Bicester Church Graves & Inscriptions

The following is an abbreviated alphabetical list of names on the Tombs and Gravestones in the Church Yard. Below the list are the inscriptions.

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Tombstones

Gravestones

Inscriptions in the Chancel and Church

John Blake who died May 24, 1777, aged 61. Ann his wife who died February 20, 1789, aged 59; and two of their sons.

A monument in memory of Gabriel Burrowes, who died March 14, 1676, aged 42.

A mural monument, which states that Mary, wife of John Burrowes, jun., died September 16, 1724, aged 29 years; and a memorandum of the birth and death of their three infants, Mary, Sarah, and Benjamin. A similar monument near the former, to the memory of Mary, the wife of John Burrowes; who died July 1, 1706, aged 39. John Burrowes, who was baptized March 29, 1666, and buried March 13, 1732, and four of their children.

Anne Clements, the wife of Mr. Richard Clements, by whome he had 4 sons, George, Richard, Thomas, Benjamin, and 6 daughters, Elizabeth, Anne, Grace, Anne, Judith, Grace, she departed this life the 28th of May. A.D. 1652, of her age 39.

Here lyethe the body of John Coker who departed this life the 14 of Feb. 1606. Here alsoe lyeth ye body of Joane Coker wife of the said John Coker, who departed this life the 16 of May An^o 1618.

Here also lyeth the body of Anne Coker wife of Cadwallader Coker eldest sone to the saide John Coker and Joane his wife who departed this life the 20 day of Aug. 1625.

Here also lie ye bodies of Cadwallder Coker above named and Catherine his second wife. He Dec. 15 Oct. 1653, Æt. 82. She 8 May 1635. Æt. 36 They had issue, John, Cadwallader, Frances, William, Catherine, Joane, and Elizabeth.

William Eagles of Aylesbury, who departed this life March 28, 1810, aged 62. And William his son who died December 31, 1808, aged 38.

An Inscription for Robert Evans, who died May 18, 1688, aged 56 years.

William, the son of John and Ann Finch, died May 16, 1701. John Finch, citizen of London and grocer in this town, born at Warfield, Berks., died Fehruary 11, 1707, aged 58; and Ann, his wife; who died July 30, 1720, aged 81.

On a brass plate fixed to the north wall is this Inscription: Here lyeth buried the bodye of William Horth alias Hortt, Gent. who deceased the v of July 1582 and also with him lyeth buried Emme his wife who was daughter unto Mr Ashton of Crostone in the county of Lancaster Esquier and deceased the VI of August following 1584 and had yssue two sons and four daughters.

In the south Aisle, is an inscription to the memory of Sarah, wife of Joseph Kendall, who died July 11, 1803, aged 23. Nearly opposite to Walker's is a tablet which states that Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Hicks, died June 19, 1741, aged 12 years. John, son of the above, died June 12, 1758, aged 35. John Hicks, sen. died November 21, 1760, aged 66. And Elizabeth, his wife, who died December 23, 1768, aged 74.

Here lyeth ye body of Mrs. Sarah Kennett, who dyed the 2 of March 1693. Aged 18 years and ³⁄₄.

Here lyeth the body of John Lewes, born in Lyñ in the county of Carnarvon, Gent. who for the love he bare to the said John Coker desired by his will to be buried neere him. He dyed in Oxford on the 21 day of September, 1612.

On the south side a monument to the memory of John King, who died May 4, 1760, aged 76. Edward Lock, his nephew, who died August 26, 1772, Edward Lock, father, January 13, 1762, aged 80. Sarah, wife of the latter, died February 2, 1748, aged 54. Elizabeth, their daughter, died October 12, 1733, aged 7 years. Sarah, their daughter, wife of Thomas Harris of Oxford, died May 27, 1765, aged 45. And John, son of T. and S. Harris, who died September 6, 1760, in the 12th year of his age.

In the north aisle a monument to the memory of Thomas Russel, late of St. James's, Westminster, who died January 4, 1718, aged 48. His wife, Elizabeth Walworth, who died March 13, 1734, aged 64; and a memorandum of two sons and five daughters, who died infants.

On the south side are monuments to the memory of John Walker who died January 28, 1783, aged 80, and Ann his wife who died January 28, 1772, aged 58. John Walker who died September 2, 1810, aged 70; and Hannah his wife who died January 2, 1790, aged 38.

At the west end a monument for Elizabeth, wife of Richard Walls who died November 3, 1737, aged 36. Their two daughters Anne and Elizabeth; and the above Richard Walls who died October 22, 1753, Aged 45.

An inscription for Elizabeth, wife of John Woodfield, who died March 13, 1742, aged 61 years. John Woodfield, who died May 10, 1758, aged 82.

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On the south side of the church-yard is the grave of Edward Bowden, who was murdered by his journeyman George Strap, and for which, as the stone informs us, he was tried, found guilty at Oxford, hanged, and his body given to the surgeons to be anatomized. Bowden, a shoe-maker, had his brains beat out with a hammer as he sat at work late one evening.

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