Sir Ralph de Blennerhassett, Kt.

References:

"The East Anglian Blennerhassetts", G. Andrews Moriarty, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1944, 98: 271-9.
Sepulchral Brasses of Norfolk and Suffolk, J.S. Cotman, 1839.

Sir Ralph de Blennerhassett, Kt. (died 1475).
Monumental brass in the church at Frenze, Norfolk.
Photo 2004 by Bill Jehan. See full size.
See also 2005 shot by Simon Knott of The Norfolk Churches Site. See terms of use.
See also drawing in [BL] Addit. Mss. 6728 f.217.

Sir Ralph de Blennerhassett, Kt. (see here),
mar Joan de Lowdham [dau of John de Lowdham, her 2nd mar],
she was heiress of Lowdham Hall, E side of Pettistree, Suffolk (see map),
and of Frenze (pron. "Firenze"), E side of Diss, Norfolk (see map),
ancestors of Blennerhassett of East Anglia,
he died 1475, bur Frenze, Norfolk,
had issue:

John Blennerhassett, of Frenze, Norfolk, born 1423.

The 14th cent church at Frenze, Norfolk

The church at Frenze, Norfolk.
Photo 2006. See full size. Formerly here. From this site. Used with permission.
See also 2007 shot from John Hawes. Used with permission.
See also 2004 shot by Bill Jehan. Light adjusted digitally. See original.
See other 2004 shot by Bill Jehan.

The church at Frenze, Norfolk.
See other shot.
Photos 2005 by Simon Knott of The Norfolk Churches Site. See terms of use.

The church at Frenze, Norfolk.
Photo 2005 by Simon Knott of The Norfolk Churches Site. See terms of use.

Interior. The church at Frenze, Norfolk.
See full size and list of rectors. Photos 2004 by Bill Jehan.
See also 2005 shot by Simon Knott of The Norfolk Churches Site. See terms of use. Light adjusted digitally. See original.
See also 2005 shot by Simon Knott of The Norfolk Churches Site. See terms of use. Light adjusted digitally. See original.

The Norfolk Churches Site
- St Andrew, Frenze

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