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English: Ledger stone of Anne Waldegrave (1506–1590), a daughter of Sir George Waldegrave (1483–1528) of Smallbridge in the parish of Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, by his wife Anne Drury (d. 1572), a daughter of Sir Robert Drury, Lord of the Manors of Thurston, and Hawstead, Suffolk (1455–1536). The heraldry shows two shields, one for each of the husbands of Anne Waldegrave, each impaling her paternal arms. Her second husband was Sir w:Clement Higham (also Heigham) of Barrow, Suffolk (born by 1495 – 9 March 1571) an English lawyer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House of Commons (1554–1555), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and a Privy Councillor to Queen Mary. He married (after 1528). (Source: Farrer, Edmund, Church Heraldry of Norfolk, Vol 2 (1889), p.4088[1])


All Saints Church - ledger stone. The church of All Saints was extensively restored in the late 1800s to early 1900s and the stained glass windows date from that time > 764504 - 764509 - 764511 - 764516. Older survivals are a monument to William Butt, d. 1583 > 764500, and a ledger stone (seen here) set into the west wall, depicting Anne Heigham, the wife of Sir Clement Heigham, at her prayerdesk; she had eight children and died in 1590 at the age of 84. The church is open every day. For more information see : http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/thornage/thornage.htm
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Camera location52° 53′ 04″ N, 1° 02′ 43″ E  Heading=270° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location52° 53′ 04″ N, 1° 02′ 42″ E  Heading=270° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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