The Lowe Memorial
In former times the cost of building and maintaining churches was
laid on the local squires who, in turn, gained the right, as patrons, to
appoint the priests. The Lowe family has been squires of Denby
since the fifteenth century. This monument in the north wall of the
chancel commemorates Patrick Lowe, who died in 1616 and his wife
Jane who died 22 years earlier in 1594. Behind their kneeling
figures are figures of their four children. Two have their heads
covered, indicating that they died before their parents. The
monument is made of Derbyshire alabaster.