I have found John Syner's tomb in Hewelsfield with himself and his only son Richard named on the tombstone. Bigland also recorded the inscription in the 1780s or whenever it was he was there. Since then it looks like Richard's wife Mary was buried there too (1793)- you can just about make this out on the inscription.

But where was Sarah, John's wife? According to the PR she too was buried at Hewelsfield in 1755. She is not mentioned by Bigland anywhere in the churchyard (or the current list on the church wall).

Is she in the tomb but Richard neglected to amend the inscription? Any other ideas?

Peter