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

In the church are the following monuments and inscriptions


In the north aisle

A mural monument for Sir William Rooke, of St. Laurence, in this parish, obt. 1690; arms, Argent, on a chevron engrailed, three chessrooks, between as many Cornish choughs, sable.

A memorial against the wall, for George Fineux, gent. obt. 1653, second son of Thomas Fineux, Esq. of Hougham, near Dover, obt. 1654; arms, Vert, a chevron, between three eagles, displayed, or.

On a brass plate against the eastern-most pillar, an inscription for Master Edmund Hovynden, once vicar, who died July 24, 1497.

On tablets against the wall, inscriptions for the Daniels's and Nickols's.

A brass plate for George Wyndbourn, gent. and Katherine his wife. He died 1531.

A tablet for Mr. Nathaniel Price, obt. 1787, citizen and goldsmith, of London, and seventeen years an inhabitant of this parish. Also for Nathaniel Price, his son, obt. 1793.

A memorial for Thomas Stoughton, gent. obt. 1611.

A brass plate for John Twyne, Esq. (the learned antiquary) obt. 1581, who was a schoolmaster, and taught the Latin tongue, and had been mayor of this city.


In the south aisle

A mural monument for Sir Edward Master; arms, Gules, a lion rampant, holding in its paws a rose branch, or.

Another for lieutenant John Toker, obt. 1713; arms, Vert, on a bend argent, three hearts, gules.

A memorial for Mrs. Anne Masters, obt. 1716.

A memorial for Johnson Macaree, Esq. obt. 1786; likewise for Johnson Macaree, Esq. his son, obt. 1798.

One for Edward Master, son of Sir Edward Master, obt. 1675. Hugh, son of the above. A memorial for Sir Edward Master, obt. 1690. His lady, obt. the same year.

There are also memorials for the Taddys, Waddells, Hollingberrys, Pembrokes, Tolputts, Worger, Hodson, Mantells, and several others.


Besides the above, there are entries in the parish register, which begins in 1562, of the burials of several of the Masters, Bests of St. Laurence; Randolphs, lady Dorcas Master in 1671; of Fynch Rooke, Esq. in 1696, who was killed in a duel, on March 8th, that year, in the Northholmes, fought with Ensign Anthony Buckeridge; they both died in the field.

Lady Mary Rooke, from St. Laurence. in 1699. Captain Thomas Rooke in 1701. The lady Rooke, jun. in 1702. Sir George Rooke in 1708.- Dame Jane Rooke, widow of Sir William Rooke, in 1711. George Rooke, Esq. the last heir male of this family, in 1739.

David Ferne, the short man, born in the shire of Ross, in the parish of Ferne, aet. 27. was buried here in 1737. He was 30 inches high, from head to foot, and 36 inches round, as appears by the entry made in the register.

At the bottom part of the chancel window, says Mr. Somner, there was in ancient character or letter, Magister Hamo Doge, a man of note in king Henry III.'s reign, who was official to the archbishop, and the last rector of this church before the erecting a vicarage in it. He was founder of a chantry in this parish, and for some time held the aldermanry of Westgate ward.

John Twyne, the antiquary, above mentioned, who was great great-grandson of Sir Bryan Twyne, of Long Parish, in Hampshire, by Alice his wife, daughter of William Piper, of Canterbury.- See an account of him in Wood's Ath. vol. i. col. 202, 387.

Richard Cram, of this parish, anno 1490, gave 6s. 8d. for a new pair of organs, to serve God, in this church.


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.