11. Summary Catalogue of Sepulchral Memorials and Remains of Ancient Art Existing in Parish Churches
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280 11. SUMMARY CATALOGUE OF SEPULCHRAL MEMORIALS AND REMAINS OF ANCIENT ART EXISTING IN PARISH CHURCHES. HUNDRED OF .BLACKBOURN, SUFFOLK. ASHFIELD, The Thur lows are buried here; but have no monuments to their memory. BADWELL AsH. Monuments, l. Thomas Norgate, Esq. M.D. of Ashfield House, d. 14 Feb. 1818, aged 68. Elizabeth, his relict, only daughter of Thomas Burroughes, Esq, of Wymond• ham, Norfolk, d. 16 Nov. 1834, aged 71. Arms: Norgate, Gu. two gauntlets in sa1tire or, impaling Burroughes, Arg. a chevron az, between three chaplets proper. 2. A monument of marble, for Rev. Thos. Norgate, M.A. who died May 31, 1810, aged 29. This was formerly in Ashfield church, but has been removed hither. 3. Rev. James Norgate, M.B. of Gonville and Caius Coll. Camb. d. 22nd Feb. l 841, aged 49 years. 4. Sophia Mary Anne, wife of Rev. Burroughes Thos, Nor• gate, M.A. d. 27 Oct. 1831, aged 31. BARDWELL. Here are considerable remains of Stained Glass, in good preservation ; they consist of I. Sir William de Berd• well; kneeling on a small stool ; in his right hand, a spear erect, his left hand raised;: round his neck hangs his shield, on which are his arms : Gu. a goat salient arg. ; he is in armour, except his head, which is bound with a wreath or fillet; his helmet stands before him. Of this figure there is a large coloured en• graving, published by William Fowler, Winterton, Lincolnshire, and in Blomef. Norf. vol. i. p. 302, a woodcut of it. · 2, A man in armour, kneeling, his hands clasped and raised, on his armour are these arms: On a chief indented two mullets (Drury r), and over his head a shield of the same. 3. A woman kneeling, dressed in a dark gown, over her head, on a chapeau, a mnllet of six points, as a crest. Above are the arms of Pakenham, Quarterly or and gu. in the 1st quartet· an eagle displayed, BLACKBOURN HUNDRED, SUFFOLK. 281 In the window are various coats of arms ; as Brotherton, Hast• ings, Tuddenham, East Angles, Read, &c. Monuments. 1. A large mural one, of black and white marble, for Thos. Read, Esq. who d. 1678, aged 26. Arms: Read, Gu. on a bend arg. three shovellers sa, beaked and legged gu. 2. A plain white marble tablet, for Thos. Croftes Read, Esq. who d. 8 Aug. 1769, aged 71. 3. A table monument of stone covered with a slab of Kilkenny marble, for Sir Charles Crofts Read, d. 9 Oct. 1690, aged 38. Arms : Read, quartering Crofts, A. three bull's heads couped sa.; impaling Hewett, Gu. a chevron engrailed between three owls arg. 4. A large monument of alabaster, &c. against the south wall of the chancel; in a double-arched niche, the figures of a man and woman kneeling at a faldstool ; he in a loose gown, and long flowing hair; she with a book in her hand; below, a daughter in one compartment, kneeling, and, behind her, another with a skull in her hands, with a third lying behind her :-a boy in an• other compartment, kneeling, with a skull ; behind him lies a child, at the head of which are two other children kneeling. For Thomas Read, Esq. and Bridget his wife. He died 1651. Arms of Read and his quarterings, 5. A small mural monument for Thomas Crofts, Esq. second son of Sir John Crofts, knt, Died 1595, aged 80. Arms: Crofts, impaling Copledike, Arg. a chevron between three cross• crosslets gu. 6. A table monument, similar to No. 8, for Sir Charles Crofts, Knt. who d. 1660, aged 85. Arms: Crofts, impaling Poley, and Crofts impaling Litton, Ermine, on a chief indented az, three coronets or. 7. A mural monument of white marble on dove-coloured ground, for Rev. James Welton, Rector, who d. 1772. 8. Another of a similar description for Mrs. Anne Medowe, second daughter of Sir Thomas Medowe, of Yarmouth, Knt. died 15 July 1708. Arms : Medowe, Ar. two bends or, on a chief of the first two crosses patee of the second. 9. Another ditto, Elizabetha filiola charissima Caroli Crofts, Mil. ob. 2 Dec. 1638, eet, 15. Arms: Crofts. On a black marble slab are thirteen Greek verses, in memory of a person of the name of Poley; without any particulars. 282 CATALOGUE OF SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS, &c. Three stones had brasses, now lost; one having had the figures of a man and a woman kneeling opposite to each other, the man in armour, with very large elbow pieces. BARNINGHAM, Brass plate. " @rate p at'« jlll«gttstd ttmtllt' ~otbt qno'llam ltettotifj tfjtts, ettl'iet qi ollttt llet0• nono .fl!l«Ht an°. ID'ntJll!l1°.tttr0.1xxxxtx0• Qtuf" &c. Above is the figure of a priest. CoNEY WESTON. Mural 'labktll_~ 1, Maurice Alexander, M.A. Rector, died 28 Feb. 1783, aged 46. 2, Maurice Dreyer, of London, merchant, d. 21 Nov. 1786. Arms: Dreyer, Arg. a chevron between three Catharine wheels gu. On an inescutcheon, Hall, Ar. a chevron embattled coun• ter-embattled or. CuLFORD. Monuments. I. Next the north wall, a large one of marble, consisting of a table placed against the wall, on which lies the figure in statuary marble of a young man on his side, his head resting on his right hand, in his left a book. Over him, in a niche in the wall, is the full-faced figure of a female, sitting in a chair, with a veil, fixed on the top of her head, and falling down on each side ; on her knee sits a child, and on her right hand stand two girls, and on her left three boys ; the arch of the niche supported by pillars of black marble, and at top is an open compass pediment. This is for Jane Lady Bacon, daughter of Hercules Meautys, Esq. first the wife of Sir Wm. Cornwallis, of Brome, Knt. and afterwards of Sir Nathaniel Bacon, Knt. d. 8 May 1659, set, 79. (See the inscription printed in "The Private Correspondence of Jane Lady Cornwallis," 1842, p. xii.) Arms: Cornwallis, Meautys, and Bacon, 2. Small mural, having in the centre the bust of a man; on the side a pallet and painter's brushes. Sir Nathaniel Bacon, K.B. who died 1627. (See the epitaph, ibid. p. xvi.) 8. Against the east wall, is a large monument of different mar• bles: "Depositum D. Margaretre Cornwallis, conjugis Caroli Cornwallis, Baronis de Eye, ob. 6 Martij, MDCLXVIII," Arms: Cornwallis. 4. In the nave, a very elegant mural monument of white mar• ble, for Charles second and last Marquess Cornwallis, d. 9 Aug. 1823, aged 49. Arms: Cornwallis impaling Gordon. Within the communion rails, a brass label, on which only the words " ptii meii " can be read; below, was a brass bust of a man' and inscription, now lost, BLACKBOURN HUNDRED, SUFFOLK. 283 In the east window are numerous arms of Cornwallis and his impalements; and in the south window of the nave, Bacon, im• paling Ferneley and Bures of four quarterings. The Cornwallis's have a large vault here, with only five cof• fins in it. Ei.MSWELL. Monuments. I. A small mural one of white mar• ble, for Mrs. Cecilia Lawton, · of Bury St. Edmund's. Died '7 Sept. 1813, aged 76. 2. Against the east end of the aisle, and filling nearly the whole of it, is a large and handsome monument of various kinds of marble; under an arch, supported by Corinthian columns, lies, resting on his left arm, a full-length figure clothed in a scarlet robe, with gold lace, and furred with ermine; at his feet, in an open arch, kneels his son. This is for Sir Robert Gar• diner, Knt. Chief Justice of Ireland 18 years, and for two years Viceroy there; he died 12 Feb. 1619, aged 80. Arms: Gar• diner, Gu. a chevron between three griffin's heads erased or; and Gardiner impaling Trelawney, Arg. a chevron or between three oak leaves vert. The whole inclosed in palisades. In the nave lies a large stone, which had a handsome cross in brass, with the figure of a priest in the centre of it; round the edge was a brass fillet for an inscription. All lost. EusTON. Brasses. I. The upper part of a man in armour, a female on his right: on his left was another female, this and the inscription gone. Arms: Rookwood, three chess rooks; and Rookwood, impaling, Quarterly, l and 4, six roundels ; 2 and 3, a cross. The female figure 2 feet long. 2. A plate, for Sir George Fielding, K.B. Baron of .Lecale, Viscount Callan, Earl of Desmond; d. 31 Jan. aged 49. Arms: Fielding, impaling Stanhope. No figure. 8. The upper part of a man, and the lower part of his wife; the man having very long hair, and a gown with long wide sleeves; there were two shields of arms at top, and an inscription below, now lost. 4. A stone, which had formerly the brass figure of a priest, now gone; below a plate still remains with this inscription : " 11ttc ;actt Jfl!tagt~ttrmtu'u~ §ottr crtcu~ quon== tram lttttor t~ttu~ tttl'it qut obt;t unlltttmo bit au,,. ,uttt anno •·nt ,fl!ttll'tmo ttttt0• xxtiij0• Qtuj.'' &c. 284 CATALOGUE OF SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS, &c. 5. The figures of a man and his wife, each 2 feet 11 inc. high ; the man's hair dressed very wide on the sides, a purse and tassel hang from his girdle ; the woman's head-dress that of the time of Edward IV.