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NAME TYPE MATERIAL DATE Stephen and Jane Everard Mural Alabaster 1615

This monument, restored in 1985, shows the kneeling figures of Stephen Everard, his wife Jane, the second daughter of Thomas Babington of Rothley, and their three sons and four daughters. Beneath the figures is the inscription: Hic jacet Stephanus Everard gener: Ianam Thomæ Babington de Rodely Temple armigeri filia duxit: ex qua tres filios et quatuor suscepit filias obiit Martii 15, Anno Dni 1615, ætatis vero suæ 66. (Here lies Stephen Everard, gentleman. He married Jane the daughter of Thomas Babington and from her raised three sons and four daughters. He died 15 March 1615, aged 66.) Beneath the inscription are the arms Gules, on a fess between three estoiles argent, as many mullets sable (Everard).