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            Church of St Peter and St Paul,

Monument to Erasmus Earle †1667. Marble tomb chest, behind railings with commemorative cartouche above. Marble. North aisle.

Earle’s tomb chest, divided into three sections with the inscriptions on black marble, stands above a very large black marble slab. The commemorative cartouche was placed above with utter disregard for the fine medieval wall painting of Herod’s Feast. The oval is surmounted with a coat of arms whose drapery falls over the winged putti at the sides with laurel wreaths underneath. Erasmus Earle purchased Heydon from Sir Roger Townshend in 1643, later adding at least least six other Norfolk manors.  His financial clout was the result of a career outlined by Ruth Mayers in her entry for the ODNB. Erasmus was called to the bar in 1617, having married his cousin Francis Fountaine (whose family were Lords of the Manor of Salle). Thanks to his East Anglian connections his career prospered and by 1641 he was a Norfolk JP and  recorder for Thetford.  In the civil war he supported parliament, albeit reluctantly, although his contribution to the Commonwealth was negligible and he was described as indolent in his legislative habit. At the Restoration he obtained the king’s pardon, and continued his legal practice with ‘almost a monopoly’ of the eastern circuit, investing his gains in acquiring Norfolk manors. The entry closes: ‘An able lawyer with considerable local influence, Erasmus Earle was the typical conformist, proclaiming no principles but serving himself under all regimes.’
Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of South Erpingham: Heydon', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6 (London, 1807), pp. 241-253; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 

detail of winged putto

Taken on: May 3, 2017

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