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On the North side of the east wall, between buttresses is one of many Whalley family monuments William Fortrey banished from inside the church. Arms, Argent, three fishes heads erased sable, a crescent for difference, Smalley; impaling, Argent, a greyhound passant, sable; on a chief, Azure, three fleurs de lis Or, Halford. Crest, a wreath Argent and Sable, a whales head erased of the last. -Near this place lie the remains of Mr. John Smalley, who died Sept 19th 1763, aged 61 years; of Mrs. Elizabeth Smalley his wife, daughter of Sir Richard Halford, of Wistow, Bart. She died Jun 11th 1772, aged 69 years; and of Lieutenant William Smalley, their son, who died Jan 5th 1764 aged 28 years. Good-nature and Generosity distinguished their characters, and make their names to be remembered both with pleasure and regret-. (Photo Jul 2007).