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William Butt d 1841 + Elizabeth Marshall d 1843
Jane Butt d 1876 Ann Butt d 1876 + William Butt d 1878
Edward Butt d 1859 + Frederick Raymond Butt d 1863
Francis Robert Butt d 1863 + Francis Robert Butt d 1873
Elizabeth Butt d 1889

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  1. 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

  2. Marble, stone

  3. Last quarter 19th c

  4. Overall: h. 154 x w. 99 x d. 4cm Tablets: h. 110 x w. 40.5 x d. 2cm

  5. Currie of Oxford St, London

  6. Currie of Oxford St, London

  7. 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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  9. 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. /

  10. a) Burke p 156 b) Cussans p88