John DIVES of Lingfield,Vexour,Lamberhurst [3639]

  General Notes:

The family of Dives is of old standing in the Southern Counties. Sir Lewis Dyves will be remembered as the bold and gallant Cavalier whose repeated escapes from the Tower, when imprisoned there by the Parliamentarians, recounted by John Evelyn in his Diary.

Sacred to the memory of Mr John Dives late of Penshurst Kent formerly of this parish who died November 5, 1844 aged 75 years.
Altar Tomb Lingfield Churchyard.

John was aged 77 at his death his burial date in the Lingfield register does not correlate with the death date reported from his grave.

John married Elizabeth ALSTON [3287] [MRIN: 1261], daughter of Sir William ALSTON 8th Bart of Lingfield [3277] and Mary ROSE [3283], on 4 Jan 1791 in Lingfield Church SRY. (Elizabeth ALSTON [3287] was born about 1773 in Lingfield SRY and was buried on 10 Oct 1815 in Lingfield Church SRY.)