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The inscription is :—

"Underneath

are deposited the Remains of
THOMAS LLOYD of Domgay

in this Parish Esq. who departed this life 19th September 1739 aged 62

also those of his Relict MRS. SUSANNA LLOYD
who died 12 September 1758

aged 85

in the same place lies the body of EDWARD, son of
Edward LLoyd of Leaton, in the County of
Salop Esq. and Jane his wife. He died 15 April 1751
aged one year.

In Testimony of her dutiful Regard
and parental affection

to their respective memories

This monument was erected by the said Mrs. Jane LLoyd
Eldest Daughter and Heiress of the above Thomas
and Susanna LLoyd in the year

1773."

On the north wall, near this tablet, is another with the following inscription:

"Sacred

to the Memory of
FRANCIS LLOYD of Domgay

in the county of Montgomery, Esq.
who departed this life
July 15th 1814."

To the right of this, also on the north wall, is a large black and white marble monument divided into three compartments. The upper division contains a shield of arms: 1st and 4th, per bend sinister, ermine and erminois, a lion rampant or, with a bordure gules (Tudor Trevor), for LLoyd of Leaton Knolls; quartering 2nd and 3rd, azure, three seagulls argent, for LLoyd of Domgay; and on an escutcheon of pretence, or, on a chief sable, three escallops or, for Graham of Hockley. The centre compartment contains the following somewhat lengthy epitaph :

"Sacred

to the Memory of

FRANCIS LLOYD of Domgay Esq.

who died Member for the County of Montgomery
on the 19th February 1799 Aged 51.
The Character of so good a Man
Attracting individual Regard by private Worth
And enforcing general Respect by public Merit,
Conspicuous for his Candour, Moderation and Love of Justice,
Extensive Charity and unlimited Benevolence,
But peculiarly and eminently distinguished
By the happy Exercise and uniform Practice
Of the most amiable as well as the most valuable of the
Domestic Virtues

(Virtues which make, if not the Splendour,
The Felicity of Life)

Such a Character it is a Duty to commemorate
That its Virtue may be established
And its Dignity perpetuated.

He married Elizabeth, third Daughter of
Arthur Graham Esq.

of Hockley, in the County of Armagh.
His widow has erected this Monument
Her last sad Token of affectionate Gratitude
Not merely as a Testimony.

of her faithful Attachment

But as a Memorial to her Children

That this awful Record of their Father's excellence
May be an instructive Example to his Descendants :
And excite the Virtuous Emulation

Of an irreproachable Posterity,

The highest Compensation
His disconsolate Relict can expect
To alleviate her Loss."

The inscription on the lower division is as follows:

"Sacred to the Memory of
ELIZABETH

Widow of the above Francis LLoyd of Domgay, Esquire,
Whom she survived forty-five years

She died March 6th 1844, aged 92 years,
and was buried in the Catacombs of the Cemetery
Kensall Green, London.

To commemorate their deep sense
Of her many Christian Virtues

And of her affectionate and unceasing anxiety

To supply to them

The early loss of their excellent Father,

These few lines are inscribed by her grateful children.
A.D. 1845."

Another marble tablet on the north wall was erected to the memory of the first resident rector who held the living of the parish, after it had been, for upwards of 180 years, retained "in commendam" by the Bishop of the Diocese:

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On the west wall, at the end of the north aisle, a brass mural tablet has recently been placed in memory of the Rev. Waldegrave Brewster, rector of the parish from 1859 to 1870. This tablet was erected in recognition of the very active part taken by Mr. Brewster in promoting the building of the new church, which was commenced and completed during the last years of his ministry. The inscription is as follows:

This Church was built A.D. 1868
in place of the former Edifice,
mainly through the Zeal of
WALDEGRAVE BREWSTER, M.A., Rector,
and this record was fixed by
parishioners and friends, A.D. 1898.

LAUS DEO.

The church contains six stained glass windows, four of which are in memory of various members of the Turner family, and are all designed by Clayton and Bell. The fifth window, by Powell, of Blackfriars, records a gallant but unsuccessful deed of naval daring which cost the lives of four brave men, one of whom was closely connected with this parish. The sixth window was erected in 1898 to the memory of the late

rector, the Rev. Joseph Matthews; this window and the brass tablet underneath were executed by Ward and Hughes, of London.

The east window is divided into three foliated lights, the centre one being about 103 ft. high by 2 ft. wide, and the side divisions each 7 ft. high by 18 ins. wide. The centre compartment represents Our Lord in glory, and on either side as Risen and Interceding. The three panels in the lower division of the window show the Adoration of the Lamb, the central compartment reminding us of Van Eyck's celebrated picture in the Cathedral at Ghent. The legend which runs along the bottom of the three divisions is as follows:

1. "In honorem Dei et dilectissimam memoriam Annæ
Turner, Gulielmi Turner et Eliza Ross, uxoris, filii
et Socrus, posuit

11.

III.

J. J. Turner de Pentre Heylin, Armiger. A.D. 1868." The west end of the nave is occupied by a two-light window, containing four lancet-shaped compartments of about 8 ft. by 14 ins. each, surmounted by two circular ones; the two lancets to the right of the spectator giving representations of the twelve Apostles, those to the left twelve of the Prophets; the circles containing figures of David and Saint Tysilio. The inscription is as follows:

I.

II.

III.

IV.

"In honorem Dei et dilectissimam
memoriam Johannis James Turner
de Pentre Heylin Armigeri posut
liberi mærentes. A.D. 1878."

The window in the west end of the north aisle is divided into two narrow compartments, each about 10 ft. high by 1 ft. wide, and represents Our Lord's charge to St. Peter. The inscription runs :

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I. To the glory of God and in Memory of
John James Turner, priest, Decr. 12, 1879
In my trouble I called upon

II.

The Lord and He heard me."

VOL. XXXI.

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Near the main entrance on the south side is a single lancet window, 7 ft. high by 15 ins. wide, the upper part of which contains a figure of Our Lord as the Good Shepherd, and the lower division the Virgin with the Child Jesus, and St. John the Baptist. legend is

66

Aged 14.

Ego sum Pastor Bonus.
In loving memory of
John James Turner.

October 20, 1894.

R.I.P."

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On the south side of the nave is a decorated threelight window, about 7 ft. high, the compartments 18 ins. wide, with stained glass by Messrs. Powell, of Blackfriars, erected in January, 1879, to the memory of a brave young officer, Watkin Harold Wingfield, and his three gallant companions, who all lost their lives at sea. The centre compartment shows Our Lord walking on the sea, while the two side-lights represent angels, assisting the four men, who are struggling with the waves. The inscription reads :—

:

1. "Erected by the officers of H.M.S.
Newcastle as a slight token of their
Affection and Sympathy for

II. Watkin Harold Wingfield, Midn.
W. Miles, Captain of Mizen Top, Robt.
Hesk and George Reed, A.B., who
III. lost their lives in the China Sea while
gallantly endeavouring to save a

Shipmate. 13th December, 1876."

Watkin Harold Wingfield was the eldest son of Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, of the Rhysnant. On first entering the navy he was placed on board the Britannia, and was an officer of great promise. On December 13th, 1876, he was on duty on deck, the Newcastle being in the China Seas, some 400 miles from Singapore, and running before the wind at about eight knots an hour. Miles, the captain of the mizzentop, fell overboard, and young Wingfield immediately plunged after him, calling out as he did so to let go the life-buoy. Two able-bodied seamen, Hesk and

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