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Dr Robertus Redmayne

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Dr Robertus Redmayne

Birth
Death
5 Aug 1625 (aged 73–74)
England
Burial
Heacham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England Add to Map
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Second husband of Dorothea "Dorothy" Mason Rolfe, who was the mother-in-law of Pocahontas. They married on 9 Mar 1594/5 at Heacham, England.

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"An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 3 - The History of the City and County of Norwich, part I"
Year published: 1806
Author: Francis Blomefield
Description: A chronological account of the city of Norwich. Also includes an account of the diocese and bishops of Norwich.

"1588, Robert Redmayne, LL. D. (see p. 561,) who though he always spelled his name thus, was of the same family with Bishop Redman, of that branch of it which first settled in Cumberland, and then in Lancashire, for on his mural monument against the north isle wall of Hitcham church in Norfolk, the arms of

Redman, or Redmayne, of Cumberland in Lancashire, viz. gul. three cushions lozengé erm. tasselled or, quarter, 1. a lion rampant or. 2. az. a fess between three martlets arg. and this motto, alluding to the field of his arms, viz. Sine Sanguine Nulla Trophaea.

The inscription is this,

Hic positæ sunt Exuviæ, venerabilis viri Roberti Redmayne, LL. Dris. cujus Dignitatem et Prætantiam testantur Copiosè, ager Lancastriensis, Academia Cantabrigiensis, Civitas Nordovicensis, Comitatus Norfolciensis, totusque fere hic alter Orbis Anglia, Quinque Episcoporum Nordovicensium per 37 annos et ultrà, Cum summâ nominis sui amplitudine, Cancellarius stetit dignissimus; nulli sui Ordinis fuit secundus, omnium Ornamentum; Qua Prudentiam, qua Pietatem, Eruditionis omnimodæ varietatem, vitæ Integritatem, et in omni re gerendâ mirandam dexteritatem, vir fuit spectatissimus, sed mortalis erat, Tumulus Mortalia condit, Spiritus in Christi vivit, agit que Sinu. Excessit vita 5 August 1625, Ætatis suæ 74: Obijt in Itinere, viator, Vivit in Cælo Comprensor.

Dorothea eIVs VXor pletatIs gratIa hoC eI ponebat Mærens.

On a flat stone under it, is his effigies in his doctor's habit, but the arms and inscription are torn off.

On another flat stone. Eustachius R - - - - - Sepultus - - die Junij - - - Ætatis suæ 77.

And on another flat marble,

Dorothy Redmayne Widow, sometime Wife of John Rolf of Hecham, Gent: afterwards Wife of Dr. Redmayne Chancellor of Norwich, after whose death, she lived a Widow 20 Years, and died the 26 of Oct: 1645, in the 80th Year of her age, and is buried at the feet of her 2d Husband.

In their Lives they were lovely, & in their Deaths they were not divided. 2 Sam. 1. 23."
Second husband of Dorothea "Dorothy" Mason Rolfe, who was the mother-in-law of Pocahontas. They married on 9 Mar 1594/5 at Heacham, England.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 3 - The History of the City and County of Norwich, part I"
Year published: 1806
Author: Francis Blomefield
Description: A chronological account of the city of Norwich. Also includes an account of the diocese and bishops of Norwich.

"1588, Robert Redmayne, LL. D. (see p. 561,) who though he always spelled his name thus, was of the same family with Bishop Redman, of that branch of it which first settled in Cumberland, and then in Lancashire, for on his mural monument against the north isle wall of Hitcham church in Norfolk, the arms of

Redman, or Redmayne, of Cumberland in Lancashire, viz. gul. three cushions lozengé erm. tasselled or, quarter, 1. a lion rampant or. 2. az. a fess between three martlets arg. and this motto, alluding to the field of his arms, viz. Sine Sanguine Nulla Trophaea.

The inscription is this,

Hic positæ sunt Exuviæ, venerabilis viri Roberti Redmayne, LL. Dris. cujus Dignitatem et Prætantiam testantur Copiosè, ager Lancastriensis, Academia Cantabrigiensis, Civitas Nordovicensis, Comitatus Norfolciensis, totusque fere hic alter Orbis Anglia, Quinque Episcoporum Nordovicensium per 37 annos et ultrà, Cum summâ nominis sui amplitudine, Cancellarius stetit dignissimus; nulli sui Ordinis fuit secundus, omnium Ornamentum; Qua Prudentiam, qua Pietatem, Eruditionis omnimodæ varietatem, vitæ Integritatem, et in omni re gerendâ mirandam dexteritatem, vir fuit spectatissimus, sed mortalis erat, Tumulus Mortalia condit, Spiritus in Christi vivit, agit que Sinu. Excessit vita 5 August 1625, Ætatis suæ 74: Obijt in Itinere, viator, Vivit in Cælo Comprensor.

Dorothea eIVs VXor pletatIs gratIa hoC eI ponebat Mærens.

On a flat stone under it, is his effigies in his doctor's habit, but the arms and inscription are torn off.

On another flat stone. Eustachius R - - - - - Sepultus - - die Junij - - - Ætatis suæ 77.

And on another flat marble,

Dorothy Redmayne Widow, sometime Wife of John Rolf of Hecham, Gent: afterwards Wife of Dr. Redmayne Chancellor of Norwich, after whose death, she lived a Widow 20 Years, and died the 26 of Oct: 1645, in the 80th Year of her age, and is buried at the feet of her 2d Husband.

In their Lives they were lovely, & in their Deaths they were not divided. 2 Sam. 1. 23."

Inscription

Hic positæ sunt Exuviæ, venerabilis viri Roberti Redmayne, LL. Dris. cujus Dignitatem et Prætantiam testantur Copiosè, ager Lancastriensis, Academia Cantabrigiensis, Civitas Nordovicensis, Comitatus Norfolciensis, totusque fere hic alter Orbis Anglia, Quinque Episcoporum Nordovicensium per 37 annos et ultrà, Cum summâ nominis sui amplitudine, Cancellarius stetit dignissimus; nulli sui Ordinis fuit secundus, omnium Ornamentum; Qua Prudentiam, qua Pietatem, Eruditionis omnimodæ varietatem, vitæ Integritatem, et in omni re gerendâ mirandam dexteritatem, vir fuit spectatissimus, sed mortalis erat, Tumulus Mortalia condit, Spiritus in Christi vivit, agit que Sinu. Excessit vita 5 August 1625, Ætatis suæ 74: Obijt in Itinere, viator, Vivit in Cælo Comprensor.



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