Borley Church, Essex. The last resting place of man rewarded for his loyalty to Mary I.

Borley Church is a beautiful church and is really worth a visit. it is the last resting place of a man who was rewarded for his loyalty to Princess Mary, who was to become Mary I. Following her coronation, she made him a knight. Unfortunately following her death, he was put in the Tower of London for having mass said in his home. At the time. Elizabeth I was queen and a Protestant. Edward died in the Tower. he was unlikely to have been executed but died of the conditions of the tower and ill health. it is also the last resting place of a man who was the uncle to Thomas Gainsborough, a famous artist born in Sudbury.