Suffolk, Kenton
"Here under thys tombe lieth buryed John Garneys, esquyer & Elizabeth hys wyf whych John decessed the 11 day of June in the yer of our Lord God 1524 on whose soules Jesu have mercy"
Brass images of John Garneys c1444-1524 & wife Elizabeth Sulyard 1539 who wear wearing heraldic tabard and mantle and kneel before an image of Christ crucified.
John willed that "my body to be buried in my chapell on the south syde of Kenton church, late by me edified , and ther to be layd upon me a merble stone with suche other coste as myn executors shall thynke mete"
John was the son of Thomas Garneys and Margaret daughter of Sir Hugh Fraunceys / Francis of Giffards Hall, Wickhambrook by Phillippe Hemmys (His mother Margaret m2 Thomas Peyton www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/10746504854/ of Isleham )
He became Lord of the Manor here on the death of his mother in 1492 being now heir to his grandfather Piers Garneys who had married the Kenton heiress Anne daughter of Ralph Ramsey.
He m Elizabeth daughter of Sir John Sulyard 1487/ 8 of Wetherden, Chief Justice of England, by Agnes Hungate of York
Children
1. John his heir dsp 1526
2. Alice m Thomas Wiseman
3. Robert 1483-1556 m Anne daughter of Thomas Bacon of Baconsthorpe (parents of Margaret 2nd wife of Walter Devereux, Viscount Hereford who lies on a monument at Stowe by Chartley, SEE ATTACHED 1 )
4. Mirabell b1487 m Edmund Poley (their grand daughter Margaret Palmer is at Wingham www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/1291829847/ )
5. .William dsp1525
6. Thomas 1565 m Margaret daughter of Sir Edmund Bedingfield of Oxburgh m2 Brice Rookwood of Euston.
7. Anne m Edward Grimston.
8. Elizabeth m Anthony Yaxley.1558 son of John Yaxley & Elizabeth Brome of Millis www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/25v939
9. daughter m William Thwaytes
10 Margaret m John Cotton.
11, Jane m .......... Jenney.
12 Agnes who was a Nun.
Their great grandson Nicholas Garneys has a similar brass at Ringsfield www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/6025176110/
Elizabeth wears the Sulyard arms on her cloak and has the Sulyard arms on the shield above her
John has the Garneys arms above him.
Elizabeth'a nephew John Sulyard is at Wetherden
www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/4523810861/ as is the tomb of her father.
She was also heir to her cousin William Sulyard buried at Bradley Suffolk
(picture - T M Felgate - Knights on Suffolk Brasses.)
Suffolk, Kenton
"Here under thys tombe lieth buryed John Garneys, esquyer & Elizabeth hys wyf whych John decessed the 11 day of June in the yer of our Lord God 1524 on whose soules Jesu have mercy"
Brass images of John Garneys c1444-1524 & wife Elizabeth Sulyard 1539 who wear wearing heraldic tabard and mantle and kneel before an image of Christ crucified.
John willed that "my body to be buried in my chapell on the south syde of Kenton church, late by me edified , and ther to be layd upon me a merble stone with suche other coste as myn executors shall thynke mete"
John was the son of Thomas Garneys and Margaret daughter of Sir Hugh Fraunceys / Francis of Giffards Hall, Wickhambrook by Phillippe Hemmys (His mother Margaret m2 Thomas Peyton www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/10746504854/ of Isleham )
He became Lord of the Manor here on the death of his mother in 1492 being now heir to his grandfather Piers Garneys who had married the Kenton heiress Anne daughter of Ralph Ramsey.
He m Elizabeth daughter of Sir John Sulyard 1487/ 8 of Wetherden, Chief Justice of England, by Agnes Hungate of York
Children
1. John his heir dsp 1526
2. Alice m Thomas Wiseman
3. Robert 1483-1556 m Anne daughter of Thomas Bacon of Baconsthorpe (parents of Margaret 2nd wife of Walter Devereux, Viscount Hereford who lies on a monument at Stowe by Chartley, SEE ATTACHED 1 )
4. Mirabell b1487 m Edmund Poley (their grand daughter Margaret Palmer is at Wingham www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/1291829847/ )
5. .William dsp1525
6. Thomas 1565 m Margaret daughter of Sir Edmund Bedingfield of Oxburgh m2 Brice Rookwood of Euston.
7. Anne m Edward Grimston.
8. Elizabeth m Anthony Yaxley.1558 son of John Yaxley & Elizabeth Brome of Millis www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/25v939
9. daughter m William Thwaytes
10 Margaret m John Cotton.
11, Jane m .......... Jenney.
12 Agnes who was a Nun.
Their great grandson Nicholas Garneys has a similar brass at Ringsfield www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/6025176110/
Elizabeth wears the Sulyard arms on her cloak and has the Sulyard arms on the shield above her
John has the Garneys arms above him.
Elizabeth'a nephew John Sulyard is at Wetherden
www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/4523810861/ as is the tomb of her father.
She was also heir to her cousin William Sulyard buried at Bradley Suffolk
(picture - T M Felgate - Knights on Suffolk Brasses.)