1641 Sir William Sandys and wife Margaret daughter of Walter Culpepper of Hanborough and first wife Ann Dance. William was the son of Myles Sandys and Hester Clifton of Brimpton. and grandson of William Sandys and Margaret Dixon of Hawkshead www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/3296510055/ Children 1 Thomas 2. Jane m Henry Baron Sandys of the Vine 3 William m Cecily Steed 4. Hester m John Steed of Steedhill 5. Myles m Margaret daughter of John Hanbury of Kelmarsh www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/6261428906/ who m2 Sir Thomas Richardson of Honingham www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/QJj2h3 William bought the manor in 1620 from the Jerningham family after that family recovered the manor at the death of William Kingston in 1614 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8184827516/ . Their grandson William succeeded , Margaret d1644 retaining the house and park-land as part of her jointure

Richard Verney, d1630, and wife, by Nicholas Stone

See [[3901375]]. This monument is on the north wall at the east end of the north aisle - see [[3903014]]. It is made of marble and alabaster, and was erected in the 17th C to the memory of Sir Nicholas Raynton of Forty Hall -... more

Church of St John Maddermarket Monument to Thomas †1608 and Francis Sotherton. Alabaster, painted. South wall 2nd from east. Doric columns, with obelisks above, frame Thomas and Francis Sotherton, kneeling at prayer stools, with an elaborate coat of arms in the roundel above, and another in the strapwork of the apron. Two sons kneel behind their father, the younger one holding a skull in a doublet (similar to girls’ dresses). On the other side three daughters kneel behind their mother in prayer, with two behind holding skulls. The large panel above their heads gives details of Sotherton’s career and lineage. He died aged 53, and is shown in his robes as an alderman His wife was the widow of John Foxe, and presumably alive in 1608 since the date of her death is not recorded. His father was John Sotherton, and his grandfather (not mentioned in the inscription) Nicholas, whose trade as a grocer he followed successfully. The lower panels are devoted to a tribute to Thomas which begins: ‘Under this could Marble sleepes, Hee, for whome even Marbell weepes. His Name lives heare, in good Men's Hartes Whilst Heaven injoyes his better Partes, ‘ ending ‘But 'twas decreed, all that hath Breath, Must pas the Wombe, to Grave, by Death. So all must tread the Path that he hath done, And by Death follow, worthy Sotherton.’ Francis Blomefield, 'City of Norwich, chapter 42: Middle Wimer ward', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 4, the History of the City and County of Norwich, Part II (London, 1806), pp. 287-329.

St Mary's church, Acton Burnell - wall monument to Sir Humphrey Lee & wife.

All Saints, Narborough, Norfolk All Saints is largely a 15th century rebuilding of an earlier church, extensively restored in the 19th century. Thus far, then, a similar story to hundreds of other churches, and with such a history there is always the danger of an urban anonymity. But All Saints is more interesting, indeed more quirky, than many of its contemporaries. For a start, there is that singular view from the east. Two aisles that are wilfully different; that on the north side is high, that on the south is low, running the full length of the building. On a south facing buttress are the numbers of a sundial. The elegant tower sits oddly at the west end of the south aisle, but has no connection with the nave, the west wall of which is level with the eastern face of the tower. A dumpy vestry was fitted into the space here in the early part of the 20th century.This creates a curious effect as you enter the church by the south doorway, since you are coming in at a corner. Once past the font, the church opens up before you. All Saints inside is clean, neat, obviously well cared for. When I revisited in August 2016, the church had just reopened after several months of refurbishment and redecoration. At first, the ambience appears 19th century, perhaps early 20th. There is some good glass of this period in the nave; if it was less good, the church would appear even more crowded. There is a sense of stepping into light and space as you enter the chancel, which is perhaps surprising given what you will find there. Before we come to that, though, the great medieval treasure of Narborough is to be found high in the lights of the north chancel window. This is a sequence of five figures illustrating the Orders of Angels. They depict Thrones, a small angel in white; Powers, a blond angel vigorously birching a devil, his scroll reading Potestates presut demones ('powers put down demons'); Virtues, an angel in purple; Angels, an angel in gold; and my favourite, Cherubim, an angel in white protecting earthly citizens. Because of the repair work, these were not visible in 2016, so I look forward to returning to see them again. Below this window is a small niche with a demi-effigy of a woman wearing a wimple and holding a heart. This is believed to be Dame Agatha of Narborough, as the faux-Latin inscription above suggests. But apart from the glass, this church is dominated by the Spelman family. Several Norfolk landed familes seem to have made a good living from the law over the centuries, but perhaps none more than the Spelmans, who kept their hand in for at least four hundred years. They are here in the form of their brasses, the pre-Reformation ones on the floor, the post-Reformation ones on the wall, including the only brasses in Norfolk that depict the figure in judge's robes. But most dramatic of all are the memorials in the chancel. On the north side are Sir Clement Spelman and his wife, leaning awkwardly on their elbows like their contemporaries at Hethel. Above them kneels their daughter in a devoted attitude, but it is the figure on the other side, a baby in a cot, that catches the eye and the imagination. What happened to him when he grew up? To answer that question, it is only necessary to turn around; for there, standing lifesize on a pedestal, is the grown-up Clement fils, a wholly secular effigy of him in his robes as Recorder of the City of Nottingham. What on earth such a thing is doing in a church, you may well wonder, if you did not already know that such things are not uncommon in the early 18th century. What makes this particular statue interesting is that the pedestal it stands on was reduced in the nineteenth century from on that was no less than eight feet high, which had stood exactly in the centre of the chancel. The height of the pedestal was because it contained his coffin, standing upright. Pevsner observes that the pompous Spelman insisted on this before his death, so that he should not be trodden on. Not unreasonably, the energetic and pious Victorians were having no truck with this, and they chopped the pedestal down, chucked the coffin out, and moved Spelman to one side. How they resisted relegating him to outside the church altogether is not recorded.

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St Peter, Titchfield, Hampshire Heere lieth buried ye bodie of William Chamberlaine of Beaulieu in ye countie of Southamptn esq. 7th sonne of Sir Leonard Chamberlaine of Sherborne in ye countie of Oxon knight who maried to wife Margaret Streatley daughter and heire of John Streatley of Whitfield in ye countie of Oxon esq and had yssue of 2 sonnes and two daughters which sayd William deceased ye XXIII of Julie 1608 upon whos soule our Lorde have mercie

Anne Bennet 1651 and husband Sir Thomas Hutton 1620,

Monument to two infants, Lionel and Dorothy Allington, who died in 1638. Two infants lie under a canopy with curtains held back by putti. The inscription reads: "Stay Passengers and wonder whom these stones Had learned to speake, infants Alingtons These ye worlds strangers come not heere to dwell They tasted, liked it not, and bad farewell. Nature hath granted what they begd wth teares As soon as they begun to end theire years.

William Payne, d1626, and wife of 44 years, Jane, d1610

The village of Farningham in Kent was a chance discovery on the way back from Lullingstone (see earlier) and Farningham's parish church of St Peter and St Paul is a little stunner. While lacking the old glass of Lullingstone, Farningham compensates with some fine Victorian and modern glass, an Elizabethan monument inside the church and an 18th century mausoleum in the churchyard. www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/sets/72157603719055169/ to see the full set. The chancel is mid-13th century (Early English) while the nave is 13th to 14th century. The tower was probably added in the 15th century. Exterior alterations in the 19th century saw the flat-topped tower raised seven feet to incorporate battlements and a turret. The red brick external repairs had been carried out earlier, around 1790. Internally the church has featured various galleries in the nave which have all now been removed. The gallery in the base of the church tower survived until 1900. The eight-sided font is 15th century with sides carved to represent Baptism, Holy Matrimony, Ordination, Extreme Unction, Holy Communion, Mass, Penance and Confirmation. The Roper memorial on the north wall is dated 1597 and represents Antony Roper with his wife and some of his children. The sons are there but some of the daughters broke away and are now lost. The church also has some good brasses hidden under the carpets. One is dated 1451 and represents a former vicar. Some of the glass is by Charles Winston, later a noted authority on stained glass. His father was vicar of Farningham and one window may be an apprentice piece of Charles'. In the churchyard there is a handsome mausoleum to Thomas Nash, merchant citizen of London and a Justice of the Peace for Kent and Surrey. He died in Paris in 1778 and is buried here.

Hanging wall monument depicting a seated woman (Margaret Hobbes, d. 1608) with a stillborn child at her feet.

Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire

Effigy of Sir Drue Drury 1518-1617 son of Sir Robert Drury and Elizabeth daughter of Edmund Brudenell of Hedgerley Drue m1 Elizabeth d1578 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5DU8ux daughter Sir Philip Calthorpe of Erwarton by Amata Boleyn, aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn, widow of Sir Henry Parker & Sir William Woodhouse who brought him the manor of Riddlesworth - the face above his head may be an image of Elizabeth flic.kr/p/pDMq3V who is buried at St Martin at Palace Norwich - they had no children He m2 Catherine daughter of William Finch of Lynsted where they have a monument erected on her death www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/1083103515/ Children 1. Elizabeth m1 (2nd wife) Sir Thomas Wingfield son of Sir Robert Wingfield of Letheringham (d 1609) www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/14300836067/ widower of Radcliff Gerrard www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/14005154053/ m2 Henry Reynold of Belstead 2. Ann www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/14450695084/ m Sir John Deane of Great Maplestead www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/14428597446/ 3. Frances m Sir Robert Botiler of Wotton 4. Drue Drury, 1st Bart of Riddlesworth (1588-1632) m Anne daughter of Edward Waldegrave of Canfield Photo - Evelyn Simak by permission CCL

1629 Thomas Ashton holding his gloves - "In memory of her beloved husband Thomas Ashton who after he had lived 57 yeares providentialie, borne his sickness paitientlie, disposed of his estate charitablie, ended his life christianlie lieth heer interred decentlie. Anne his desolate and disconsolate relict hath erected this monument of his dissolution the 7th August 1629 of her resolution to wayte all the dayes of her appointed tyme untill her channge shall come" The monument is said to have been brought from Ashton Chapel, near Chaple Farm, the aisle being built with stones from there.. The Ashtons must have been influential in Winchester, especially among the ecclesiastical dignitaries of the city. Thomas Ashton's will (1629) included bequests to Anne Bilson, widow of Dr. Thomas Bilson, Bishop of Winchester, and to Dr. Robert Moore, a noted preacher and scholar, the author o£Diarium historico-poeticum, 1595. Moore, who seems to have been a valued acquaintance of Ashton's, was a canon of Winchester from 1613 to 1631. Possibly one of the favours for which Warwick had to thank Anne Ashton was the securing of his appointment to Durley. "Bishops Waltham" church effigy monument

"Here resteth the bodies of Christopher Knolles, and ……. his second wyffe, the daughter of John Berney of Langley, esquire. They had issue together syx sonnes and three daughters, which Christopher Knolles departed this life the 29th daye of December 1610 in the 67th year of his age" (All their heads hacked off probably during the Civil War, why was she left unscathed ??) Arms of Knolles impaling Berney & Knolles, impaling, gules , a saltire between 4 cross crosslets, fitche, aargent, probably Denny Inscription copied by Blomfield - As Christopher Knolles of Sprowston, gent, he made his will on 23rd January 1608, which was probated on 4th January 1610, so he possibly died in 1609 Christopher was born in 1543 in Aylsham, the son of Thomas Knowles & Joane Barker He m1 He m2 1570/71 at Thursford, Elizabeth (bc 1542 -after 1620 ) daughter John Berney / Barney of Langley & Mary daughter of Richard Floyde & Catherine Hobart, Elizabeth was the niece of Jane Berney wife of John Corbet www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/6d2962 ) Children - 6 sons & 3 daughters 1. John bc1572 2. Christopher bc1574 3. Thomas bc 1576 4. Philip bc 1578 5. Miles bc 1580 6. Francis bc 1582 1. Jane bc1573 m William Keet of Rockhill Norfolk 2. Mary bc 1575 3. Ann bc 1577 m1 Thomas Crane of Yarmouth www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/o/l/Andrew-N-BOLS/GENE19-0021.html - Church of St Mary & St Margaret, Sprowston Norfolk Picture with thanks - copyright Evelyn Simak CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2054547

TQ3296 :: St Andrew's Church, Enfield - Wall monument, near to Forty Hill, Enfield, England by John Salmon

All Saints Church, Forton - monument to Sir Thomas Skrymsher