Edmund Suckling
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Edmund Suckling (1560–1628) was an English churchman who was Dean of Norwich from 1614 to his death in 1628.
Early life[edit]
Suckling was born in Norwich in 1560, the son of Robert Suckling, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich and Mayor of Norwich, and his first wife Elizabeth (nee Barwick).[1] There is a large monument to his parents in St Andrew's Church, Norwich.[2] He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1577 and graduating BA in 1581, MA in 1584 and BD in 1591.[1]
Clerical career[edit]
He was Precentor of Norwich (1586) and then Rector of Ashill (1586-87), Larling (1592-1608) and Blofield with Hellesdon (1608-14).[1][3] He was Dean of Norwich from 1614 until his death in 1628.[1][3]
He was succeeded as Dean of Norwich by his nephew, John Hassal.
Personal life[edit]
Suckling was married to Annie, with whom he had two daughters.[1]
He was interred in Norwich Cathedral, with a brass, although by the time of Blomefield (1745) the brass had been lost.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954, via Ancestry.
- ^ "Find A Grave: Elizabeth Suckling". Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Clergy of the Church of England Database: Edmund Sucklinge". Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ Francis Blomefield, 'The city of Norwich, chapter 40: Deans, Vicars-General, or Chancellors, Archdeacons, Commissaries, Officials, and Prebends', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 3, the History of the City and County of Norwich, Part I (London, 1806), pp. 617-671. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol3/pp617-671 [accessed 25 August 2021].