NearinTS Place (vetbeylim Geetham Cone and Layer into Spe John Grelham 2 Rapght late Chryfe of Surrey and Sullek ho toke to wyffe one Beateys Sybone by home he had Illetve James Bullim Thomas and John) Hary Elizabeth and Syffelley. On Whole Soule Jetüs haue mercy 1579 UTTING SC. Brass to William Gresham and Wife in Titsey Church. (FORMERLY UNDER AN ARCH OVER AN ALTAR TOMB IN THE OLD CHURCH.) quarterly, helmet and crest as before. Below him, a shield with Arms of Gresham and Ipswell quarterly, and below her a shield with Arms of Gresham. NEAR THIS Place lyethe Wyll'm Greshame sone and Hayer unto Sir John Gresham On the same wall is a black marble tablet enchased in white, over it the Gresham Arms, standing on a scull; and in capitals is this inscription (Aubrey, Ib., p. 13). The slab now merely remains, and is fixed on the south wall over an arch in the mortuary chapel : NEAR This Place Lyeth The Body Of Sir John Gresham Of This Parish In The 56th Yeere Of His Age The 26th Day He Was An Orthodox Christian & An Obedient A Charitable Releever And Benefactor To whose pious memory his Deere Consort and This monument was erected in the yeare of our Lord 1660. On Trinity Sunday, June 5, 1664, Dame Elizabeth Gresham, Relict of ye said St John Gresham, surrendred her Soule into God's hands, & lyes interrd in ye same tomb. Her piety, prudence, aquanimity, & Charity outlive her Person, And when ye memory of man ceases to retaine her excellent Virtues They shall be found upon Record in Heaven. Aged 74 yeares. On a brass plate, under the centre window, above the sedilia in the chancel, In Memory Of Sir John Gresham Bart. Of Titsey Place Sixth And Last Baronet On another, under the left-hand window, In Memory Of Henrietta Maria Wife Of On another, under the right-hand window, In Memy of Katherine Maria Leveson Gower On the north wall of the mortuary chapel, over the entrance door, is a mural tablet of alabaster. Above are the Arms of Gower and Leveson quarterly; over all, an escutcheon of pretence for Gresham. Above, a Wolf for Gower, and a Grasshopper for Gresham. Below, Frangas non flectes, for Gower; Fiat Voluntas Tua, for Gresham. On a black gravestone on the south wall, under Archbishop Whitgift's tomb, is this Inscription in capitals (Aubrey, 'Hist. of Surrey,' vol. ii. p. 22), now gone : M. S. To the memorie of that worthie Lady Elizabeth Gresham, For a memoriall of which duty she could performe. |