st.mary, saffron walden

"the stroke of deathes ievitable dart hath now alas of lyfe beraft the hart of syr thomas audeley of the garter knight late channcellour of englond under owr prince of might hery theight wurthy high renown and made by him lord audeley of this town obit VL timo die aprillis anno domini 1544 regni regis henrici 8 76 tantellarius sui 13 suae aetatis sg." epitaph on the renaissance tomb of thomas, lord audley, 1544, marble as black as his heart. an example of the influence of the design of the chest tomb of henry 7, with its heraldic wreaths