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English: All Saints Church, Dickleburgh, Norfolk - mural monument to Dame Frances Playters (d.1659), wife of w:Sir William Playters, 2nd Baronet (1590–1668) of Sotterley in Suffolk and daughter and heiress of Charles Le Grys of Billingford in Norfolk. She predeceased her husband. Their only son Sir Thomas Playters (1616-1651) predeceased both his parents, and died of fever at Palermo in Sicily, aged 35. Transcript of inscription per Francis Blomefield, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Vol.I, London, 1805, pp198-200 [1]; also transcribed in Alfred Suckling, 'Sotterley', in The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: Volume 1 (Ipswich, 1846), pp. 81-96 [2]:

On the north side of the chancel is a noble mural monument, of various sorts of marble with a lady holding a book, and under her the inscription:

Here under lyeth buried the body of Dame Frances Platers, the daughter and heir of Charles le Grys (sic, Christopher, per his brass in Dickleburgh Church), of Billingford, in Norff., Esq. She married Sir William Playters, of Sotterley, in Suffolk, Knt. and Bart.; sometimes one of the deputie Lieuetenants and Vice-Admir. of the said countie, and Justice of the Peace and Coram; and Coll. of a regiment of foot, till turn'd out of all by the then rebellious Parliament; and in fine out of that Hous of Parliament, whereof he had the misfortune to be a member. She had issue by him only Thomas, who married with Rebecka, the daughter and co-heir of Tho. Chapman, of Woormly, in the countie of Hartford, Esq., which said Sir Tho. was a great traveller before and after marriage, his ladie sometimes beyond the seas with him: a learned schollar; an exact linguist, expert in all arts and knowledge; of rare temper and courage; and of great esteem in most courts in Christendom; High Sheriff for the countie of Suffolk, by commission from his Majestie of blessed memory, ao. 1646, till forc'd by that fatal parliament to flee to the King at Oxford, where, by commission from his Majesty, he rais'd a regiment of Hors, wherewith he performed remarkable service, till his Majesties forces were totally ruin'd; and then he departed the Kingdome, arriving in Cicilia, where, by commission from that Viceroy, he had command of a squadron of six shipps against all enemies to the crown of Spain, which being prepared, he put to sea, and performed many gallant services, much to the honour of the Spanish flagg. In July, 1651, he put into the port of Messina with a very rich prize, and posted to the court at Palermo, where he met with an honourable reception for the several good services he had performed; but at 4 days end he there fell ill of a violent fever, whereof within 8 dayes he died, aged about 35 years; and by the Princes ordir had an honourable interment, and much lamented there, but much greater cause at home, leaving no issue, but a sorrowful widw and sad childless parents. The said Dame Frances Dyed at Billingford Hall the 9th of Sept. 1659 from whence by her own desire she was brought and interred in this parish to which she often manifested a charitable affection

Per: Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of Earsham: Billingford', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 5 (London, 1806), pp. 318-323 [3]:

At the death of Walter Hopton in 1460, John Corbet, Esq. was found his heir, in right of his wife Katherine, only daughter and heiress of the said Walter; Sir Roger Corbet, Knt. his father, being now infeoffed in trust; and it continued in the Corbets a long time; Roger Corbet, Esq. was lord in 1531, and died in 1539, leaving Andrew his son and heir, who sold it, jointly with Joan his wife, in 1544, to Sir Robert Southwell, of whom it was purchased by Christopher Grice, Gent. who died in 1558, and was buried in this church, leaving the manor and advowson to Anne his wife for life, and then to Robert their son and heir, who married Susanna, daughter and coheir to Thomas Ayre of Bury, Esq.; he died in 1583, and Christopher le Grice their only child, inherited; he married Margaret, daughter and heir to Thomas Whipple of Dickleburgh, Gent. and dying in 1601, lies buried here, leaving only one daughter, Frances le Grice, who married to Sir William Platers of Satterley, Knight and Baronet, deputy-lieutenant and vice-admiral of the county of Suffolk, and member in parliament; they left Sir Tho. Platers, Bart. (sic, he predeceased his father, was never a baronet) their only son and heir, who was high sheriff of Suffolk, and a colonel of a regiment of horse to King Charles I. and afterwards had a command at sea under the King of Spain. He married Rebecca, daughter and coheir of Thomas Chapman of Wormley in Hertfordshire, and died at Messina in Sicily, Ao 1651, without legitimate issue, but settled this manor and estate on Elizabeth, his natural daughter, who married to Sir Edward Chisenhall, Knt. of an ancient family in Lancashire, and had issue William Chisenhall, of whom it was purchased by the Carters, and in 1704, Edward Carter, senior, was lord and patron.

See pedigree of Le Grys, Heraldic Visitations of Norfolk[4]. See Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of Earsham: Billingford', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 5 (London, 1806), pp. 318-323 [5]

• Roger Le Grys of Brokedish, who married .... Kyng, a daughter and co-heiress of .... Kyng of Shelley in Suffolk;
  • William Le Grys of Brokedishe, Norfolk, who married Margaret Hales, daughter and sole heiress of Edmund Hales of Norton Subcrofte. Heiresses of Hales include: Le Estrange, Bowrgh, Clavor of Sterstone; Scogan.
    • Robert Le Grys of Brokedish, Norfolk, who married Elizabeth Elmham, a daughter and co-heiress of Robert Elmham
      • William Le Gryce of Brokedish, married Sybell Singleton, daughter and heiress of Edmund Singleton of Wingfield in Suffolk
        • Christopher Le Gryce I (d.1558) of Dickleburgh, 4th son (the eldest son Anthony Le Grys inherited Brokedish), purchased Corbet's Manor, Billingford, from Sir Robert Southwell; buried at Dickleburgh, married Anne ...
          • Robert Le Grys (d.1583), who married Susan Ayre, a daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Ayre of Bury in Suffolk
            • Christopher Le Grice II (d.1601), only son, who married Margaret Whipple, daughter and heiress of Thomas Whipple of Dickleburgh. Monumental brass in Billingford Church inscribed (per Blomefield[6]): Here lyeth buryed the Corps of Christopher le Grys Esq; sometimes Lord and Patron of this Church, only Child to Robart le Grys Esq; and Susan his Wife, Dr. and Co-heire to Thomas Ayre of Bury in Suffolk Esq; lineally descended from Sir Robert le Grys of Langley in Norfolk Knt. one of th' Equerris. to King Richard the 1st. He married Margaret Daughter and Heir to Thomas Whipple of Dickleborough in Norfolk Gent. and Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter and Co-heire to John Garningham of Belton in Suffolk Esq; and had Issue by her, only Frances, who married with Sir William Playters of Satterley in Suffolk Knt. and Bart. He ended this Life the 19 of Oct. Ao. 1601, and in the 23d. Year of his Age. Resurgam.
              • Frances le Grice (d.1654), only daughter and heiress, who married to Sir William Playters

Much of the heraldry has now worn away, but Blomefield (1805) recorded it as follows[7]; see also (Edmund Farrer, The Church Heraldry of Norfolk, Vol.1, 1887, pp26-7[8] which elaborates on Blomefield):

On the top are the arms of Playters: Bendy wavy of six argent and azure impaling Le Grice: Quarterly azure and gules, on a bend argent three boars passant sable (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.597 "Le Grice / Le Grys of Norfolk"); Playter's crest: On a wreath argent and azure a lion rampant argent crowned or; Le-Grice's crest: On a wreath argent and gules a boar sable armed or.

On two shields below, seemingly on the underside of the corbels supporting the two columns:

• Playters quarterly of 10:
  • 1: Bendy wavy of six argent and azure (Playters "with Ulster arms" (i.e. with an inescutcheon of a baronet))
  • 2: Argent, a chevron sable between three estoiles gules; (Dennis, of Tannington, Suffolk)
  • 3: Vert, a lion rampant argent; (Bridgenorth, sic) (Brysworth of Tannington, a Dennis heiress; see REV.H. L. L. DENNY, SOME PEDIGREES OF DENNY, LE DENNEYS, ETC., Proceedings of Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, Volume XIX, Part 3, 1927, p.324 [9])
  • 4: Sable, a chevron ermine between three Catherine-wheels argent; (Aslack) (see pedigree of Aslack[10])
  • 5: Argent, a chevron between three nag's (bear's) heads couped sable bridled or; (Berry) (Aslack heiress)
  • 6: Sable, a fess between two chevrons or; (Gerbridge) (Aslack heiress)
  • 7: Argent, on a fess azure two crowns or; (Coronne) (Aslack heiress)
  • 8: Azure, three cinquefoils or; (Bardolph) (Aslack heiress)
  • 9: Ermine, on a chief gules three lozenges or; (Charles / Charler) (Aslack heiress)
  • 10: Argent, on a chief (chevron) gules three fleurs-de-lis or; (Peyver) (Aslack heiress)

• Le-Grice quarterly of 16:
  • 1: Quarterly azure and gules, on a bend argent three boars passant sable (Le Gryce)
  • 2: Gules, three crescents or a fess argent;
  • 3: Sable, on a chevron or three holly leaves (escallops) vert; (Kyng, of Shelley in Suffolk (if escallops))
  • 4: Barry of ten argent and azure, on a canton gules a lion passant or; (Hales of Norton Subcrofte) (Heiresses of Hales include: Le Estrange, Bowrgh (Borough ?), Clavor of Sterstone; Scogan, per Heraldic Visitations)
  • 5: Argent, on a chevron engrailed sable three mullets of the field;
  • 6: Quarterly or and azure; (Borough ? Quarterly or and azure, a bend gules)
  • 7: Azure, a fess indented between three martlets or; (Scogan)
  • 8: Sable, a chevron between three cinquefoils or;
  • 9: Ermine, a cross chequy or and gules;
  • 10: Sable, two lions passant guardant argent; (Strange (le Strange & Strange de Knockyn) ?: Argent, two lions passant gules or with tinctures inverted)
  • 11: Argent, two chevrons gules; (Singleton of Wingfield, Suffolk ? should be "3 chevronells")
  • 12: Azure, a fess (ermine) between two chevrons argent; (Whipple of Dickleburgh) (mother of Frances Le Grys)
  • 13: Vert, three round buckles or; (apparently for Jernegan, an heiress of Whipple: Argent, three buckles lozengy gules, see ledger stone of Elizabeth Jernegan in Dickleburgh Church, maternal grandmother of Frances Le Grys)
  • 14: Or, a raven (ascending (Blomefield)) (close (Farrer)) proper; (Corbet)
  • 15: Argent, a cross engrailed sable;
  • 16: Barry of ten gules and azure.