Memorials Inside the Church

Fourteen memorial tablets and floor stones survive inside St Mary Magdalene. Numbering below follows the church’s own tablet numbering (1–14), used consistently across this page and the Churchyard records, since several families have memorials in both places.

Tablet locations

Note:

See the map on the Churchyard page to find the location of the memorials

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Location

Names

1

Chancel

Rachel White (1819) & James White (1849) & James White (1861) & William White (1871)

2

Chancel

James White (1801) & Margaret White (1823)

3

Chancel

Mary White (1863) & Frances Sharp née White (1829)

4

Chancel

Elizabeth Dowker (1752?) & Elizabeth Dowker (1823) & Frances Dowker (1791) & John Dowker (1756) & John Dowker (1781) & John Dowker (1838)

5

Chancel

Thomas Harnett (1714)

6

Nave

Elizabeth Collard (1858) & Henry Collard (1858) & James Collard (1822) & Jane Collard (1826) & Mary Ann Collard (1817)

7

Nave

Henry Thomas Willett (1945)

8

Nave

Abraham Terrey (1661) & Ann Terr(e)y (1704)

9

Nave

Catherine Burkett (1778) & John Burkett (1772)

10

Nave

Jane Denne (1817) & Mary Denne (1800) & Thomas Denne (1821) & Thomas Collard Denne (1797) & Revd. John Hilton (?) & Mary Elizabeth Hilton (?)

11

Nave

James Smith (1830) & Nanny Smith (1831)

12

Nave

Frances Blechynden (1611)

13

Nave

Margaret Parkar (1607)

14

Nave

Revd. John Ayling (1710) & Elizabeth Ayling (1706) & Thomas Young (1715) & Mary Young (1712)

Full transcriptions

Inscriptions are transcribed as closely as possible to the original wording and line breaks (marked /); a ? marks a word that is uncertain or illegible. Genealogical notes drawn from the parish baptism, marriage, and burial registers are added in italic brackets after each entry.

MEMORIALS INSIDE THE CHURCH

  1. [ south wall in the chancel nearest to the altar ]

Sacred/ to the memory of / RACHEL(-AEL), wife of JAMES WHITE / of Monkton Parsonage, whose remains / are deposited in the family vault beneath / and who died the 10th of April 1819 aged 31 years / leaving three sons and three daughters. //

Also of JAMES, second son of the above / who died the 31st of May 1849 / aged 38 years // [son of James & Rachel, baptised 6.12.1810 (& 14.1.1811?)

Also of the above mentioned / JAMES WHITE / who departed this life the 21st of / August 1861 aged 77 years // [Monkton Parsonage, son of James & Margaret, baptised 6.4.1784, buried 29.8.1861, aged 77 years].

Also of WILLIAM , eldest son of the above / RACHEL and JAMES WHITE / who died August 30th 1871 / aged 62?61 years ??? ///

  1. [ south wall in the chancel nearest to the pulpit ]

In a Vault near this Place / lie the remains of JAMES WHITE Gent. / late of the Parsonage in this Parish / who departed this life the 2nd of March 1801 / aged 59 years //

Also MARGARET his wife, daughter of / JOHN COLLARD Gent of Broomfield / in the Parish of Hearn, who died / Sept 12th 1823 aged 75 years. She left / surviving 1 son & 6 daughters, JAMES, / MARY, ELIZABETH, MARGARET, / FRANCES, ANN & MARTHA. / “Our hope is they rest in God. /// [buried 20.9.1823, aged 75 years]

  1. [ north wall in the chancel ]

To the memory of / MARY / eldest daughter of JAMES and MARGARET WHITE / late of Monkton Parsonage / who died February the 6th 1863 aged 89 years / her remains are interred in a vault / in the church yard. // [buried 13.2.1863, aged 89 years]

In the family vault in this chancel / are the remains of / FRANCES, fourth daughter of the above / and wife of STEPHEN SHARP late of Littlebourne, who died December the 20th 1829 aged 50 years. /// [FRANCES SHARP nee WHITE, Nonington, buried 29.12.1829, aged 51 years]

  1. [ chancel floor tomb closest to the nave ]

In a vault beneath / are deposited the remains of / JOHN DOWKER, late of this Parish / who died February 18th 1756 / aged 56 years. // [buried 24.2.1756]

Also of FRANCES his wife / who died January 24th 1791 / aged 86 years. //

Also of ELIZABETH daughter of the above / who died December 18th 1752(1), aged 12 years. //

Likewise of JOHN, son of the above / late of Stourmouth who died Sept. 12th 1781 / aged 59 years. // [buried 16.9.1781]

And of ELIZABETH, wife of / the above – said JOHN DOWKER / who departed this life / September 12th 1823 / aged 83 years. // [Stourmouth, buried 19.9.1823, aged 83 years. Guess? baptised 13.2.1738, daughter of John & Frances Dowker]

Also of JOHN, eldest son of the last named / JOHN & ELIZABETH DOWKER / who died January 26th 1838, aged 69 years. /// [Preston, buried 2.2.1838, aged 69 years]

  1. [ chancel floor tomb closest to the altar ]

Here lieth Interr’d the Body of / THOMAS HARNETT late of the Parish / of Minster Yeoman who Departed / this Life the 6th day of August in / the Year of our Lord 1714 / AEtatis 29 Years /// [Minster, buried 9.8.1714]

  1. [ north wall nave closest to the chancel ]

In memory of / HENRY COLLARD of Gore Street / in this parish who died the 15th of / December 1858 aged 86 years. // [farmer @ Gore St Farm, buried 21.12.1858, aged 86 years]

Also ELIZABETH, his wife, who died / September the 14th 1858 aged 84 years / having had issue six sons, and eight / daughters, eleven of whom survive them / to deplore their loss. // [buried 21.9.1858, aged 84 years]

MARY ANN died May 19th 1817 aged 18 years. // [Gore St, baptised 31.1.1799, buried 15.5.1817, aged 18 years]

JAMES died June 13th 1822 aged 4 years. // [Gore St, baptised 12.12.1819, buried 20.6.1822, aged 4 years]

JANE died March 10th 1826 aged 24 years. /// [Gore St, baptised 28.3.1802, buried 18.3.1826, aged 24 years]

  1. [ north wall nave in the middle – where the stolen clock was hung ]

In memory of / HENRY THOMAS WILLETT / Monkton Parsonage / Church Warden for 40 years. / Died Sept 5th 1945 / presented by his family. ///

  1. [ floor grave in the nave closest to the chancel ]

Under this Marble lyeth / ye body of Mr ABRAHAM TERREY / late of this Parish of Monkton who dyed / February ye 23 in ye Year of our Lord / God 1661 and in ye 44 Year of his Age. / He took to wife ANN ye daughter of / Mr JOHN TOMLIN of St Ins.? Bap? / Leaving Issue by her two Sons / and four Daughters ?iz? ABRAHAM, / ISAAC, ANN, MARY, ELIZABETH, & HANNAH. //

Here also lyeth the Body of Mrs / ANN TERREY the beloved wife of / Mr ABRAHAM TERRY who departed / this life ye 16th day of July in the / 83rd year of her age anno Dom / 1704 /// [ANN TERRY, widow, buried 19.7.1704]

  1. [ floor grave in the nave closest to the north porch entrance ]

Here lieth the Body of / Mr JOHN BURKETT / Vicar of this Parish / who died / on the 5th of April 1772 / Aged 50? years. //

Also Mrs CATHERINE BURKETT / Widow of the above named / Mr JOHN BURKETT / who died / on the 31st March 1778 / Aged 50? Years ///

  1. [ south wall nave closest to the chancel and pulpit ]

Sacred to the memory of THOMAS DENNE of the ville of Sarre Esq. // [son of Thomas & Elizabeth, baptised 29.10.1766, buried 24.3.1821, buried 24.3.1821, aged 54 years]

Whose life was eminently distinguished by the most conscientious observance of / every religious, moral and social duty. //

His piety was sincere, his charities were extensive and unostentatious / and the general character of his mind was meek and unassuming. //

He died ( to the great grief of his family and friends ) on the 16th day of March 1821, aged 64?54 years. / His memory will be long cherished, and his loss is severely felt by a numerous / circle of friends and relatives, to whom his worth was known / and by whom it can be best appreciated. //

He married in November 1780, MARY, only child of the late HENRY COLLARD esq. / of Gore Street in this parish, who died June 18th 1800 aged 54?34 Years. / by whom he had issue, one son, {THOMAS COLLARD DENNE} who died April 15th 1797, aged 11 months . And two daughters MARY ELIZABETH wife of the REVD. JOHN HILTON, / And JANE who died November 14th 1817 aged 23 years. //

In August 1816 he married his second wife MARY, daughter of GEORGE SLATER esq. / of Margate, who now survives him, and with sincere sorrow deplored his loss. //

This tablet was erected by his only surviving and affectionate daughter. M-E H.

  1. [ south wall nave in the middle ]

Sacred to the memory of / Mr JAMES SMITH of Monkton Court, / who departed this life sincerely and deservedly lamented / by his family and numerous friends / on the 9th day of December 1830 / in the 61st year of his age. / His remains are deposited in the family vault / in this churchyard. / “In him the poor have lost a kind benefactor. // [baptised 19.3.1770, buried 15.12.1830, aged 61 years]

Also of NANNY, wife of the above / JAMES SMITH / who died on the 7th of June 1831 / aged 60?80 years. /// [buried 13.6.1831, aged 80 years]

  1. [ south wall nave at the back ]

Here lyeth interred the body of that modest gentlewoman FRANCES BLECHUNDEN eldest daughter of THOMAS BLECHUNDEN of Aldington gent. She enjoyed 3 husbands / THOMAS EPPS of New Romney gent her / first. NICHOLAS ROBINSON {died 1594} of his parish of Moncton gent her second. & JOHN BLECHUNDEN of Aldington esq. She had by each of them issue. She lived 48 years. ?Wan / ince 12 days departinge ? his world in the / true faith of Christ the 25th of December 1611 ///

  1. [ south floor nave at the back ]

Here lyeth buried the body / of MARGARET PARKAR who had / two husbands. 1. GEORGE ROBISONN gent by whom she had / issue divers children. 2. THOMAS PARKAR gent by whom she had / no issue. Y sayd MARG. PARKAR / deceased y 11 of Mar anno domini / 1607 and in the 88 yeae of / ?vem in her naturall age. ///

  1. [ ledger stone black - hidden under the nave floor at the west end – others in white stone ]

{Coat of Arms} Here lieth ye Body of MR JNO: (John) AYLING, late vicar of this Church 48 years, who married ELIZ: (Elizabeth) ye: Daugr (daughter) of MR ABRAHAM TERRY sometime of this Parish. By whome He had issue 4 Chil: (children) Viz: ELIZ: (Elizabeth) SETH: ANN & ELIZABETH: two Surviving Seth & Ann. He departed This life Decr: (December) ye 4th : 1710 Aged 74 years. // [clerk, vicar of Monkton & Birchington 48 years, buried 8.12.1710]

Here lieth interr’d the Body of ELIZ: (Elizabeth) the Daughr: (daughter) of JOHN AYLING Vicr: (Vicar) of this Church and ELIZ: (Elizabeth) his wife who departed this life June the 23rd: A.D: 1706 in the 21st: Year of her Age. {Skull motif} // [Elis. Ayling, daughter, buried 26.6.1706]

Here lyes ye Body of THO: (Thomas) ye son of MR Wm (William) YOUNG & ANNE his wife who died Janr: (January) Ye 23rd 1715 Aged 9 months // [THOMAS YOUNG, son of Mr ……? Vicar of Chislet & his wife Anne, buried 26.1.1715]

M(ARY?) YOUNG Died Febr (February) 1712 Aged 4 m (months) [WILLIAM YOUNG married AN(NE) AYLING 12.10.1706]