The parish registers of Gatton, co. Surrey / transcribed and edited by W. Bruce Bannerman.

Date:
1908
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Credit: The parish registers of Gatton, co. Surrey / transcribed and edited by W. Bruce Bannerman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    aThe Natural History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey/’ vol. iv., pp. 222-4, London, 1718 :— “ Near Mr. Newland’s [he was Lord of the Manor and one of the Representatives in Parliament] handsome Seat is the Parish- Church, which is very small, and has little worthy Regard in it, except that it was the Dormitory of the ancient and gentile Family of the Copleys. On the Top of the Roof of the Chancel; 1624. | Tempus in omne manent tituli ejus templa serentis. | E. *S. | Qui dominum exaltat, nomen super aethera vivat. | In the North Chancel, at the West End, on a white Grave- Stone, in Capitals, is this Inscription; Hie jacet Gulielmus | Croply [$ic]. Obiit 5. die | Julij 1623 | + | Ora pro me. | On another Grave-Stone, near the former, in Capitals, is this Inscription ; Hie jacet Margareta Coply, | Vidua Gulielmi Coply j Senioris, de Gatton, | Armigeri, obiit 30. die | Aprilis Anno i655- I On another Grave-Stone, like and near the former, in Capitals, is this Inscription ; Hie jacet Domi- | nus Gulielmus Coply | Senior, de Gatton, | Armiger, obiit 22. die | Desembris [sic] Anno 1643. I ^Etatis suae 79. | On another Grave-Stone near and like the former, in Capitals, is this following Inscription; Hie jacet Domina | Magdalena Coply, | Uxor Gulielmi Coply, | de Gatton, Armigeri. | Obiit xxx° die Augusti | 1619. On another Grave-Stone, near and like the former in Capitals^ is this Inscription j Hie jacet Johannes | Copley, 4to die Decem- bris | 1619. | Hie jacet Johannes | Copley, Junior, Ar- | miger, et frater | Johannes Copley | . . . . er ascripti obiit | decimo sep- timo | Junii Anno | 1669. | Ora pro me. | On a Rail in Gold Letters, on a black Ground, on the South Side of the Church-Yard, is this Inscription ; Here lies the Body of John Walker of this Parish, who departed this Life the 21. of August 1712. aged 58 Y. The Sick, diseased, wearied, and opprest, Fly to the Grave for Refuge and for Rest: Let then this sacred Earth my Body close, And no rude Hands its Quiet interpose.’1