Church of the Holy Innocents, Foulsham, Norfolk, mural monument on north side of chancel to Sir Thomas Hunt (d.1616) and his 3 wives. With kneeling effigy of Sir Thomas Hunt preceding those of his three wives, all facing eastward. Inscribed (per Farrer, Edmund, Church Heraldry of Norfolk, Vol.2, 1889, p.70[1]):

Here lyeth interred the bodies of Sir Thomas Hunt, Lord and Patron of this church, who died January 5th, 1616. He had three wives, first, Margaret, widow of John Warner of London, Merchant; second, Jane, widow of Thomas Grimes, Esq.; third, Dame Elizabeth, widow of Sir Francis Cherry, yet living. He had by Margaret two sons, William Hunt of Hilderston, Esq., son and heir; and Nicholas of London, Merchant, by the providence of God deceased before him.

Here lyeth interred the bodies of Sir Thomas Hunt, knight, lord and patron of this church, who died January 5, 1616, and gave 10l. for ever, towards the maintenance of the organs of this church; 53s. 4d. for ever, to the poor of Hilderston (Hindolvaston) in this county; and 20l. per ann. for ever, to the poor of the worshipful company of fish-mongers of London; and 53s. 4d. for ever, to the poor of the parish of St. Dunstan in the east, London; and 53s. 4d. for ever, to the poor of Camberwell in Surry: he had 3 wives; first, Margaret, widow of John Warner of London, merchant; the 2d, Jane, widow of Thomas Grimes, Esq.; the 3d, Dame Elizabeth, widow of Sir Francis Cherry, yet living: He had by Margaret 2 sons, William Hunt of Hilderston, Esq. son and heir; and Nicholas of London, merchant, by the providence of God, deceased before him (per jmc4 - Church Explorer[2])

Text per jmc4 - Church Explorer[3]: "Sir Thomas Hunt originally of Camberwell, Surrey bought the manor of Foulsham near Hindolveston in 1582 and also bought a number of other manors in the area. He was master of the Fishmongers' Company of London in 1592 and sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1609-10. His charitable bequests extended far beyond his native village and included £20 a year from his land in Southwark to the poor of the Fishmongers' Company on condition that the company built a hospital, which it duly did."

Thomas Grimes, Citizen and Haberdasher of London and of Peckham, married Jane Muschamp daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Muschamp, of Peckham, and was the father of w:Thomas Grimes, MP for Haslemere (1614, 1621) and for Surrey (1624).^[1]

Sir Francis Cherry (1552-1605) of the parish of All Hallows, Barking, in Essex, and of Camberwell in Surrey, Citizen of the City of London and a Merchant Vintner, was the English ambassador to the Court of Russia from April 1598 to 23 March 1599.

Heraldry

Originally four shields, colours obliterated on lower three, but blazoned in BL Norf. viii. 207, and Quarles' History of Foukham, p.46 (per Farrer, Edmund, Church Heraldry of Norfolk, Vol.2, 1889, p.70[4])

• Top: Per pale argent and sable, a saltire counterchanged on a canton of the last a lion passant of the first (Hunt); Crest: A lion's head erased collared and chained (Hunt). Arms: Per pale argent and sable a saltire counterchanged on a canton of the second a lion passant of the first (Hunt of Hindolveston, Norfolk) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.520 "Hunt"). Arms of Hunt of Hermyngtoft (now "Horningtoft"), Norfolk: Vert, a saltire or (Hunt of Hermyngtoft (now "Horningtoft"), Norfolk; of Little Bradley, Suffolk; of Hunt's Hall, Essex) (Papworth, John Woody, Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.II, London, 1874, p.1060) ("of Hermyngtoft, Norfolk", per Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.520).
• 2: Per pale vert and or, a saltire counterchanged on a canton gules a lion passant of the second (Hunt, with differing tinctures) impaling: Gules, on a fesse between four fleurs-de-lis or ....; (for his first wife)
• 3: (Hunt impaling ?): Or, three bars gules (Muschamp) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.718) (for his second wife Jane Muschamp, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Muschamp, of Peckham, (near Camberwell, Surrey) and widow of Thomas Grimes, Citizen and Haberdasher of London and of Peckham.
• 4: (Hunt impaling ?): Argent, on a fesse between four barrulets wavy azure three fleurs-de-lis of the first (Elliot) (for his third wife Elizabeth Elliott, daughter of Edward Elliott / Eliott of Ratcliff Stepney, and widow successively of Christopher Holmes & Sir Francis Cherry. (Identification by jmc4 - Church Explorer) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, pp.321-2, arms of Elliot, variants)