Athenæum.
_Landwade Church, and Moated Grange._--About five miles from the town of
Newmarket, the metropolis of the racing world, and from Eening, a village
in the county of Suffolk, there is a secluded hamlet called "Landwade,"
which contains a "_moated grange_," and a church to all appearances very
ancient.
The church contains several antique tombs, together with curious monumental
brasses, nearly all, I believe I may say all, to the memory of the Cotton
family; amongst whom, judging from the inscriptions, were crusaders and
knights of mighty emprize, and other worthies. There is only one grave and
gravestone in the churchyard, and that is to an old domestic servant of the
said Cotton family.
Can any of your readers or antiquaries give any information touching the
church, the ancient tombs and effigies, the Cotton family, the grange, &c.
When a boy I used to look upon the old house and the quaint little church
with a deal of awe.
It is very distressing, but I cannot find any published account of this
ancient and remarkable place and its antiquities.