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246 Between the two knights is a large stone with heraldic bearings, and the following legend in small Roman character:—

MARIÆ FILIÆ ET HEREDI UNICE GEORGII BLENERHAISET ARMIGERI FILII PRIMOGENITI THOMÆ BLENERHAISET MILITIS INAURATI NUPTÆ PRIMO THOMÆ CULPEPER ARMIGERO QUI HIC: POSTEA FRANCISCO BACON ARMIGERO QUI PETISTRIÆ IN COMITAT: SUFF: TUMULATUR SINE P'LE DEFUNCTE XVIJ SEPTEMB 1587, ÆTATIS SUÆ 70.

There are some brass plates of the Blenerhaisets on the east wall. Just below these, and partly under the communion- table, is a large stone, from which a small male figure has been removed. A female figure remains, but it is imperfect and loose. It has the pedimental head-dress, the head resting on a square cushion: the dress is long-waisted, the sleeves are tight, terminating in cuffs which cover the hand; a rich girdle which passes just over the hips supports an aulmoniére and a rosary. The legend is as follows:—

Anne Duke subsequently married Peter Rede, Esq.; she survived him nine years, and was buried in St. Margaret's church, Norwich, where her effigy appears on an altar-tomb on the north side of the chancel with the following legend :—

She is represented, not as a widow, but with the French hood; a small ruff appears round her neck, and little frilled wrist-bands under her sleeves, which fit closely to the arms, and are tied with a number of small bows of riband: they are also padded and high-shouldered, according to an ungraceful fashion of the times of Elizabeth; and in front, as if appended to her girdle, appears an oval ornament of rather