Beneath these tablets, the only ones in the church, was the family vault of the Veales, of Whinney Heys, now covered over by pews. During the year 1875 the nave was re-seated, and at the time when the flooring was taken up numerous skulls and bones were found in different parts of the building, barely covered with earth, plainly indicating that interments had once been very frequent within the walls, and causing us to wonder that no mural or other monuments, beyond those just given, are now visible, or, indeed, remembered by any of the old parishioners. None of the stones in the graveyard are of great antiquity, and the most interesting object on that score is a portion of an ancient stone cross, having the letters I.H.S. carved upon it, on the broken summit of which a sun-dial has been mounted. Tradition has long affirmed that Beatrice, or Bridget, the daughter of Oliver Cromwell, who espoused General Ireton, and after his death General Fleetwood, lies buried here, but this is a mistake, probably arising from the proximity of the Rossall family, having the same name as her second husband; the lady was interred at Stoke Newington on the 5th of September, 1681. There are no stained glass windows, and the walls of the church are whitewashed externally. PERPETUAL CURATES AND VICARS OF BISPHAM. ------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------ Date of | NAME. | On whose | Cause of Vacancy. Institution.| | Presentation. | ------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------ Before 1559 |Jerome Allen |Abbey of Syon | About 1649 |John Fisher | | In 1650 |John Cavelay | |Resignation of J. | | | Fisher Before 1674 |Robert Brodbelt | |Death of J. | | | Cavelay ” 1689 |Robert Wayte | | ” 1691 |Thomas Rikay | |Death of R. Wayte In 1692 |Thomas Sellom |Richard Fleetwood |Death of T. Rikay About 1715 |Jonathan Hayton | | Before 1753 |Christopher Albin |Edward Fleetwood | In 1753 |Roger Freckleton |Roger Hesketh |Death of C. Albin ” 1760 |Ashton Werden |Roger Hesketh |Death of Roger | | | Freckleton ” 1767 |John Armetriding |Roger Hesketh |Death of A. Werden ” 1791 |William Elston |Thomas Elston |Death of John | | | Armetriding ” 1831 |Charles Hesketh, |Sir P. H. Fleetwood|Death of W. Elston | M.A. | | ” 1837 |Bennett Williams, |Rev. C. Hesketh |Resignation of C. | M.A.