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Church of St Bartholomew and Farnham Chapel

A Grade I Listed Building in Quorndon, Leicestershire

Monuments to Hyde family, Church of St Bartholomew, Quorndon

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1) Monument to John and Mary Hyde 1789, 1787. Slate and marble wall monument with pilasters and broken pediment and an urn. In a Vault beneath are deposited the Remains of John Hyde late of this Place Esquire, only Son of Savile Hyde formerly of Sundridge Place in the County of Kent Esquire, by Sarah his Wife. He departed this Life the 8th Day of January 1789 in the 56th Year of his Age. Also of Mary late Wife of the above John Hyde Esquire She died September the 3d 1787 in the 52d Year of her Age. And of Ann their Daughter who died the 14th Day of September 1787 Aged 19 Years. Shield of Arms Azure a saltire or between four bezants a chief ermine (Hyde, London) crest: a unicorns head erased argent.
2) Monument to George Hyde 1827. Marble tablet with black inlay lettering. This tablet is erected to the memory of George Hyde fifth son of John an Mary Hyde of Quorndon in the County of Leicester A Lieutenant in the Honourable east India Companys service He was born at Quorndon on the 25th day of September 1766 and died at Monghyr in the East Indies on the 10th day of November 1827 Aged 61 Years. By his last Will he bequeathed -To the poor distressed people at Quorndon the interest of one thousand pounds- which said sum of one thousand pounds was ordered by the Court of Chancery to be invested in the 3 percents consolidated annuities in the name of the Accountant General. Erected by the Trustees MDCCCXL (1841).

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