South Acre Norfolk
14c Wooden figure - his head survives, the rest of his body has been filed down - One of about 100 wooden effigies to survive in the UK.
Arthur Mee says he is possibly Alexander Harsyke who was a benefactor to the monks of Castle Acre, giving them lands called the Sand Pitts.
This Alexander 1238-1264 was the son & heir Sir Eudo Harsyke www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/41m32L by Alice Wotshall 1291
He m Cecily 1398 daughter of Elizabeth & Hugh Jernegan
Children
1. Sir Roger Harsyke c1264-1292 (father of John De Harsyck who m Christian.. grandparents of John Harsyke 1391 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/KoQ63b )
("Three Eudo's first, then Alexander brave,
Sir Roger next, the line of Harsyke save;
Four Johns succeed, and knighted every one,
Sir Roger dropped the line, for want of son." ) - Church of St George, South Acre, Norfolk
South Acre Norfolk
14c Wooden figure - his head survives, the rest of his body has been filed down - One of about 100 wooden effigies to survive in the UK.
Arthur Mee says he is possibly Alexander Harsyke who was a benefactor to the monks of Castle Acre, giving them lands called the Sand Pitts.
This Alexander 1238-1264 was the son & heir Sir Eudo Harsyke www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/41m32L by Alice Wotshall 1291
He m Cecily 1398 daughter of Elizabeth & Hugh Jernegan
Children
1. Sir Roger Harsyke c1264-1292 (father of John De Harsyck who m Christian.. grandparents of John Harsyke 1391 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/KoQ63b )
("Three Eudo's first, then Alexander brave,
Sir Roger next, the line of Harsyke save;
Four Johns succeed, and knighted every one,
Sir Roger dropped the line, for want of son." ) - Church of St George, South Acre, Norfolk