Suffolk Ampton
Portrait detail; William Whettell dsp1628 aged 67 . Wall monument by Nicholas Stone of alabaster and coloured marble, "with a very spirited bust of the deceased, with beard peaked and habited in a plain doublet and furred gown, with full quilled ruff and close coif"
Within the pediment is a small shield with these arms :—Gules, a chevron Ermine between three hounds heads erased, Or, Whettell; impaling, quarterly 1st and 4th, Sable, three dexter hands erect, couped at the wrist, Argent.2d, Gules, three chevronels, Or.3rd, Gules, a bend fretty, Or, with a martlet for difference; and on the summit of the monument another shield, with mantling helmet and crest, and the arms of Whettell single.
Beneath is the following latin inscription : —
"Mihi Christvs est in vita et morte lvcrvm.
Hie iacet corpvs clarissimi viri Gvlielmi Whettelli
armigeri, qvi fvit in adolescentia optimis disciplinis,
envtritvs in virili cctate socivs collegii sctae
trinitatis in Academia Cantabrigiensi in senili
Eirenarcha et vicecomes in comitatv Svffolciensi
civis bonus magistratvs melior vir optimvs.
Febr’ 19° An0 D’ni 1628, et setatis svse 67 ad ceelites migravit.
Henricus Calthorpe Armiger (qvi dvxit in vxorem Dorotheam neptem svam) solvs
Execvtor dicti Gvlielmi et illi divinctissimvs posvit hac Monvmentvm".
("For me, Christ is gain in life and death.
Here lies the body of the most famous man William Whettell, Esq., who in his youth excelled in the finest studies, trained in manhood, joined the fellowship of St. Trinity College at Cambridge University, and in old age served as Eirenarcha (JP) and sheriff in the county of Suffolk—a good citizen, an excellent magistrate, a most virtuous man.
On February 19, in the year of our Lord 1628, and at the age of 67, he departed to eternity.
Henry Calthorpe, Esq. (who married his niece Dorothy), as sole executor of the said William, and most closely attached to him, placed this monument)
William was the eldest son of William Whettel merchant taylor of St Peters Hill in Pauls Wharf London. He was Sheriff of Suffolk 1622
He m 1600 Ann relict of Eustace Tyrrell of Boyland Hall Bressingham
Described as of Thetford he bought Ampton estate in 1619 from Thomas Coell,
On his death it passed to his sister Mary's daughter Dorothy www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/537120427/ and her husband Henry Calthorpe www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/537120431/
Ampton church Suffolk
Suffolk Ampton
Portrait detail; William Whettell dsp1628 aged 67 . Wall monument by Nicholas Stone of alabaster and coloured marble, "with a very spirited bust of the deceased, with beard peaked and habited in a plain doublet and furred gown, with full quilled ruff and close coif"
Within the pediment is a small shield with these arms :—Gules, a chevron Ermine between three hounds heads erased, Or, Whettell; impaling, quarterly 1st and 4th, Sable, three dexter hands erect, couped at the wrist, Argent.2d, Gules, three chevronels, Or.3rd, Gules, a bend fretty, Or, with a martlet for difference; and on the summit of the monument another shield, with mantling helmet and crest, and the arms of Whettell single.
Beneath is the following latin inscription : —
"Mihi Christvs est in vita et morte lvcrvm.
Hie iacet corpvs clarissimi viri Gvlielmi Whettelli
armigeri, qvi fvit in adolescentia optimis disciplinis,
envtritvs in virili cctate socivs collegii sctae
trinitatis in Academia Cantabrigiensi in senili
Eirenarcha et vicecomes in comitatv Svffolciensi
civis bonus magistratvs melior vir optimvs.
Febr’ 19° An0 D’ni 1628, et setatis svse 67 ad ceelites migravit.
Henricus Calthorpe Armiger (qvi dvxit in vxorem Dorotheam neptem svam) solvs
Execvtor dicti Gvlielmi et illi divinctissimvs posvit hac Monvmentvm".
("For me, Christ is gain in life and death.
Here lies the body of the most famous man William Whettell, Esq., who in his youth excelled in the finest studies, trained in manhood, joined the fellowship of St. Trinity College at Cambridge University, and in old age served as Eirenarcha (JP) and sheriff in the county of Suffolk—a good citizen, an excellent magistrate, a most virtuous man.
On February 19, in the year of our Lord 1628, and at the age of 67, he departed to eternity.
Henry Calthorpe, Esq. (who married his niece Dorothy), as sole executor of the said William, and most closely attached to him, placed this monument)
William was the eldest son of William Whettel merchant taylor of St Peters Hill in Pauls Wharf London. He was Sheriff of Suffolk 1622
He m 1600 Ann relict of Eustace Tyrrell of Boyland Hall Bressingham
Described as of Thetford he bought Ampton estate in 1619 from Thomas Coell,
On his death it passed to his sister Mary's daughter Dorothy www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/537120427/ and her husband Henry Calthorpe www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/537120431/
Ampton church Suffolk