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.