St George Tombland Norwich
"Near hee lieth ye body of Thomas Anguish late citizen & alderman of Norwich & sometimes mayor of this city who deceased the 26th January AD 1617 aged 79, who had to wife Elizabeth daughter of Edmund Thurston and had issue by her 9 sonnes and 3 daughters, where of at his death their were living 5 sonnes only"
"William Anguish, gent, dyed the 6th day of July 1668 to whose memorie John Anguish esq, his nephew and executor dedicated this inscription"
Now crammed behind the organ, monument to Thomas Anguish (1536 - 1617) www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0BX434 in the robes of an alderman, who kneels with his wife & family. Placed here at his request above his "seat where he usually sat" and is by Nicholas Stone costing £20 double the amount he had left in his will for this purpose.
Thomas was the youngest of 3 sons of Thomas Anguish of Foulsham by Anne Thimblethorp
He m Elizabeth c 1619 daughter of grocer Edmund Thurston ++ to whom Thomas was apprenticed . Their house and shop was in Tombland (on the corner of Tombland and Wensum Street, now part of the Maid’s Head Hotel)
He took over his father in law's grocery business and prospered, becoming a freeman of Norwich in 1573. and took an active role in city life, serving as Sheriff, Mayor and Speaker of the Council. He was elected mayor in 1611, and as was usual there was a pageant and firework display. Sadly the cord suspended with fireworks collapsed causing the deaths of 33 bystanders. The occasion was described by a local catholic commentator as "a scourge to that wicked citie and puritan mayor .. being Anguish did portend anguish and sorrow to the people" Thereafter fireworks were banned from Guildhall feasts
Children 9 sons & 3 daughters (5 sons survived their father)
1. John 1569-1571
2. Alexander 1577-1579
3. John 1578-1643, alderman m Mary Aldrich d1640 grand daughter of alderman John Aldrich father in law of Edmund Thurston ++)
4. Edmund 1574-1657 of Great Melton m1 Dorothy Marsham
d1604 in childbirth with her baby m2 Alice d1642 daughter of John Drake of Herringfleet (their grand daughter Anne Wodehouse is at Kimberley flic.kr/p/CdKoLk whose son inherited Great Melton)
5. Alexander 1579-1581
6. Richard 1581- 1616 Fellow of protestant college Corpus Christi
7. Alexander 1582-1654 alderman of St Peter Mancroft m Catherine Barrett
8.. Cicely 1583-1584
9. Hester 1585-1617 m Richard son of John Mann
10, Margaret 1587-1588
11. Thomas 1590-1622 m Anne daughter of Francis Smallpiece & Anne daughter of John Aldrich, who m2 John Dethick
12. William 1593-1668
A patron of the cathedral who with his son Edmund, bequeathed a new organ for the choir and had a standing order for repairs from 1607 to 1609
Thomas also bequeathed a property in Fishergate to the Corporation to be used as a hostel "for the keeping and bringing up and teaching of very poor children" which was opened in 1621 - Boys were first to be admitted, with girls following some years later. It still survives www.anguishseducationalfoundation.org.uk/about-us/ There was also a foundling hospital begun in 1618 where annual sermon was to be preached on its founders day.
Thomas was certainly a Calvinist if not a puritan - The fireworks episode must have preyed on his mind as his will states he died in the assurance that Christ "hath of his own free will and greate mean fully paide and satisfied the wrath of God the Father due unto me for my synne. And that through his blessed merit, death and passion I shall have and enjoy the fruition and benefit of everlasting life to joyn with Him in eternall joy and happiness among the elect children of God for ever" - Church of St George Tombland Norwich , Norfolk
St George Tombland Norwich
"Near hee lieth ye body of Thomas Anguish late citizen & alderman of Norwich & sometimes mayor of this city who deceased the 26th January AD 1617 aged 79, who had to wife Elizabeth daughter of Edmund Thurston and had issue by her 9 sonnes and 3 daughters, where of at his death their were living 5 sonnes only"
"William Anguish, gent, dyed the 6th day of July 1668 to whose memorie John Anguish esq, his nephew and executor dedicated this inscription"
Now crammed behind the organ, monument to Thomas Anguish (1536 - 1617) www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0BX434 in the robes of an alderman, who kneels with his wife & family. Placed here at his request above his "seat where he usually sat" and is by Nicholas Stone costing £20 double the amount he had left in his will for this purpose.
Thomas was the youngest of 3 sons of Thomas Anguish of Foulsham by Anne Thimblethorp
He m Elizabeth c 1619 daughter of grocer Edmund Thurston ++ to whom Thomas was apprenticed . Their house and shop was in Tombland (on the corner of Tombland and Wensum Street, now part of the Maid’s Head Hotel)
He took over his father in law's grocery business and prospered, becoming a freeman of Norwich in 1573. and took an active role in city life, serving as Sheriff, Mayor and Speaker of the Council. He was elected mayor in 1611, and as was usual there was a pageant and firework display. Sadly the cord suspended with fireworks collapsed causing the deaths of 33 bystanders. The occasion was described by a local catholic commentator as "a scourge to that wicked citie and puritan mayor .. being Anguish did portend anguish and sorrow to the people" Thereafter fireworks were banned from Guildhall feasts
Children 9 sons & 3 daughters (5 sons survived their father)
1. John 1569-1571
2. Alexander 1577-1579
3. John 1578-1643, alderman m Mary Aldrich d1640 grand daughter of alderman John Aldrich father in law of Edmund Thurston ++)
4. Edmund 1574-1657 of Great Melton m1 Dorothy Marsham
d1604 in childbirth with her baby m2 Alice d1642 daughter of John Drake of Herringfleet (their grand daughter Anne Wodehouse is at Kimberley flic.kr/p/CdKoLk whose son inherited Great Melton)
5. Alexander 1579-1581
6. Richard 1581- 1616 Fellow of protestant college Corpus Christi
7. Alexander 1582-1654 alderman of St Peter Mancroft m Catherine Barrett
8.. Cicely 1583-1584
9. Hester 1585-1617 m Richard son of John Mann
10, Margaret 1587-1588
11. Thomas 1590-1622 m Anne daughter of Francis Smallpiece & Anne daughter of John Aldrich, who m2 John Dethick
12. William 1593-1668
A patron of the cathedral who with his son Edmund, bequeathed a new organ for the choir and had a standing order for repairs from 1607 to 1609
Thomas also bequeathed a property in Fishergate to the Corporation to be used as a hostel "for the keeping and bringing up and teaching of very poor children" which was opened in 1621 - Boys were first to be admitted, with girls following some years later. It still survives www.anguishseducationalfoundation.org.uk/about-us/ There was also a foundling hospital begun in 1618 where annual sermon was to be preached on its founders day.
Thomas was certainly a Calvinist if not a puritan - The fireworks episode must have preyed on his mind as his will states he died in the assurance that Christ "hath of his own free will and greate mean fully paide and satisfied the wrath of God the Father due unto me for my synne. And that through his blessed merit, death and passion I shall have and enjoy the fruition and benefit of everlasting life to joyn with Him in eternall joy and happiness among the elect children of God for ever" - Church of St George Tombland Norwich , Norfolk