i transis, senex, medius, puer, an sis,
Pro me funde preces, quia sic mihi sit venie spes.

The actual suit of armour worn by this Sir Lionel Dymoke was formerly in
the church, since in the evidence taken after the "Lincolnshire Rising,"
in 1536, it was shewn that "one Philip Trotter, of Horncastle," took it
from the church, and himself wore it, while carrying the standard at the
head of the insurgents (State Papers Domestic, Henry VIII., vol. xi, No.
967) {42a}

[Picture: Brass of Sir Lionel Dymoke, in St. Mary's Church]

In the Harleian MS. in the British Museum, among his "Lincolnshire Church
Notes," Gervase Holles (circa 1640) mentions several other arms and
inscriptions, as then existing, which are now lost. {42b}

In the pavement of the former vestry, in the south chancel aisle, is a
slab with the inscription running round it, "Here lyethe the boyddes of
Thomas Raithbeck & Arne his wyf, ye founders of the Beid hous. Departed
thys world, in ye fayth of Christ, ye last day of October, in ye yere of
our Lord, MDLXXV." In the pavement at the east end of the south aisle of
nave is a slab bearing the names of William Hamerton and his wife
Elizabeth, and westward of this another slab, in memory of "Sarah
Sellwood, wife of Henry Sellwood, Esq., {42c} who died Sep 30, 1816, aged
28 years." The late Poet Laureate, Alfred, afterwards Lord Tennyson,
married Mr. Sellwood's daughter Emily Sarah, the marriage being
solemnised at Shiplake after the family had left Horncastle. The
Laureate's elder brother, Charles Tennyson, married another daughter,
Louisa, afterwards taking the additional name of Turner. He held the
vicarage of Grasby near Caistor.

Other monuments are, on the wall of the south aisle, a tablet inscribed
"To the memory of Elizabeth Kelham, only surviving child of Richard
Kelham, Rector of Coningsby. She was pious, virtuous, and charitable,
and died 26 Feb., 1780, aged 58. Reader, imitate her example. Erected
by Robert Kelham, her nephew, as a grateful acknowledgment of her regard
towards him." On the north wall of the chancel is a marble tablet in
memory of "George Heald, Armiger, e Consultis Domini Regis, in Curia
Cancellaria. Obiit 18 May, 1834." Inscriptions below are to his wife
and daughter. Another tablet, of black marble, records the death of
Elizabeth, first wife of the Rev. John Fretwell, Curate, Dec. 4, 1784,
and of his son, Matthew Harold, Sept. 11, 1786. {44a} Another tablet