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White marble showing arms of Sherard (argent a chevron gules between three torteaux, a crescent for difference) impaling Davenport

Near this place lieth the body of Rowland Sherrard, Rector of this Church near 34 years. He was the surviving son of Robert Sherrard, of Corbey in Lincolnshire, esq. by Mary his wife, daughter of John Davenport, of Woodford in this county, esq. His family was a branch of the lords Sherrard, of Stapleford, Leicestershire. He was a countryman & favourite of the famous Doctor Saunderson, & for many years Fellow (as he was) of Lincoln College in Oxford, & therein a most eminent tutor. He took episcopal orders from Robert Skinner, then bishop of Oxford, in those days when it was a bar from all preferment, with a penalty, to own the church of England, of which he was a steady member to his dyeing day. He was modest, affable, and courteous to all in his behaviour, faithfull to his friends, helpfull to his neighbours, loving to all he knew, strictly temperate, frankly hospitable; constant and painfull in his office; in learning, piety, & generosity, he exceeded most, & was not in any of these exceeded by any of his time. He had two wives, but left no issue, and died the 17th day of March, 1694.