Bigland transcriptions of Inscriptions to about 1775 Also - means this name is on the same stone as the previous one

Bulley is free land and the church has as Patron the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. Lists of men and arms for 1522 and 1608 have been transcribed. The families recorded as Inscriptions One Memorial to an individual has been preserved inside the church. This memorial is on the North Wall, behind the Pulpit. 'Underneath this place lieth the body of Jeremiah Hooper of this Parish who died December 24, 1763, aged near 67 years' The verse reads:- I was so long with pain oppressed That wore my strength away It made me long for endless Rest Which never can decay But not listed in the Registry, repeated on a tomb near the South Entrance.

In the Churchyard on tombs Burial dates added, if found in Bulley Register Drew Thomas Drew of Churcham died 28 July 1778 aged 28 (buried Sat 1 Aug at 8am) Hardwick William Hardwick Junior died 17 July 1737 (buried 9 Jul son of Wm & Mary) Mary his wife died 27 May 1761 (buried 30 May) Read Richard Read died 15 April 1769 aged 75 (buried 17 Apr) Ann his wife died 8 July 1751 aged 63 Richard their son buried 14 Dec 1751 aged 27 (buried 14 Dec) Ann the wife of Thomas Baker and dau of Richard Read died 7 Mar 1783 aged 61 Simmons Jane Simmons died 24 Feb 1785 aged 74 On Headstones Capner Giles Capner died 1740 aged 56 (buried 22 Apr 1741) Hooper Jeremiah Hooper died 6 May 1726 aged 60 (buried 6 May) Also Mary his dau died 14 Aug 1728 aged 26 (buried 14 Aug) Also Ann his wife died 2 Feb 1756 aged 80 Also Jeremiah Hooper died 2 May 1693 aged 90 Also Elizabeth relict of Jeremiah Hooper died 17 Feb 1697 aged 72 Also Edward, son of Jeremiah Hooper died 16 Feb 1759 aged 26 (buried 16 Feb) Also Mary wife of Thomas York, dau of Jeremiah Hooper died 21 July 1772 aged 31 Lodge William son of William and Sarah Lodge died 20 Apr 1750 aged 33 Mechin Thomas Mechin of Churcham died 6 Aug 1770 aged 79 Merrick Robert Merrick died 8 May 1707 aged - (buried 8 May, of Churcham) Also William his son died 15 May 1707 aged - (buried 15 May) Also Robert his son died 18 May 1707 aged - (buried 18 May) Also Elizabeth wife of Robert Merrick died 8 May 1729 aged - (buried 9 May) Also Elizabeth their dau died 23 Oct 1737 aged - (buried Wed 23 Oct) Merrick John Merrick died 15 Nov 1772 aged 67 Also Ann his wife died 4 Nov 1770 aged 56 Also Richard son of John and Ann Merrick died 8 Jan 1744 aged - (buried Fri 8 Jan) Read Richard Read died 14 Dec 1724 aged 60 (buried Thur 14 Dec) Also Jane his wife died 12 Nov 1724 aged 62 (buried Sun 12 Nov) Ready John Ready, Gent died 25 Jan 1695-6 Also Elizabeth his wife died 1 Dec 1701 aged - (buried Fri 2 Dec) Smith John Smith died 27 Mar 1721 aged 69 Also Mary his first wife died 17 Feb 1771 aged - Also Thomas Smith died Dec 1775 aged 42 (buried Tue 6 Dec 1774) Stephens Robert Stephens died 13 Oct 1722 aged 46 (buried Thur 15 Oct) Also Ann his wife died 16 Aug aged - Thomas John Thomas died 12 Jan 1760 aged 55 Also Confidence his wife died 17 Nov 1770 aged 69 (buried Fri 9 Nov) Also Mary their dau died 1 Apr 1756 aged 24 Also John their son died 19 Oct 1763 aged 24 (buried Sun 23 Oct of Tibberton) Young William Young Senior died 17 Sep 1722 aged 80 (buried Sat 19 Sep) Young Thomas, son of John and Hester Young died 9 June 1761 aged 18 (buried Tue 9 June, drowned in a pool at Tiberton)

Headstones too weathered to read their inscriptions

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