The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3Browne, Thomas, Sir
Religion
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3
Browne, Thomas, Sir
Christianity; Ethics; Religion and medicine
In _Jesus Chappel_ stands a large Tomb (which is said to have been
translated from our Ladies Chappel, when that grew ruinous, and was
taken down) whereof the Brass Inscription about it is taken away; but
old Mr. _Spendlow_, who was a Prebendary 50 Years, and Mr. _Sandlin_,
used to say, that it was the Tombstone of the _Windham's_; and in all
Probability, might have belonged to Sir _Thomas Windham_, one of King
_Henry_ VIII.'s Counsellors, of his Guard, and Vice-Admiral; for I find
that there hath been such an Inscription upon the Tomb of a _Windham_ in
this Church.
_Orate pro a==a_ Thome Windham, _militis_, Elianore, _et Domine_
Elizabethe, _uxorum ejus, etc. qui quidem_ Thomas _fuit unus
consiliariorum_
_Regis_ Henrici VIII. _et unus militum pro corpore, ejusdem Domini,
nec non Vice-Admirallus_.
And according to the Number of the Three Persons in the Inscription,
there are Three Figures upon the Tomb.
On the North Wall of _Jesus Chappel_ there is a legible Brass
Inscription in Latin Verses; and at the last Line _Pater Noster_. This
was the Monument of _Randulfus Pulvertoft custos caronelle_. Above the
Inscription was his Coat of Arms, _viz. Six Ears of Wheat with a
Border of Cinque-foils_; but now washed out, since the Wall was
whiten'd.
At the Entrance of St. _Luke's Chappel_, on the Left Hand, is an arched
Monument, said to belong to one of the Family of the _Bosvile's_ or
_Boswill_, sometime Prior of the Convent. At the East End of the
Monument are the Arms of the Church (_the Cross_) and on the West End
another (_three Bolt Arrows_,) which is supposed to be his Paternal
Coat. The same Coat is to be seen in the sixth Escocheon of the
South-side, under the Belfry. Some Inscriptions upon this Monument were
washed out when the Church was lately whiten'd; as among the rest, _O
morieris! O morieris! O morieris!_ The _three Bolts_ are the known Arms
of the _Bosomes_, an ancient Family in _Norfolk_; but whether of the
_Bosviles_, or no, I am uncertain.
Next unto it is the Monument of RICHARD BROME, Esq. whose Arms thereon
are _Ermyns_; and for the Crest, _a Bunch or Branch of Broom with Golden
Flowers_. This might be _Richard Brome_, Esq. whose Daughter married the
Heir of the _Yaxley's of Yaxley_, in the Time of _Henry_ VII. And one of
the same Name founded a Chappel in the Field in _Norwich_.
There are also in St. _Luke's Chappel_, amongst the Seats on the
South-side, two substantial Marble and cross'd Tombs, very ancient, said
to be two Priors of this Convent.
At the Entrance into the Cloister, by the upper Door on the Right Hand,
next the Stairs, was a handsom Monument on the Wall, which was pulled
down in the late Times, and a Void Place still remaineth. Upon this
Stone were the Figures of two Persons in a praying Posture, on their
Knees. I was told by Mr. _Sandlin_, that it was said to be the Monument
for one of the _Bigots_, who built or beautified that Arch by it, which
leadeth into the Church.
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