Amended March 2009
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 DEENE 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 DEENE 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