Suffolk, Framlingham
"In expectation of the coming of our Lord Jesus, Here lyeth the body of Sir Robert Hitcham- Knight. Born at Levington in the county of Suffolk. Scholar in the Free-school at Ipswich and sometime of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge; and after of Grays Inn. Attorney to Queen Anne in the first year of King James, then knighted, and afterward made the King's senior servant at law, and often judge of assizes. Aged 64 years. Died the 15th of August. ANNO 1636.
The Children not yet born, with gladness shall Thy pious actions into memory call;
And thou shalt live as long as there shall be, Either poor, or any use of charity.
Sir Robert Hitcham c1572-1636 was the son of Robert Hitcham, yeoman of Nacton and Joan Gillet. He was educated at the Free School at Levington near Ipswich and later Pembroke College, Cambridge studying law,
Becoming a prominent lawyer in London, He MP and Attorney General to Anne of Denmark, wife of James l who knighted him in 1604 . He was Serjeant at Law and King's Senior Sergeant-at-law to Charles l .
He retired to Suffolk and in1635 bought Framlingham Castle and manor for £14,000 from Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk , He bought a house in Ipswich and spent the rest of his bachelor days in that town.
On his death he left the castle and estates to Pembroke College, Cambridge which still owns the castle and remains lord of the manor and patron of the living of the church.
His will stated that the castle, save for the outer walls, be demolished and the stone used to build a work house, 12 almshouses and a schoolhouse. . His sister’s son Robert Butts inherited an estate at Levington where almshouses were also to be built. .
An endowment of £20 was left to Framlingham church for the reading of prayers twice a day and £50 was to be divided among the poor of Nacton. His epitaph of 1638 proclaimed:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hitcham
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member... - Church of St Michael Framlingham Suffolk
Suffolk, Framlingham
"In expectation of the coming of our Lord Jesus, Here lyeth the body of Sir Robert Hitcham- Knight. Born at Levington in the county of Suffolk. Scholar in the Free-school at Ipswich and sometime of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge; and after of Grays Inn. Attorney to Queen Anne in the first year of King James, then knighted, and afterward made the King's senior servant at law, and often judge of assizes. Aged 64 years. Died the 15th of August. ANNO 1636.
The Children not yet born, with gladness shall Thy pious actions into memory call;
And thou shalt live as long as there shall be, Either poor, or any use of charity.
Sir Robert Hitcham c1572-1636 was the son of Robert Hitcham, yeoman of Nacton and Joan Gillet. He was educated at the Free School at Levington near Ipswich and later Pembroke College, Cambridge studying law,
Becoming a prominent lawyer in London, He MP and Attorney General to Anne of Denmark, wife of James l who knighted him in 1604 . He was Serjeant at Law and King's Senior Sergeant-at-law to Charles l .
He retired to Suffolk and in1635 bought Framlingham Castle and manor for £14,000 from Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk , He bought a house in Ipswich and spent the rest of his bachelor days in that town.
On his death he left the castle and estates to Pembroke College, Cambridge which still owns the castle and remains lord of the manor and patron of the living of the church.
His will stated that the castle, save for the outer walls, be demolished and the stone used to build a work house, 12 almshouses and a schoolhouse. . His sister’s son Robert Butts inherited an estate at Levington where almshouses were also to be built. .
An endowment of £20 was left to Framlingham church for the reading of prayers twice a day and £50 was to be divided among the poor of Nacton. His epitaph of 1638 proclaimed:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hitcham
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member... - Church of St Michael Framlingham Suffolk