Sir Thomas and Dame Alice Lovell
Here lyeth buried Sir Thomas Lovell
Knighte sonne and heire of Sir Thomas
Lovell Knighte and Dame Alice his
Wife duaghter of Sir John Huddilston
Knighte He died the 12th. daye of De
cember 1604 in the yeare of his age 64.
And she died the first daye of September
1602 in the yeare of her age 64.
They had yssve 5 Sonnes and 3 Daugh
ters: wherof 2 Sonnes and 1 Daughter
died in their infancie.
3 Sonnes Vis Sir Franncys Lovell
Knighte Charles Lovell and William
Lovell Esquires overlived them: and
2 daughters were maryed in their lyfe
time, Viz Katherine first to Sir Thomas
Knyuet of Buckingham Castell Knighte
secondly to Edwarde Springe and thirdly
to Edwarde Downes Esquire And
Elinor to Edwarde Waldegrave sonne and
heire apparent of Charles Waldegrave
of Stanninghall Esquire
Sir Thomas Lovell was born on 9th. March 1540 at East Harling, Norfolk, his father, Thomas Lovell, was aged 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Paris, was 24.
Thomas married Alice Huddleston of Sawston on 9th. November 1563 in East Harling. They would have five sons and three daughters together.
Sir Thomas died at East Harling on 12th. December 1604, aged 64, and Dame Alice died on 1st. September 1602, aged 64.
Their painted and gilded effigies lie on a colourful tomb-chest beneath a canopy, with a central coat of arms and two Latin epitaph panels. The canopy is topped with three black obelisks and is supported by three Corinthian columns. Five further coats of arms adorn the tomb-chest.
Sir Thomas' head rests upon his helmet and at his feet are peacock feathers.
Dame Alice's head rests upon a cushion and at her feet is a Saracen's scalp held aloft by a pair of arms.
Above the tomb in the Lady Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul's in East Harling is a helmet which was returned to the church in the 1980's after being stolen to order more than 50 years earlier for a private collector. The helmet's provenance was identified by the British Museum, and it was found to be identical to the helmet supporting Sir Thomas' head.
Sir Thomas and Dame Alice Lovell
Here lyeth buried Sir Thomas Lovell
Knighte sonne and heire of Sir Thomas
Lovell Knighte and Dame Alice his
Wife duaghter of Sir John Huddilston
Knighte He died the 12th. daye of De
cember 1604 in the yeare of his age 64.
And she died the first daye of September
1602 in the yeare of her age 64.
They had yssve 5 Sonnes and 3 Daugh
ters: wherof 2 Sonnes and 1 Daughter
died in their infancie.
3 Sonnes Vis Sir Franncys Lovell
Knighte Charles Lovell and William
Lovell Esquires overlived them: and
2 daughters were maryed in their lyfe
time, Viz Katherine first to Sir Thomas
Knyuet of Buckingham Castell Knighte
secondly to Edwarde Springe and thirdly
to Edwarde Downes Esquire And
Elinor to Edwarde Waldegrave sonne and
heire apparent of Charles Waldegrave
of Stanninghall Esquire
Sir Thomas Lovell was born on 9th. March 1540 at East Harling, Norfolk, his father, Thomas Lovell, was aged 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Paris, was 24.
Thomas married Alice Huddleston of Sawston on 9th. November 1563 in East Harling. They would have five sons and three daughters together.
Sir Thomas died at East Harling on 12th. December 1604, aged 64, and Dame Alice died on 1st. September 1602, aged 64.
Their painted and gilded effigies lie on a colourful tomb-chest beneath a canopy, with a central coat of arms and two Latin epitaph panels. The canopy is topped with three black obelisks and is supported by three Corinthian columns. Five further coats of arms adorn the tomb-chest.
Sir Thomas' head rests upon his helmet and at his feet are peacock feathers.
Dame Alice's head rests upon a cushion and at her feet is a Saracen's scalp held aloft by a pair of arms.
Above the tomb in the Lady Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul's in East Harling is a helmet which was returned to the church in the 1980's after being stolen to order more than 50 years earlier for a private collector. The helmet's provenance was identified by the British Museum, and it was found to be identical to the helmet supporting Sir Thomas' head.