The Felton Family
According to the Sudbury All Saints church website the chantry chapel in the South aisle was funded
by the Felton family.
Sue Scott-Buccleuch of the Richard III Society alerted me to a possible connection between the Felton
Family and Belchamp Walter. This was because of an apparent bequest of funds for a spire on
St. Mary's.
The date of Maud Felton's will
23rd February 1487 (MCDLXXXVII or MCDLXXXVIII)
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The corrrespondence from Sue
I am part of a team which is transcribing the fifteenth century wills recorded in the Milles Register.
One of ‘my’ testators is a lady called Maud Felton, widow of John Felton of Sudbury.
She left 20 shillings ‘to the making of the steeple in Water Belcham’.
I think it’s fairly clear that this means present day Belchamp Walter, and the church of
St Mary the Virgin certainly dates from the 14th century. But there is no steeple!
I wonder whether there are any records of a steeple being proposed, but never built?
Any information you can supply would be much appreciated.
Kind regards
Sue Scott-Buccleuch
The Felton Family - 19th Century Bechamp Walter
The Felton name appears in the 1851 census.
The Felton Family in the news
