St Leonard's Church, Seaford

Memorial Inscriptions

"Section S"

The memorials at St Leonard's were first recorded by Seaford resident and Bailiff Henry Simmons (1815-1903 - A28). They were published by the Sussex Archeological Society in Vol XII of "Sussex Archeological Collections" (1860). A number of memorials he recorded have either disappeared altogether or become near-illegible. We have used his details to correct our readings (mainly in respect of dates and ages) as they would have been fresher to his eye. The lists below are the details for graves we did not find; as we cannot place them with precision they are included here.

Henry rarely transcribed complete inscriptions, restricting himself to the essential details. Nor did he include a plan, but grouped details under the headings "North of the Church", "North-East of the Church", "East of the Church", "South of the Church" and "South-East of the Church". The memorials below are arranged alphabetically by area.

Sections: ~ A ~ B ~ C ~ D ~ E ~ F ~ G ~ H ~ I ~ J ~ K ~~

Forenames	Surname	Maiden/Former	Died	Age	Note	Location
Joseph Lott	Clarke		30 Jan 1846	67		North
Ann	Elphick		20 Feb 1724	51	Wife of Thos Elphick	North
Ann	Hood		23 Sep 1782	44	Wife of John Hood	North
Ann	Stevens		11 Dec 1847	75	Wife of Jos Stevens	North
Eliza	Stevens		16 Mar 1811	1	Dtr of Jos Stevens jun	North
Joseph	Stevens		20 Sep 1837	52		North
Mary	Stevens		8 Nov 1798	42	Wife of Jos Stevens sen	North
Samuel	Stevens		23 Feb 1809	77		North
William	Stevens		4 Feb 1811	23	Son of Mary & Jos Stevens	North
Winnifred	Stevens		5 Nov 1825	13	Dtr of Jos & Ann Stevens	North
William	Washer		22 Mar 1784	34		North

Barbara	Bean		19 Jul 1845	86	Sister of Elizabeth Bean	North-East
Elizabeth	Bean		13 Feb 1843	85	Sister of Barbara Bean	North-East
Henry	Bean		4 May 1805	82		North-East
Barbara	Chambers		7 Apr 1766	52	Wife of Jas Chambers	North-East
Barbara Ann	Chambers		18 May 1827	83		North-East
Elizabeth	Chambers		30 Mar 1794	77	Dtr of Jas & Sarah Chambers	North-East
James	Chambers		26 Jun 1793	19	2nd son of Jas & Barbara Chambers	North-East
James	Chambers		27 May 1763	57		North-East
Martha	Chambers		10 Jul 1790	31	Youngest dtr of Jas & Barbara Chambers	North-East
Thomas	Chambers		25 Nov 1743	2	Eldest son of Jas & Barbara	North-East
Thomas	Chambers		5 Dec 1742	33	Youngest son of Jas & Sarah Chambers	North-East
Sarah	Chambers		22 Aug 1744	66	Widow of Jas Chambers	North-East
Mary	Fox		31 Oct 1786	46	Wife of Richard Fox	North-East
Richard	Fox		29 Sep 1787	47		North-East
Elizabeth	Gouldsmith		30 Mar 1794	77	Dtr of Jas & Sarah Gouldsmith	North-East
Joseph	Gouldsmith		11 Jul 1790	51	A Jurat	North-East
Sarah	Gouldsmith	Chambers	9 Apr 1831	84	Wife of Jos Gouldsmith. Dtr of Jas & Barbara Chambers	North-East
Emanuel	Horn		26 Jul 1844	42		North-East
Barbara	Martin		20 Aug 1847	72	Wife of Ed Martin	North-East
Edward	Martin		26 Jan 1843	72		North-East
Mary	Pierce		18 Jun 1800	32	Wife of Jas Pierce	North-East
Hannah	Verrall		1 Oct 1798	51	Wife of Thos Verrall	North-East
Charles Edward	Watkins		5 Jan 1809	1	Son of Chas & Mary Watkins	North-East
Elizabeth	Williams		1 Mar 1820	81	Wife of Thos Williams	North-East
Thomas	Williams		28 Aug 1821	83	Vicar of Alfriston	North-East

Thomas	Allwork		22 Dec 1837	78		East
Ann	Fletcher					East
John	Fletcher		12 Apr 1758		Brother of Wm Fletcher	East
Elizabeth	Packham		30 Apr 1808	44	Wife of Wm Packham	East
William	Packham		1 Jul 1822	64		East
Elizabeth	Palmer		15 Jan 1786	71	Wife of Rbt Palmer	East
Robert	Palmer		14 Mar 1762	82		East
Broughton	Quartley		26 Mar 1804	44	Lt S Hants Militia	East
Richard	Reed		21 Dec 1819	89		East
Sarah	Reed		21 Mar 1822	90	Wife of Richard Reed	East
John	Stone		13 Sep 1762	23	Son of Wm & Frances Stone	East

John	Ashby		23 Mar 1831	73		South-East
Ann	Coombs	Swain	8 Jan 1768	76	Wife of Wm Coombs. Sister of John & Thos Swain	South-East
Elizabeth	Ellis		12 Dec 1777	92		South-East
Maria	Godden		10 Nov 1828	41	Wife of Ed Godden	South-East
Arabella	Gorring		27 Jul 1805	32	Wife of John Gorring	South-East
Elizabeth	Gorring		9 Apr 1799	79		South-East
George	Gorring		18 Apr 1800	0	Son of John & Arabella Gorring	South-East
Thomas	Haine		22 Oct 1829	8	Son of Jos & Sarah Haine	South-East
Eliza	Haine		18 Dec 1821	15	Dtr of Jos & Sarah Haine	South-East
Mary Ann	Haine		17 Mar 1816	4	Dtr of Jos & Sarah Haine	South-East
James	Lower		4 Feb 1814	67		South-East
William	Lower		21 Feb 1805	9	Son of Chas & Susan Lower	South-East
Elizabeth	Mann		21 Feb 1795	25	Wife of John Mann	South-East
Jane	Martin		12 Oct 1802	63	Wife of Stephen Martin	South-East
Matthew	Martin		1806	27		South-East
Stephen	Martin		10 Feb 1796	49		South-East
John	Pitcher		25 Sep 1834	30	Son of Wm & Ruth Pitcher	South-East
Ruth	Pitcher		21 Oct 1834	69	Widow of Wm Pitcher	South-East
Sarah	Pitcher		6 Dec 1834	25	Dtr of Wm & Ruth Pitcher	South-East
William	Pitcher		15 Mar 1834	71		South-East
William	Rusbridge		22 May 1826	19	Son of Richard & Martha Rusbridge	South-East
George	Sargant		18 Dec 1820	67		South-East
Samuel	Sargant		18 May 1855	59		South-East
Sarah	Sargant		28 Mar 1816	63		South-East
Ann	Shoosmith		17 Nov 1809	6	Dtr of Ed & Jane Shoosmith	South-East
Edward	Shoosmith		18 Jan 1804	5	Son of Ed & Jane Shoosmith	South-East
Richard	Stevens		26 Feb 1792	79		South-East
Thomas	Towner		1 Sep 1799	63		South-East
David	William		19 Sep 1827	66	Lt RN. Commander, Signal Station on Seaford Heights	South-East

Rebecca	Bull		15 Dec 1819	66	Wife of Richard Bull	South
Henry	Ellis		3 Nov 1800	86		South
Jane	Harison		18 Feb 1800	2	Dtr of Chas & Salley Harison	South
Salley	Harison	Durand	3 Feb 1801	27	Wife of Chas Harison of Sutton. Dtr of John Durand of Carshalton	South
Edward	Spice		8 Sep 1800	81		South
Martha	Spice		25 Nov 1804	90	Wife of Ed Spice	South
Eliza	West		8 Feb 1803	51	Wife of John West, East Dean	South

See also Simmons' list of 'Aged Persons'

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