Sir William de Tendring of Stokes-By-Nayland, the son of William Tendring d 1375 and Maud de Kerdeston.
Grandson of William de Kerdeston and Margaret de Bacon, and brother of John Tendring.
William was the second husband of Katherine Mylde, the daughter of William Mylde of Suffolk. Katherine was first married to a Sir Thomas Clopton.
William and Katherine were married after October 12, 1383 and had one daughter, Alice, who would marry Sir John Howard, the Sheriff of Essex.
William fought alongside King Henry V at Agincourt. He became the distant grandfather of three queens of England: two of the unfortunate wives of Henry the VIII, Ann Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and Queen Elizabeth I.
His memorial brass is the oldest and finest at St Mary's.
Grandson of William de Kerdeston and Margaret de Bacon, and brother of John Tendring.
William was the second husband of Katherine Mylde, the daughter of William Mylde of Suffolk. Katherine was first married to a Sir Thomas Clopton.
William and Katherine were married after October 12, 1383 and had one daughter, Alice, who would marry Sir John Howard, the Sheriff of Essex.
William fought alongside King Henry V at Agincourt. He became the distant grandfather of three queens of England: two of the unfortunate wives of Henry the VIII, Ann Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and Queen Elizabeth I.
His memorial brass is the oldest and finest at St Mary's.
Sir William de Tendring of Stokes-By-Nayland, the son of William Tendring d 1375 and Maud de Kerdeston.
Grandson of William de Kerdeston and Margaret de Bacon, and brother of John Tendring.
William was the second husband of Katherine Mylde, the daughter of William Mylde of Suffolk. Katherine was first married to a Sir Thomas Clopton.
William and Katherine were married after October 12, 1383 and had one daughter, Alice, who would marry Sir John Howard, the Sheriff of Essex.
William fought alongside King Henry V at Agincourt. He became the distant grandfather of three queens of England: two of the unfortunate wives of Henry the VIII, Ann Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and Queen Elizabeth I.
His memorial brass is the oldest and finest at St Mary's.
Grandson of William de Kerdeston and Margaret de Bacon, and brother of John Tendring.
William was the second husband of Katherine Mylde, the daughter of William Mylde of Suffolk. Katherine was first married to a Sir Thomas Clopton.
William and Katherine were married after October 12, 1383 and had one daughter, Alice, who would marry Sir John Howard, the Sheriff of Essex.
William fought alongside King Henry V at Agincourt. He became the distant grandfather of three queens of England: two of the unfortunate wives of Henry the VIII, Ann Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and Queen Elizabeth I.
His memorial brass is the oldest and finest at St Mary's.
Inscription
"...upon the pavement before the high altar is an ancient gravestone, having thereon the figure of a knight in complete armour, resting his head upon his gauntlet, with this inscription according to Weever: 'Hic iacent tumulati, dominus Willelmus Tendring miles and Katherina Clapton vxor eiusdem qui obierunt anno domini 1408.'"
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