in "normanton, past and present," author walter hampson (1928) noted the monuments within the church: "the chapel is the burial place of the bunnys of newland, torres of snydale, favells of normanton, smiths (now bosworths) late of newland and the mallets and levetts of normanton. the favells were an important normanton family and were resident here in the early part of the 17th century. on the south chancel floor are memorial slabs of the favells bearing the dates 1698, 1714, 1777 and others in the 18th century. here also is a large altar tomb of the malletts and levetts. the mallets it would seem were a very ancient family, as we are told their ancestors flourished here in the middle of the 13th century. the tomb on the top bears the arms of the levetts together with the arms of the mallets. on the wall above the tomb is an undated tablet recording that 'mrs. elizabeth levett made benefaction for the poor of normanton and snydale, and for teaching poor children.' there also are tombs of the torres mentioned under snydale."