St Stephen, Norwich. Memorial to Alderman Mathew Peckover (d1625). St Stephen, Norwich. C12 origins but generally early C16. Restored 1858 when the west gallery was removed and the west door was opened. Grade l listed.

Marcel had called last year, but found it locked, this time there was no problem, when you take Ken along no church can remained locked for long, he was in the car shouting out instructions to the CW down his mobile to get the place open, this was our only locked church on the trip (it does list keyholders but warns that it might be better to book a visit in advance, always upsets me to see that), but it gets a good write up in the guide books so we wanted to see inside. The exterior features a Norman round tower and a remarkable S porch by that most gifted of rogue Victorians, E B Lambe, it features two distinctly un-Medieval round windows. The interior is a bit of a jumble, there are lots of features, the font stands on a massive two step pedestal, must be a ‘elf an’ safety nightmare to be perched so high up at a Christening, the CW who opened up for us said they still use the font. There is some re-arranged Medieval glass and a most interesting glass sundial, which features a spider and a fly, I’ve never seen one like this before.

The monument to Thomas Copledike, who died in 1658, the last of the line.

Jacob Wheeler, a shoemaker, d1621, with shoemaker's tools on the frame

St Peter, Shorwell, Isle of Wight. John & Anne Leigh. To the Memory of JOHN LEIGH of Northcourt, Esq. He married ANNE the eldest Sister of JOHN EVERY of Cothay in Kittisford in Somerset, Esq. & was here interred Feb 2 1688 In the 38 year of his age. To the Memory of ANNE the most beloved wife of JOHN LEIGH Esq, eldest son of the above s'd JOHN. She was eldest daughter of WILLIAM EVELEIGH of Holcomb in Ottery St Mary in Devon Esq. She was born July 17 1667 & was here interred Sept 25 1719. She had 2 sons BARNABAS EVELEIGH & JOHN & 7 daughters ANNE, BETTY, MARY & JUDITH who was here interred March 1 1722, and CATHERINE, MARGARET & JOHANNA.

Joan Burton, d1631

The nephew of the famous Archbishop Cranmer.

St Edmund, Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire. Alabaster mural memorial to Princess Gertrude, Countess of Kingston, died 1649. Here lyeth the illustrious Princess GARTRUDE, Countesse of KINGSTON, daughter to HENRY TALBOT ESQr son to GEORGE late Earle of SHEWSBURY, she was married to the most Noble & Excellent LOD ROBERT Earle of KINGSTON, one of the Generalls to KING CHARLES the first in the late unhappy differences, and in that service lost his life, she had by him many children, most dead, there are living HENRY MARQUIS OF DORCHESTER, WILLIAM & GERVAS PIERREPONT ESQr & one daughter the Lady ELIZABETH PIERREPONT, she was a Lady replete with all qualities that adorne her sex & more eminent in them then in the greatnes of her birth. she was most devout in her dutyes to GOD, most observant of those to her neighbour an incomparable wife, a most indulgent mother & most charitable to those in want, in a word her life was one continued act of virtue she hath left a memo ry which will never dye & an example that may be imita ted but not easily equall’d. she died in the LXI yeare of her age, A.D. 1649 And this monument was erected to her by her Son GERVAS PIERREPONT.

Church of St Mary and St Margaret Monument to Sir John †1627 and Dame Anne Corbet. Alabaster. East end north aisle. A squat monument framed by Doric columns decorated with swags of pomegranates framing the dark inscription. The coat of arms resting on a female head is framed by consoles. The Corbet baronetcy of Sprowston was created for Sir John Corbet in 1623. He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet †1617 and was buried in St Margaret’s church, Westminster. The inscription ends with an anagram of his name: JOHANES CORBETTUS MILES; SANCTUSNE IS HOMO ET LIBER; EN! SANCTUS ISTE HOMO LIBER. Roughly translated as: The man is blessed and free; blessed is this man and free.

Church of St Mary Monument to Robert Kemp †1612. Alabaster. North wall of Kemp chapel on north of chancel. Commissioned by his wife in 1614. The inscription on black is set within an arch framed by near pilasters with the family coat of arms and black panels. The wonderful decorative coat of arms is decorated with a pelican with bloody jaw wounding itself on a sheaf of corn over a, now headless hawk (identified as the family crest by Blomefield). The roundel rests on brackets on a narrow tomb and is framed by obelisks. The conventional choice of flowers, roses, and fruit, pomegranates, is given a macabre twist by the entwined snakes eating them. The family chapel on the north is undocumented. According to Blomefield this was the traditional site for burial of the lords of the manor. It was probably been built after 1596 (the probable date of the coat of arms of another Robert) and 1614, when this monument was commissioned. The lengthy inscription set the pattern for the other Kemp memorials in the church, dwelling at length on family history. The family vault was opposite on the south of the chancel.

On the south wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is a memorial tablet to James I's physician John Makcullo (Maccolo or Macullo).

Here lyeth ye body of John Palgrave gent descended from ye auntient ....worlthy family of Palgrave of Palgrave. He married Mary the niece of Judge Meade ......died 13th April 1610 ..........Mary his wife hath raised this monument" John was the son of Robert Palgrave 1596 of Bradford, Norfolk and Anne daughter of John Kempe of Antingham

Church of St Mary, Monument to Dr. Robert Redmayne †1625. Stone, slate and polychromy. North aisle. Commissioned by his wife Dorothy. The plain tomb chest, with no image, supports a superstructure framed by black Ionic columns topped by obelisks. The inscription is set under twin arches and within a frame typical of the period, decorated with cartouches and with a splendid coat of arms framed by Doric pilasters above. The Latin inscription, transcribed by Blomefield, refers to Redmayne’s academic connection with Cambridge and his thirty seven years as chancellor of Norwich Cathedral. Dorothy Redmayne is commemorated on the ledger stone at the foot of the monument. This notes that she had been the wife of John Rolfe and later of Dr Redmayne, whom she outlived by 20 years dying in 1645 aged 80, and was buried at the feet of her two husbands. Francis Blomefield, 'Smethdon Hundred: Hitcham', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 10 (London, 1809), pp. 307-312 detail of the architecture

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By the chancel arch facing the congragation, memorial to Sir Charles Mordaunt knight and baronet, dyed at London, July 10, 1648, aged 33, he was married to Catherine daughter of Sir Lionel Tallemache, of Helmingham in Suffolk, knight and bart. by whom he had Sir Charles his eldest son, Katherine (dying before her father) Talmach, John, Henry, (departed also) Elizabeth and Amy. Here remains in civill trust His beloved bewayled dust, Whose goodness is secure from fear Of finding any sepulchre". Sir Charles was the son of Sir Robert Mordaunt, 2nd Bart. & Amy daughter of Sir Austin Sotherton: He m Catherine daughter of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Bart. flic.kr/p/ns9sze (son of Lionel flic.kr/p/nsa84Q & Catherine Tallemache 1620 flic.kr/p/naXHLJ )by Elizabeth flic.kr/p/naVG8W daughter of John 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington & Margaret MacWilliams. Elizabeth was the grand daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope & Anne Stanhope of Shelford flic.kr/p/dWLCDq Children 1. Sir Charles Mordaunt, 4th Bart.dsp 1665 m 1663 Elizabeth daughter of Nicholas Johnson 2. Talmach Mordaunt 3. Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Bart. 1721 m1 1678 Anne daughter of William Risley m2 1695 Penelope daughter of Sir George Warburton m3 1715 Elizabeth ..... 4. Henry died you pre 1648 1. Catherine died young pre 1648 2. Amy Mordaunt 3. Elizabeth Mordaunt (His gravestone is set in the centre of the east end of the nave www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/VWTr01 ) The Mordaunt family came to the estate with the mid 15c marriage of Robert Mordaunt & Barbara heiress of John le Strange.1517 whose table tomb once before the altar of our Blessed Lady in the chapel south of the chancel, is now under the tower. - Church of St. Andrew, Little Massingham (Massingham Parva) Norfolk, Picture with thanks - copyright Evelyn Simak CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1921265

Here lieth buried Dorothy one of the daughters of Christopher Tamworth of Hawsted in ye county of Leicester, edq, who was first married to Thomas Cotton of Connington in ye county of Huntingdon esquire, by whom she had issue 4 sons & 3 daughters. The sons died without issue; The second daughter Fraunces was married to Sir Edward Mountagu, Knight of the Bathe at ye coronation of King James , now Lord Montague of Boughton. She lived a godly life & made a faithful end, departing this world the 7 of January 1621 being aged 71 years " (Dorothy was the daughter of Christopher Tamworth of Hawsted She m1 (2nd wife) Thomas Cotton 1550-1592 flic.kr/p/26mk4JA son of Thomas Cotton and Lucy daughter of Thomas Hervey / Harvey of Elmstoke: Widower of Elizabeth Shirley 1540-pre 1579 daughter of Francis Shirley of Chillington by Dorothy flic.kr/p/fHiDeU daughter of Sir John Giffard of Brewood & Jane Hoord / Horde flic.kr/p/f5BH8L with 5 children - Thomas m Mary Apreece: Lucy Talcarne: Dorothy m Maurice Baude: Johanna m John Baude of Somerby: Sir Robert Cotton 1631 m Elizabeth Brocas) Children 1. Frances 1528-1620 m (2nd wife) Edward Montagu, 1st Baron of Boughton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/3T31pH son of Edward Montagu 1602 & Elizabeth Harrington www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/46Q223 (parents of Frances wife of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland flic.kr/p/JpwnWy 2. Henry Cotton d. 11 Jun 1614 died unmarried 3. Ferdinand Cotton, merchant, died without issue 4. John Cotton, merchant, died without issue 5. Catherine Cotton d1613 unmarried 6. Rebecca Cotton m William Mulsho Dorothy m2 ………. Rawlins Picture with thanks - copyright Tim www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101192452-church-of-st-m...

Church of St Miles Coslany Tomb of Henry Fawcett †1619. North chapel. A fragment. Blomefield notes that it had already been: ‘broken through to make a passage into the vestry; his arms on a bend three dolphins with a crescent gul. for difference, still remain. There is an inscription on a board standing in the vestry, which formerly hung by Fawcet's tomb, round which is a vine springing from the bottom, with leaves and bunches of grapes, between which are 24 labels, with inscriptions on them: A deserved Memorial upon the worshipfull and worthy Benefactor to this City and Country, Mr. Henry Fawcet, who departed this Life, the 21 of Jan. 1619. There is a portrait of Henry Fawcett as sheriff in 1609 in the Guildhall. Blomefield published his will with its wide range of bequests, some of which are summarised below: £300 for the mayor and aldermen and wardens of company of worsted-weavers to be distributed as three-year loans to the poorest worsted weavers, on security, similar loans to shoemakers and two poor smiths A grant to support someone to prepare stones (flints?) to enable poor masons to work in winter. A range of charitable bequests including £40 to be distributed evenly between the Dutch and French poor. Francis Blomefield, 'The city of Norwich, chapter 28: Of the city in James I's time', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 3, the History of the City and County of Norwich, Part I (London, 1806), pp. 360-371; wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Fawcett_(d._1619)

Near this monument lies Edward Dethe, esquire a man fruitful in good offices to his country, and the father of 20 children by one wife Grizel Steward, a descendant of the noble family of the Stewards. He was a man of strict honour, the most polished manners and of exemplary piety towards God. Eminent in the art of jurisprudence, he discharged the office of justice of the peace in this district with becoming dignity. Being born to an ample fortune, he used it honourably so long as it was allowed him, and supported the loss of it in the civil wars with fortitude, aided to the last by the kind support of 2 successive Earls of Exeter. He enjoyed a vigorous old age, the reward of unusual temperance; until at length, his years increasing and being admonished of his approaching dissolution by an inveterate palsy, he died the 5th of March 1687 in the 87th year of his age. Mindful of the friendship which had been zealously cultivated with him for several years, Francis Hatcher, an afflicted old man, and who in a short time is likely to follow him, has thus piously performed his last obsequies" - Church of St Martin Stamford Lincolnshire

"Here lies interr'd John Jegon, Esq; second sonne to that Reverend Father in God, John Jegon www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/12901920564/ Doctor in Divinity, and some time Bishop of this Diocese, he was not of many Years, yet his modest Carriage and Behaviour equall'd him with the Antientest, he was much addicted to the Enquiry of Learning and the Arts, for which cause, he betook himself to the University, from whence after some continuance, he passed to the Jnnes of Court: but desirous still of more, then here colud be attain'd to; like Elias, that he might the better mount unto Heaven, there to contemplate on the perfection of his Creator, he laies aside his Mantle, which is here locked up in the common Wardrobe the Earth. 'till at the last Day he shall come to put it on againe, he dyed the 14th of September 1631, being af Age 19 Yeares and a half, in whose Memory his sad Mother, caused this Inscription to be made. See here's noe Pyramis, here is no costly Peece, That boasts of Memphis, or all skilfull Greece, He wrongs thy better Part, mistakes thy worth, That thinks carv'd Statues, can set Thee forth, False Mettals need the Artist's Help, to add Ought to the purer Gold, would shewe him madd, And stately Structures, in vain on Thee were spent, Thou to thyself, art the best Monument"