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On the walls of the west end are two large alabaster MONUMENTS.

On the south side, a man in armour and a woman kneeling opposite each other depict Sir Isaac Jermy and Lady Jermy who died in 1623.

On the north wall is the eldest son of the previous couple, John Jermy and his wife Martha, to whom he dedicated the doggerel verse beneath her figure. John Jermy died in 1662. The Jermys were patrons of the living and lords of the manor of Stutton Hall. They also had connections with Metfield in Suffolk.

These two memorials were originally on either side of the sanctuary and were placed here in 1875. The heraldic devices were brightly coloured; now only traces of colour remain and Sir Isaac and his wife have lost their hands. This, and the mutilation of a brass inscription to John Smythe (1534) on the floor of the east end of the nave requesting prayers for his soul, were probably done in Cromwellian times.

The famous Suffolk iconoclast William Dowsing does not mention Stutton himself but his reforming ardour was shared by several others. Certainly all was not well in Stutton then, for in 1645 John Wilby was removed from office for refusing to sign the covenant and use the new liturgy, and Thomas Warren, and later John Gouldstone replaced him as rectors.