Four Pury Monuments, In The Churchyard, Between 1 And 3 1/2 Metres East Of South East Corner Of Nave, Church Of St Lawrence

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7/232 Four Pury monuments, in the churchyard, between 1 and 3.5m east of south-east corner of nave, Church of St. Lawrence

GV II

Four chest tombs: late C17, possibly early C18. Stone. North- west monument, Thomas Pury, died 1688: flat lid, moulded edge, plain sides, inset slate plaque on west with lettering; south end raised oval in sunk rectangle, north Pury coat of arms on inset stone. To east, inscription weathered off; flat lid, moulded edge, no details left on sides or south end, Pury coat of arms on north, south-west monument, flat lid, moulded edge, sunk rectangle on west face, framed scrolls at ends, with plain margin outside from returns of end panels. Sunk rectangle to north, Pury coat of arms to south. Fourth monument set against third, to east: flat lid, moulded edge, ends as third, east side latin Inscription, to Thomas Pury, no date legible. One monument probably to Thomas Pury who built church (q.v.): family lived at The Grove in same parish (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO7373722143