Corfield, Frederick

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THE REV^D FREDERICK CORFIELD,
VICAR OF SHIRLEY,
BORN JULY 10^TH 1821, DIED APRIL 12^TH 1883.
YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM WILMOT CORFIELD, ESQ,
OF PENRYN COUNTY CORNWALL,
AND DESCENDED FROM AN ANCIENT SHROPSHIRE FAMILY,
HE MARRIED JANUARY 9^TH 1845, SARAH WELLER,
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF GEORGE CHANNER ESQ, OF SUTTON, MIDDLESEX.
HE WAS RECTOR OF TEMPLECRONE, COUNTY DONEGAL,
FROM 1849 TO 1866.
RECTOR OF HEANOR IN THIS COUNTY FROM 1866 TO 1879.
AND VICAR OF THIS PARISH FROM THAT DATE TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
HIS EARNEST PIETY AND BEAUTY OF CHARACTER ENDEARED
HIM TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
ALSO TO THE ABOVE, SARAH WELLER
BORN NOV. 14^TH 1821, DIED MAY 8^TH 1906.
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THEIR SON
FREDERICK CHANNER CORFIELD, J.P. C.C.
BORN MARCH 1^ST 1849, DIED DEC. 4^TH 1904.