page_title: St John the Baptist's Church, Stanwick
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: St John the Baptist's Church, Stanwick / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Smithson tomb chest, St John the Baptist church, Stanwick, near to Stanwick-st-John, North Yorkshire, Great Britain. In memorium to Sir Hugh Smithson (1598-1670), and his wife. See Wikipedia:Smithson baronets. Inscribed: Certa resurgendi fide cryptam subtus dormitoria sibi sulso(?) ad inhumandi ritus suo solius sumptu curari jussit Anno 1670 Hugo Smithson Miles et Baronett ("In certain faith of rising again, in the year 1670 Hugh Smithson, Knight and Baronet, ordered to be undertaken at his sole expense the rite of burial in the crypt below as his dormitory")
context_page_description: St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Stanwick St John, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The site of the church is recognised as a Scheduled Monument, and it stands within the earthworks of Stanwick Camp, a settlement originating in the early Iron Age.
caption: Monument of Sir Hugh Smithson, 1st Baronet (d.1670), St John the Baptist's Church, Stanwick, Yorks.[5]
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