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Ashwellthorpe - All Saints |
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| Church open 10.00 am - 4.00 pm daily. Park
in drive to church O/S Ref: TM 147 978 |
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Sir Edmund Thorpe (1417) and Lady Joan (1415)
Sir Edmund was killed at the siege of Louviers Castle, Normandy and brought back to Ashwellthorpe for burial.
Alabaster. She has head on angel supported double pillow; he on helm. Both have feet on dogs. Both wear the SS collar. Tomb chest with angels holding shields with arms. Made by Thomas Prertys and Robert Sutton of Shellaston, Derbyshire. Joan has died in 1415 and left £20 in her will; for a monument in the chapel; however nothing was done until her husband was killed in 1417. He had asked for the construction for the tomb to be constructed for him and his wife, which was completed in1419. It is said to have had a wooded canopy (probably a tester)over the top.
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| On either side of the monument are two alabaster plates with the above inscriptions, presumably restorers of the monument |
 Two prints of Charles Stothard's etchings (one coloured with details) which are on display in the church. |
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East Tuddenham - All Saints |
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| Church open during
daylight hours; daylight hours. Park outside. O/S Ref: TG 085 115 |
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| John Robert Fieldman MA (1891) Student of Christ Church, Oxford; Hon Canon of Norwich Cathedral; Rural Dean of Higham; Vicar of this parish. | The Very Rev Edward Mellish (1831) 37 years vicar of these parishes, and for last three years Dean of Hereford, where he was killed by a fall from his horse |
| Fersfield - St Andrew |
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Top Row:
Amicia, widow of T. Hastying and wife of Robert
de Blois.
The effigy was originally painted like that
of
Robert de Bois (below). Second row and right: Sir Robert de Blois II (1340) son of Robert de Blois I by Amicia, above. Oak, now in glass case. The painting is medieval, the later repainting having been removed in the 1960's These effigies were recorded by Francis Blomefield, 18th century historian and rector, who rermoved the effigies, had them restored and repainted and erected a tablet to record this work. He ledger stone is in the church. |
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| Frenze - St Andrew |
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John Belnnerhasset (1510) & his 2nd wife Jane
(Tyndall) (1521) At Gazeley in Norfolk he has a second monument, with only indents now, to himself, his first wife and their sons |
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Hingham St Andrew |
Thomas, Lord Morley (1435)
However made later as heraldry shows arms of his son
Robert and the latter's wife, who married in 1442. Red sandstone.
Originally brasses with canopy on lid. Note the kneeling figures
at the back wall: figure of Christ seated flanked by kneeling
figures of Lord Morley and his wife; and the Annunciation at the
top of the buttresses.
Also a memorial to Abraham Lincoln (US President), with bust erected 1919 because some of his ancestors came from here |
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| Unfortunately, the original photographs are missing so I was unable to edit and enlarge them |
| Holkham - St Withburga |
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Above: Juliana Coke (Whitbread) (1870) Wife of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester. By Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm First right: Monument erected by John Coke on the death of his wife Meriall (1636) They kneel alongside her parents, Anthony Wheatleley and Anne Armiger, and grandparents, William Wheately and Martha Skinner. Alabaster. At the foot are six sons and nine daughters. This John Coke was the fourth son of Sir Edward Coke, jurist and champion of parliamentary rights. Centre right: Miles Armiger (1639) Uncle of Meriel, above. Alabaster. The last two monuments recorded above are from the workshop of Nicholas Stone, by Robert Pook in 1639. Far right: Arthur George Coke (1915) Second son of Thomas William, 3rd Earl of Leicester, KIA in the Dardanelles. By A Drury. |
| Hunstanton - St Mary |
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Above left: Sir Roger Strange (1506) 3' long brass on tomb chest. Canopy. N aisle E, moved in 20th C from chancel. Above central: Sir Edmund Grene & Agnes (c 1490) brass, figures 25" long. W end, near S door. Above right: Cross Slab. Far right: Sir Henry Le Stange (1485) The tomb chest was also intended to serve as an Easter Sepulchre and, according to Sir Henry's will, modelled on the Morley monument at Hingham. The tomb chest has a Purbeck Marble top |
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Thomas Snelling (1623) & Margaret Three children & a baby below the main figures |
King's Lynn St Nicholas's Chapel |
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| Little Walsingham - St Mary |
| The church was badly damaged by fire in 1961 but rebuilt as a replica |
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| Sir Henry Sidney (1612) and his (unamed) wife (1638). Fire damaged. It appears to have been on a tomb chest with 'architectural surround' (canopy?) but these not longer exist. | Robert Anguish (1590) Not the snake with either a vis (a carpenters' tool) or arrow. The scuptor often joins the letters. |
| Narborough - All Saints |
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Above left top left: John Cary Marriott (1815) '2nd son of ... Rector of Broadway Dorsetshire'. Above left top right: John Hotblack JP (1895), his son George Snelling Hotblack (1920) & the latter's wife Emily Rosa (1940) who 'is interred in this church yard). Between these two monuments is a detail of the monument on the far right. (see below) Above left bottom: John Eyer (1561) & Margaret. In the chancel Above centre: Dame Agatha of Narburgh (1293) Probable identification of this demi-effigy. Above right: Sir Clement Spelman (1607) & Wife Alabaster. Note to the left and right of the inscription a kneeling child and a baby in a crib. |
| Other Monuments |
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Spelman (1496) & Wife 27" brass, chancel floor John Spelman (1545) 2' figure, chancel floor Sir John Spelman (1545) & Wife kneeling figures with panel of resurrection above, chancel Also palimpsest of early 15th C brass of 2 ladies - 22" figure, chancel floor Sir John Spelman (1662) standing wall monument, inscription Clement Spelman (1679) Standing alabaster figure in robes of the Recorder of Nottingham. Possibly by Sir William Wilson Andrew Fountaine (1706) Cartouche attrib. to William Woodman the Elder. |
| Ranworth - St Helen |
| Open: 9.30 - 5.30. Strictly no flash photography. Known as ' The Cathedral of the Broads' |
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| John Kerrison (1804).
His son, Matthias (1844). The latter's first
wife, Mary (1802) and second wife also,
Mary (1833) (Hawke) (Allured) Signed: Cushing fecit Despite the military symbols, there are no indications of military service. |
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Reepham - St Mary |
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| Church open, 9.00 am to
5.00 pm each day; park outside. There are two churches in a
single churchyard (in fact, there used to be a third but only
the ruins of this remains) one for each parish until the two
parishes were united. We are looking for St Mary's (on the right
of the photograph) not St Michael (on the left). The latter has
more efficient heating so tends to be used in the cold months
and has been refurbished as a community space. O/S Ref: TG 102 229 |
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| Sir Roger de Kerdison (1337) or his son, William de Kerdison (1361), now considered to be the former. He lies on a bed of pebbles, slightly turned turned towards to onlooker, and with crossed arms and legs. There are only two ohers of of this design in the country. The meaning of this design is not known: one can but speculate | |
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| Left:
Sir William de Kerdison (1391) and his
wife, Cecily. Brass, floor. Above left: George (1839) and his wife Elizabeth Wymer (1847) Above right: Alice (1744) Rest not legible Right: Rev Sir Edmund Jodrell Borge S Frediano |
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| Mary Worldinghm (Priest) (1826) also her husband, John Wording ham, surgeon, (1846) | White ellipse with long axis horizontal on black hexagonal base | |
| Rev Richard Priest (1794) 42 years rector of Reepham and Kerdison. His wife, Mary, (Kingsbury)(1812) | " | |
| Rev Saint John Priest MA. 19 years rector. (1818 ). Also his wife Deborah (1822) | " | |
| Rebecca Priest (St John)(1765) | " | |
| Rev John Mathew MA (1842) 23 years rector | " | |
| Rev Michael Umfreville Wilkinson MA
(1910). Formerly Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge,
Hon Canon of Norwich Cathedral, Rural Dean of
Sparham (1890 -
1910), Rector of Reepham (1844 - 1910) |
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| Roughham - St Mary |
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| Above:
Thomas Keppel North (1919) Headstone with
relief of twin engined biplane. Inscription records that he, a
superintendent at Vickers, designed the first aircraft to cross
the Atlantic. Right: Sir William Yelverton (1472) & Wife 26" brass. By Lectern. Far right: Possible a section of the William Yelverton beass of 1586 |
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Roger North (1734)
Gibbsian pedimented marble tablet with urn. Chancel. Charles North (1906) coloured marble wall monument in 17th C style. Chancel William Yelverton & Wife (1510) Brass John & Roger Yelverton (1505) Brass. Babies in swaddling clothes under ogee canopy. 9" figures William Yelverton (1586), Two Wives & Two separate groups of children. 2' figures. Chancel south. |
| South Acre - St George |
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Fragment of wooden effigy of a knight, in chancel tomb recess
but not in situ. Right: Knight c 1300 Far right: Series of Cross slabs of the 14th C |
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| Sir John Harsyck (1384) & Katherine
Brass. N chancel aisle 5' long, hand holding Sir Roger Harsyck (1454) Brass. In pieces and not exhibited Thomas Leman (1534) Brass. Priest, kneeling, missing scroll, 15". Between chancel stalls. Sir Edward Barkham (1634) & Wife Standing alabaster. On TC, 3 kneeling daughters and 2 kneeling sons separated by charnel panel. 2 recumbent effigies. He was Lord Mayor of London and wears his robes over his armour. Skulls at heads and feet. Back wall has woman holding wreath , skeleton in shroud and arms. Attrib. (Adam White) to John & Mattthias Christmas |
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Stow
Bardolf -
Holy Trinity The Hare Chapel |
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| Above from left to right: 1) & 2) As these are both older than the chapel, which was built of brick against the north side of the church in 1624, they are presumably from the body of the church. Left, Nicholas (1597) and Right, Hugo Hare (1619 ). 3) Sarah Hare (1744) She died age eighteen. In her will of August 10th 1743, she requested '...I desire my face and hands made in wax with a piece of crimson satin thrown like a garment in a picture hair upon my head and put in a case of mahogany with a glass before and fix'd up so near the place were my corps lyes as it can be with my name and time of Death put upon the case in a manner most desirable if I do not execute this in my life I desire it may be done after my Death.' This was carried out to the letter and this rather horrifying life like effigy can still be seen in what appears to be a cupboard; a demi-effigy wearing clothes of the period. It is likely that the face and hands were made from impressions taken either in life or shortly after death. The monument was restored in 1984 by Miss Jean Frazer (formerly of Madam Tussauds), who, of course, restored the wax, and by Mrs Judith Dore (formerly Senior Conservation Officer to the Victoria and Albert Museum) who restored the textiles. 4) Sir Thomas Hare (1834) Tablet of white marble with figures of Faith, Hope and Charity, with the inscription between them | |||
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Above from left to right: 1) Sir Ralph Hare (1623) Tomb chest: his monument is shown below 2) & 3) The Sarah Hare cabinet open and closed. 4) Sir Thomas Hare (1693) White marble. A semi-reclining figure wearing a wig, yet Roman armour. On tomb chest with thickly fluted cornice. No backing. Attributed to Grinling Gibbons |
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| Sir Ralph Hare (1623) of alabaster: tomb chest with upper structure with two flanking columns and obelisks on top. . His actual tomb is shown above: a simple tomb chest with arms on the longer aspect and an inscription on the shorter. | Susanna Hare (1741) Semi-reclining figure in loose robes against a classical reredos with two cherubs' heads in the clouds. Of white and grey marble. By Peter Scheemakers. | Mary Hare (1801) Standing figure of Hope with anchor leaning on an urn against which rests an upturned torch. All of white marble against a gray obelisk. By McDaniel. | ||
| Tittleshall - St Mary |
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Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1759) with busts of Earl and Countess. Monument by Charles Atkinson but busts by Roubiliac. |
Mrs Jane Coke (1800) group in relief of the lady, putto and an angel. By Joseph Nollekens (1805) (signed) | Bridget Coke (née Paston) (1598) Alabaster | Mrs Jane Coke (1800) group in relief of the lady, putto and an angel. By Joseph Nollekens (1805) (signed) |
| Also but not shown: Robert Coke (1679) Black and white marble. Tomb chest but no effigy. Attrib: Abraham Storey | |||
| Unfortunately, the original photographs of Bridget and of Jane are missing so I was unable to edit and enlarge them | |||
I am sorry to say some of the originals are missing so I have not been ablbe to enlarge or edit them