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- Two white arch-headed rectangular inscription tablets set against a black stone ground with a two-centred arched head. A hatched achievement of arms is set just below the apex of this arch.
Blazon Gules on a chevron between three estoiles Or, as many lozenges of the field
[BUTTS] (ref a)
The crest and motto are missing. The inscriptions are in sans serif caps, apart from the first lines of each, which are in Victorian gothic caps and l/c, all black-filled. They are set one above the other, originally in two sets of four on each tablet, but on the E side is an added inscription at the bottom, to Elizabeth Butt, the widow of the William who died 1878.
The maker’s name is incised lightly in caps on the W side at the bottom of the ground: CURRIE / 240 OXFORD ST. W
- Marble, stone
- Last quarter 19th c
- Overall: h. 154 x w. 99 x d. 4cm Tablets: h. 110 x w. 40.5 x d. 2cm
- Currie of Oxford St, London
- Currie of Oxford St, London
- The manor of Corneybury and patronage of the living remained with the Butt family well into the 19th century (see 001). In 1853 a family member not commemorated here - John Henry Butt - was appointed vicar of the church (ref b).
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- West tablet:
Sacred / to the Memory of / WILLIAM BUTT, / OF CORNEY BURY, IN THIS PARISH; /A DEPUTY LIEUTENANT / OF THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD; / ONLY SON OF WILLIAM AND ANNE BUTT; / BORN DECEMBER 1766, / DIED 25TH FEBRUARY 1841. / Also of / ELIZABETH, / WIFE OF JAMES NASMYTH MARSHALL, / A CAPTAIN IN THE HONBLE / EAST INDIA COMPANY’S SERVICE / IN THE 71ST REGIMENT OF NATIVE INFANTRY, / THIRD DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM BUTT; / BORN APRIL 1808. / SHE PERISHED WITH HER HUSBAND / IN THE WRECK OF THE ‘‘CONQUEROR’ / OFF LORNELL, NEAR BOULOGNE, 14TH JAN 1843; / BURIED AT DOVER. /
Also of / JANE, SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM BUTT; / BORN 15TH MAY 1801, / DIED AT BATH, 8TH MARCH 1876, / BURIED IN ST MICHAEL’S CEMETERY, BATH / Also of / ANN, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM BUTT; / BORN 25TH FEBRUARY 1798, / DIED BATH 7TH JANUARY 1879; / BURIED IN ST. MICHAEL’S CEMETERY, BATH. /
East tablet:
Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM BUTT / OF CORNEY BURY, IN THIS PARISH; / A DEPUTY LIEUTENANT / OF THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD, / ELDEST SON OF / WILLIAM & ANN BUTT. / BORN 22ND DECEMBER 1799, / DIED 17TH APRIL 1878. / Also of / EDWARD 5TH SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH BUTT; / A LIEUTENANT IN THE NAVY / OF THE HONBLE EAST INDIA COMPANY; / BORN 14TH AUGUST 1834, / DIED 18TH JULY 1859 / AT KURRACHEE. / Also of / FREDERICK RAYMOND / 6TH SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH BUTT: / A CIVIL ENGINEER / IN HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE / IN THE EAST INDIES, (BENGAL) / BORN 24TH MAY 1838, / DIED AT GOWHATTY 12TH DEC 1863. / Also of / FRANCIS ROBERT, / 3RD SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH BUTT; / A LIEUTENANT COLONEL / IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY, / (LATE BENGAL). / BORN 19TH JULY 1830, / DIED AT AULUS-LES-BAINS, ARIÉGE, FRANCE, / 30TH AUGUST 1873. / Also of ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF J. TEMPLE / OF THE NASH, WORCESTER, WIDOW OF THE ABOVE WM / BUTT, BORN MAY 5TH 1804, DIED AUGUST 30TH 1889. /
- a) Burke p 156 b) Cussans p88