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Monuments Some of the monuments to early parishioners in the church have been removed. The earliest remaining is on the North wall of the chancel and does not relate to a local resident at all. This monument, in alabaster and speckeld marble, was placed in position in 1654 in memory of Thomas Stephens of Colchester, son of Sir John Stephens. The log Latin inscription records the manner of his death, a resume of which is an follows: "This pious gent, coming to see Mrs. Grisagona Smyth, that lived at 'The Hill' in Lamarsh, received his death by a wagon thrusting against his thigh, He was buried at this church in the chancel 3 July 1654." A definite location of 'The Hill' has not been found but family associations and map readings suggest it may have been a large farm-house previously known as Hulke's and, occupying the site of the present Hill Farm, Lamarsh. There are three tablets to members of the Parmenter family, who owned Daw's Hall (which they called Lamarsh Lodge) fro 1792 to 1934. But there is nothing at all within the church to members of the Smyth family, who were Lords of the Manor throughout the 17th century and farmed the land. Nor is there anything of the Fiskes, who followed the Smyths as principle landowners in the 18th century, and this, despite the fact that the last Fiske lady, who died in 1792, asked in her will that she should be buried in the chancel. The memorial to soldiers who fell in the First World War is on the North aisle. There were no deaths of parishioners caused by enemy action in the Second World War. A memorial on the North wall commemorates Ethel Cant of Shrubs Farm, Lamarsh, who was the organist for many years; and a small plaque in the choir commemorates Miss Dulcie Deed who died in 1995, aged 92, having lived in the parish nearly all her life and worshipped in the church for 85 years, approximately one tenth of the building's existence. A list of Rectors hangs in the tower but otherwise the church is devoid of ornamentation, the simple beauty of its plain cream limewash being a great attraction.
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