On the north side of the Chancel, partly obliterated from the decay of the stone,

HERE LYETH THE BODY ...............

TORKSEY OF OWSTON,

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIF.

A. D. 1695.

On the south wall of the Chancel is a neat Gothic monument to the memory of Edward Peart, M. D. who died Sept. 10th, 1824, aged 78. It consists of a small tomb, under a stone canopy.

On the wall of the south aisle is a similar one to the memory of John Littlewood and Elizabeth his wife, bearing the following inscription:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN LITTLEWOOD,
WHO DIED SEPT. 18TH, 1821, AGED 50 YEARS.

ALSO OF ELIZABETH HIS WIFE,

WHO DIED MARCH 22ND, 1837, AGED 45 YEARS.
THEIR REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THE SOUTH AISLE

OF THIS CHURCH.

On a marble tablet,

TO THE MEMORY OF EDWARD PEART OF WEST BUTTERWICK, WHO DIED ON THE 1ST OF DECR. 1795, IN THE 66TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.

On a gravestone, in the south aisle,

HERE REST THE REMAINS OF MR. JAMES LITTLEWOOD,
LATE OF HIGH MELWOOD,

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 19TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, 1797, AGED 61 YEARS.

HERE ALSO REST THE REMAINS OF MRS. ANN LITTLEWOOD,
WIFE OF THE ABOVE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 26TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1797, AGED 60 YEARS.

SACRED

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES LITTLEWOOD,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 21ST DAY OF OCT. 1819,
AGED 51 YEARS.

ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES LITTLEWOOD,
INFANT SON OF JAMES AND ELIZABETH LITTLEWOOD,
WHO DIED THE 19TH MARCH, 1806.

On a gravestone, in the middle aisle,

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF FRANCES MAW, OF EAST LOUND,
AND DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND SARAH GIBSON,
OF HAXEY, WHO DIED JAN. 5TH, 1794, AGED 28 YEARS.

SHE WAS PIOUS, HUMANE, devout, AND GOOD,

AND PATIENTLY RESIGNED HER SOUL TO GOD.

ALSO, NEAR THIS PLACE LIE HER TWO CHILDREN,
SAMUEL AND ANTHONY, WHO DIED IN THEIR INFANCY.

"In the Churchyard of Oxtun," says Leland, "half a mile from Milwood Park, I saw a 5 tumbes of the Sheffields. Young Sheffield's father is buried in the Church of Oxtun." At this time none are to be found; for John Earl of Mulgrave, in the reign of Charles the Second, removed the tombs, the bodies, and the escutcheons to Burton Church, on the other side of the Trent, and caused a marble Tablet to be put up in the Chancel, alluding to this strange proceeding, in the following terms, which seems rather to blazon forth his own exploits than to afford any satisfactory reason for thus disturbing the bones of his ancestors. "These venerable remains of the five Sheffields, mentioned in the famous

Itinerary of Leland, upon the printing of the book were rescued from the danger of oblivion, and removed from Owston to this place, by the pious direction of the not degenerate heir of that antient family, John Earl of Mulgrave, who, after the famous seafight in Sold-bay, was, at twenty-three years of age, by King Charles the Second, made Captain of the Royal Catherine, Colonel of the

Old

EFFIGY of one of the SHEFFIELD'S, a KNT TEMPLAR, in BURTON CHURCH, Supposed to have been removed from Owston.

Drawn & Etched by J Greenwood. Hull

Old Holland's Regiment, Gentleman of the Bed Chamber, and
Knight of the most noble order of the Garter; afterwards, by King
James the Second, Lord Chamberlain of the Household,-by King
William and Queen Mary created Marquis of Normanby; and by
the Queen, Duke of Buckingham, made Keeper of her Privy Seal,
Lord Steward of her Household, and Lord President of her Most
Honourable Privy Council, till her decease, A. D. 1717.”

This certainly was a very singular proceeding; for, in the first place, Leland says nothing which could possibly induce any one to do so; nor can we suppose that the printing of the Itinerary gave any information to the Earl of Mulgrave of which he was not already in possession, for he himself had compiled a pedigree of his own family; and we can hardly think that he was ignorant that Owston Churchyard had been the burial place of his ancestors from the time of Henry the Third. The noble Earl informs us that his motive for ordering this removal was to rescue their remains from oblivion; but, alas! as far as sepulchral memorials go, he has most effectually condemned them thereto : the bones were all put in two coffins, and deposited in the family vault at Burton; and of the "5 tumbes" nothing remains.

There is, however, a mutilated figure of a Knight Templar, laid deorsively, with his legs crossed, which I think has been brought from Owston, and was probably over the grave of a Sheffield within the Church; for Leland informs us that they were interred in the Church as well as in the Churchyard. Prior to the time when the Order of the Templars was dissolved, the Sheffields had no connection with Burton. The effigy is undoubtedly intended for one of that family, as their arms are on the shield; and it now lies, not under a canopy made on purpose, but on one of the stone seats, which are so frequently seen in the Chancels of our Parish Churches, and on which sat the priest, the deacon, and sub deacon, whilst the choir sang Gloria in excelsis, during the celebration of mass.

The following vignette is a correct representation of the figure as it now lies in Burton Church.

The drapery of this figure is sculptured with great boldness, and the chain