Church of All Saints

A Grade I Listed Building in Clovelly, Devon

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Clovelly, Parish Church, All Saints
All Saints: generally Perpendicular church, except tower
All Saints: unbuttressed west tower, probably c12 Norman
All Saints: nave & chancel; Perpendicular granite arcade, wagon roof
All Saints: monument to Robert Cary, d.1586 of jail fever during Exeter Assizes; six poster with Classical mouldings
All Saints: part of frieze with angular strapwork & inscription to Robert Cary, 1586; 'Robertus Carius, Armiger, obiit AN Do 1586'
All Saints: memorial to William Cary of Clovelly, d.1652
All Saints: memorial to Robert Cary of Clovelly, d.1675; Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Charles II
All Saints: inscription from the memorial to Robert Cary of Clovelly, d.1675, recording family's adherence to Royalist cause
All Saints: memorial to Elizabeth Cary (nee Jenkyn of Trekenning), d.1677, wife of George Cary of Clovelly, d.1685
All Saints: memorial to Dr George Cary, rector of Clovelly, Dean of Exeter, d.1680
All Saints: memorial to Joan Cary (nee Wyndham of Orchard), d.1687, wife of William Cary of Clovelly, d.1710
All Saints: memorial to Mary Cary (nee Mansel of Briton Ferry), d.1700, second wife of William Cary, d.1710; also to their daughter Anne, d.1728
All Saints: unidentified brass, eng. c.1540 possibly retrospectively for William Cary of Cockington, killed at Tewkesbury, 1471
All Saints: Robert Cary of Cockington, d.1540
All Saints: brass inscription to George Cary, d.1601; Sheriff of Devon 1587
All Saints: floor slab in memory of Phillipa Cary (married name Docton), d.1633
All Saints: memorial to infant Anne Cary of Clovelly, d.1655, daughter of Dr. George Cary & Anne Handcock