Richard Norton

Richard Norton, esq. son and heir, born in 1465; will dated 24 Jan. 1536-7; died Feb. 17, 1536-7, aet. 72; bur in the high chancel of East Tisted church.

Source: Pedigree chart of Norton, Herald and Genealogist, Volume 5, published 1870, page 128

Richard Norton monument - St James' church, East Tisted

At the east end of the south aisle is the canopied altar-tomb of Richard, ob. 1556 (sic), and Elizabeth Norton, erected before the death of either, about 1530. The canopy is formed by a four-centred arch with a panelled soffit, under a cornice on which are three shields bearing respectively (1) the Norton coat, (2) the same impaling Rotherfield, and (3) Rotherfield. In the spandrels of the arch are shields with RN and EN. On the upright back of the tomb beneath the canopy are brasses representing the Resurrection of Christ, with Richard Norton and eight sons kneeling on the right hand, and Elizabeth and ten daughters on the left. Over both groups are scrolls, one illegible, the other, on the left, having JHU [christe] FILI DEI MISERERE MEI. The base of the tomb is panelled and bears three shields with the same coats as those on the cornice, but set in early Renaissance ornament. An inscription in black letter is painted on the cornice and base of the tomb, as follows:—

Richardus Norton armiger et Elizabeth uxor ejus filia et heres Willī Retherfield ac cõsanguinea et una heredū Willī dawty . . . de f . . . ele qui quidem Ricūs obiit . . . die . . . Anno dni M CCCCC . . . et dicta Elizabeth obiit . . . die . . . Anno dni M CCCCC . . . Qiū a[nimabus] [pro]piciet' de' Amen.

Above the tomb is a panel with the Norton coat under a round arch with Renaissance detail, rather later in style than that on the tomb itself.

In front of the tomb lies an early fourteenth-century coffin lid, having a cross with a sunk quatrefoiled head in which is the bust of a woman holding a heart in her hands, and at the foot is a trefoiled arch beneath which appear the feet of the figure resting on a dog.

Source: 'Parishes: East Tisted', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 30-35. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol3/pp30-35 [accessed 12 October 2016].