Ledger Stone 45
~ Slate ~ Complete small stone with semi-circular top and concave shoulders and clear roman script, undamaged
~ Orientation ~ East/West ~ North Aisle ~ 72 x 53 cm // 2’4″ x 1’6″
- Catherine Mutton 1790 -4 October 1800
- Aged 10 years
- Parish Records show
- Buried 6 October 1800
- forename spelling – Cattarn
- Aged 10 years
- John Mutton 1805 – 26 July 1806
- Aged 20 months
- Parish Records show
- Buried 25 July 1806 [sic]
- Aged 20 months
In memory of two children Catherine Mutton (1790-1800) and John Mutton (1805-1806).
CHRIST did take us, e’en from the breath,
To be with Him, in Peace and Reƒt;
In Joy we now, do ƒit and ƒing,
Loud Anthems to, our GOD and KING
stone citation and verse
Their parents were Richard Mutton (1760-1840) and Catherine Barrett, who married at Talland Church on 8 October 1781. In 1852/3 Richard Mutton was recorded living at a Freehold House, in Polperro.
From 1810 at Talland Church there was an annual ‘singing feast’ which included ‘the singing master’s salary’. In 1824 £3.10s was paid ‘to teaching of singing Messrs. Barrett & Mutton, their salary’. Singers were accompanied by instrumental music, which included, ‘music strings’, bass viol’ and ‘pitch pipes’.
Talland Parish Records, Frank Perrycoste
Talland Church Headstones 
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