Title:
Monumental inscriptions at St Giles and All Saints, Orsett
Level: Category
Miscellaneous
Level: Fonds
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS RECORDED BY ESSEX SOCIETY FOR FAMILY HISTORY
Scope and Content:
Monumental inscriptions in the church and churchyard, 1485-1990 (church) and 1730-1992 (churchyard), recorded 1992.
Includes indexes of names, places in parish, other places in Essex, places outside Essex and occupations, with plans of church and churchyard.
Monuments in churchyard include memorials to Edith M. Goodlet, wife of Charles W. Goodlet of Commercial School, St Petersburg, who died and was buried at St Petersburg 1898; Captain Thomas D.L. Whittington 'who died of malaria on board transport "Sumatra" bound for S. Africa' 1900; Sarah Sell of St Albans Diocesan Nursing Institution who died 1890 'of fever taken from those whom she / came to nurse at the Union House, Orsett'; Elizabeth Lawler (died 1916) 'erected ... by her fellow employees at Kynock Works, Kynock Town'.
Monuments in church include brasses described after H. Martin Stuchfield's article in the Essex Journal 1992; will on brass [apparently not otherwise preserved] of Thomas Hotofte of Orsett, 1495, leaving land called Gouldwell in parish of 'Horndo'[n-on-the-Hill?] 'to bere owte the comon fyne of Orssett for ever' [the 'common fine' is probably the vill's share of a fine imposed on the whole county, in origin levied by the sheriff but payable to the lord of a court leet where such existed]; verse praising pastoral work of parson Robert King (died 1584); screen in memory of Admiral Charles Wright Bonham (died 1910) made from timbers of his former ship HMS Pique; fragment of pennon of 6th Cavalry Brigade carried for Lieut. Colonel Francis H.D.C. Whitmore during Battle of Amiens 1918; subscription list for memorial screens to Violet F.E. Whitmore (died 1927); memorial to Mr. Charlotte Baker (died 1818) wh left organ to church; plaque (682) recording officers [of re-formed Essex Yeomanry] 1901-1905; list of subscribers to restoration of tower 1610, including Valentine Carey, Dean of St Paul's [London] and rector; list of rectors (700); plaques recording endowment of coal charities by Mrs Sarah Bush 1825 and Jane Baker 1849, of bread charities by John Freeman esquire 1746, Dame Jane Trafford Southwell 1809, Jesse Newcome 1813, and Richard Baker esquire 1828, and of fund for cleaning and repair of monuments in chancel by Jane Baker 1849; plaque recording foundation by Elizabeth Dowsett 1807 of bread charity and charity for education of two girls; table of parish benefactors 1736; plaques recording bell-ringing by 'The Essex Association' [?of Change Ringers] 1913, 1959; plaque commemorating increase in church accommodation 1837.
Final entry is war memorial for First and Second World Wars (not plotted).
Dates of Creation:
c.1994
Extent:
1 volume

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Bells Plaques in Orsett church record ringing by ‘The Essex Association’ 1913, 1959
Subjects Boer War Memorial at Orsett to officer who died at sea while bound for South Africa, 1900
Subjects Brasses Brasses in Orsett church include will of Thomas Hotofte of Orsett, 1495
Subjects Bread Plaques in Orsett church record endowment of bread charities 1746-1828
Subjects Charities Plaques re endowment of bread, coal and educational charities, Orsett, 1746-1829; table of benefactors, 1736
Subjects Church building Orsett; list of subscribers to restoration, 1610, and plaque re increased accommodation, 1837
Subjects Coal Plaques in Orsett church record endowment of coal charities, 1825 and 1849
Subjects Conservation Endowment for cleaning and repair of monuments in chancel, Orsett, 1849
Subjects Diseases Memorials at Orsett to nurse and soldier who died of fever and malaria respectively, 1890 and 1900
Subjects Education Charity for education of two girls founded at Orsett, 1807
Subjects Employment Memorial to employee of Kynoch Town explosives works, erected by fellow employees, 1916
Subjects Fines Testator of Orsett leaves land ‘to bere owte the comon fyne of Orssett for ever', 1495
Subjects First World War War memorial, Orsett, recorded c.1994
Subjects First World War War memorial, Orsett, recorded c.1994
Subjects Monuments Endowment at Orsett of fund for cleaning and repair of monuments in chancel, 1849
Subjects Monuments Endowment at Orsett of fund for cleaning and repair of monuments in chancel, 1849
Subjects Nurses Memorial in Orsett churchyard to nurse who died at Orsett Union House, 1890
Subjects Organs Memorial in Orsett church to donor of organ, 1818
Subjects Poetry Memorials in Orsett church include verse praising work of parson, 1584
Subjects Sailors Memorial screen in Orsett church for Admiral Charles Wright Bonham, died 1910
Subjects Schools Memorial at Orsett to wife of Charles Goodlet of Commercial School, St. Petersburg, 1898
Subjects Second World War War memorial, Orsett, recorded c.1994
Subjects Ships Orsett: memorial to soldier who died on transport Sumatra, 1900; screen using timber from HMS Pique, c.1910
Subjects Soldier Memorials at Orsett: soldier who died while bound for South Africa, 1900; officers of Essex Yeomanry, 1901-1905
Subjects War memorials Orsett, First and Second World Wars, recorded c.1994
Personal Names Charles W.
Goodlet 		St. Petersburg and Orsett, 1898
Personal Names Charlotte
Baker 		Orsett, 1818
Personal Names Edith M.
Goodlet 		St. Petersburg and Orsett, 1898
Personal Names Elizabeth
Lawler 		employee at Kynock Works, Kynock Town, 1916
Personal Names H. Martin
Stuchfield 		author, 1992
Personal Names Jane
Baker 		Orsett, 1849
Personal Names Jane
Baker 		Orsett, 1849
Personal Names Jesse
Newcome 		Orsett, 1813
Personal Names John
Freeman 		esquire, Orsett, 1746
Personal Names Richard
Baker 		esquire, Orsett, 1828
Personal Names Robert
King 		parson of Orsett, 1584
Personal Names Sarah
Bush 		Orsett, 1825
Personal Names Sarah
Sell 		nurse, Orsett, 1890
Personal Names Thomas
Hotofte 		Orsett, 1495
Personal Names Thomas
Hotofte 		Orsett, 1495
Personal Names Valentine
Carey 		Dean of St. Paul’s and rector of Orsett, 1610
Personal Names Violet F.E.
Whitmore 		Orsett, 1927
Personal Names Admiral
Charles Wright
Bonham 		Orsett, 1910
Personal Names Captain
Thomas D.L.
Whittington 		Orsett, 1900
Personal Names Colonel Sir
Francis Henry Douglas Charlton
Whitmore 		Orsett, 1918
Personal Names Dame
Jane Trafford
Southwell 		Orsett, 1809
Place Names Africa, South Africa Memorial at Orsett to soldier who died while bound for South Africa, 1900
Place Names Africa, South Africa Memorial at Orsett to soldier who died while bound for South Africa, 1900
Place Names Corringham Memorial at Orsett to employee of Kynock Town, 1916
Place Names Europe, France, Picardy, Amiens Orsett church contains fragment of pennon carried at Battle of Amiens 1918
Place Names Europe, Russia, St Petersburg Memorial at Orsett to wife of Charles Goodlet of Commercial School, St. Petersburg, 1898
Place Names Orsett Memorial in churchyard to workhouse nurse, 1890
Place Names Church of St Giles and All Saints
Orsett 		Monumental inscriptions in church and churchyard, recorded 1992
Place Names Gouldwell
Horndon-on-the-Hill 		Left for benefit of parish of Orsett, 1495
Document Types Epitaph Memorials in Orsett church include verse praising pastoral work of parson, died 1584
Document Types Monumental inscriptions Orsett, church and churchyard of St. Giles and All Saints, recorded c1994
Document Types Will Orsett church contains will on brass of Thomas Hotofte, 1495
Institutions Church of England Monumental inscriptions at St. Giles and All Saints, Orsett, recorded 1992
Institutions Commercial School St. Petersburg; memorial at Orsett to wife of Charles W. Goodlet of, c.1898
Institutions Commercial School St. Petersburg; memorial at Orsett to wife of Charles W. Goodlet of, c.1898
Institutions Essex Association of Change Ringers Orsett, 1913 and 1959
Institutions Essex Association of Change Ringers Orsett, 1913 and 1959
Institutions Essex Society for Family History Monumental inscriptions at St. Giles and All Saints, Orsett, recorded by, 1992
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, 6th Cavalry Brigade Fragment of pennon from Battle of Amiens, 1918, in Orsett church
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, 6th Cavalry Brigade Fragment of pennon from Battle of Amiens, 1918, in Orsett church
Institutions Great Britain and Ireland, Army, Essex Yeomanry Plaque at Orsett listing officers of, 1901-1905
Institutions HMS Pique Screen in Orsett church made from timbers of, 1910
Institutions St Albans Diocesan Nursing Institution Sarah Sell, nurse, dies 1890 of fever caught at the Union House, Orsett