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A SUMMARY CATALOGUE OF SEPULCHRAL MEMORIALS AND
REMAINS OF ANCIENT ART EXISTING IN PARISH CHURCHES,
HUNDRED OF BOSMERE AND CLAYDON, SUFFOLK.
AKENHAM,
Brass. " Orate p aia Sissilie Jory, quoda
uxis Petri Jory cuj' aie ppiciet' de","
Monument. Table, at the west end; for Elizabeth Fynn, wife
of Robert Fynn, died 14 Sept. 1683. Also Robert Fynn, died
6 July 1686.
AsHBOCKING, Brasses. 1. Several plates, taken off a stone,
but now let into a frame of wood. Inscription in black letter,
for Edmond Bockinge, Esquire, died 10th Aug. 1585, aged 57.
Arms : Bocking, a fess wavy between six cross-crosslets fitche :
quartering Tey, and impaling Payne, A fess between three lion's
or leopard's faces. The figures in brass are of a man and wo.•
man; he in armour, head bare, between two wives, beneath each
of which is a daughter? Height of the figure 26 inches.
2. A small plate, for Thomas Horseman, died 1619, with lines
serving as an acrostic.
Monument. In the south wall, an ogee arch, ornamented with
crockets and a finial, on each side a pinnacle : there is no appearance of any slab below, but it is most probably sepulchral;
perhaps for the founder.
BADLEY, Brasses. I. A plate, " Hie jacet primogenitus
filius et exitus Edmundi Poley arm. et Dorotheee," Died 1615,
soon after birth,
2. A plate, " Hie jacet corpus Edmundi Poley, armigeri," et
ob. ult. Oct. 1613, eet, 69. Arms: Poley, a lion rampant, impaling Seekford, Erm. on a fesse three escallops; and Poley,
impaling Cockran, on a bend three leopard's heads.
3. Plate, for Edmund Brewster, of Gray's Inn, Esq. died 6
Aug. 1633.
Monuments. I. In the north wall of the chancel, a large mural
monument of marble, a long copy of verses, and a long inscription in Latin for Edmund Poley, Esq. and Mirabel his wife; he
died last of Dec. 1548, and she 25 Feb. 1558. John Poley,
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eldest son, and Anne his wife, daughter of Thomas Lord Wentworth, of Nettlestead; John died 1589, and Anne 1575. Richard
Poley, son and heir of John, and Mary his wife, daughter of Sir
John Brewse, of Wenham, Knt.; Richard died 1592, and Mary
1593, &c. Arms: Poley, quartering Gislingham, Alcock, Badwell, Weyland, Gedding, Aspall, Peche, Peverill, and another.
2. Against the south wall, large, of white marble : " Hie
jacet Henricus Poley, arm. filius et hreres Edmundi Poley mil.
ob. 7 Augti 1707, eet. 54." Arms: Poley.
Several stones in the floor for Poleys and their connections.
3. Against the south wall, on the outside of the chancel, a
large mural monument of stone, for Henrietta Maria, wife of
Charles Robins of the Middle Temple, Esq. daughter of William
Duncombe, of Batlesden, co. Bedford, Esq. died 5th Feb. 1728,
aged 42. Arms : Robins, Per pale gules and sable, two flaunches
and three fleurs de lis in pale counterchanged ; impaling Duncombe, Per chevron engrailed gu. and sa, three talbot's heads
erased counterchanged.
BAILHAM.
Brass. A stone had arms and an inscription, but
nothing remains but the crest of Steresacre : two arms erect,
vested chequy, holding between the hands an etoile of seven
points.
Monuments. I. On the north wall of the chancel, in a square
recess of white and black marble, are the figures of a man
and woman kneeling at a faldstool, on which lies a open book ;
facing the spectator is Death, a dart in his right hand, which is
raised and pointed towards the man : the man in a short cloak,
beard picked. Under the man there is no inscription; but
under her, " Hie infra jacet Elizabetha Acton uxor Joh'is Acton, arm. ob. 27 March (no year), ret. 36." Arms: Acton,
Gules, a fess in a bordure engrailed ermine; impaling Reyney,
Gules, two wings conjoined and displayed ermine.
Various marbles in the floor for the Acton family, who have a
vault here.
Brasses. l. The effigies of a man in a loose gown,
trimmed with fur, and on his left side his wife; from their
mouths were labels, now gone, and other plates, now lost. On a
fillet round the edge of the stone, " Orate pro a'ia Roberti
Southwell armigeri, Apprenticii ad leges et unius Justiciarios
ad pacem D'ni Regis 1vand, et pro aia Cecille uxoris ejus uni!I
BARHAM,
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MONUMENTS,
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filia~ Thome Sheryngton, armi. dum vixit de Barsschfii defuncti. Qui quidem Robertus obiit xxiij die Sept. anno D'ni
Mittimo quingintesimo xiiijv, Quorum aiabus propicietur Deus,
Amen." Arms: Southwell, three cinquefoils, each charged
with six annulets; impaling Sherington, Quarterly, 1 and 4,
two crosses patee in pale between two flaunches chequy : 2 and
3, a bend. Height of figure 2 feet 4£ inc.
2. A plate, for Frances Southwell, the wife of Robert SouthweJI, Esq. eldest daughter of Thomas Hynson, of Tawstock, co.
Devon, Esq., died 23 Jan, 1607, eet. 29.
Monuments. 1. Against the north wall of the chancel, of various-coloured marble, rising from the floor nearly to the roof.
It consists of a large altar tomb, six feet high, attached to the
wall, on which lies the effigy of a man in a close doublet, falling
band, and picked beard, on his back, his hands clasped over his
breast. Between him and the wall lies the figure of a woman,
on her left side, her head supported by her right hand. Above
them a large niche with circular arch and pediment, supported
by two porphyry-coloured pillars; within the niche, on a square
tablet of black marble, is this inscription in capitals : " This
monument is sente over from the cittie of Limerick, in Ireland,
by Sr Richard Southwell, Knt. second sonne of John Southwell,
of Barham, Esq. and Margarett his wife, as a pious remembrance of them to be left ·to their posterity. An. D'i 1640."
Arms: Southwell impaling Sherington,
2. On the west side of the last, in the substance of the wall,
a table monument, having over it an ornamented flat ogee arch
with crockets, finials, and pinnacles. On the table was the
figure in brass of a man in armour, with three shields of arms
in the front, all now gone. This is probably the monument of
Richard Booth, Esq. of Shrubland ; or of his son, who died 11
Edw. IV.
3. In a chapel or dormitory on the north side of the chancel,
stands a handsome table of marble; on the side: " Edwardus
Bacon de Shrubland, armiger, Domini Nicholai Bacon, Equitis
Aurati, et Angliee Magni Sigilli Custodis, filius tertio genitus;
ob. 8 Sep. 1618, eet. 70. Helena fil. et heeres Thornee Little, de
Bray, in corn. Berk. arm. nupta dicto Edwardo: vixit 37 annos, et ob. _24 July 1646." Arms: Bacon, Gules, on a chief
argent two mullets sa, quartering Quaplod ; Little, of eight
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coats, Little, Booth, Codmanston, Cavalere, Lytton, Oake,
Weyland, Little.
4. Small mural, of white marble, for Penelope Bacon, daughter of Anthony Mannock, of Suffolk, gent. wife to Lyonell
Bacon, sonne of Edward Bacon, of Shrubland, Esq. She died
9 Aug. 1628. Arms: Bacon quartering Quaplod, impaling
Mannock.
BARKING. Monuments. I. Against the east wall of chancel,
mural, of white marble, for Margaret, wife of Ambrose Uvedale,
Rector of the parish, daughter of William Cleland, Esq. R. N.
She died 6 May 1810, aged '"/8. Also of said Ambrose Uvedale,
who died 21 Aug. 1818, aged 84.
2. Mural, of white marble, for Isaac Paske, Esq. of Needham
Market, died 28 April 1784,.aged 54. Arms : Paske, Quarterly
sable and argent, in first and fourth quarters, three fleurs de lis
in pale or.
3. In the south aisle, large mural, of white marble, surmounted by a pyramid of a darker colour. In memory of
John Crowley, Esq. of Greenwich, in Kent (only son of Sir
Ambrose Crowley, Knt.) who died 2 Jan. 1727, aged 39. He
married Theodosia Gascoyne, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Gascoyne, &c. Arms : Crowley, Vert, on a chevron or, an etoile
of sixteen points between two roses gu. impaling Gascoyne.
4. On the north wall, of white marble, for Theodosia, wife of
Charles Boone, Esq. and daughter of John Crowley, Esq. Alderman of London; died 9 Jan. 1765, aged 40. Arms: Boone,
Azure, on a bend argent, cottised or, between six lions rampant
of the last, three escallops of the second ; on an escutcheon of
pretence, Crowley.
5. On the south wall, upon the half of an urn, placed on dovecoloured marble. In memory of Theobald Gascoyne, Esq. died
16 Oct. 1714, aged 26. Arms: Gascoyne.
BATTISFORD, Brass. A plate, for Mary Everton, wife of
George Everton, gent. died 10 May 1608, eet, 103.
Monuments. I. Mural, of different marbles, surmounted by a
pyramid, on the top of which is a boy blowing a trumpet, for
John Lewis, gent. died 7 Dec. 1724, aged 33. Arms: Lewis,
Argent, a lion rampant guar<lant sable, crowned or; on an
escutcheon of pretence, Salter, Gules, nine billets or.
2. Similar to the last, for Edward Salter, gent. di~d 24 July
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1724, aged 65; Mary his wife, died 23 Feb. 1707, aged 35.
Arms: Salter.
3. On the north wall, large, of white marble, for Walter
Rust, of Battisford, gent, and Lydia his wife; he died 16 July
1685, aged 78.
BLAKENHAM MAGNA, Monument. A table of marble, against
the north wall, supported by three pillars; an open pediment
above, and two angels on the sides kneeling; for Richard Swift,
of London, merchant, died 23 Aug. 1645, aged 68: with an
acrostic. Arms: Swift, Or, a chevron harry nebulee of six, arg.
and as, (or vaire) between three bucks in full course proper.
BLAKENHAM PARVA. Monument. A smaU neat mural one
of marble, for Rebecca, wife of Joseph Bellamy, died 3rd Dec.
1831, aged 38.
BRAMFORD, Monuments. I. On the south wall of south aisle,
mural, of various marbles, " Hie jacet quicquid est mortale
Elizabethre uxoris Thomee Dade, filiee Samuelis Flicke de West
Cretinge, Gen. natu maximee, ob. 14, Aug. 1648, eet, 30. Arms:
Dade, a chevron between three garbs; impaling Flicke, an
eagle displayed, and on a chief a chevron between two crescents
in chief and a rose in base.
2. In the north aisle, mural, of white marble, for William
Alston, Esq. a barrister of Gray's Inn, and Elizabeth his wife.
She died 16 May 17 41, eet, ,u ; he 26 July 1749, ret. 54.
BRICE1'. Monument. Mural, of white marble and on a black
tablet, in the chancel, "Mem. Sacr. Johannis Bright de Tallmach Hall, Gen. ob. 27 die Martij 1670, et Marire uxoris ejus
filire Gulielmi Style de Hemingstone, Gen. qure renupsit honorab. viro Johanni North, arm. filio Dudleii North, Baronis de
Cartleigh, ob. 31 Aug. 1679. Arms: Bright, a fesse between
three escallops; Style, a fesse engrailed frette between three
fieurs de lis, in a bordure engrailed; North.
CLAYDON, Brass. On a fillet, round a large stone in the
chancel, " Hie jacet Samuel Aylmer, armiger, Johannis quondam Lond. Episcop. filius natu maximus, hujus Manerii dominus, qui obiit 12 die Jannarii A0 Domini milesimo sexcentessimo
tric , •••• , quinto,"
Monument. A small oval tablet of white, against the south
wall of the chancel, for Anketell Singleton, Esq. Lieut.-Govemor
of Languard Fort, died 21 Feb, 1804, aged 82,
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CoDDENHAM. Monuments. I. Mural, on south wall of the
chancel, dark-coloured marble, for Nicholas Bacon, M.A. Vicar
of Coddenham and Rector of Barham, youngest son of Nicholas
Bacon, of Shrubland Hall, Esq.; married Anna Maria, daughter
of John Browne, of Ipswich, gent. and died 26 Aug. 1796,
aged 65, Arms : Bacon, impaling Browne, Gules, a chevron
ermine between three lion's gambs erased and erect arg.
2. Mural, large, of veined marble, having above a compass
pediment, and at the wings books piled up, for the Rev. Balthazar Gardemau, minister of the parish, a native of Poictiers,
in France ; he married Lady Catharine Bacon, relict of Nicholas
Bacon, of Shrubland Hall, Esq. and daughter of the first Earl
of Sandwich. He gave the great tithes of the parish to the
living; and died 19 Dec. 1739, aged 84. Lady Catharine, his
widow, died 17 Jan. 1757, aged 95. Arms: Gardemau, defaced, impaling Montague.
3. Mural, of bluish marble, with a white sarcophagus, for
Charlotte, wife of Rev. John Longe, Vicar, who died 21 May
1812, aged 51. Also Francis Bacon, their eldest son, died 17
Jan. 1819, aged 21, Arms: Longe, Quarterly, 1 and 4, Gules,
a cross engrailed or, on a chief of the last three cross-crosslets
of the first ; 2 and 3, Frere, Gu. two leopard's heads between
two Haunches or; impaling Browne.
4. Mural, large, of white marble, a compass pediment, supported by two fluted Corinthian pillars ; for Captain Philip
Bacon, second son of Nicholas Bacon, of Shrubland Hall, Esq.
and Mary his wife, only child of Sir Richard Bingham, Kut. of
Bingham Melcombe, co. Dorset. He served in Flanders under
the Duke of York. He was killed when commanding the Bristol frigate in an engagement with the Dutch, 1st June 1666,
Arms : Bacon, quartering Quaplod.
5. An altar tomb, of brick, with a black marble cover ; it has
no inscription; but contains the arms of Bacon, Tollemache,
Quaplod, Bingham, Godmanston, Weylande, Lytton, Cavalere,
Lyttel, Bedingfield, Hopton, Neweport, Booth, and Oke,
6. Mural, marble, on south wall of the chancel, for Rev. John
Longe, Vicar of Coddenham with Crowfield, died 3 March 1834,
aged 69. Arms: Longe; on an escutcheon of pretence, Browne.
7. A small tablet of marble, for John Stimpson, died 24 Feb.
188'7, aged 83.
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A window of stained glass has lately been put in at the east
end of the chancel, containing, among other ornaments, numerous coats of arms of families connected with the parish.
CRETING ST, MARY, Monument. In the transept, mural,
of white marble, with a black tablet, for Rear-Admiral Samuel
Uvedale, died 13 Dec. 1808, aged 79. Also Mrs. Margaret his
wife, who died 16 Dec. 1814, aged 69. Arms: Uvedale, Arg.
a cross moline gu.; impaling Cooke, Vert, a unicorn passant
argent, on a chief or, a human heart between two crosses potent
gules.
HELMINGHAM, Monuments. 1. Mural, against the north
wall of the chancel, of white marble, a tablet surmounted by a
pyramid, for Lady Mary Tollemache, who died 2 Dec. 1715,
and for Lady Grace Tollemache, who died 27 March 1719.
They were daughters of Lionel Earl of Dysart, and Grace his
wife. Arms: Tollemache, Arg. a fret sable.
2. A large marble sarcophagus, fixed in the north wall, with
a figure reposing thereon, holding on his knee, . with his left
hand, an earl's coronet; near him a female figure weeping; behind them, blue-veined marble, and two Ionic pillars supporting
a pediment; on the face of the sarcophagus is a long inscription,
stating that the monument was erected in 1729, pursuant to the
will of Sir Lionell Tollemache, Bart. Baron of Huntingtower
and Earl of Dysart, who was born 30th of Jan. 1648, and died
23 Feb. 1727. Arms: Tollemache, impaling Wilbraham, Arg.
three bends wavy azure.
3. Another sarcophagus of white marble on the same wall ;
upon it stands a bust, on a pedestal, and behind it a pyramid of
reddish marble, surrounded by military trophies, for Thomas
Tollemache, Lieut.-General, killed in the attempt to destroy the
harbour of Brest, 1694.
4. On the south wall of the chancel, a black tablet,« in a white
frame, for Hugh Bokenham, son of Anthony Bokenham, Esq. of
Thornham Hall, who died l 669; Hugh Bokenham, son of
Anthony Bokenham, Rector of this parish, who died 1679 ; and
Anthony Bokenham, son of Anthony, second son of Edmund B.
aforesaid, Consul at Smyrna 1659, and afterwards Rector of this
• This has lately been removed from the chancel, and placed on the south wall of
the nave at the west end.
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church; died 1703, Arms: Bokenham, Vert, a lion rampant
or, a mullet for difference; impaling Townsend.
5. A plain marble tablet, b " M. S. viri Rev. Thomes Ross,
A.M. hujus Ecclesire per annos 23 rectoris; qui ob. die 5° Aprilis
1733, set, 60."
6, In the nave, and on the north wall, was a black tablet, c in
a border of alabaster gilt, for Dame Catharine Tollemache, wife
of Lionel Tollemache, of Helmingham, Knt. and Bart., sole
daughter of Thomas Lord Cromwell; she died 24 March 1620,
aged 63. Arms: Tollemache of eight coats, viz. Tollemache,
Curson, Visdelou, Joce, Creke, and Soterley, impaling Cromwell.
7. On the south side, is a very large monument of stone
reaching from the top of the pews nearly to the roof: it contains
in niches four figures of men kneeling in prayer; the first three
in a row, the fourth above; they are bare-headed, and in the
dress of the beginning of the seventeenth century; the monument was erected 1615. Under each figure is a copy of English
verses; I. Lyonel Tollemache, who married the heiress of Joce.
2. Lionel, son of the first, who married a daughter of Lord
Wentworth. 3. The son of the last, who married a daughter
of Sir Ambrose Jermyn. And 4. Sir Lionel Tollemache, Kut.
and Bart. who married the daughter of Lord Cromwe11. Arms :
1. Tollemache, impaling Joce; 2. ditto, impaling Wentworth;
3, ditto, impaling Jermyn; 4. ditto, impaling Cromwell.
, 8. On the opposite side; in a sort of alcove, with a double
arch, a man in armour, his head, which is bare, resting on his
right hand, he reclining on his right side: " D. Lionellus Tollemache," &c. The inscription long. Obiit Sept. 6, 1640, set, 49.
Arms, above, Tollernache of eight coats; and Tollemache impaling Stanhope, and Tollemache impaling Cromwell.
The church of Helmingham has lately undergone a thorough
repair, new windows have been put in, the monuments new
painted, and somewhat differently arranged, the nave filled with
open seats, &c. Further monuments:9. On the north wall of the nave, a monument consisting of a
slab of dove-coloured marble, in the form of an obtuse-pointed
arch, against which is suspended a medallion, bearing a portrait
of the deceased, in statuary marble ; the slab rests on a table surb
c
This has in like manner been degraded as that above for Bokenham.
This is now on the south wall of the chancel.
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mounted by various warlike instruments, all of white marblee-«
Erected in memory of Lionel Robert Tollemache, Esq. Ensign
in the Guards, who was killed at the siege of V alenciennes in
July 1793.
10. On the same wall, another mural monument, consisting ofa
large square white marble tablet; on one side sits a female figure
looking upwards; on her knees lies an open book, on which her
right arm rests; her left arm leans on the base of an urn, placed on
a rock; on the other side is a boy weeping, his right hand before
his eyes, his left resting on a lamb, which stands by his side. In
memory of Maria Countess of Dysart, eldest daughter of David
Le:wis, Esq. of Malvern Hall, co. Warwick, and wife ofWilbraham, Earl of Dysart. She died 14 Sept. 1804. Arms: Tollemache, impaling Lewis, three eels interlaced, quartering, a wolf
saliant. Supporters, coronet, &c.
HEMINGSTONE. Monuments. I. In a niche of the north wall
of the chancel stands a sarcophagus of white marble, for John
Brand, Esq. of Hemingstone Hall, who died 1803, aged 47;
and Elizabeth his wife, who died 1792, aged 24.
2. A similat one, for Miss Emma Brand, who died 18 Jan.
1805, aged 16, and for Miss Elizabeth Brand, who died at Stirling, Aug. 27, 1812, aged 23.
3. Against the north wall of the nave, a monument of stone,
white-washed, a shell-like pediment supported by two pillars,
between them an inscription in capitals, being a copy of English
verses, for William Cantrell, who was one of the trustees of
Thomas Duke of Norfolk. No date. Arms: Cantrell, a pelican
in her nest feeding her young, impaling Bennet; Quarterly, 1
and 4, Ermine, an inescutcheon, and over it a bend engrailed;
2 and 3, on a bend between two cross-crosslets, three mullets.
Below is a table monument, on the front of which are the arms
of Cantrell, impaling a chevron vaire between three roundels, on
a chief a greyhound currant; also Cantrell impaling Bennet.
HENLEY. Monument. Against the north wall of the chancel,
a tablet of black marble in a border of white, for Mrs. Elizabeth
Vere, late wife of John Vere, gent. who died 8 Nov. 1717, aged
64. Arms : Vere; Quarterly gules and or, four mullets counterchanged; impaling Glanville, Arg. a chief indented az.
M1cKFIELD, Brasses. I. A small plate, capitals: " Petrus
Preston, filius Petri Preston et Thomasinee, obiit 40 Marcij
1631, eetatis sure 25. Mors mihi lucrum,"
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2. The figures of a man and his wife, height 8£ inches. Below, in capitals, " Here lyeth the bodyes of Peeter Preston and
Thomasine his wife. Hee departed this life ye 25 of February
1616; and shee died ye 22 of June 1617; they had issue five
sonnes and too daughters."
3, A small plate, fixed in a square of black marble, for Bridget,
relict of Richard Meers, late of Harleston, apothecary, who died
11 Aug. 1761, aged 80.
4. A sma11 plate, capitals, " Hie jacet Francisca Dade una
filiarum Thomee Dade de Tannington in comitatu Suffolcire,
armigeri, ex Agneta Dade prima uxore sua genita, qure obiit
Afio D'ni 1615."
NETTLESTEAD. Brass. In the nave, a small figure, 17 inches
high, .t' a man in armour, with long hair, sword, and dagger;
the inscription below him lost.
Monuments. 1. Mural, against the north wall of the chancel,
of various kinds of marble, consisting of a large niche, in which
are the busts of a man and a woman, holding each other by the
hand, a skull being placed between them : he has a picked beard,
and long hair; she has a kerchief, or veil, fixed on the top of her
head and hanging down behind. The recess has a pillar on each
side supporting an open circular pediment; below, on a tablet of
white marble, an inscription for Samuel Sayer, Esq. sometime
of London, who built a faire almeshouse at Bewdley, in Worcestershire, for six poor men, and died 1st of Sept. 1625. Also
for Thomasine his wife, daughter of John Lea, gent. of Coddenham, who afterwards married Henry Dade, Esq. oflpswich; she
died 8th of Aug. 1647. Arms: Sayer, Gules, on a bend cotised
or, three cinquefoils az.
2. On the same wall, a small square frame of white marble,
gilt and carved, inclosing a piece of black marble, There is no
inscription ; but above is the coat of Wingfield.
RINGSHALL, Monuments. I. Mural, a plain tablet of veined
marble on the south wall of the chancel, for Elizabeth Watson,
daughter of Josiah Bullock, of Faulkbourn Hall, Essex, Esq.
and wife of Jonathan Watson, of Bury St. Edmund's, Esq. who
died 20 June 1763, aged 38. Also for Jonathan Watson, Esq.
who died 31 Oct. 1803, aged 84. He was F.R.S., Justice of
the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant for the county, and Major of the
East Suffolk Militia, And two of their children,
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2. On the north wall, a tablet of black marble in a frame of
stone: "Hie exuvias deposuit Gulielmus Chapman, Jan. 3°,
anno eetatis 64°, Dom. 1715. Elizabetha conjux preeivit 22 Nov.
1709; a", eet. 64°."
3. In the churchyard stands a sarcophagus of white marble,
inclosed in iron palisades, in a state of great dilapidation: for
Dame Catharine Teresa Barker, wife of Sir 'William Barker,
Bart. of Ringshall Hall, daughter and coheiress of Samuel
Keck, Esq. one nf the Masters in Chancery. She died 7 May
1736, aged 56. Arms : Barker, Per fesse nebulee, three martlets
on an escutcheon of pretence, Keck. Quarterly, land 4, On a
bend flory counter-flory five fleurs de lis : 2 and 3, a fesse
dancette,
STONHAM AsPALL, Brasses. I. The figure of.an ecclesiastic
in a gown and ruff; and beneath, " Johannes Metcalfe, filius
Marire, filire Johannis Felgate et Elizabethre uxoris ejus, qui institutus fnit ad bane ecclesiam vicesimo tertio die Februarii anno
D'ni 1574, post triginta et duos an'os residencies sure ibidem,
et apud mortem suii. dedit inhabitantibus diversas terras nuper
Felgates, charitatis gratia, et hie quiescit." Height 18 inches.
2. A group of children still remains on a stone which had the
effigy of a woman above it, part of which is now lost.
Monuments. 1. In the north wall of the chancel, under a plain
sharp-pointed arch, and on a low altar tomb, lies the mutilated
effigy of a knight in armour. The legs, arms, and face are
gone, the trunk only remaining; the helmet appears to have
been pointed, and to have had a gorget of mail attached to it:
the sword belt remains; the armour flowered. The head rested
on a double pillow.
2. In the south aisle, a stone in the floor, which had an mscription round the edge; now very imperfect :
HIC; JACET; , , HUMATUM , , , , , , TO , , , AM • , •
. , , • • , AIE , , , PICIETUR,
This probably marks the burial-place of Robert de Sto~lrnm,
who made his will in 1397, and directed therein, that his body
should be interred in the chapel of St. Margaret in the church
of Stonham Antegan, and the whole inscription may have been:
"Hie jacet inhumatum corpus Roberti de Stonham cujus aie
propicietur Deus."
3. In the churchyard, on the south side of the chancel, stands
an altar tomb inclosed in iron palisades. It consists of a stone
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table, on which rests the figure of a young man carved in white
marble, reclining on his right arm, his left arm was elevated,
but is now broken off at the wrist. On his head is a large wig,
and there is a cravat about his neck. Inscription : " Hie jacet
corpus Antonii Wingfield filius Antonii et Marire Wingfield de
Stonham Aspal in comitat, Suffolcire, Generosi, qui obiit nono
die Novembris, Anno Domini 1714, eetatis sure 22." Also for
his mother. Arms: Wingfield, This appears to have deserved
a better fate than a perpetual exposure to wind and weather ;
from which it has suffered considerably.
EARL SToNHAM, Monuments. I. In the north transept,
against the west wall, white marble, for Thomas Goodall, gent.
who died 16 May 1687, aged 73, Arms: Goodall, Gules, an
eagle displayed arg. legged and beaked or, on a canton of the
second a chaplet of roses proper.
2. On the same wall, a square stone for Thomas Goodall,
father of the last mentioned, who died 26 June 1630.
3. In the south transept, on a stone having a raised cross, now
much broken, the following inscription round the edge, for Joan
wife of Robert de Bassenborne :
ICI : GIST: IONE: QE : FUST: FEMME: ROBE •••.•
,
•• ASSENBORNE : PRJEJ: PUR: LAME: QE: DEU: • • CES:
PECHES : LI : PARDONE,
SToNHAM PARVA. Monuments. I. Against the· north wall of
the chancel, a plain and neat monument of white marble, for
the Rev, Richard Vernon, who died 12 Jan. 1824, aged 30.
2. Against the north wall of the nave, a small monument,
consisting of a square tablet of black marble, on the upper part
of which is engraved the half-length figure of a man in a furred
gown, short hair, and long square beard, under an arch ; below,
an inscription,, " To the memorie of Gilbert Mouse, borne in
this parish, Servt to the Rt. Hon. Sr Christopher Hatton, L0
Chancellor of England, afterwards to Sir John Puckeridge, L0
Keeper of the Qt Seale, and from him to Lo Elsmeere, Ld
Chancellor of England. Having served about the space of 34
years, he died 18 July 1622, aged 86,"
WESTERFIELD, Monuments. I. Against the north wall of
the chancel, a plain right-angled tablet of white marble, for
Major John H. Whitefoord, late of the 15th Regt. of Hussars,
eldest son of Sir John Whitefoord. Died 15 Dec. 1825, of an
accidental shot received from his friend's gun while out shooting.
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2. Against the south wall, a plain tablet of white marble, for
Rev. Peter Lathbury, Rector of the parish, who died 16th April
1768, aged 48. Also Alice his relict, who died 27 March l 792,
aged 59.
3. Against the south wall of the nave, a small tablet of white
marble, for the Rev. James Hitch, 34 years Rector of this parish,
who died 13 March 1824, aged 62. Also Elizabeth his wife,
who died 17 Feb. 1823, aged 42.
4. On the north wall of the chancel, of white marble, large,
for Deborah, wife of Sir John A. Whitefoord; who died at
Brussels 9 Feb. 1829, in the 65th year of her age, in conse. quence of her clothes taking fire.
W1LLISHAM, Monuments. Tablets on the outside of the
chancel, for John Brownrigg Leake, gent. of Hadleigh, who died
14 Oct. 1825, aged 70, For Gilbert Leake, sixth son of Luke
and Elizabeth, who died 17 Nov. 1749, aged 19. For Luke
Leake, Rector of N ettlestead, Vicar of Offton, and Curate of
this parish, who died 25th Dec. 1749, aged 69. For John
Brownrigg Leake, Rector of Naughton and of Nettlestead, who
died 9 Jan. 1801, aged 81: and for Bridget, the wife of John
Brownrigg Leake, Clerk, who died 12th Nov. 1775, aged 56.
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BEALINGS MAGNA. Brasses. I. A large stone in the floor
had a figure in brass, an inscription, and four shields at t~e corners, all of which are lost, except one shield, bearing the arms
of Sampson; a cross flory, between four escallops.
2. Another shield of Sulyarcl. In the chest.
Monuments. 1. Against the south wall of the chancel, is a
monument of various marbles; having in a square niche, two
busts, in front, their hands joined ; two books standing up between them ; below, are the figures of four children kneeling;
in profile. Inscription: " Hie jacet corpus Johannis Clench,
filii secundi Johannis Clench nuper unius Justiciariorum D'nee
Elizabethre Regime ad Placita, obiit 9° die Aprilis 1628, eet, 68.
Et Johannes ux, ejus, qure obiit 1 Dec. 1629, set, 710." Arms:
Clench, Gu. six annulets conjoined in pairs or, two pairs in
chief and one in base, on a chief of the last a crescent, Also
Clench, quartering Almot, Creting, and Holmes,
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2. Mural, on the south side of the nave, of freestone, with a
pediment and frieze, " Parentibus suis charissimis Thomes Sekford de Sekford, Armo, Margaretre uxori ejus de filiabus Joannis Wingfield de Letheringham Militis, Thomas Sekford, filius,
Regire Majesfati a libellis supplicium per annos 25, &c. posuit
1583, Obiit Pater 30 Sep. 1575, set, 80. Obiit Mater 29 Oct.
1557, set. 64." Arms: Seekford, Erm. on a fess gu. three
escallops arg. quartering Venour alias Hunter, Hackford, and
Q-~,11ey; and Seekford, with said quarterings impaling Wingfield, quartering Bovil and Gowsell.
BRIGHTWELL, Monuments. l. At the east end of the chancel, mural, of white marble, having in an oval the three-quarter
length of a female, holding in her left hand a skull, and in her
right hand a palm branch, and a scroll, on which are " Her
dying words, My mortal shall put on immortality." For Anna,
eldest daughter of Thomas Essington, Esq, and Anne his wife,
who died II Sept. 1660, aged 17. At the top of the monument sits a cherub.
2. On the south side, small, mural, of white marble, containing the full-length figure of a boy, his left hand locked in a hand
issuing from a mantle on the side, near the feet of the figure on
the right side, " His own words, Christ will raise me." Erected
to the memory of Thomas Essington, son of Thomas Essington,
Esq. and AJ.ne his wife; born II April 1651; died 26 Aug.
1656.
3. North side, mural, of white and streaked marble, the upper
part of which is a pyramid of a darker coloured marble, for
Arthur Barnardiston, Esq. son of Arthur B. Esq. who was a
younger son of Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston, of Ketton Hall, in
Suff. Knt, He was a merchant at Smyrna, and died April 3,
1737, aged 52. Arms: Barnardiston, Azure, a fess indented
erm, between six cross-crosslets arg. Morice, Gu. a lion rampant reguardant or; and Jennens, Az. a chevron between three
griffin's heads erased arg. on a chief or a lion passant gu, between two torteauxes.
CLOPTON. Monuments. I. In the chancel, a small square
stone in the north wall, "Joh. Causton, de Schola North Walsham, Norf. C. C. Cant. Alums. Socs, Presses, Rector de Ottley
and Clopton, ob. 1631, set, 64.''
2. Mural, of white stone, neat, on the south wall of the nave,
for John Jeaffreson, gent, who died l May l 'T46, eet, 77. Ann
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his wife died 26 Oct. 1751, eet, 74. Arms: Jeaffreson, Azure,
a fret arg. on a chief of the second three leopard's faces gu.
GRUNDISBURGH. Brasses. 1. A plate, in capitals, '' Here
lyeth Thomas Sullyard, Esq. second sofie to Sr John Sullyard,
of Weatherdyne, Knight, who maryed Bridget Manocke, one of
the daughters of Francis Manocke, of Stooke Nayland, Esq. and
dyed the xxii Nov. 1612."
2. Another plate, inscription in capitals: '' Here lyeth Anne
Manocke, widdow, sometyme wyfe to Francis Manocke, ofStooke
Nayland, Esq. who dyed the xv of August 1610, and had issue
by him one soiie and three daughters."
3. Another, inscription :
" JEn btben @o'tr gra:'ttt tb'la~tpng lptre. «o tbt ~oull
of gJotJn \4tuall an'tr Jlllargerp bt~ tupfe, tubttb 'trttt~~p'tr
a~ pee ~ball btrt, tbt bj 'trap otl ~epttmber, «bt pert
of nure Uo r'tr xbc an'tr one. BbtrefOrt ~ap we tuh goo'tr
'trtbottott, a: pater naeter \4bt an'tr Q!t~t'tre, «bat ~o'tr otr
bt~ m't» tn beben gr'uttt to tf)em metre. \4.Jlll.~.Jll,."
He built a chapel on the south side.
These three plates are nailed up against the wall at the east
end of the south aisle.
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Monuments. I. Mural, on the north wall of the chancel, large,
of white marble, on the top, in a sort of triumphal arch, is a boy
blowing a trumpet; for Sir Charles Blois, of Cockfield Hall,
Suff. Bart. the first of the family who bore that title. He died
9th April 1738, aged 80. Arms: Blois, quartering Kemp and
Hawtrey.
2. Mural, of grey marble, with black border, for William
Bloys, Esq, who died lO Jan, 162 I, aged 59, &c. Arms : Blois,
impaling Howard : Blois impaling Wingfield: Downing impaling Blois: Acton impaling Blois : and Hodges impaling Blois.
3. Smaller, mural, of' white marble, consisting of a frame, in
the upper part of which is an oval tablet, backed by drapery
drawn up on each side. " Martha natu minima Roberti" Brook,
Eq. Aur. filia V. A. 28. Obijt 18 Sept. 1658." Arms: Blois,
impaling Brooke. Beneath this tablet, are the figures of a man
and woman kneeling at a faldstool, facing each other; behind
him are four sons, and behind her three daughters, all likewise
kneeling. Below, " Gul. Blois, jun, arm. conjugi dulcissimee ac
:ppetuum desiderand, M, F. C."
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4. Mural, on the south wall, of white marble, bordered with
black: "M. S. Johannis Higgs, S.T.B. hujus ecclesiee per
annos xxxvi Rectoris, &c. Ob", prid, non. Octobris, a0• Sal.
1816, eet, 89." Arms: Higgs, Az. a chevron or between three
roses.
5. Mural, in the aisle, small, of white and streaked marble,
for Benjamin Beaumont, Esq. son of Benjamin Beaumont, Esq.
by Elizabeth Southwood. He died 30 June 1733, aged 54.
Arms, Beaumont, Arg. seme de lis, a lion rampant or.
Many stones in the pavement for the family of Blois.
lIASKETON. Monuments. 1. Mural, north wall of the chancel, a small square tablet of black, on white marble, for William
Goodwyn, Esq, born 16 March 1611; died 20 March 1660-1.
William Goodwyn, his eldest son, merchant, died at Smyrna
16 Aug. 1664. Also Robert Goodwyn, third son, died at
Smyrna 20 Sept. 1665. Arms: Goodwyn, Or, a fess between
six lion's heads erased gu. Rawlin, Az. three swords in pale
arg. hilted and pomelled or, the centre one erect, the others
points downwards. Also Edgar and Throckmorton.
2. Mural, on the south wall, a small tablet of black marble,
for William Farrer, sonne of William Farrer, Parson of this
parish, died 28 July 1635, aged 15.
3. On the north wall of the chancel, an oval tablet of black
marble, with gold capitals: for Rev. John Freeland, Rector of
this parish; died 1805, aged 37. Also his wife and children.
4. A mural tablet of white marble on the south wall of the
chancel, for Sophia Lydia, wife of Rev. Henry Freeland, Rector
of this parish, and youngest daughter of Thomas Ruggles, Esq.
of Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex, Esq. Died 15 Feb. 1827,
aged 30.
MAR'l'LESHAM. Monuments. I. Mural, on the south side of
the chancel, an oval tablet of white marble, on a square of black,
for George Doughty, Rector of this parish, ob. 14 March 1724,
set, 69. Mary his wife, daughter of Samuel Park, Esq. ob. 6
Feb. 1748, eet, 76.
2. On the same wall, square of white marble, with pilasters,
for George Doughty, Esq. of Theberton Hall, died 22 August
1798, aged 59. High Sheriff for the county 1793. And Anne
his wife, daughter of John Goodwin, Esq. of Martlesham Hall,
who died May 11, 1829, aged 89. Also Chester their youngest
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son, of the R.N. who died 23 Nov. 1802, aged 28. Arms:
Doughty, Arg. two bars, between two mullets sable pierced, impaling Goodwin.
These three monuments have very lately been erected.
OTLEY. Monuments. l. Mural, north side of the chancel, of
black and white marble, consisting of an open circular pediment,
supported by two pillars of black marble ; inscription on a tablet,
for John Gosnold, Esq. third sonne of Robert Gosnold, of Otley,
Esq. He was Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Charles.
Died 17 Feb. 1628, aged 60, Arms: Gosnold, Per pale erenelle or and az. ; and Gosnold, impaling Windsor, of sixteen
coats. Also ,vindsor, impaling Poole, and Gosnold, impaling Naunton.
He married Winifred, daughter of Walter
Windsor, Esq. third son of William Lord Windsor, and of
Margaret his wife, daughter of Sir Jeffrey Poole, Knt. son of
Sir Richard Poole, Knt. and the Lady Margaret Countess of
Salisbury his wife, daughter of George Duke of Clarence, brother to Edward IV.
2. A mural tablet of white marble, on the north wall of the
nave, for Mrs. Ann Russell, who died 22 Nov. 1826, aged 87.
PLAYFORD. Brass. A very splendid monument for Sir George
Felbrigg, who died in 1400. It was highly ornamented with
inlaid brass, and on a fillet which runs round the edge of the
stone is an inscription, part of which has been lost. An etching
of this is in Gough's Sepulchral Monuments, vol. ii. pl. 47, p.
134, and also in Cotman's Suffolk Brasses, No. vi, The stone
on which was this figure had for a long time been covered by
the pews near the pulpit ; but, in consequence of some repairs
in the church a few years since, it was laid open, and the brass,
torn from the stone, by some most barbarous hand, and broken
into two pieces, was for some time kept in the church chest: it
has, however, lately been again attached to the stone, which has
been removed from its original situation, and now lies within the
communion rails.
Monument. I. On a lozenge of white marble, south wall of
the chancel, " To the memory of my deare deceased parents, I,
Dame Anne Everard, relict of Sr Anthony E. of Much Waltham, in Essex, Knt. dau, to Sr Anthony Felton, of Playford,
Knt. of the Bath, and Elizh his wife, dau, of ye Ld Grey of
Grooby, they being buryed in this church, &c. Ano, D'ni 165'7."
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Arms : Felton, Gu. two lions passant in pale erm, crowned or ;
impaling Grey : Everard impaling Felton.
RusHMERE, Monuments. I. On the south wall of the nave, a
plain oval tablet of white marble; for Peter Edge, A.M., Prebend of Raffoe, and Rector of Drimholm in Ireland; who died
29 Dec. 1782, aged 59, Arms: Edge, Per fess sable and gu.
an eagle displayed arg. on a chief or, a rose between two annulets of the second.
2, Mural, of grey marble, on which is a round tablet, for
Mrs, Anne Edge, relict of the Rev. Peter Edge, who die<l lOth ,
Aug. 1793, aged 72, &c.
3. Mural, oval, small, for the Rev. Peter Edge, LL.B. died
26 Aug. 1805, aged 56.
4, Another, similar to No. 2, for Mr. William Truelove,
gent. a member of the Common Council of Ipswich, who died
25 Aug. 1798, aged 78.
A large stone in the floor, had a figure in brass, with an inscription round the edge, and four coats of arms, all now lost.
5. An oval tablet of white marble in the nave, to the memory
of the Rev. John Edge, S3 years Vicar of this parish, who died
16 Oct, 1815, aged 59.
TunDENHAM, Monument. ]. East end of the chancel, an
oval tablet of black marble, in a wreathed border of white; for
Richard Keble, Esq. and Mary his wife, with Thomas, Mary,
and Elizabeth, his children, 1658. Arms: Keble, Barry nebulee of six, arg. and sable, a canton gu. quartering five other
coats, impaling Hawksmoor ? Per chevron arg. and sa, in chief
two sickles of the second, and in base a cock or.
2, East wall of the chancel, a large shield of stone, for John
Sicklemor, gent. lord of this manor, and Elizabeth his wife. He
died 9 Jan. 1644. Arms: Sicklemore, Sable, three sickles interlaced argent, handles or. Also the same, impaling Fetteplace,
Gules, two chevrons arg.
3. On the north wall, small, square, of black and white marble; for Isabella W ratislaw, who died 21 Feb. 1812, aged 20.
4. Under the gallery, north side, a large table monument of
red brick, covered with a thick slab of black marble, for William
Minter, of Tuddenham, gent. who died 4 July 1739, aged 85;
and Elizabeth his wife, who died 9 Sept. 1729, aged 5?, Arms :
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Minter, a pillar enwrapped with an adder ; impaling, Bendy of
six, on a fesse three roundels.
WITNESHAM,
Monuments. 1. Mural, south side of the chancel, of white and coloured marble : " M. S. Elizabethee Sarai
King, Rev. Johannis King uxoris, et Rev. Thom re Bishop unicee
filiee et heeredis, Obiit die 30 Dec. 1813, eet, 61." In the same
vault rests the body of her husband, the Rev. John King, 23
years Lecturer of the Corporation of Ipswich, 31 years Master of
the Grammar School there, and 46 years Rector of this parish.
He died 26 Jan. 1822, aged 83. Arms: Bishop, Arg. on a bend
J cotised gu. three bezants.
On an escutcheon of pretence, Carew, Or, three lions passant in pale sa.
2. Mural, same side, of marble, an oval tablet: for Lieut.
Charles King, of the Royal Artillery, who was wounded in the
battle near Fort Detroit, in Upper Canada, 28 Nov. 1812, and
died of his wounds Feb. 22, 1813, and was buried at Niagara,
aged 25 •
.S. North side, mural, of black marble, with a white tablet,
for John King, Esq. of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law,
eldest son of the Rev. John King, Rector of this parish. He
died 24 Oct. 1815, aged 37. Arms: King, Sable, a lion rampant, between three cross-crosslets; quartering Bishop and Carew, and impaling Staple, Or, a chevron ermine between three
staples sable.
4. On the south wall of the nave, white marble, for Philip
Meadows, of Burghersh House, in this parish, Esq.; died 16
Oct. 1824, aged 73. Arms: Meadows, Sable, a chevron between three pelicans vulning themselves arg. beaked and membered gu. on a canton of the second a lion sejant az. a label of
three points gu.; quartering Brewster.
Note. A few months ago being at Yoxford, I examined the church
chest, and I found therein three brasses, which I persuaded the churchwarden to have let into a piece of stone, which is now fixed in the wall
of the south aisle. They are, the inscription for the two sons of Thomas
Tendring, Esq, seep. 490; the inscription for Elizabeth Knyvet, see
same page ; and the brass shield of Knyvet impaling Lunsford, quartering Barrington.
Ufford.
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