Small brass plaque in stone surround, above Vicar's Stall, South side of Chancel. A suggested translation is supplied.
CAROLUS SHAW M.A.
è coll[egio] : SS[anctissimæ]. Trin[itatis] : Cant[abrigiensi] :
Ecclesiæ hujus Vicarius, Anglicanæ Pastor fidelis
VIR
Humanitatis eximiæ, Sinceritatis integræ,
Charitatis verè christianæ,
Obijt Oct. 28 :
Anno Domini 1702 :
Ætatis 42.
CHARLES SHAW M.A.
Of the College of the Most Holy Trinity, Cambridge
Vicar of this Church, and a Faithful Pastor of the Anglican Church
A MAN
of outstanding Humanity, pure Sincerity,
and truly Christian Charity,
he died 28th October
in the Year of Our Lord 1702
Aged 42.
A small inscription in the bottom right corner reads "Thomas Brancker presented this brass engraved by himself". Apparently Mr Brancker was at the time Headmaster of Madeley "Grammar School" opposite the Church.
Mr Shaw was Vicar of Madeley from 1690, and it was he who conducted the Funeral of John Crewe Offley (Memorial in Vestry) which he entered in the Register
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