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English: All Saints Church, Earsham, Norfolk, mural monument to the Hon. Colonel William Windham / Wyndham (1673-22 April 1730) of Earsham and his wife Anne Tyrrell, the only daughter of Sir Charles Tyrrell, 2nd Baronet (c.1660–1715), (baronets "of Springfield" in Essex, created 1666) of Heron in the parish of East Horndon, Essex. (See PETER G. LAURIE, THE TYRELLS OF HERON, in the parish of East Horndon, Brentwood, Essex, 1906[1]). Windham "lost a limb in the defence of his country at the memorable Battle of Blenheim." Arms: Azure, a chevron between three lion's heads erased or (Wyndham) impaling Argent, two chevrons azure a bordure engrailed gules (Tyrrell). Crest: A lion's head erased or, within a fetterlock sable (Wyndham). (Source: Edmund Farrer, Church Heraldry of Norfolk, pp.8-9 [2]). The senior line of Wyndham was seated at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk. Blomefield: The estate formerly the Throkmertons, was afterwards the Gooches, and then the Buxtons, on which John Buxton, Esq. built the present house called Earsham Lodge or Hall; and afterwards sold it to Colonel William Windham, who is interred under the altar; and it is now the seat of the Windhams (Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of Earsham', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 5 (London, 1806), pp. 313-318 [3])

General notes

All Saints church > 1431607 - 1431611 is believed to have been built on the site of an encampment which dates back to the Roman occupation. The tower dates from the 14th century and has a timber spire, the chancel and its north door date from this time also. All Saints was extensively restored in the late 19th century and the reredos > 1431617 to the altar dates from this time. The east window > 1431619 and several nave south windows contain 16th century Flemish > 1431624 - 1431632 and some 15th century English > 1431631 stained glass. The octagonal font > 1431636 dates from the 16th century and is one of only 40-odd seven sacrament fonts in East Anglia.