John Cornwallis cenotaph - St Mary - Brome, Suffolk
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A stone cenotaph with effigies of Sir John Cornwallis (d. 1544) and his wife, in St Mary's church, Brome.
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Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/02/2019
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The monument is a large cenotaph set beneath the easternmost arch of the chapel arcade, commemorating Sir John Cornwallis (d. 1544) and his wife, Mary, and featuring two recumbent effigies with hands clasped in prayer and feet resting on dogs, and an attached wall monument behind, with Corinthian side columns.
"Knight of Broome, Suffolk, born about 1490 to 1493.
Son and heir to William Cornwallis and Elizabeth Stanford. Grandson of Thomas Cornwallis and Philippe Tyrrell, John Stanford and Joan Boteler.
Husband of Mary Sulliard, daughter of Edward and his second wife, Anne Norris of Bray, Lancashire. They had four sons and three daughters; Sir Thomas, Henry, Richard, William, Elizabeth, Anne, wife of Thomas Kent, and Mary, wife of William Halse and Roger Warren.
John died testate and was buried at Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, with a monument in the chancel at Broome, and left a will proved 1544."
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