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All Saints church West Acre Norfolk. All Saints church West Acre Norfolk. All Saints church, West Acre, Norfolk. The east window was glazed by Burlison and Grylls in 1907 in memory of four members of the Hamond family. This one shows Anthony Hamond (1834-1895) of West Acre, lord of the manor of West Acre and Swaffham, patron of four livings, (eldest son of Anthony Hamond (1805-1869) of West Acre) who married Mary Leigh Hare (d.1925) only daughter of Sir Thomas Hare, 2nd Baronet, of Stow Hall, Norfolk. He appears to be dressed as a Master of Foxhounds (West Norfolk Foxhounds; see painting "The West Norfolk Foxhounds", portraits of Anthony Hamond, MFH, on his hunter, Robert Clayden huntsman and whips; from the painting presented to Anthony Hamond Esq. on his retirement from the mastership in 1883 (Master 1865-1833), funds raised on the suggestion of the Prince of Wales, the presentation was made by the Prince at Sandringham. (Norfolk Annals: Volume 2 By Charles Mackie, p.401[1]) a print is in collection of Norfolk Museums[2]). He died without issue and was succeeded by his younger brother Admiral Richard Horace Hamond (1843-1906) of West Acre (3rd son of Anthony Hamond (1805-1869) of West Acre), who died unmarried and was succeeded by his brother Thomas Astley Horace Hamond (d.1917), lord of the manor of Swaffham. Arms: Azure, three doves proper between two chevronels or (Hamond of West Acre) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.450) impaling Gules, two bars and a chief indented or (Hare, Hare Baronets of Stow Hall, Norfolk) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.456). Another memorial window depicts Lewis Hamond, born on the 15th October 1860, and died at Pincher Creek, Canada, on 14th February 1900, aged 39, second son of Capt. Philip Hamond (d.1886), 4th son of Phillip Hamond (d.1824). Hatchment on the north wall for Philip Hamond (d.1824) of High House, West Acre, Norfolk. In 1803 he married Anne Packe, a daughter of Charles James Packe (1726 – 1816) of w:Prestwold Hall, Prestwold, Leicestershire, who rebuilt Prestwold Hall, and soon after created the park around it. Philip Hamond's eldest son and heir was Anthony Hamond (d.1869), High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1836. The Hamonds were descendants of Susan Walpole, youngest sister of Sir Robert Walpole of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Prime Minister; (Source: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp.1036-7). Arms: Azure, three doves proper between two chevronels or (Hamond of West Acre) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.450) impaling Quarterly sable and or, in the first quarter a cinquefoil argent with an ermine spot on each leaf (Packe, of Prestwold, Leicestershire (Burke, 1884, p.769)). Crest: On a rocky mount proper a dove rising also proper holding in the beak a slip of olive vert (Hamond). The marble monuments are an important feature. The largest is for Anthony Hamond, who died in 1822 (probably father of Philip Hamond (d.1824), who was 2nd son and heir of "Anthony Hamond" of Westacre) and features a draped Grecian sarcophagus beaing his arms and above it an angel pointing Heavenwards. The sculptor was Joseph Threakston (1772-1842). The monument on the east wall depicts a mother weeping over her daughter's sarcophagus, and is for Frances Hamond, d.1820. (Text per https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF3889-All-Saints%27-Church-Westacre&Index=3580&RecordCount=56881&SessionID=eca5e435-170a-4dcc-8944-b45d71b579e0). Will of Philip Hamond of Westacre High House , Norfolk. Date: 20 September 1824. Held by: The National Archives, Kew. Hamond memorial window, by Burlison & Grys, 1907.

Text from [3]: "The Norfolk Record Office (NRO) has recently purchased a series of diaries of Anthony Hammond (1834-1895) of Westacre High House. They were acquired at the Morningthorpe Manor House Sale as a result of an appeal made by the NRO and its charitable partner, the Norfolk Archives and Heritage Development Foundation (NORAH). Hamond owned a large landed estate and unsurprisingly was interested in such matters as horse breeding, hunting and estate management. Hamond’s extensive involvement with hunting in west Norfolk meant he was closely acquainted with the royal family. Queen Victoria purchased Sandringham Hall in 1862, as a home for her eldest son, the Prince of Wales and the future King Edward VII. Hamond was also interested in local politics. He was involved in the transition of responsibility from the Norfolk Quarter Sessions to Norfolk County Council as both a Justice of the Peace and a member of the first cohort of county councillors. Despite Hamond’s difficult to read handwriting, the diaries offer a wonderful insight into the life of the late Victorian landed gentry. The diary entries shown below currently feature in an exhibition at The Archive Centre in Norwich. They neatly summarise Hamond’s interests, which include local politics as evidenced by the entry for 3 February 1889 (Norfolk Record Office, MC 3243/21). In his diary, Hamond indicates that he was an ally of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, who was a senior Liberal politician who had held many senior government positions, including Foreign Secretary. Wodehouse was also amongst the first cohort of county councillors. The minutes of the provisional county council, which first met on 7 February 1889 (Norfolk Record Office, C/C 22/1), contradict this somewhat. They record Hamond voting instead for Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, later Lord Cranworth (1829-1903) as first Chairman of the Council, namely. This may have had something to do with the fact that Gurdon was also the Chairman of Norfolk Quarter Sessions. Gurdon had sat as a Liberal MP before joining the Liberal Unionists in 1886 because of his objection to Irish Home Rule. The powers of the early Norfolk County Council were not very extensive. A Joint Committee of the County Council and Quarter Sessions, of which Hamond was a member, controlled the police and courthouses. Responsibility for the County Lunatic Asylum and 267 County bridges was transferred from Quarter Sessions to the County Council. The Council also had responsibility for the maintenance of 824 miles of main roads and control of the contagious diseases of animals".