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Located towards the west end of the north aisle. The table tomb in black and white marble is described by Pevsner as a work of 'great importance and exceptional beauty'.

The monument shows Anne in white marble on a black marble table top supported by 8 black marble columns. Between theses are various armorials and inscriptions. The whole rests on a black marble base.

Anne was the grand-daughter of John and Anne Harington, and died in 1627. The inscription on the nave side reads:

ANNE
WIFE TO THOM. LORD BRVCE BARON OF KINROSSE DAVGHTER OF SIR ROBERT CHICHESTER KNIGHT OF THE BATH, OF AN ANCIENT FAMILY IN THE COVNTY OF DEVON: AND OF FRANCES ONE OF THE TWO DAVGHTERS AND COHEYRES OF JOHN LORD HARRINGTON, BARON OF EXTON SOLE HEYRE TO HER MOTHER.

A LADY
ENDOWED WITH A NATURAIL DISPOSITION TO VERTUE, A TRUE UNDERSTANCING OF HONOR, MOST NOBLE BEHAVIOUR, PERPETUAIL CHEEREFVLNESSE, MOST ELEGANT CONVERSATION AND A MORE THEN ORDINARY CONJVGAIL AFFECTION.

SHE WAS
MARIED IV. YEARES AND IX MONTHES & LEFT ONE ONLY CHILDE NAMED ROBERT BRVCE WEAKENED BY THAT BIRTH SHE DIED IN CHILDBED, THE XX. DAY OF MARCH IN THE XXII YEARE OF HER AGE ANNO DOMINI MDCXXVII.

ERECTED AND INSCRIBED TO YE MEMORY OF HIS MOST BELOVED AND MOST DESERVING WIFE BY THO: LORD BRVCE

On the window side the same text is given in Latin.


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