Mr Henry C...... who ......March ...in the ...year... Footstones: A.C. 1784.  H.C. 1793.

13.       Mr William Child, late of Kevington in this parish, yeoman, died 9.11.1808 aged 65. Also Mrs Elizabeth Child relict of the above died 19 July 1825 in her 75th year.

14.       Here lye.. ....body of Char...  Kettell wife ..... Kettell .... [gone]  Footstone:  R.K. 1752.

15.       Thomas Child of this parish died 19.12.1828 aged 87.

16.       Mary the daughter of ...... Dale .....B.... who departed this life July 1790 aged 5 years. Also Mrs Sarah Dale late of this parish died 12.9.17-0 after a long and painful illness occasioned by a cancer in her breast aged 62.

17.       Mercy and Ann Fenn, daughters of James and Sarah Fenn of Lawrence Pountney, London. Mercy Fenn died the 20.9.1777 aged .... days      Ann Fenn died 15 November 1780 aged 22 months.

18.       Mrs Elizabeth Lane wife of Mr Richard Lane ]?]  ....... died 1792 aged ?47. ........ Footstone: E.L.1792.

19.       Mr John Baker of this parish died 26.10.1815 aged 82. John Baker son of the above died 9.11.1797 aged 35.

20.       Charles Holyoak died 6.5.1876 aged 56. Harriet Holyoak wife of the above died 12.1.1894 aged 68. Mary Ann Holyoak, daughter of the above died 18.3.1873 aged 22.

21.       Mr William Sparks of this parish died 4.1.1840 aged 32.

22.       An old coffin shaped stone with no inscription.

23.       Mr John Duke of this parish, bricklayer, died 20 July 1833 aged 43. Rosy Ann, his daughter died 27.3.1833 aged 10.

24.       Thomas Duke died 2.12.1852 aged 42. Charlotte his wife died January 13 1888 aged 77.

25.       An altar. In the memory of Catherine Lay, daughter of Samuel and Martha Lay, late of Sittingbourne, Kent, died 18 June 1818 aged 28. Also Samuel Lay son of the above died 18.8.1818 aged 31.

26.       Mrs Jane Snelling, wife of Mr John Snelling of this parish, miller, died 31 January 1756 aged 38. Also Mrs Elizabeth Wright wife of Mr Richard Wright of Rotherhithe, Surrey, shipwright. Daughter of the above died 16 December 1797 aged 57. Mr Richard Wright died 25 January 1801 aged 67 years and 4 months. There is a carved coat of arms.

27.       An altar. Frances Snelling, youngest daughter of the late Mr Joseph Snelling of this parish died 4.9.1846 aged 26. Georgina Snelling died 26.8.1899 aged 82, widow of Joseph Snelling of this parish.

28.       A low tomb. Robert Waring died November 19 1829 aged 43.

29.       An altar. Thomas Snelling of Bexley, son of Joseph Snelling senior of this parish died 14 April 1810 aged 36. Also the above Mr Joseph Snelling died 15 April 1810 in his 81st year. Also Mrs Frances Snelling widow of the above Mr Joseph Snelling died 20 February 1820 aged 82. Fanny Snelling daughter of the above Mr Joseph Snelling died 15.1.1865 in her 92nd year.

30.       An altar. Elizabeth wife of Joseph Snelling senior of this parish died 14.7.1834 aged 53. Also the above Mr Joseph Snelling senior died 16.6.1846 aged 71. Also Elizabeth Snelling eldest daughter of the above died 29.8.1840 aged 36.

31.       Mr Robert James Smith late of this parish died 7.7.1863 aged 48. Elizabeth Stedman Smith wife of the above born 13.3.1820 died 3.10.1877.

32.       Mr Robert Smith of this parish, plumber, died 19.11.1852 aged 62.

33.       Elizabeth Smith wife of Mr Robert Smith of this parish died 13.2.1833 aged 41. Eleanor Elizabeth Smith daughter of the above died 27.1.1837 aged 18. Mrs Hannah-Maria Crane sister of the above Mr Robert Smith died 10.1.1842 aged 58.

34.       Mr George Laurence of this parish died 13.5.1843 aged 81. Mrs Ann Laurence wife of Mr George Laurence of this parish died 29.8.1824 in his 64th year. Also 6 children who died in their infancy.

35.       Mr George Laurence of this parish died 18.9.1858 in his 74th.

36.       Mrs Amy Laurence wife of Mr George Laurence junior of this parish died 17.9.1821 aged 37. Also Sophia wife of Mr John Beadle and daughter of the above died 16 May 1847 aged 36. Also Amy Sophia daughter of John and Sophia Beadle died 13.6.1858 aged 17.

37.       Mrs Ann Aillud wife of Mr John Aillud of this parish died 9.12.1832 aged 70. Also the above Mr John Aillud died 19.7.1839 aged 74. Also Ann Aillud daughter of the above died 8.12.1858 aged 65. Henry Aillud grandson of the above John Aillud born 17.5.1881 died 8.5.1886.

38.       A cross. Elizabeth Havergal born 28.6.1800 died 25.11.1873. Elizabeth Ann Chapman daughter of the above and wife of William Chapman of Crouch Farm, St. Mary Cray, died 27.3.1875 aged 37.

39.       Mr Matthew Taylor of Hockenden in this parish died 26.8.1859 aged 70. Elizabeth wife of the above died 16.9.1860 aged 75.

40.       Mr William Chapman of this parish died 24 February 1778 aged 33. Also Thomas son of the above died 21 February 1778 aged 1 year and 6 months.

41.       Mr Thomas Kemp of this parish died 2.4.1772 aged 64.

42.       Mrs Mary Kemp died 23 July 1779 aged 64.

43.       An altar. Charlotte wife of Mr Joseph Snelling of this parish died 7.10.1844 aged 36. William Carnell aged 14 days and Thomas Carnell aged 16 days: twin sons of the above Joseph and Charlotte Snelling. Also the above Joseph Snelling died 9.7.1878 aged 71. Joseph Carnell Snelling eldest son of the above Joseph Snelling died at Brisbane, Queensland, 10.8.1895 aged 66. George Carnell Snelling second son of the above Joseph Snelling died 17.3.1898 aged 57.

44.       Mr John Watkins died 12.4.1787 aged 68. Mrs Ann Watkins wife of the above died 7.9.1802 aged 71.

45.       Mr Richard Abbott died 20.12.1786 aged 54.

46.       Septimus Abbott died 11.7.1763 aged 59. Ann Abbott his wife died 23.11.1764 aged 69.

                             Under the East window of the North aisle

47.       A flat stone. Mr Nehemiah Gibson, ironmonger and citizen of London in the parish of St. Sepulchres died 22.3.1734 aged 38. Mrs Meriall Gibson his wife died 9.9.1740. Miss Eleanor West died 9.3.1792 aged 16 years and 6 weeks. William West died 27.12.1807 aged 75. Esther Tuck died 11.8.1825 aged 65.

48.       Thomas Richard Crowhurst died 19.3.1877 aged 66. Betsy his wife died 5.4.1889 aged 82.

49.       An altar. Here lieth the body of Henriette Hodsoll daughter of Edward Bussey, late of Little Bookham in Surrey, gentleman, deceased, and wife of William Hodsoll of this parish died 7.2.1758. Also the above William Hodsoll the second son of William Hodsoll of South Ash in this county, gentleman. He died 6 October 1760 in his 75 year. Also Edward Hodsoll, esquire, late of this parish and of the Strand, banker died October 7 1794 aged 74. Also William Hodsoll, esquire, son of the above died 11.11.1794 aged 38. Also Mrs Matilda Hodsoll, widow of the above Edward Hodsoll, esquire, 1.7.1807 aged 86. [carved coat of arms for Hodsoll and                                                                           ]

50.       Jane Chapman daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Chapman of this parish died 27.2.179[?5] aged ?11 years.

51.       Mr Thomas Chapman of Crouch Farm in this parish died 2.3.1824 aged 73. Mrs Elizabeth Chapman, relict of the above died 16.2.1838 aged 83.

52.       Ada Alice daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Martin of this parish died 21.12.1873 aged 4. James son of the above died 25.12.1873 aged 6.

53.       Mr Thomas Stapley died 15.2.1802 aged 63. Mrs Lucy Stapley wife of the above died 22.6.1825 aged 77. Left issue one daughter Ann.

54.       A flat stone. Mr William Weekes late of this parish died 30 March 1771 aged 61. Ann Weekes late of this parish, widow, died 12.2.1800 aged 80. Ann Mosyer daughter of the above and relict of Mr Joseph Moyser died 21.2.1822 aged 69.

55.       Mr James Holmes died 25.12.1801 aged 26. Ann his wife died 12 February 1831 aged 57. Leaving issue two daughters; Lucy and Mary who erected this stone.

56.       Here lyeth the / body of Ann the / wife of .......[gone]  c.1700.

                        The following three are under the East window

57.       A broken headstone, now flat under East window. Mr William Deane of Deptford, distiller, son of Mr William Deane (of .... the .... S....... officer) .....January 1767, aged ..... years.

58.       An altar. Here lyeth the body of Catherine Wythings, spinster, daughter of William Wythings, esquire, who departed this life the 19 May 1716 in ye 82 year of her age and she left to the poor of this parish bountiful provision for ever. [coat of arms]

59.       Here lyeth the body of Frances Wythings, widow, of William Wythings of Eltham in ys county of Kent, esquire, daughter of Robert King, gentleman, of this parish who departed this life 2 June 1687 in ye 82nd year of her life.  [coat of arms]

                                           In the South Eastern slip

60.       Mrs Elizabeth Stokes wife of Mr Isaac Stokes of Bexley died 30.12.1805 aged 58. Mrs Mary Stokes died 11.4.1815 aged 45. Mr Isaac Stokes late of Blenden in the parish of Bexley died 13.2.1816 aged 64.

61.       Mr John Brown of this parish died 12.4.1740 in ye 47th year. Mrs Mary Brown wife of the above died 30.12.1765 aged 72.

62.       Mrs Elizabeth Brown wife of Mr Henry Brown of this parish died 4 October 1779 aged 66. A tender mother &c also two children of Mathias and Sarah Durling viz Elizabeth and Mary.

63.       William Munn of this parish died 11.1.1796 aged 37. Martha North his mother who died 9.2.1793 aged 75.

64.       Mrs Elizabeth Jackson wife of the late Richard Jackson died 20.1.1782 aged 74.

65.       Mr John Roots late of this parish died 3 October 1770 aged 64.

66.       Richard Jackson late of this parish died 27.6.1747 aged 49.

67.       Mrs Ann Taif-r of this parish died 31.7.1760 aged 56.

68.       William and Rachel Day, William and Thomas their sons erected by one who mourns their loss as a daughter and a sister, departed this life William Day senior 5.7.1836 aged 83. Rachel Day died 11.2.1831 aged 73. William Day junior died 16.4.1827 aged 35. Thomas Day died 11.4.1830 aged 31.

69.       A War Memorial Cross, 1914-1918. [No names]

70.       A wood cross [No name]

71.       Sarah Farrant, daughter of Christopher and Ann Farrant died 6.11.1794 aged 9. John Farrant son of the above Christopher and Ann died 29.12.1794 aged 7.

72.       Mr Christopher Farrant of this parish died 30.3.1802 aged 45. Mrs Ann Farrant, relict of the above died 21.10.1824 aged 66.

73.       A.C. [No date]

74.       Mary Coout, daughter of John and Ann Coout died 31.1.1734 aged 27.

75.       I.C. [No date]

76.       Henry Johnson late of this parish died 12.3.1749 in his 26th. William Johnson of ye said parish died ye 16.3.1749 aged 28.

77.       John Pittman died 1.5.1701 aged 41. Elizabeth his wife died November ye 14 1726 aged 61.

78.       Mr Thomas Abbott late of this parish died 24.5.1773 in his 75th. Near lieth Mrs Sarah Abbott his wife who died 22.1.1769 aged 64.

79.       Elizabeth, widow of the late Charles Kerr of Brighton born 28.8.1790 died 6.2.1873. Joseph Parkin son of the Rev. John Jones and grandson of the above born 5.9.1853 died 7.4.1854.

80.       Mr James Jackson son of the late Mr Richard Jackson of this parish died 6 February Anno Dom. 1763 Aetat 28.

81.       Isabella, eldest daughter of Charles and Isabella Jewell of Birchwood Corner in this parish died 14.1.1852 in her 20th year. Emma, sister of the above died 10.9.1836 in her 4th year. Above Charles Jackson son of George and Philadelphia Jewell died 25.10.1854 aged 61. Charles George eldest son of the above Charles and Isabella Jewell died 9.2.1856 in the 34th. Isabella Jewell wife of the above Charles Jewell died at Southall, Middx., 27.11.1869 aged 75.

82.       Philadelphia, wife of Mr George Jewell late of this parish died 9.8.1832 aged 66. Mr George Jewell died 18.12.1843 aged 89.

83.       Thomas Weller, for 18 years parish clerk born 11.7.1818 died 24.5.1876. Sarah Weller his wife died 23.4.1910 aged 91. Interred at Elmers End.

84.       A low tomb. In a vault beneath lie the bodies of Mister / Henry ......./ ...... only son and / daughter of / ....... esq. and Sarah his / wife of ...... He died December 4 / 1742 .......    he September 11 / 174.  ....................  [gone]

85.       A headstone now flat. Henry Johnson of this parish died 21.4.1748 aged 58. Margaret Johnson died 18.3.1749 aged 62.

86.       A headstone now flat. Ann, wife of John Kemp died 31.8.1783 aged ..... John Kemp late of .........hill in the parish of Eynsford died December 1788 aged 7?  A footsone J.K. 1780. 

87.       A headstone now flat. Sarah Bird died 25 August 1807 aged 45. Samuel Bird son of the above died 25.8.1813 aged 21. Sophia Bird daughter of the above died aged 7 weeks.

88.       A flat stone. Mr Richard Bird of the parish of Tooting in Surrey died 9.10.181?3 in his 63rd year.

89.       A flat stone. Elizabeth [? wife] of Mr John Trinder of this parish died 1 [or4] May 1836 aged 87.

90.       A flat stone. Mr John Trinder [?Trender] died March 1811 aged 59.

91.       A flat stone. Mr Edward Rables of Welling in the parish ....... died ... April 1801 [or4] aged 7-?.

92.       A flat stone. Mr Thomas Rables late of the parish of St. Clement Danes in Middx. died 9.10.1793 in his [?68] year.

93.       A flat stone. Mr John Rables [?Rablus} late of the parish of St. Paul's Cray died 29.2.1786 in his 6 [?8] year.

94.       A flat stone. Elizabeth Rables died 11.3.180 [3or 5] aged [?8] -

95.       Here lies the body of William Chapman son of Thomas and Ann Chapman of this parish died 22.11.1756 aged 41.  Footstone: W.C., A.M.C.

96.       Mary ye wife of Thomas Chapman and six children who departed this life June ye 18 1707 aged 41.

97.       Thomas Chapman senior of Hockenden, yeoman, of this parish died March ye 13 1749 aged 88.

98.       Ann Chapman wife of Thomas Chapman of this parish died May ye 23 1755 aged 79. Jane Chapman wife of Edward Chapman of Kingsdown and daughter of the above Thomas and Ann Chapman died 13.4.1792 aged 81.

99.       Edward Ellett senior died 27.10.1758 aged 72. Mary Ellett daughter of the above died May 5 1760 aged 37.

100.    Mrs Elizabeth Ellott of this parish died 31.3.1762 aged 49.

101.    Elizabeth wife of Will Swan of this parish and daughter of Robert and Alice Coe died 12.3.1707 aged 33.

102.    Mr William Swan of this parish died 16.12.1742 aged 75. Also here lyeth the body of Mary Boult. [no dates]

103.    Mr John Boult senior of this parish died June 25 1761 aged 77. Also Mary wife of the above died 18.10.1777 aged 92.

104.    Rachel wife of George Slade of Hampton Court and daughter of William and Rachel Day of this parish died 10.12.1850 in 60th.

105.    A low tomb on which the inscription has perished except for a few letters.

106.    A cross by the porch. Joshua Welch born 2.4.1788 died 29.1.1869. Mary Welch born 11.9.1790 died 28.8.1848. Dorothy Fairfax Richardson born 22.8.1814 died 7.9.1875. Herbert Langdon Ogle Welch born 25.8.1869 died 3.8.1870.

107.    James Ebbet of this parish .............. Footstone J.E. 1714.

                                        In a plot South of the tower.

108.    Mr William Biggs of St. Mary Cray died 9 September 1780 aged 5?5.

109.    Mary Pratt of the parish of St. Paul's [?Deptford] died August [?8] 1786 aged 26.

110.    Mr John Biggs late of the parish of Eirth died 13.7.1773 aged 59.

111.    John Biggs junior died 25 February 1761 in his 21st year.

112.    A cross. Joseph William Hunter, late Captain Royal Artillery, died 23.1.1881 aged 55. Charlotte Hunter the widow of the above died 26.11.1902 aged 77.

                                              In the Southern yard

113.    Ethel, daughter of John William and Florence Bachelor died 14.2.1879 aged 5 weeks.

113a.  Mary wife of Joseph Ayre of this parish died 20.12.1865 aged 71. Also Benjamin Joseph eldest son of Benjamin and Eleanor Ayre and grandson of the above born October 5 1863 died 3.4.1866.

114.    John Baker Hardstone of this parish died 5.6.1860 aged 43. Caroline wife of the above died 30.5.1874 aged 54.

115.    Mary Ann wife of Mr Edwin Chittock and second daughter of Mr William and Sarah Hardstone of this parish died February 1850 aged 42.

116.    Sarah Clarke daughter of William and Sarah Hardstone of this parish died 28.1.1885 aged 29.

117.    Mrs Sarah Hardstone wife of Mr William Hardstone of this parish died 17 October 1844 aged 63.

118.    Mr William Hardstone of this parish died 21.10.1855 aged 71.

119.    Elizabeth Gux wife of George Gux died October ye 13 1757 aged 35. Also Mary Gux daughter of ye above died December ye 16 1736 aged 9 weeks.

120.    William Taplin of this parish died 15.12.1804 aged 40.

121.    Elizabeth wife of Thomas Figgess senior of Lower Hockenden, St Mary Cray, died 1.7.1874 aged 61. Thomas Figgess died 7.3.1879 aged 79.

122.    Laura wife of Mr Thomas Figgess junior of Hockenden, St Mary Cray, died 28.9.1867 in his 24th year. Also Thomas Figgess died 25.6.1918 in his 84th year.

123.    John, second son of Mr Thomas and Elizabeth Figgess of Hockenden in this parish died 21.6.1864 aged 24. Arthur, brother of the above died 4.10.1848 aged 1 year 8 days. Elizabeth Figgess born 21.8.1833 died 31.8.1914. Laura Figgess born 17.11.1851 died 14.2.1915.

124.    A cross. Mary Ann Figgess born 30.4.1838 died 19.5.1916. Emily Figgess born 30.4.1842 died 11.12.1916.

125.    A cross. Eliza Figgess born 1.1.1836 died 3.6.1918.

126.    A cross with an anchor. George Graham Duff, Captain R.N., born 29.8.1835 died 21.11.1878 from the effects of wounds received whilst leading a storming party at the Gate Pah during the war in New Zealand. Mary Duff wife of the above born 7.1.1843 died 28.1.1913.

127.    A cross. Solomon Brigden died February 7 189(?8)6 aged (?7)5.

128.    A cross. William Winter of this parish died 29.4.1874 aged 67. Mary his wife died 1.2.1877 aged 6(?9).

129.    John Heath died July 24 1733 in his 65th year.

130.    Mary Heath wife of John Heath of this parish died 14 July 1742 aged 72.

131.    Jane, daughter of Edward and Jane Fuller and wife of Richard Clark of this parish died 16.3.1758 aged 32.

132.    Mr Richard Dunmull of St Mary Cray died 22.1.1850 aged 67. Mary Ann Dunmull second wife of the above died 6.5.1858 aged 66.

133.    Mr Henry Miller died 24 December 1789 aged 75. Mary Brown daughter of the above died 4 February 1790 aged 33.

134.    Kitty Dunmull of this parish died 9.10.1851 in her 71st year.

135.    Sophia Dunmull of this parish died 29.2.1856 aged 66.

136.    Mr Henry Miller Dunmull of this parish died 30.1.1865 aged 80.

137.    Jemima Dunmull died 14.11.1876 aged 85.

138.    Mrs Lucy Luck, daughter of the late Mr W. Jordan, builder, of Edenbridge in this county died 9.1.1875 aged 59. Also Eliza Foster sister of the above died 27.12.1902 aged 85.

139.    A cross. Harriette, second daughter of Mr W. Burgess of Goudhurst, Kent, and wife of James Winser of this parish died 3.7.1866 aged 28.

140.    Thomas Natt of this parish died 14.11.1718 in his 57th year.

141.    A wood cross. To our dear father and mother. Isaac Whiting died 16.3.1879. Ellen his wife died 26.8.1894 aged 79. Also John, Thomas and Charlie three sons of the above.

142.    Mr James Reed died 12.12.1795 aged 26. Also Sophia Tinkley, relict of the above died 21.10.1807 aged 39. Also James Reed son of the above died 1.5.1811 aged 18, and David Reed son of the above who died in infancy.

143.    Thomas Furbank died 1.6.1813 aged 27.

144.    William Nobbin died 26.6.1812 aged 35.

145.    Elizabeth daughter of Walter and Elizabeth Waring died 25.3.1802 aged 51. John Walter son of Richard and Elizabeth Waring born 14.11.1795 and died 20.5.1802. Maria Ann daughter of William and Elizabeth Nash born 11 December 1806 died 4.9.1807.

146.    Elizabeth wife of Walter Waring of this parish died 23.2.1759 aged 26.

147.    Mr James Southernwood of this parish who died after a short illness of a few hours died 27.8.1832 in 37th year. Mrs Elizabeth Southernwood, widow of the above died 21.4.1880 aged 81.

148.    William Southernwood died 20.11.1818 aged 29. Eleanor wife of Mr John Young of Sydney, N.S.W., and second daughter of the late Mr James Southernwood died 23.6.1885 aged 56.

149.    Mrs Ann Southernwood wife of Mr Thomas Southernwood of this parish died 31.3.1812 aged 52. Also three of their sons who died in their infancy.

150.    Mr Thomas Southernwood of this parish died 24.2.1838 in his 78th.

151.    Mrs Mary Southernwood of this parish died 15.11.1823 aged 51.

152.    Joseph Samuel Cox died 16.12.1869 aged 22.

153.    Sarah Newman died 11.7.1830 aged 55. Harriot Newman died 19.1.1833 aged 52.

154.    Mr Thomas Newman died 2.2.1795 aged 43. Mrs Elizabeth Newman died 17.4.1814 aged 68. Mr William Newman died 16.2.1824 aged 47.

155.    Mary Quelch died 27.4.1772 aged 19.

156.    Henry Phillips died 10.8.1756 aged 66. Also Richard Phillips son of the above died October 1 17(?5)2 aged 28. Also Rose Phillips wife of Richard Phillips died 28.3.1771 aged 48.

157.    Ann wife of William Phillips and daughter of John and Elizabeth Rablus of this parish died 5.7.1818 aged 72. Also two of their children; John aged 1 year 9 months and Ann 1 year 7 months.

158.    Jane Blundell died 7.4.1872 aged 79. Richard husband of the above died 20.1.1879 aged 93.

159.    John Mace of this parish died 4 July 1748 aged 72. Mary Mace wife of the above died July ye 5 1760 aged 83.

160.    Lousia daughter of William and Louisa Hards of this parish died 23.9.1832 aged 7 weeks.

161.    William W(?aller) ............(all gone) Footstone W.W. 1770.

162.    A cross. Malachi Davey born 5.7.1788 died 26.11.1866. Jane Elizabeth Davey born 6.11.1859 died 20.10.1863.

163.    Mrs Eleanor Hickson died 7.1.1865 aged 51. Mr James Hickson husband of the above died 16.10.1883 aged 80.

164.    Elizabeth Mary Shindler died 24.12.1862 in her 70th. George Shindler her husband died 3.3.1879 in his 92nd.

165.    Ann wife of Henry Sunter of this parish died 27.1.1823 aged 72.

166.    Ellen Elizabeth Hume Brown died 14.8.1868 aged 31. George Brown her husband died 4.4.1894 aged 54.

167.    An enclosure - no stone.

168.    A small cross. I. H. C. November XI 1858.

169.    Thomas Carrier died 8 December 1710 aged 48.

170.    Mr John Smith of this parish died 31.7.1855 aged 58. Sarah his wife died 3.2.1884 aged 80.

171.    William Aldous Smith born 5.12.1865 died 25.11.1866. Also Eliza Smith born 22.8.1867 died 21.12.1872.

172.    Mr Thomas Weller the faithful and efficient parish clerk of St Mary Cray for 52 years died 28.12.1860 aged 81. Also Alice his wife died 16.11.1844 aged 64.

173.    Parnel Weller died 21.3.1836 aged 35. William Weller her husband died 25.6.1875 aged 72.

In the church before the font in the nave is a flat stone to:-

174.    Mary wife of  Thomas Scott of this parish died 11.5.1788 aged 44. Thomas Scott her husband died 26.3.1827 aged 83. Margaret Scott late wife of the Rev. Thomas Scott, B.D., Chaplain of Bromley College and Vicar of Isleham died 2 December 1831 (or4) aged 72.

175.    In the South Chapel are Hodsoll ledgers with arms 1756 and a tablet to Matilda Hodsoll widow of Edward Hodsoll, esquire, late of this parish and of the Strand Bankes and mother of William Hodsoll, esquire. She was the daughter of Joseph Ashe, esquire, and Elizabeth his wife of Langley Burrell Wilts, and grand-daughter on her mother's side to the Countess Dowger of Denbigh and Sir John James, knight. She died 14.7.1807 aged 86. Her remains are interred in the family vault in the churchyard. Also  to Mrs Matilda Morgan only daughter of the aforesaid Edward and Matilda Hodsoll she died 14.11.1822 aged 66. Her remains are interred in a new built vault underneath this family chancel seat.  

                                                                           Finished the churchyard inscriptions 13.VIII 21  L.L.D.

For the older inscriptions in the church see Thorpe's Registrum Roffense. Modern graves are in the cemetery about ¼ mile away alongside the railway to Swanley.  

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