538 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 ap• pearance 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, im• paling 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 inscrip• tion in Latin for Edmund Poley, Esq. and Mirabel his wife; he died last of Dec. 1548, and she 25 Feb. 1558. John Poley, BOSMER.E AND CLAYDON HUNDRED, 8UFFOLK, 539 eldest son, and Anne his wife, daughter of Thomas Lord Went• worth, 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, Bad• well, 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 Dun• combe, 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 Ac• ton, 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. BARHAM, 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 540 CATALOGUE OF SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS, &c. filia~ Thome Sheryngton, armi. dum vixit de Barsschfii de• functi. 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 South• weJI, 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 vari• ous-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 remem• brance 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 an• nos, et ob. _24 July 1646." Arms: Bacon, Gules, on a chief argent two mullets sa, quartering Quaplod ; Little, of eight BOSMERE AND CLAYDON HUNDRED, SUFFOLK. 541 coats, Little, Booth, Codmanston, Cavalere, Lytton, Oake, Weyland, Little. 4. Small mural, of white marble, for Penelope Bacon, daugh• ter 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, sur• mounted 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. Gas• coyne, &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. Alder• man 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 dove• coloured 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 542 CATALOGUE OF SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS, &c. 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.