File:Brass Of Simon De Felbrigge And Wife St Margaret's Church Felbrigg Norfolk.jpg
- Anne de Felbrigge, a nun at Bruisyard in Suffolk;
- Alana de Felbrigge (d.1458), who married twice: firstly to William Tyndale (d.1426/7) of Deene and Staniern, Northamptonshire (by whom she had 2 sons and 2 daughters) and secondly to Thomas Waweton, of Great Staughton, Huntingdonshire and of Basmey in Bedfordshire, a Member of Parliament. (Source: History of Parliament biography[1])
In 1450 the trustees of Sir Simon de Felbrigge sold the manor of Felbrigg to John Wyndham. (Source: Ketton-Cremer, R.W., Felbrigg, the Story of a House, 1986, p.20 (first published 1962)).
Latin inscription (transcribed in Farrer, Edmund, Church Heraldry of Norfolk, Vol.2, Norwich, 1889, pp.426-7[2]): Hic jacet Symon Felbrygge Miles quond(a)m vexillari(us) illustrissimi D(omi)ni Regis Ricardi S(e)c(un)di qui obiit __ die mensis .... Anno D(omi)ni MCCCC__ et D(omi)na Margareta quonda(m) consors sua nacione et gen(er)oso sanguine Boana ac olim domicella nobill(i)ssimae D(omi)n(a)e Ann(a)e qu(on)dam Angli(a)e Regin(a)e qu(a)e obiit XXVII die mens(is) Junii A(nn)o D(omi)ni MCCCCXVI quor(um) a(n)i(m)ab(us) p(ro)p(i)ciet(ur) De(us) Amen ("Here lies Simon de Felbrigg, Knight, sometime standard-bearer of the most illustrious Lord King Richard the Second, who died on the ... day of the month of ... in the year of our Lord 14.. and Dame Margaret, sometime his consort, of the nation and noble blood of Bohemia and once the maid-servant of the most noble Lady Anne sometime Queen of England, who died on the 27 day of the month of June in the year of our Lord the 1,416 on the souls of whom may God look upon with favour Amen")
Heraldry
5 heraldic shields:
- Top:
- Dexter/left: Royal arms of King Richard II (Attributed arms of King Edward the Confessor impaling royal arms of England) as also shown on the royal standard held by Sir Simon de Felbrigg
- Sinister/right: Royal arms of King Richard II (Attributed arms of King Edward the Confessor impaling royal arms of England) impaling paternal arms of his wife Anne of Bohemia: Arms of Holy Roman Emperor (Or, an eagle with two heads displayed sable) quartering Gules, a lion rampant double-queued argent crowned or (King of Bohemia)
- Middle: Or, a lion rampant gules (de Felbrigg) impaling Azure, an eagle displayed or (Arms of Duke of Cieszyn/Teschen)
- Bottom: Two shields containing heraldic badge of de Felbrigg: A fetterlock (also used as a crest by the Wyndham family which acquired the manor of Felbrigg from the de Felbrigg executors).
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