All Saints Tour – 9 Adam Babyngton Brass

13 The Bells, 12 Clock, 11 Niche in the North Chapel, 10 Font, 9 Adam Babyngton Brass, 8 Sedilia and Piscina, 7 Capitals of the Chancel Arch, 6 Royal Arms, 5 Niche in Central Butress, 4 East Window of North Chapel, 3 Animals and Foliage, 2 Doorway, 1 Porch, All Saints Church Tour

Next to the sedilia is a brass mounted on the wall. It commemorates Adam Babyngton who was Rector in the fifteenth century. He died in 1427 and was buried in the middle of the chancel. The brass was removed from the floor when the chancel was restored in Victorian times. The inscription under his feet is:-

babyngtonHic jacet Adam Babyngton quondam Rector istius ecclie
Qui obijt Octavo die mensis Novembr’ Anno dni Millo
cccc. Vicesimo. Septimo. cujus aie ppicietur deus. Amen.

Here lies Adam Babyngton sometime Rector of this church
Who died on the eighth of November in the year of our Lord
Fourteen hundred and twenty seven. Amen

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