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Memorials inside Canterbury St. Martin's Church, Kent, England

In the church are the following monuments and inscriptions

South side of the chancel

An altar tomb, within the altar rails, erected for the lord John Finch, baron of Fordwich, descended from the family of Eastwell. Above the tomb is a mural monument, with another long inscription to his memory. He died in 1660, aet. 77. It was erected by the lady Mabella Finch his wife; arms, Finch, quartering Herbert, and impaling Fotherbye.

On the pavement of the space is a small cross on a white marble, which has been much noticed by the curious, as of great antiquity, it is about nine inches long and six wide.


In the chancel

A memorial, partly illegible, for Anne, daughter of John Whitfield, gent. of Canterbury, obt. 1697.

A mural monument for James Hanson, gent. of Canterbury, a practitioner of the law, obt. 1756; and for Mary Hanson his widow, daughter of Thomas Conyers, gent. formerly of this parish, obt. 1762, aet. 98; arms, Argent, three fusils, sable, pierced, on a chief of the last as many lions rampant of the first, impaling azure, a maunch, or.

A plain stone, near the altar rails; arms, A chevron, between three palmers scripts, impaling on a pale, a sword erect, in chief, three annulets, for Sir Henry Palmer, late of Howlets, obt. 1659.

A brass plate for Thomas Stoughton, gent. late of Ash, obt. 1591; arms, on a shield at each corner of the stone, a saltire, between four staples, an escallop in the middle, a crescent for difference.

A brass plate for Michael Fraunces, gent. and Jane his wife, daughter of Wm. Quilter, Esq. They both died on January 10, 1587; arms, Parted per bend, a lion rampant, counterchanged, quartering a bend, and impaling a chevron, between three choughs.

Near the pulpit, on a mural black tablet, is a beautiful urn of white marble, and inscription for Anne, youngest daughter and coheir of Sir Richard Sandys, bart. of Northbourne-court, and wife of Charles Pyott, Esq. of this parish, obt. 1753. She lies in a vault underneath.- On the pedestal of the urn, a memorial for Charles Pyott, Esq. above-mentioned, obt. 1789; arms, Azure, on a fess, or, a lion rampant, gules, in chief, three bezants, and a mullet for difference.- Below on the tablet a memorial for Elizabeth, second wife of Charles Pyott, Esq. daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, bart. of Howlets, obt. 1778.

At the west end of the aisle, a mural monument for James Bulter, of St. Andrew's, Canterbury, obt. 1767; and for Martha his wife, obt. 1773.

A mural tablet for Mrs. Anne Hulse, obt. 1780, daughter of Nathaniel and Anne Hulse, of St. Andrew's parish.

A mural tablet for Mrs. Chandler, daughter of Mr. Austen, of this parish, and widow of Mr. Chandler, apothecary, of St. Mary Magdalen, obt. 1778; also for Mrs. Rebecca Austen, sister of the above, obt. 1784.

A brass plate in the middle of the aisle, for Stephen Falkes and Alys his wife, the which deceased 1406.

On a plain stone, arms, within a bordure, a falcon, impaling Hulse. A memorial for Mary, wife of Edward Kitchell, gent. of the Society of New Inn, London, obt. 1656.

A memorial for G. A. De Reck, 1775.

Stephen Fokys, of this parish, was buried in 1506, in this church. By his Will he ordered that the yearly rents of his little messuage, with its appurtenances, in which Gregory Bradley then dwelt, should wholly remain to the churchwardens for ever, for the reparation of this church.

Lady Mabella Finch, baroness Fordwich, was buried in this church, near her deceased lord, in 1669.-The parish register begins so late as 1662.


In the church-yard

Two monuments for the family of Austen, of this parish.

John Hougham, of this parish, was buried anno 1482, in this church. Joane his widow, was buried anno 1503, in the church-yard, beside her second husband John Strete, whom she likewise survived.


Edward Hasted, Canterbury: The churches within the city and suburbs, in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 11 (Canterbury, 1800), pp. 209-288 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol11/pp. 209-288.