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Amiable Qualitys; | Who after having discharged, with Honour | The Offices First, of one of the Commissioners of the Treasury, | then Secretary in Ireland, And Master of the Revels there, And having Represented the City of Coventry, and the Borough of Eye | In Parliament, of Great Britain, For the space of two-and-twenty Years, | Pursuing the same true Interest with his Father, And Imitating the Virtues of both his parents, | Dyed January 17th, 1735-6, in the 62nd year of his Age. |
And on the side panels—
"Also | Anna Maria, daughter of | Hugh Chamberlen, M.D., | of St Paul's, (C. G.) Westminster, | and of Alderton Hall, in the county of Suffolk, | And relict of the Rt. Hon. Edward Hopkins, | whom she survived thirty-two years, |and died February the 9th, 1768, aged 67. |
"Also | Richard, the eldest son of |Edwd. & Anna Maria Hopkins, | who served in seven | successive Parliaments of Great Britain | during thirty-eight years, | and filled, with honour and ability, the post of a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | And other Public Offices. He died March the 18th, 1799, | aged 71 years."
Richard Hopkins represented Coventry in the reigns of Charles II. and William and Mary, and his son Edward in the reign of Queen Anne.
This monument was removed here from the North side of the chancel, and there were flat stones in the middle aisle and chancel, marking the place of burial of these and other members of the family.
G.
On the Eastern side of the North porch is a monument in Bath stone-
Near this spot
are deposited the remains of
William Perkins,
late cf Warwick,
Who died June 6, 1821,
Aged 47 years.
And of
his wife, Letitia,
Who died October 27, 1851,
Aged 77 years.
Also of
Mary Ann and Letitia,
daughters of the above.
There was also a flat stone at the West end, recording the death of Thomas, William, and Letitia.
