John Garneys, Esq.

John Garneys wife Elizabeth 1539 (daughter of Sir John Sulyard 1487/8, Chief Justice of England of Wetherden and Agnes Hungate of York ). The Garneys family are well documented, including in the Paston Letters, as William Paston was their attorney.  John inherited his lands from his grandfather Peter ( Piers) Garneys.

John was the son of Thomas Garneys and Margaret daughter of Sir Hugh Fraunceys / Francis of Giffards Hall, Wickhambrook by Phillippe Hemmys (His mother Margaret m2 Thomas Peyton).

He became Lord of the Manor here on the death of his mother in 1492 being now heir to his grandfather Piers Garneys who had married the Kenton heiress, Anne, daughter of Ralph Ramsey. Children: 1. John his heir dsp 1526 2. Alice m Thomas Wiseman 3. Robert 1483-1556 m Anne daughter of Thomas Bacon of Baconsthorpe (parents of Margaret 2nd wife of Walter Devereux, Viscount Hereford who lies on a monument at Stowe by Chartley, SEE ATTACHED 1 ) 4. Mirabell b1487 m Edmund Poley (their grand daughter Margaret Palmer is buried at Wingham 5. .William dsp1525 6. Thomas 1565 m Margaret daughter of Sir Edmund Bedingfield of Oxburgh m2 Brice Rookwood of Euston. 7. Anne m Edward Grimston. 8. Elizabeth m Anthony Yaxley.1558 son of John Yaxley & Elizabeth Brome of Millis 9. daughter m William Thwaytes 10 Margaret m John Cotton. 11, Jane m .......... Jenney. 12 Agnes who was a Nun.

Their great grandson Nicholas Garneys has a similar brass at Ringsfield. Elizabeth wears the Sulyard arms on her cloak and has the Sulyard arms on the shield above her John has the Garneys arms above him.

Elizabeth'a nephew John Sulyard is buried at Wetherden. The tomb of her father is also at Wetherden. She was also heir to her cousin William Sulyard and is buried at Bradley Suffolk

About Kenton Hall: Kenton Hall is a characteristically moated house dating from 13C with substantial 16C and 19C additions. It is still standing and in use as an event center. Parish Church and Chantry chapel: Originally dedicated to St. John the Baptist, Kenton, Beccles, Suffolk. Now renamed All Saints.

All Saints (Church OS grid TM 191 659) is on the unclassified road between Occold and Earl Soham and Church Lane with Church Close nearby.

All Saints has a very fine brick built south aisle and chapel, flush with the porch and with its own entrance from it. It was built as a chantry chapel for the Garneys family in 1524, and was dedicated to St John.

The south aisle is now furnished and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin rather than to St John now. It once contained an excellent, intricate Garneys brass, contemporary with the chapel, which Cautley and Arthur Mee both saw in the 1930s..