Kelly’s Dirctory 1930 says: The church of All Saints is a building of stone of the Early English and Decorated periods consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower with spire, containing a clock and 6 bells. The font is a particularly rich and beautiful specimen of Decorated work, panelled and elaborately carved. Portions of the rood screen display remains, there is a brass to Nicholas Deen (in the time of Edward IV) and Katherine (Pedwardine) his wife, with effigies of both, and of nine sons.
The ‘Guide to BARROWBY PARISH CHURCH ALL SAINTS’ written in 1977 by Eileen de Ville is an interesting leaflet and includes the following:
The brasses are ‘.....just in front of the sanctuary steps. On the south side the brasses are to Nicholas Deene and Catherine (daughter of Walter Pedwardine) his wife He is represented in a civilian gown with collar and cuffs of fur, with a purse and anlace* suspended from his girdle, his hat hangs behind him. Catherine wears a butterfly head-dress of the time of Edward IV her dress also has a collar and cuffs of fur. Below is a group of nine sons, the daughters are missing. The inscription is partly missing only ‘Hic lacent Nicholas Deen et....... Octoly Anno dm millmo CCC...........’ is left; from documents of 1634-42 we know it read “under this monument lye buryed the bodyes of Nicholas Deen and Catherine his wife (daughter and herye of Walter Pedwardyn) who died the eleventh day of October Anno Dm 1479. Other pieces missing from the brass include the coat of arms’
*An anlace is a short dagger with broad, tapering blade, formerly worn in the girdle.
The date 1479 is the latest so far encountered for a Pedwardine.
Extract from KELLY’S DIRECTORY of LINCOLNSHIRE 1930
BARROWBY is a pleasant village near the Grantham canal and 2 miles west from Grantham. The church of All Saints is a building of stone of the Early English and Decorated periods, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower with spire, containing a clock and 6 bells. The font is a particularly rich and beautiful specimen of Decorated work, panelled and elaborately carved. Portions of the rood screen displaced remain. There is a brass to Nicholas Deene (temp Edward IV) and Katherine (Pedwardine) his wife with effigies of both and of nine sons and another brass to James Deene, grandson of the foregoing Nicholas 1498 and Margaret (Armine) his wife 1500. The effigy of James Deene is lost but that of his wife clad in heraldic mantle remains. There are three other slabs despoiled of their brasses