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Church Memorials
There are many memorials, both marble and brass, on the walls of our Church on the ground and first floor. The following photographs were taken by Andreas F. Borchert in August 2022.
Use the gallery below to find details about memorials M01-M35.
A link is also provided to download a higher resolution version from the photographer - Andreas F. Borchert.
The nine Robinson brasses were moved in 1909 to St Peter's from the church (now ruined) on the Robinson estate at Marlay. Here we mention the coats of arms and denote the presence of a crest and motto on the brasses by the superscribed letters 'c' and 'm' respectively. The tenth Robinson brass is beneath the Robinson stone (shown on M30) that was also moved to St Peter's from Rokeby Hall. The Robinson motto on the brasses is 'Sola in Deo Salus'. The Montgomery brasses were also moved from Marlay.
M01
Monument in memory of Rt Hon. Henry Singleton, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland, sculpted in 1787 by John Hickey. (See Christine Casey and Alistair Rowan, North Leinster, pp. 237–238; Rita Larkin, Hickey, John. In: Sculpture 1600–2000, Art and Architecture of Ireland Volume III, pp. 167–169.)
Inscription:
To the Memory
OF THE
Rt Hon. HENRY SINGLETON,
Who was choſen in early Life,
Recorder of Drogheda
And it's Repreſentative in Parliament.
Eminently qualified
To ſuſtain the Dignity of the Profeſſion, he was ſucceſſively appointed
PRIME SERJEANT and LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the COMMON PLEAS,
And a MEMBER of the Most honourable the PRIVY COUNCIL,
Which high & important Duties he diſcharged with diſtinguiſhed
WISDOM and INTEGRITY;
And finally evinced a noble Spirit of Moderation,
By retiring from Office without increaſing the Burdens of his Country
He was afterwards ſolicited to accept
THE
MASTERSHIP of the ROLLS;
And in that exalted Station he departed this tranſitory Life.
AD 1760. Æ 73.
The Excellence of his publick Character was happily ſupported by an ardent
ZEAL for RELIGION
And by the extenſive Benevolence of his private Life.
In grateful Eſteem to his Memory, his Nephew
SYDENHAM SINGLETON, Eſqr.
Cauſed this Monument to be Erected.
Inscription:
To the Memory
OF THE
Rt Hon. HENRY SINGLETON,
Who was choſen in early Life,
Recorder of Drogheda
And it's Repreſentative in Parliament.
Eminently qualified
To ſuſtain the Dignity of the Profeſſion, he was ſucceſſively appointed
PRIME SERJEANT and LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the COMMON PLEAS,
And a MEMBER of the Most honourable the PRIVY COUNCIL,
Which high & important Duties he diſcharged with diſtinguiſhed
WISDOM and INTEGRITY;
And finally evinced a noble Spirit of Moderation,
By retiring from Office without increaſing the Burdens of his Country
He was afterwards ſolicited to accept
THE
MASTERSHIP of the ROLLS;
And in that exalted Station he departed this tranſitory Life.
AD 1760. Æ 73.
The Excellence of his publick Character was happily ſupported by an ardent
ZEAL for RELIGION
And by the extenſive Benevolence of his private Life.
In grateful Eſteem to his Memory, his Nephew
SYDENHAM SINGLETON, Eſqr.
Cauſed this Monument to be Erected.
M01
M01
M01
M02
Monument in memory of Francis Leigh Esq.r, member of the Parliament of Ireland for Drogheda, his wife Ann Leigh and their daughter Susanna Maria. This monument is located at the south wall of the chancel.
Inscription:
Sacred to the Memory of
FRANCIS LEIGH ESQ.r
and of ANN LEIGH, otherwise BINGHAM his Wife;
and of SUSANNA MARIA, their second Daughter;
Whoes Bodies are deposited in the adjoining Church_
_Yard, waiting a Resurrection to eternal Life,
thro' the blessed Hope given to all who believe
and trust in Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ;
for by their Obedience thro' Life, they testified their Faith;
and by their calmness and serenity in Death,
their unshaken Trust and Hope in Him who is
The Resurrection and the Life.
Probity, Benevolence and Piety were the distnguishing
characteristics both of Parents and Daughter, and their
Names will excite Respect, and Veneration, whilst
any Survive who recollect with what Truth and
Justice those Virtues are ascribed to them.
FRANCIS LEIGH
represented this Town in Parliament for upwards
Thirty successive Years, and departed this Life
the 2nd of December 1778 in his 72nd Year.
ANNE, his wife October 21st 1773, aged 64 Years,
and SUSANNA MARIA their Daughter
the 18th Feb.ry 1779, in her 33.d Year.
The Righteous shall be had in
everlasting Remembrance.
Inscription:
Sacred to the Memory of
FRANCIS LEIGH ESQ.r
and of ANN LEIGH, otherwise BINGHAM his Wife;
and of SUSANNA MARIA, their second Daughter;
Whoes Bodies are deposited in the adjoining Church_
_Yard, waiting a Resurrection to eternal Life,
thro' the blessed Hope given to all who believe
and trust in Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ;
for by their Obedience thro' Life, they testified their Faith;
and by their calmness and serenity in Death,
their unshaken Trust and Hope in Him who is
The Resurrection and the Life.
Probity, Benevolence and Piety were the distnguishing
characteristics both of Parents and Daughter, and their
Names will excite Respect, and Veneration, whilst
any Survive who recollect with what Truth and
Justice those Virtues are ascribed to them.
FRANCIS LEIGH
represented this Town in Parliament for upwards
Thirty successive Years, and departed this Life
the 2nd of December 1778 in his 72nd Year.
ANNE, his wife October 21st 1773, aged 64 Years,
and SUSANNA MARIA their Daughter
the 18th Feb.ry 1779, in her 33.d Year.
The Righteous shall be had in
everlasting Remembrance.
M03
Monument in memory of Revd John Magee, vicar of St. Peter's. He was son of William Magee, archbishop of Dublin, and father of William Connor Magee, archbishop of York. The bust was sculpted by John Smyth (1776–1840) in 1837, the rest of the monument by M. and P. Harris, sculptors in Dublin at 152 Great Brunswick Street (later Pearse Street). (See Rita Larkin, Smyth, John. Sculpture 1600–2000, Art and Architecture of Ireland, vol. III, pp. 324–325; Paula Murphy, Ecclesiastical Sculpture. Sculpture 1600–2000, Art and Architecture of Ireland, vol. III, pp. 432–438, here p. 434 about M. and P. Harris; entries in the Dictionary of National Biography for William Magee and William Connor Magee.) This monument is located at the south wall of the chancel.
Inscription:
TO THE MEMORY
of the REVD JOHN MAGEE. A. M. Late vicar of St Peters Drogheda,
who, for a period of nearly eight years
as a faithful and devoted servant of CHRIST.
Preached, in this church,
with uncompromising boldness and unwearied zeal,
the glad tidings of full and free salvation to lost sinners,
flowing from GODS electing love through faith in CHRIST JESUS,
“in Whom we have Redemption through his blood,”
”the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of”
“HIS GRACE”
and, “Having fought a good fight, having finished his course and”
kept the faith.” Fell asleep in CHRIST, June 13th 1837,
in the 45th year of his age,
this MONUMENT is erected, by his attached FLOCK,
in testimony
of their affection to his person,
esteem for his character,
and admiration of
his talents,
and in grateful acknowledgement, to ALMIGHTY GOD,
of the spiritual benefit which they experienced under
HIS MINISTRY.
Inscription:
TO THE MEMORY
of the REVD JOHN MAGEE. A. M. Late vicar of St Peters Drogheda,
who, for a period of nearly eight years
as a faithful and devoted servant of CHRIST.
Preached, in this church,
with uncompromising boldness and unwearied zeal,
the glad tidings of full and free salvation to lost sinners,
flowing from GODS electing love through faith in CHRIST JESUS,
“in Whom we have Redemption through his blood,”
”the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of”
“HIS GRACE”
and, “Having fought a good fight, having finished his course and”
kept the faith.” Fell asleep in CHRIST, June 13th 1837,
in the 45th year of his age,
this MONUMENT is erected, by his attached FLOCK,
in testimony
of their affection to his person,
esteem for his character,
and admiration of
his talents,
and in grateful acknowledgement, to ALMIGHTY GOD,
of the spiritual benefit which they experienced under
HIS MINISTRY.
M3
M03
M04
Monument in memory of John Ball Esq., twice elected to Irish House of Commons for the Drogheda constituency (sworn in 1796 as successor of John Forbes and reelected in 1799). Sculpted by John Smyth (1776–1840) in 1837. (See Rita Larkin, Smyth, John. Sculpture 1600–2000, Art and Architecture of Ireland, vol. III, pp. 324–325; Christine Casey and Alistair Rowan, North Leinster, pp. 237–238; Louth Members of the Irish Parliament. Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, vol. 4, no. 4, 1919, pp. 375–86, JSTOR 27729240.)
This monument is located in the south-east corner of the chancel. Blazon of the coat of arms: Sable on a chevron or between three ‘griffins’ heads erased argent langued gules beaked of the second three martlets of the field all within a bordure gobony of the first and third. Crest: A griffin's head erased as in the arms. Motto: Totus teres atque rotundus. (See Bernard Burke, The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 44, and article by Séamus Bellew below. Note that the motto given by Burke differs from that on this monument.)
Inscription:
MEMORIAE SACRUM
JOHANNIS BALL ARMIGERI, AD LEGEM SERVIENTIS,
QUI IN HOC MUNICIPIO NATUS
ET IBIDEM LITERARUM ELEMENTIS INSTITUTUS,
ACADEMICÂ DEINDE DISCIPLINÂ MUNITUS,
IN FORUM TANDEM PRODIVIT
JURIS CONSULTUS, PROFECTO NULLI SECUNDUS;
ORATOR INSUPER ERUDITUS ET DISERTUS;
IDEMQUE MODESTIÂ SINGULARI, FIDE INCORRUPTÂ,
MORUM PROBITATE SPECTATISSIMUS.
HUNC, NON VIRI PRINCIPES AUXERUNT;
NON DE REBUS POLITICIS CERTANTES
UT IN PARTES SUAS TRAHERENT
PRAEMIIS VEL HONORIBUS DECORÂRUNT;
SED IPSE SIBI AUSUS CONFIDERE,
SUÂ VIRTUTE, SUOQUE INGENIO, NOMEN ASSECUTUS EST.
BIS IN SENATUM LECTUS A CIVIBUS
QUIBUSCUM A PARVULO CONJUNCTISSIME VIXERAT;
HOC TANTO ITA FUNCTUS EST MUNERE,
UT INTER OMNES CONSTARET,
REIPUBLICAE SALUTEM
SUIS SUORUMQUE COMMODIS EUM PRAETULISSE.
HOC MARMOR
A PRIMORIBUS CIVITATIS POSITUM,
INSIGNI OMNIUM CONSENSU,
QUÂ PIETATE VIVUM COLUERUNT,
QUO DESIDERIO PROSEQUUNTUR MORTUUM,
HEU! QUAM INANI SIT TESTIMONIO.
MORTEM OBIIT A.D. MDCCCXIII AETATIS LIX
CHRISTO DENIQUE SERVATORE SUO FRETUS,
IN MISERICORDIAM DEI OPTIMI MAXIMI CONFUGIT.
This monument is located in the south-east corner of the chancel. Blazon of the coat of arms: Sable on a chevron or between three ‘griffins’ heads erased argent langued gules beaked of the second three martlets of the field all within a bordure gobony of the first and third. Crest: A griffin's head erased as in the arms. Motto: Totus teres atque rotundus. (See Bernard Burke, The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 44, and article by Séamus Bellew below. Note that the motto given by Burke differs from that on this monument.)
Inscription:
MEMORIAE SACRUM
JOHANNIS BALL ARMIGERI, AD LEGEM SERVIENTIS,
QUI IN HOC MUNICIPIO NATUS
ET IBIDEM LITERARUM ELEMENTIS INSTITUTUS,
ACADEMICÂ DEINDE DISCIPLINÂ MUNITUS,
IN FORUM TANDEM PRODIVIT
JURIS CONSULTUS, PROFECTO NULLI SECUNDUS;
ORATOR INSUPER ERUDITUS ET DISERTUS;
IDEMQUE MODESTIÂ SINGULARI, FIDE INCORRUPTÂ,
MORUM PROBITATE SPECTATISSIMUS.
HUNC, NON VIRI PRINCIPES AUXERUNT;
NON DE REBUS POLITICIS CERTANTES
UT IN PARTES SUAS TRAHERENT
PRAEMIIS VEL HONORIBUS DECORÂRUNT;
SED IPSE SIBI AUSUS CONFIDERE,
SUÂ VIRTUTE, SUOQUE INGENIO, NOMEN ASSECUTUS EST.
BIS IN SENATUM LECTUS A CIVIBUS
QUIBUSCUM A PARVULO CONJUNCTISSIME VIXERAT;
HOC TANTO ITA FUNCTUS EST MUNERE,
UT INTER OMNES CONSTARET,
REIPUBLICAE SALUTEM
SUIS SUORUMQUE COMMODIS EUM PRAETULISSE.
HOC MARMOR
A PRIMORIBUS CIVITATIS POSITUM,
INSIGNI OMNIUM CONSENSU,
QUÂ PIETATE VIVUM COLUERUNT,
QUO DESIDERIO PROSEQUUNTUR MORTUUM,
HEU! QUAM INANI SIT TESTIMONIO.
MORTEM OBIIT A.D. MDCCCXIII AETATIS LIX
CHRISTO DENIQUE SERVATORE SUO FRETUS,
IN MISERICORDIAM DEI OPTIMI MAXIMI CONFUGIT.
M04
M5
M.S. I Iuxta depositae sunt exuvice I Ellisij Walker STP. I qui Pontanae per septennium publicae scholoe praefuit. I Operam suam iuventuti I studijs inftituendae feliciter impendens. I Puerorum indolem indagando et exercendo I scientifsimus. I Ingenuos sine paena. Pauperculos sine pretio erudiebat. I Probitatem diligentiam, modeftiam. I (Virtutes, quae vitam vere honeftant et suae erant) I In filiofis sedulo promovit. I Multum de literis, nee minus de moribus sollicitus. I Si quid fida adolescentium eruditio I ad bonos mores & publicos conducat, I huic plurimum debet civitas et ecclesia. I Quotidiano labore fractus. succubuit. I Obijt die 17mo Ap. An°. Sal: 1701 aetatis suae 40m0. I Unus ex dicipulis iilius I pro singulari erga praeceptorem suum affectu I hoc monumentum posuit ann° 1721
Nearby are deposited the remains of Ellis Walker who was principal of Drogheda Grammar School for seven years (1687-94). His youthful studies were the most appropriate preparation for his work. He was most learned in engaging and exercising the idleness of the young. Without any cost, he educated the minds of the poor little ones. He was careful to promote righteous-ness, diligence and modesty in his pupils (virtues truly present in his own honest life). He had many literary interests as well as moral ones. The learning and faith of the young was inculcat-ed leading to their good and moral conduct. This town and church owes him much, for worn out by his daily labours, he died on the 17th day of April 1701 at the age of 40. One of his pupils, affected by such a singular teacher, erected this monument in 1721.
Nearby are deposited the remains of Ellis Walker who was principal of Drogheda Grammar School for seven years (1687-94). His youthful studies were the most appropriate preparation for his work. He was most learned in engaging and exercising the idleness of the young. Without any cost, he educated the minds of the poor little ones. He was careful to promote righteous-ness, diligence and modesty in his pupils (virtues truly present in his own honest life). He had many literary interests as well as moral ones. The learning and faith of the young was inculcat-ed leading to their good and moral conduct. This town and church owes him much, for worn out by his daily labours, he died on the 17th day of April 1701 at the age of 40. One of his pupils, affected by such a singular teacher, erected this monument in 1721.
M6
Monument in memory of Henry Ogle Esq, his wife Catherine, and their son John Ogle Esq. Erected by William Meade Ogle Esq in 1778 and located east-most at the south wall of the gallery.
Inscription:
The Remains
of Henry Ogle Eſq.r
Catherine his Wife
and
John Ogle Eſq.r
their Son
Lie Underneath Interr.d
in Remembrance of Whom
William Meade Ogle Eſq.r
The only Surviving Brother of John
Hath Cauſed this Stone
to be Inſcribd
Anno 1778
Inscription:
The Remains
of Henry Ogle Eſq.r
Catherine his Wife
and
John Ogle Eſq.r
their Son
Lie Underneath Interr.d
in Remembrance of Whom
William Meade Ogle Eſq.r
The only Surviving Brother of John
Hath Cauſed this Stone
to be Inſcribd
Anno 1778
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