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Dr. William Kerr Kerr vault John Manners Kerr John Manners Kerr arms Jane Kerr

Kerr graves, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton

Kerr graves, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton.
See street view. See images.

• References:
  • A History of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton by Rev. John Charles Cox and Rev. Robert Meyricke Serjeantson (1897). Kerr graves on pp.97-101.

Plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
From pp.27-71 of An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 5: Archaeology and Churches in Northampton, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England, 1985.

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Dr. William Kerr

Memorial to Dr. William Kerr.
This is against the N wall of the nave, at the W end.

Memorial to Dr. William Kerr.
See larger and full size.
Courtesy of Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
See wider shot.

Above the memorial is a carving of Northampton Hospital.
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Reading of memorial to Dr. William Kerr.
From p.97 of [Cox and Serjeantson, 1897].

• Church of the Holy Sepulchre reads Mary's death as 26 Dec 1841.
• However [Cox and Serjeantson, 1897] reads it as 25 Dec 1841.
• Photo looks like 25 Dec 1841.
• Death notice says 25 Dec 1841.

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Kerr vault

Floor stone over Kerr vault in the nave.

Floor stone over Kerr vault.
Courtesy of Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Reading of floor stone.
From p.101 of [Cox and Serjeantson, 1897].

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John Manners Kerr

Memorial to General John Manners Kerr.
This is against the W wall of the nave, near his father's memorial.

Memorial to General John Manners Kerr.
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Courtesy of Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
See wider shot.

Reading of memorial to General John Manners Kerr.
From p.99 of [Cox and Serjeantson, 1897].

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John Manners Kerr arms

The carving above the John Manners Kerr memorial.
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The carving above the memorial.
From pp.99-100 of [Cox and Serjeantson, 1897].

Coat of arms of John Manners Kerr.
This is probably General John Manners Kerr, though possibly his grandson Major John Manners Kerr.
Shows Ker motto "Tout droit" ("All right" or "Always right")
and Kerr motto: "Deus solamen" ("God is my comfort").

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Jane Kerr

Memorial to Jane Kerr.
W wall of the nave, close to the General John Manners Kerr memorial.

Memorial to Jane Kerr.
See larger and full size.
Courtesy of Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Reading of memorial to Jane Kerr.
"N.B." is "North Britain".
From p.100 of [Cox and Serjeantson, 1897].