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wife (bora 1559, died 1625, and buried here), daughter and heir of 

 William Stevens, of Kingston, Co. Surrey, Esq., he had three sons 

 and eight daughters, all represented, with their parents, upon the 

 monument. Of his eldest son, George, more hereafter. The second 

 was Sir John, of Godstone, the third, James. Of the daughters, 

 Elizabeth married Sir Edward Engham, of Goodneston, Co. Kent ; 

 Frances, Sir Frances Clarke, of Merton Abbey, Co. Surrey ; Anne, 

 John Hartopp, Esq.; Jane, first, Sir Anthony Benne, Recorder of 

 London, and secondly, Sir Eustace Hart, of that city ; Margaret, 

 John Saunders, of Reading, Esq.; Sara and Susan died young, and 

 Elizabeth died unmarried in 1623. George Evelyn, the eldest son, 

 was one of the six clerks of the Court of Chancery, presented to 

 this rectory, vita patris, in 1620, and dying at Everley, in Wiltshire, 

 19th January, 1636-7, intestate, 1 seised of this manor and advowson, 

 lands in East Dean, Lockerley, and Farley, and the manors of Putton 

 (Pitton) and Ashton Keynes, was buried in the chancel of this 

 Church, with much ceremony, 2 February 22nd. By Elizabeth, his 

 wife, daughter and co-heir, and at length sole heir (1637), of John 

 Ryvers, Esq., second son of Sir John Ryvers, of Co. Kent, Lord 

 Mayor of London, 1573, he had issue, three sons, of whom George, 

 the second, dying without issue, was buried here January 21st, 1635 ; 

 and Arthur, the third, an officer in Cromwell's army, married Ann, 

 daughter of Lady Harrington, and sister of Lady Acton (or Ashton) 

 and James Harrington ; and one daughter, Elizabeth, who married 

 here, December 14th, 1624, John Tyrell, Esq., afterwards Sir John, 

 of Springfield, Co. Essex, and dying in 1629-30, leaving one 

 daughter, Elizabeth (baptised here, 2nd November, 1629), was 

 buried in this chancel, a beautiful marble bust perpetuating her 

 memory. Sir John Evelyn, the eldest of the sons, was born in 

 1602, was M.P. for Wilton, 1625-6, for Ludgershall, 1640-2, 

 Governor of Wallingford, 1646, M.P. for Totnes, 1655, presented 

 to this rectory in 1661, 1672, and 1682, and dying in 1685, was 

 buried in the south chantry of this Church, where is a marble 



1 " Inq. Esch.," 13 Car. I., p. 2, No. 107. 

 2 See account of his funeral, in "Miscellanea Genealogica," p. 67, and his 

 funeral certificate, p. 2. 



