Image: St Margaret's church - C17 tomb chest - geograph.org.uk - 1402616
Description: St Margaret's Church, Hardwick, Norfolk, chest tomb monument of w:Sir Peter Gleane, 1st Baronet (1619–1695) of Hardwick, the eldest son of Thomas Gleane (died 1661) by his wife Elizabeth Brewse. He married Penelope Rodney (died 1690), a daughter of Sir Edward Rodney of Rodney Stoke. Two shields: Left: Ermine, on a chief sable three lions rampant argent (Gleane) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.403) quartering Argent semée of crosses-crosslet gules, a lion rampant of the second crowned or (Brewes of Little Wenham, Suffolk) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.121 "Brewes of Buckinghamshire"). Overall a canton of a baronet (Red Hand of Ulster). Right: Or, three eagles displayed purpure (Rodney) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.865) tinctures shown otherwise here.General notes St Margaret's church > 1402568 - 1402588 is located only about one kilometre down the road, to the south of St Mary's at Shelton > 1402294. St Margaret's used to have a round tower which collapsed during a storm in the late 18th century and has never been rebuilt. The church is of Norman origins and retains both its original doorways > 1402582 - with a mural depicting St Christopher > 1021158 on the north wall opposite the south door. Beside it there is a Jacobean tester pew, complete with roof and original handle - it was used as the former squire's 17th century family pew > 1021409 but has since been moved to the west wall and is presently used for storage. The C14 octagonal font > 1021177 stands nearby. The church retains its original rood screen > 1402591 with its carved tracery and stencilled panels > 1402595. The chancel houses a 17th century tomb to Sir Edmund Reeve > 1402613 and another to his son and daughter-in-law, Sir Peter and Lady Penelope Gleane (depicted here). A brass nearby commemorates George Bacon, member of an important East Anglian family, whose shield depicts pigs as their symbol > 1402620.
Title: St Margaret's church - C17 tomb chest - geograph.org.uk - 1402616
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