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Top part of wall plaque in memory of Revd Thomas Andrewes & the Clarke family
plaque | memorial
marble | slate
white on grey
Casket-shaped white marble on grey (?) slate obelisk shape, with painted oval medallion of arms. Capitals throughout.
[from Wright 1823 p.95]:— On the west side of the north transept is a noble monument,— A pyramid of variegated marble; a small medallion of the same is suspended from the centre by a white marble ribband with a rosette, and is charged with a shield; gules, a cross saltier azure, edged or;— crest, a Moor's head proper. Beneath is an elegant shrine of white marble placed on a tabular pedestal (divided into two folios) of the same beautiful material. On the shrine is the following inscription:—
DEPOSITED
IN THE FAMILY VAULT ARE THE REMAINS OF
THE REVD THOMAS ANDREWES, M.A.
LECTURER OF HEXHAM,
WHO DIED JULY, 16TH 1757, AGED 80 YEARS.
ROBERT ANDREWES, ESQR DIED DECR 28TH 1764, AGED 83.
ANN NEWTON, DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE RT ANDREWES,
DIED JULY, 12TH 1767, AGED 32.
ANN ANDREWES,
WIFE OF ROBERT ANDREWES, ESQR
AND DAUGHTER OF SIR THOMAS RAWLINSON, KNIGHT,
ALDERMAN OF LONDON,
DIED JULY, 31ST 1769, AGED 75 YEARS.
Some names in larger font
Davies of Newcastle
1769
See HEXAB1024.2 whose wording suggests that this item was previously “ABOVE” it, when first installed. An 1899 guidebook [HEXAB5238.4] has a photograph on p.9 showing the whole tablet above HEXAB1036 when both were fixed to the wall closing the arch which now leads to the nave north aisle; the tablet was moved and divided when the wall was taken down for building the nave in 1908.
Robert was a younger brother of Thomas.
1737: Licence to Thomas Andrews, Lecturer of Hexham, and his family, while inhabiting in the parish of Hexham, to use as a burying place an ancient stone vault scituate in the west part of the churchyard of Hexham, at the west side or west end of the tower near to the great new buttress in the north, and lesser buttress on the south, and the said tower on the west, to that part of the churchyard which is not now made use of to bury in, about 10 feet underground, 13 feet in length, and 7 feet in breadth.
[Wright 1823 p.97]:— The family vault is beneath, entered from the churchyard. Above is a large well-painted escutcheon bearing the whole arms.
[Wright 1823 p.234]:— “Robert Andrewes, Esq. gave 50s. a year to the poor of this parish;”
Burial Register: Rev. Mr Thomas Andrewes, Lecturer, 18 July 1757; Mr Robt Andrews, gent [N'c Courant: in 82nd yr] 1 Jan 1765; Ann Newton, wife of Mr Th…, 10 Aug 1767; Mrs Ann Andrews, wid., 4 Aug 1769.
H 1.435 m | W 0.785 m | D 8.5 cm max
Foot 1.2 m from floor
North Transept/West Wall
CND: NTWW2; EM 198; NCH3 p197. Andrews & Clarke family tree in NCH4 p235.

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Bottom part of wall plaque in memory of Revd Thomas Andrewes & the Clarke family
plaque | memorial
marble | slate
white on grey
Double tablet, white marble on grey slate base, black key-pattern frieze. Roman caps and Italics, and odd punctuation in common. Small painted shields at foot of each.
[from Wright 1823 p.96–97]:— Beneath [the left folio] on a medallion, a small shield; argent, in chief a small star for difference, on a bend dexter gules between three pellets sable, three white swans, proper. Over all an escutcheon—gules, a cross saltire, acure, edged, or. crest, a white swan, proper, holding a pellet, sable.
[Beneath the right folio] Shield, quarterly 1st and 4th argent, 3 pellets sable, bend dexter, gules, charged with 3 white swans, marchant, proper. 2nd and 3d gules or, cross saltire, azure, edged, or. Over all an escutcheon gules, a bend dexter, argent 3 stars of 5 points sable. Crest, a white swan proper, holding a pellet sable. This is a most elegant monument, by Davies of Newcastle.
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
HONOUR,
DAUGHTER, OF THE ABOVE,
ROBERT ANDREWES, ESQR AND WIFE, OF
THE REVD SLOUGHTER CLARKE, A.B.
35 YEARS, LECTURER OF HEXHAM,
WHICH PREFERMENT HE RESIGNED IN 1801.
SHE DIED MARCH, 9TH 1805;
AGED 72 YEARS.
Was Pious, Just, and Generous,
Prudent, Candid, and Benevolent.
THE REVD SLOUGHTER CLARKE, A.B.
DIED 22D APRIL. 1820;
AGED 79 YEARS.
“The Righteous shall be had
in everlasting Remembrance.”
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
MARTHA,
DAUGHTER OF CHARLES SHAFTOE, ESQR
AND THE BELOVED WIFE, OF
THE REVD ROBERT CLARKE, M.A.
LECTURER OF HEXHAM,
SHE DIED DECEMBER, 8TH 1814;
AGED 28 YEARS.
Was Devout and Amiable
to her Creator and her Fellow creatures.
THE REVD ROBERT CLARKE, M.A.
LECTURER OF HEXHAM FOR 23 YEARS
DURING WHICH PERIOD HE PERFORMED
THE DUTIES OF THAT OFFICE
WITH CONSCIENTIOUS ATTENTION.
KIND AND AFFABLE TO ALL
HIS HAND WAS EVER OPEN TO RELIEVE
THE WANTS AND NECESSITIES
OF THE POOR.
HE LIVED BELOVED
AND DIED ON THE 20TH OF APRIL 1824
IN THE 53D YEAR OF HIS AGE
UNIVERSALLY LAMENTED.
———
Some names in larger font; 3 comments in italics
Davies of Newcastle
1824
See HEXAB1024.1 which, from the inscription wording, was previously “ABOVE” it, when first installed. An 1899 guidebook [HEXAB5238.4] has a photograph on p.9 showing the whole tablet above HEXAB1036 when both were fixed to the wall closing the arch which now leads to the nave north aisle; the tablet was moved and divided when the wall was taken down for building the nave in 1908.
1737: Licence to Thomas Andrews, Lecturer of Hexham, and his family, while inhabiting in the parish of Hexham, to use as a burying place an ancient stone vault scituate in the west part of the churchyard of Hexham, at the west side or west end of the tower near to the great new buttress in the north, and lesser buttress on the south, and the said tower on the west, to that part of the churchyard which is not now made use of to bury in, about 10 feet underground, 13 feet in length, and 7 feet in breadth.
There are four Clarke tombstones (HEXAB1058, HEXAB1059, HEXAB1060, HEXAB1061) in the crypt, and three Clarke hatchments (HEXAB3059, HEXAB3060, HEXAB3061) on the south wall of the Nave.
1823: A B Wright dedicated his “… History of Hexham …” to the Rev. Robert Clarke, A.M.
[Wright 1823 p.97]:— The family vault is beneath, entered from the churchyard. Above is a large well-painted escutcheon bearing the whole arms [possibly HEXAB3060].
[Wright 1823 p.234]:— “the Rev. Sloughter Clarke and his wife, daughter of R Andrewes, Esq., since his death have given a grant of a rent-charge of 50s. out of a close of £6 a year, near the Maiden Cross, to Robert Salmon, Gent. and Edward Charlton, mercer, and their heirs, in trust, and upon condition that they shall truly pay the said sum of 50s. yearly to the minister of Hexham, by him to be distributed to the poor of the township.”
Burial Register: Mrs Honor Clarke, wife of Rev. Slaughter Clarke, 12 Mar 1805; Martha Clarke, wife of Rev. Rob., Walwick Hall, 28, 15 Dec 1814; Rev. Slaughter Clarke, 79, 29 Apr 1820; Rob. Clarke, 53, 5 May 1824.
H 0.93 m | W 1.03 m | D 14 cm
1.04m from floor
North Transept/West Wall
CND: NTWW1; EM 198; NCH3 p197. Andrews & Clarke family tree in NCH4 p235.



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