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A hatchment is a memorial to a person who has died
and is made up from the deceased's coat of arms There are three hatchments
in the church.
The Arms & Crest of the Errington Family
from Beaufront Castle are shown in the baptistery and are a memorial to
John Errington who died in 1827 and is buried at St.John Lee.
The other two hatchments are on the south wall of the Nave.
The first is the memorial of Elizabeth Allgood who died in 1854 and who
is buried at Simonburn. As she was the owner of the Hermitage, which is
in the parish of St. John Lee, it was thought fitting that the hatchment
should be in the parish church.
The next hatchment is a memorial to William Cuthbert of Beaufront who died
in 1878. The Cuthbert family still live at Beaufront.
In the side Chapel is a
memorial to Simon Mewburn a young soldier who died in the First World War.
The Mewburn family was a significant family of the area and this area of
the church is a memorial to the family.
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