Thomas Seckford
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Thomas Seckford or Thomas Sakford Esquire was a senior lawyer, a "man of business" at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, a landowner of the armigerous Suffolk gentry, Member of Parliament, and public ben
William Cecil presiding over the Court of Wards: the supposed Seckford figure is seated mid-left.
Porch of Great Bealings church, with carved inscription and angel turrets. The Seckford arms appear in the dexter spandrel of the arch
Seckford Hall, Great Bealings: main range entrance, south-western side (begun after 1553)
Woodbridge Shire Hall, built by Seckford as an open market with courtroom above, later modified
Great Bealings
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Great Bealings is a small village in Suffolk, England. It has about 302 people living in it in around 113 households. Its nearest towns are Ipswich and Woodbridge. Nearby villages include Little Beali
Thomas Seckford
…with his nephew Thomas Seckford, buried at Trinity College, Cambridge. The Seckford family was associated with a place named Sekford in the parish of Great Bealings from early times. A Sekford Hall manor, the second manor, is listed in Domesday Book, and it was held in 1185 by Bartholomew de Sekford, son of William…
Great Bealings village sign
St Mary's church from over the Lark
And from its churchyard
The old vicarage - Lord Belstead's home until his death