Thomas Cornwallis tomb - St Mary - Brome, Suffolk - Stone Church Artefacts on Waymarking.com

"The monument, in the north east corner of the north aisle, is a tomb chest with Doric columns dividing the coats of arms, based on that of his parents. Sir Thomas and Lady Anne lie facing another large coat of arms, with curved pediment decorated with rinceaux and a shell niche under a helmet, and framed by cartouches. Sir Thomas rests his feet on another stag, which his wife is too short to reach, while the base had been cut away to allow for his spurs. Their cushions are raised up and the details of his armour and her dress are carefully rendered: the clasps on his gloves, the ruffs and complex pattern of the sleeves of her dress and the locket. Sir Thomas, born in 1518, was the eldest son of Sir John and Lady Mary Cornwallis. Knighted in 1548, he was one of the East Anglian gentry who the following year helped to quell Kett’s rebellion. A Catholic, he proclaimed Mary Queen at Framlingham in 1553, and although he had been sent to bring Princess Elizabeth to Hertfordshire, he opposed both the suggestion that she should be sent to the Tower and Archbishop Gardiner’s plans for a speedy Catholic restoration. As treasurer he had to hand Calais over to the French, having warned of the garrison’s weakness. His connections with, and loyalty to, Queen Mary led to his removal from Elizabeth’s household and privy Council, and retirement to Brome, where he built Brome Hall. He remained a Catholic recusant, loyal to the crown., underlined in the epitaph on his tomb (Mortlock, The Guide to Suffolk Churches, 2009, 79): ‘in special grace and trust of his Mistress (Queen Mary) who untimely losing her life retired himself to this towne, wher he spent the rest of his own privately and loyally all the rayne of Queen Elizabeth, her sister.’ He remarried Jane Meautys in 1609, but on his death left a year-old son, Frederick (1610–1661), later first Baron Cornwallis, buried opposite. The estates were left in the hands of Frederick's mother, Jane, who later married Nathaniel Bacon (1585–1627). Both Nathaniel Bacon and Lady Jane are buried at Culford St. Mary."

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Approximate Age of Artefact: 1604 Relevant Website: Not listed

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