Manning Chest Tomb About 17 Metres South Of The Chancel Of The Church Of St Morwenna

The Manning Chest Tomb, located about 17 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Morwenna, is a chest tomb from the early 17th century, commemorating John Manning, who died in 1601. It is made of granite and features a narrow design raised on a moulded granite step with a rectangular granite base. The tomb is in the Renaissance style, with a chamfered plinth and granite corner shafts on bulbous feet, topped with a cyma recta moulded granite lid.

The inscription, carved in relief on the side panels in large capitals without serifs, reads: "Here liet John Manning of Stamberie Gen(t) who died without issue the VI day of August 1601." The initials of John Manning and his wife can be found at Stanbury Manor. The Manning tomb is also depicted in the Hawker memorial window within the church. The Reverend R S Hawker, who served as the vicar of Morwenstow from 1835 to 1874, created a dramatic narrative about the tomb, which he presented as fact in his work "Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall" published in 1870.