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English: St Mary's Church, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk - ledger stone of Rev. William Starkey (1651-1717), Rector of Pulham St Mary, the son of Rev. Doctor Starkey, also Rector of Pulham St Mary. He married twice: firstly to Mary Weld, a daughter of Gascoigne Weld, Esq, of Bracon Ash in Norfolk and a sister of Joseph Weld (1651–1712), of Bracon Ash, MP. Secondly, to an un-named daughter of John Amyas, Gent, of Hingham, Norfolk. The ledger stone was laid by his second wife and widow.

Heraldry

Arms: Argent, a stork sable (Starkey) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.965 "Starkey of Stretton, Cheshire") impaling per fess: in chief: Azure, a fess nebulée between three crescents ermine (Weld) (per Blomefield (with field argent); per Burke, 1884 "Weld of Eaton, Chester, descended from William Weld, Sheriff of London in 1352") and in base: Argent, a boar's head couped sable armed or between three crosses-crosslet of the second (Amyas) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, pp.16-17).

Genealogy

Amyas

• See: Will of John Amyas, Gentleman of Hingham, Norfolk. Date: 11 August 1763. Held by: The National Archives, Kew.
• See: porcelain plate (c. 1750 - c. 1774 Qing-dynasty (1644-1912) / Qian long-period (1736-1795)) in Rijksmuseum, Netherlands (Object numberAK-NM-13405) with the arms of Admiral John Amyas of Hingham, Norfolk and scattered flowers. [1]
• See: Armorial bookplate of Matthew AMYAS or AMES (1665/6-1729) (The "Ames of Norfolke" bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection 438), produced c.1720). (source: bookowners.online[2]). He was born at Hingham, a son of John Amyas, Gentleman. BA Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1685, MA 1689, MD 1701; practised as a physician in and around Norwich. He was the father of John Amyas 1698-1737, a Norwich surgeon, himself the father of John Amyas, a surgeon (Further reading: Blatchly, J., Some Suffolk and Norfolk ex-libris, London, 2000, p.34).

Weld

• Joseph Weld (1651–1712), of Bracon Ash, Norfolk, was an English Member of Parliament. He represented Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency) from 26 March 1709 to 18 January 1712. bap. 29 Dec. 1651, o. s. of Gascoigne Weld of Tasburgh, Norf. and Bracon Ash by his 1st w. Anne, da. of Joseph Hall, bp. of Norwich. educ. Norwich sch. by 1665; Bury St. Edmunds sch.; Christ’s, Camb. 1668; M. Temple 1673, called 1679. unm. suc. fa. 1701. (History of Parliament biog[3])

Text per: Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of Humble-Yard: Braconash', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 5 (London, 1806), pp. 83-89 [4]

Weld impales Hall. M. S. Hic sita est Lectissima Fæmina Anna Præsulis illius incomparabilis et per orbem celebris Domini Joseph Hall Norvicensis olim Episcopi Filia Domini vero Georgij Hall, modo Cestriensis Episcopi soror, animi Corporisque Dotibus cumulatissima, quæ Gascoigno Weld juncta connubio, annos plus sex decim integerrimis suavissimisque moribus insigne præbuit viva solatium, defuncta Reliquit triste desiderium. Nata est Jan. 2, 1622. Denata Febr. 19, 1660.

Gascoign Weld, Esq. died 25 Apr. 1701, 84. Judith and Anna Weld Infantes. A. M. P.

M. S. Depositum Matthæi Weld Generosi, qui plenus Annorum obijt 6t. Jan. Ano Xti 1650, cum vixisset annos 83, Mens. 6, Septiman. un: Gascoignus Weld, Filius unicus bene merenti gemens posuit.

Weld, arg. a fess nebulé between three crescents er. impaling Gascoign, arg. on a pale sab. a luce's head erected and cooped or, being the arms of Eliz. his wife, daughter of Gascoign of Illington. (See vol. i. p. 449.)

Joseph Weld, son and heir of Gascoign Weld, æt. 13, Ao. 1664, was alive and lived here. Eliz. his sister lies buried here with the arms of Rutter, gul. three garbs in chief a lion passant arg. impaling Weld.

Here lieth the body of Eliz. Rutter widow, late the Wife of Richard Rutter Esq; of Kingsley in Cheshire, who was daughter of Gascoigne Weld late of Braconash Esq. who departed this Life the 4th of Dec 1714, æt. 69. The Remains of Phillip the wife of Gascoign Weld Esq; Daughter of Phillip Calthorp Esq; Aug. 4, 1704, 72. Barbara Weld ob. æt. 18, 1690.

There was a good estate here purchased by John Weld in 1618, and much added to it in 1620, by Mat. Weld. All this family are interred in the south isle. Alderman Edward Weld, who died in 1746, and is buried at Cawston in Norfolk, was of this family. (See vol. iii. p. 451.)