An inscription on a plaque on the exterior north-east corner of St. Leonard’s Church, Sutton Veny, recorded by Danny Howell in the early 1990s:
William Lawes (late Schoolmaster of this Parish)
Obt. 30th Janry 1794 aet. 63.
Ann wife of the above
Obt. 24th April 1795 aet. 68.