uncomfortable for eternity - she chose it ! - Narborough Norfolk
In the chancel is a very large altar monument of veined marble, on which lies the statue of a woman in a recumbent posture,, resting her right hand on a cushion, and holding in her left hand a book; behind the woman, higher up, lies the statue of a man in complete armour, resting his right hand on a cushion; these statues are of alabaster, and painted over; on the summit whereof are two arches, one on the right hand, the other on the left; in the arch on the right hand kneels a small boy; within the arch are the arms of Spelman, and over it Spelman quartering Narburgh, Froyk and Sturgeon. In the arch on the left hand is a tent or pavilion, and under that, an infant male child; in that arch are the arms of Spelman, and over it Spelman quartering Narburgh, Froyk, and Sturgeon, and impaling, Or, on two bars gul. three waterbudgets arg. Willoughby, Quartering in the 2d quarter, gul. a lion passant guardant arg.; and in the 3d, sable a fess humettè ermine, between three griffins heads erased arg. Hawe of Helgey in Norfolk, and in the fourth, Willoughby. In the opening between these arches is this inscription:
"Clementi Spelman Equiti Aurato, Norfolciœ (Anno Domini 1599) Vice-Comiti, qui primò duxit Annam filiam unicam et Hæredem Edmundi Carvill Armig' eâque sine prole defuncta, secundò duxit Ursulam filiam alteram Johan' Willoughby de Risley in Comitatu Derbiœ militis, susceptisq; Johanne et Clemente filijs obiit 24 die Septemb' 1607, Conjugi suo charissimo ipsa Dna' Ursula ob merita pietatis, et concordiæ, memoriæ et as hoc mœrens posuit Monumentum".
("to Clement Spelman, knight, Sheriff of Norfolk, AD 1599, who first married Anna, the only daughter and heiress of Edmund Carvill Esqre, and on her death without issue, married secondly Ursula second daughter of John Willugby of Risley in the county of Derby, knight, and having had two sons, John and Clement, died 24th September 1607. To her beloved husband Dame Ursula in pity and remembered harmony & as a symbol of love has placed this monument )
At the top are the arms of Spelman quartering in the second quarter Narburgh, in the 3d, Froyk, in the 4th arg. two bars wavy gul. a chief cheque or and azure, Adrian. In the 5th, gul. two wings conjoined in a bordure argent, Pouncy. In the 6th, azure, semy of cross croslets, and three crescents arg. Mansell. In the 7th, arg. on a cross fleury sab. five bezants, Cornwall. In the 8th, gul. two pales vairy arg. and az. on a chief or, a lion passant sab. Patrick. In the 9th az. frettè gul. The crest is a woodman holding a tree plucked up by the roots, environed with a serpent. The whole monument was enclosed with wooden rails and balisters..
Clement was the son of John Spelman 1581 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8726nd & 1st wife Judith daughter of Sir Clement Higham of Barrow Suffolk flic.kr/p/ag3hJy by 2nd wife Anne Waldegrave Bures
He m1 1602 Anna dsp c1610 only daughter and heiress of Edmund Carvill / Kervyll
He m2 Ursula 1647 daughter of Sir John Willoughby of Risley 1602 by Frances daughter of Henry Hun
Children
1. John 1662 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1iaeeR m 1632 Ann daughter of Sir John Hevingham 1633 of Ketteringham & 2nd wife Bridget daughter of Christopher Paston
2. Clement 1607-1679 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/P9m3F9
Ursula m2 John 1673 son of John Potts 1597 & 2nd wife Anne flic.kr/p/kbeXdx daughter of John Dodge of Mannington (John was the widower of Ann Mebwoke, his mother Ann Dodge Potts m2 Sir Christopher Heydon 1623)
Children
1. Sir John Potts 2nd bart m1 Elizabeth daughter of Sir Samuel Browne & Elizabeth Mead m2 Susan daughter of Sir John Heveningham by 2nd wife Bridget daughter of Christopher Paston
2. Ursula 1624-1677 m Philip Thomas Bedingfield son of Philip Bedingfield& Anne daughter of Sir Edward Bacon of Shrubland Hall by Helen Lyttle - Church of All Saints, Narborough Norfolk
uncomfortable for eternity - she chose it ! - Narborough Norfolk
In the chancel is a very large altar monument of veined marble, on which lies the statue of a woman in a recumbent posture,, resting her right hand on a cushion, and holding in her left hand a book; behind the woman, higher up, lies the statue of a man in complete armour, resting his right hand on a cushion; these statues are of alabaster, and painted over; on the summit whereof are two arches, one on the right hand, the other on the left; in the arch on the right hand kneels a small boy; within the arch are the arms of Spelman, and over it Spelman quartering Narburgh, Froyk and Sturgeon. In the arch on the left hand is a tent or pavilion, and under that, an infant male child; in that arch are the arms of Spelman, and over it Spelman quartering Narburgh, Froyk, and Sturgeon, and impaling, Or, on two bars gul. three waterbudgets arg. Willoughby, Quartering in the 2d quarter, gul. a lion passant guardant arg.; and in the 3d, sable a fess humettè ermine, between three griffins heads erased arg. Hawe of Helgey in Norfolk, and in the fourth, Willoughby. In the opening between these arches is this inscription:
"Clementi Spelman Equiti Aurato, Norfolciœ (Anno Domini 1599) Vice-Comiti, qui primò duxit Annam filiam unicam et Hæredem Edmundi Carvill Armig' eâque sine prole defuncta, secundò duxit Ursulam filiam alteram Johan' Willoughby de Risley in Comitatu Derbiœ militis, susceptisq; Johanne et Clemente filijs obiit 24 die Septemb' 1607, Conjugi suo charissimo ipsa Dna' Ursula ob merita pietatis, et concordiæ, memoriæ et as hoc mœrens posuit Monumentum".
("to Clement Spelman, knight, Sheriff of Norfolk, AD 1599, who first married Anna, the only daughter and heiress of Edmund Carvill Esqre, and on her death without issue, married secondly Ursula second daughter of John Willugby of Risley in the county of Derby, knight, and having had two sons, John and Clement, died 24th September 1607. To her beloved husband Dame Ursula in pity and remembered harmony & as a symbol of love has placed this monument )
At the top are the arms of Spelman quartering in the second quarter Narburgh, in the 3d, Froyk, in the 4th arg. two bars wavy gul. a chief cheque or and azure, Adrian. In the 5th, gul. two wings conjoined in a bordure argent, Pouncy. In the 6th, azure, semy of cross croslets, and three crescents arg. Mansell. In the 7th, arg. on a cross fleury sab. five bezants, Cornwall. In the 8th, gul. two pales vairy arg. and az. on a chief or, a lion passant sab. Patrick. In the 9th az. frettè gul. The crest is a woodman holding a tree plucked up by the roots, environed with a serpent. The whole monument was enclosed with wooden rails and balisters..
Clement was the son of John Spelman 1581 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8726nd & 1st wife Judith daughter of Sir Clement Higham of Barrow Suffolk flic.kr/p/ag3hJy by 2nd wife Anne Waldegrave Bures
He m1 1602 Anna dsp c1610 only daughter and heiress of Edmund Carvill / Kervyll
He m2 Ursula 1647 daughter of Sir John Willoughby of Risley 1602 by Frances daughter of Henry Hun
Children
1. John 1662 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1iaeeR m 1632 Ann daughter of Sir John Hevingham 1633 of Ketteringham & 2nd wife Bridget daughter of Christopher Paston
2. Clement 1607-1679 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/P9m3F9
Ursula m2 John 1673 son of John Potts 1597 & 2nd wife Anne flic.kr/p/kbeXdx daughter of John Dodge of Mannington (John was the widower of Ann Mebwoke, his mother Ann Dodge Potts m2 Sir Christopher Heydon 1623)
Children
1. Sir John Potts 2nd bart m1 Elizabeth daughter of Sir Samuel Browne & Elizabeth Mead m2 Susan daughter of Sir John Heveningham by 2nd wife Bridget daughter of Christopher Paston
2. Ursula 1624-1677 m Philip Thomas Bedingfield son of Philip Bedingfield& Anne daughter of Sir Edward Bacon of Shrubland Hall by Helen Lyttle - Church of All Saints, Narborough Norfolk