St John's Church, Wotton

Evelyn's Diary. 15th December, 1634: My dear sister, Darcy (age 20), departed this life, being arrived to her 20th year of age; in virtue advanced beyond her years, or the merit of her husband, the worst of men. She had been brought to bed the 2d of June before, but the infant died soon after her, the 24th of December. I was therefore sent for home the second time, to celebrate the obsequies of my sister (age 20); who was interred in a very honorable manner in our dormitory joining to the parish church, where now her monument stands.

On 15 Dec 1634 Elizabeth Evelyn (age 20) died. She was buried in St John's Church, Wotton.

On 29 Sep 1635 Eleanor Stansfield (age 36) died. On 03 Oct 1635 she was buried at St John's Church, Wotton.

Evelyn's Diary. 18 Jul 1637. I accompanied my eldest brother (age 20), who then quitted Oxford, into the country; and, on the 9th of August, went to visit my friends at Lewes [Map], whence I returned the 12th to Wotton, Surrey [Map]. On the 17th of September, I received the blessed Sacrament at Wotton church, and 23d of October went back to Oxford.

Evelyn's Diary. 02 Jan 1641. It was a sad and lugubrious beginning of the year, when, on the 2nd of January 1641, we at night followed the mourning hearse to the church at Wotton; when, after a sermon and funeral oration by the minister, my father was interred near his formerly erected monument, and mingled with the ashes of our mother, his dear wife. Thus we were bereft of both our parents in a period when we most of all stood in need of their counsel and assistance, especially myself, of a raw, vain, uncertain, and very unwary inclination; but so it pleased God to make trial of my conduct in a conjuncture of the greatest and most prodigious hazard that ever the youth of England saw; and, if I did not amidst all this impeach my liberty nor my virtue with the rest who made shipwreck of both, it was more the infinite goodness and mercy of God than the least providence or discretion of mine own, who now thought of nothing but the pursuit of vanity, and the confused imaginations of young men.

Evelyn's Diary. 07 Nov 1641. After receiving the Sacrament at Wotton church, I visited my Lord Marshal (age 56) at Albury.

Evelyn's Diary. 24 Oct 1654. The good old parson, Higham, preached at Wotton Church: a plain preacher, but innocent and honest man.

Evelyn's Diary. 27 Jan 1658. In my opinion, he was suffocated by the women and maids that attended him, and covered him too hot with blankets as he lay in a cradle, near an excessive hot fire in a close room. I suffered him to be opened, when they found that he was what is vulgarly called liver-grown. I caused his body to be coffined in lead, and deposited on the 30th at eight o'clock that night in the church at Deptford, accompanied with divers of my relations and neighbors, among whom I distributed rings with this motto: "Dominus abstulit;" intending, God willing, to have him transported with my own body to be interred in our dormitory in Wotton Church, in my dear native county of Surrey, and to lay my bones and mingle my dust with my fathers, if God be gracious to me, and make me as fit for him as this blessed child was. The Lord Jesus sanctify this and all other my afflictions, Amen.

Before 01 Jun 1691 John Evelyn of Wotton (age 39) died. He was buried on 02 Jun 1691 at Wotton Church.

Evelyn's Diary. 01 Jun 1691. I went with my son (age 36), and brother-in-law, Glanville (age 72), and his son, to Wotton, to solemnize the funeral of my nephew, which was performed the next day very decently and orderly by the herald in the afternoon, a very great appearance of the country being there. I was the chief mourner; the pall was held by Sir Francis Vincent (age 45), Sir Richard Onslow (age 36), Mr. Thomas Howard (son to Sir Robert, and Captain of the King's Guard), Mr. Hyldiard, Mr. James, Mr. Herbert, nephew to Lord Herbert of Cherbury, and cousin-german to my deceased nephew. He was laid in the vault at Wotton Church, in the burying place of the family. A great concourse of coaches and people accompanied the solemnity.

Evelyn's Diary. 02 Aug 1691. No sermon in the church in the afternoon, and the curacy ill-served.

Evelyn's Diary. 06 May 1694. This being the first Sunday in the month, the blessed sacrament of the Lord's Supper ought to have been celebrated at Wotton church, but in this parish it is exceedingly neglected, so that, unless at the four great feasts, there is no communion hereabouts; which is a great fault both in ministers and people. I have spoken to my brother (age 76), who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it. Scarcely one shower has fallen since the beginning of April.

Evelyn's Diary. 31 Mar 1695. Mr. Lucas preached in the afternoon at Wotton.

Evelyn's Diary. 30 Mar 1699. My deceased son was buried in the vault at Wotton, according to his desire.

On 15 Sep 1749 Mary Boscawen (age 43) died. She was buried at St John's Church, Wotton.

On 20 Jan 1752 Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn (age 77) died. She was buried at St John's Church, Wotton on 24 Jan 1752.

On 15 or 18 Jul 1763 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 81) died. He was buried at St John's Church, Wotton on 22 Jul 1763. His son John Evelyn 2nd Baronet (age 56) succeeded 2nd Baronet Evelyn of Wotton in Surrey.

On 11 Jun 1767 John Evelyn 2nd Baronet (age 60) died. He was buried at St John's Church, Wotton on 19 Jun 1767. His son Frederick Evelyn 3rd Baronet (age 33) succeeded 3rd Baronet Evelyn of Wotton in Surrey.

On 01 Apr 1812 Frederick Evelyn 3rd Baronet (age 78) died. He was buried at St John's Church, Wotton. His first cousin once removed John Evelyn 4th Baronet (age 54) succeeded 4th Baronet Evelyn of Wotton in Surrey. His widow Mary Turton Lady Evelyn (age 67) inherited Wotton House.

On 12 Nov 1817 Mary Turton Lady Evelyn (age 72) died. She was buried at St John's Church, Wotton.

On 28 Aug 1848 Hugh Evelyn 5th Baronet (age 79) died without issue. He was buried on 09 Sep 1848 at St John's Church, Wotton. Baronet Evelyn of Wotton in Surrey extinct.