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The earliest reference to them is an entry in the baptism record for 1616. The slab contains the following epitaph:

In health I went away from home, 
but did with life no more return 
My horse he stumbled and fell down 
And threw me lifeless to the ground 
Short was my life, my pain the less 
God took me home as He thought best.

Another lavishly carved headstone, now almost illegible, lies at the east end of the chancel. This marks the grave of Mary Holmes, who was buried on 1st March 1767. It includes these words:

Indulgent wife, a friend sincere 
She's gone to rest we need not fear, 
Her time was short, 
God set her free, 
Her blest Redeemer call'd for she.

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