. The visitation of Suffolke . as a monument erected to hismemory in Lavenham Church, with his effigies and those of his wife and children, inbrass ; his father deceased in 1440, 18 Henry VI., as appears by Baldwins MS. the inscription on his monument, it is stated that he built the vestry of the churchwhere he lies interred. Thomas Spi-ing died Sept. 7, 1486, 2 Hemy VII., and left byMargaret his wife, two sons, Thomas, James, and Cecilia. James, the 2d son, was slain in a fight between Lavenham and Brent Eleigh, in1493, and lies buried in Lavenham vestry. Weever mentions a James
. The visitation of Suffolke . as a monument erected to hismemory in Lavenham Church, with his effigies and those of his wife and children, inbrass ; his father deceased in 1440, 18 Henry VI., as appears by Baldwins MS. the inscription on his monument, it is stated that he built the vestry of the churchwhere he lies interred. Thomas Spi-ing died Sept. 7, 1486, 2 Hemy VII., and left byMargaret his wife, two sons, Thomas, James, and Cecilia. James, the 2d son, was slain in a fight between Lavenham and Brent Eleigh, in1493, and lies buried in Lavenham vestry. Weever mentions a James Spi-ing, who died in 1483, and gives the following in-scription :— Orate pro anima Jacobi Spring, qui obiit iij die , MCCCCLXXXim, cujusaiiime propitietur Deus, Amen. Thomas, the eldest son of Thomas Spring, inherited together with his fathers estatesthe same charitable disposition, having been a great benefactor to Lavenham Church,by building the greater part of the steeple, the great chapel on the south, and after-. Three varieties of the Spi-ing Badge or Cloth Mark, at thebase of the tower of Lavenham church. wards the carved chapel on the north, where he lies interred. He died in Spring was twice married: first to Alice, daughter of Thomas Appleton, Esq., and afterwards to Anne, daughter of King, of Boxford, Esq. ; by his first wife he had issue two sons and two daughters. Anns:—Spring impaling Appleton, Argent, a bear salient Sable, ducaUy crownedOr. From Sir Thomas Gage, Bart., of Hengrave, I (Mr. Jermyn) was informed in 1816,that the arms of Appleton (given above), were once upon a brass plate and are still tobe seen on an altar tomb impaled with Spring, in Rushbrook Church. The children of Thomas Spring and Alice Appleton, were Sir John Spring, Kt.;Robert Spring; Anne, wife of Sir William Jermyn of Rushbrooke, Knt.; and RoseSpring, married to Gibbon of Lynn. John, son and heir of Thomas Spring and Alice Appleton, had the honour of Knight-hood con
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