Charlton Kings Monumental Inscriptions

The first volume of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries was published in 1881, edited by Rev. Beaver H. Blacker, M.A.

The notes below are taken from this volume, and the spelling and grammar are as the original. The surnames have been put in capitals to aid identification.

This list covers only memorial inscriptions within Charlton Kings Church, and was compiled in 1876. Additions are most welcome.


ALEXANDER, Anna Maria Apr. 14, 1858
ALEXANDER, Capt. John, R.N. Dec. 23, 1857
ANTHONY, Michael, Esq. M.D. Aug. 8, 1851
BEGBIE, Frances Oct. 9, 1849
BELCHER, Edith Aug. 8, 1833
BELCHER, Elizabeth Mar. 2, 1762
BELCHER, Elizabeth Oct. 2, 1808
BELCHER, John Mar. 17, 1781
BELCHER, John Nash Jan. 28, 1857
BELCHER, Richard Mar. 25, 1798
BELCHER, William Jan. 21, 1770
BELCHER, William, Junr. Dec. 30, 1758
BRERETON, Bridget [No date]
BRERETON, Hester [Mar. 14, 1707-8]
BRERETON, Robert [No date]
BREETON, Susanna [Mar. 22, 1679-80]
BREETON, Susanna [No date]
BREETON, Theophila Feb. 28, 1709-10
BREETON, Theophilus [Gent] [Mar. 9, 1685-6]
BREETON, Theophilus [Junr] [Jan. 2, 1679-80]
CAMPBELL, Ann Meliora July 23, 1858
CAMPBELL, Harriet Mar. 30, 1843
CAMPBELL, Henry Richard Wharton Apr. 16, 1823
CLARKE, Katharine Elizabeth Penny Mar. 31, 1866
COLMORE, Caroline Jan. 8, 1836
COOK, Samuel, Gent. July 12, 1804
COOPER, Samuel, Gent. May 13, 1743
CREGOE, Colmore, Prescod Apr. 14, 1826
CREGOE, Emma Oct. 15, 1830
CREGOE, Maria Prescod June 29, 1823
CREGOE-COLMORE, Elizabeth Sarah Aug. 11, 1834
CREGOE-COLMORE, Frind, Esqr. Oct. 12, 1839
CRITCHETT, Richard, Esqr. Oct. 21, 1839
CRITCHETT, Sarah June 21, 1823
CURRYER [nee PATES], Anne Apr. 27, 1647
DAVIDSON, Clara Mary Aug. 8, 1851
DAVIDSON [nee TUCKER], Honoria Florentia Francs Mar. 26, 1850
EVANS, Elizabeth Apr. 26, 1808
EVANS, Thomas Nov. 17, 1789
GALE, Ann Sept. 13, 1766
GALE, John, Senr. Feb. 3, 1765
GALE, John Feb. 19, 1812
GALE, John Jan. 11, 1829
GALE [nee HIGGS], Susanna Feb. 8, 1851
GENT [nee FLEETWOOD], Anna Maria Aug. 24, 1801
GOOLD, Francis May 10, 1811
HIGGS, Charles Nov. 17, 1809
HIGGS, Rupertia Aug. 5, 1849
HIGGS, Samuel, Gent. Jan. 19, 1824
HODGES [nee MICHEL], Mrs. June 19, 1814
HUNT [nee NETTLESHIPP], Anna June 3, 1813
HUNT, Dodington, Esqr. Nov. 2, 1803
HUNT [nee PRIN], Elizabeth Aug. 10, 1772
LANE [? nee PHIPPS], Ann Sep. 3, 1810
LEIGHTON, Gen. Sir David, KCB, HEICS June 1, 1860
LLOYD, Colin Campbell Nov. 8, 1830
LOVESY [nee WHITHORNE], Elizabeth Mar. 18, 1835
LOVESY, Elizabeth May 10, 1875
LOVESY, Richard Feb. 19, 1850
MERCER, Frances Dec. 10, 1866
MERCER, Hugh Smyth Esqr., HEICS May 22, 1870
NETTLESHIPP, John, Esqr. Dec. 29, 1809
NETTLESHIPP, Thomas, Esqr. Nov. 5, 1819
NETTLESHIPP, William, Esqr. July 3, 1821
NETTLESHIPP, William, Esqr. Apr. 29, 1826
NOGUIER, John Anthony, Esqr., Barrister May 13, 1814
PATES, Johannes Jan. 11, 1646
PHIPPS, Sarah Mar. 2, 1798
PRICE, Capt. Francis Sep. 14, 1863
PRINN [nee RIDLER], Elizabeth Mar. 5, 1771
PRINN, Hester Dec. 27, 1822
PRINN, William, Esqr. Feb. 8, 1784
PRINN, William Hunt, Esqr. Jan. 10, 1821
PRUEN, John Dec. 17, 1823
PRUEN, Sarah Dec. 18, 1808
RUSSELL, Sir. Wm., Bart, MD, KSA, FRS. Sep. 26, 1839
SCOTT, John Esqr. June 26, 1805
TAYLOR, Martha Oct. 26, 1817
TUCKER, Clarissa Elizabeth Nov. 6, 1850
TUCKER, Lieut.-Col. Wm. Pendock, HEICS Apr. 30, 1826
UNDERWOOD, Henry Iles, Esqr. Apr. 19, 1818
WALLACE, Eliza Maria, Lady Sep. 4, 1834
WHITHORNE, Conway, Esqr. June 19, 1796
WHITHORNE, Elizabeth Aug. 17, 1771
WHITHORNE, John, Esqr. May 6, 1797
WHITHORNE, Margaret June 2, 1770

The following particulars are inscribed on a tablet in the chancel of the Church.

Samuel Cooper, of this parish, Gent., died 13th May 1743; who by will gave to ye Trustees undernamed, & to their successors, his Trustees for ever, ye rents of his grounds in ye same parish, called Cutham Butts & Battle Downs, for buying books, & teaching six poor children of this parish to read two years, at ye end of which time six others to be chosen by ye sd Trustees, with ye privity of ye Churchwardens, and ye overplus to provide fuel, & cloath six aged or infirm poor persons not receiving alms of the parish. Trustees: Robert Gale, Senr., Edmd. Welsh, Edwd. Gale, Gent.