John and Elizabeth Acton monument - St Peter - Baylham, Suffolk - Stone Church Artefacts on Waymarking.com

A 17th century wall monument to John and Elizabeth Acton. Beneath them are their five sons and two daughters.

Elizabeth Acton, wife of John Acton 1662, who died on "27th March, aged 36". The year is not recorded and there is no inscription for John. The skeleton, holding an hourglass, spade and pickaxe symbolises death and mortality. Beneath them are 5 sons and 2 daughters, flanked by cherubs’ faces. There are shields in the borders, one bearing her arms (the other blank), John, the son of William Acton, clothier and Portman of Ipswich, is on his parents monument at St Mary At Elms, Ipswich which has the same skeleton design.

John of Bramford Hall bought Baylham Manor in 1626 but still lived lived at Bramford, but his son, (also John) lived here and inherited the Manor upon his father’s death in 1662. His son (a third John) in turn inherited it in 1695 and the manor remained in the family well into the 19th century.

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Approximate Age of Artefact: 1662 Relevant Website: Not listed

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