superb altar tomb to Sir William de Kerdiston (most guides give Sir Roger, but Pevsner is convincing on the matter) where he lies in full armour, a lion at his feet, on a bed of stones. At the base of the tomb are eight weepers, all in 14th century dress and with traces of original colour behind them. A couple of them are damaged, but this does not appear to be iconoclasm - or, at least, one of the undamaged figures carries a rosary, which the reformers would have thought pertinent to destroy. A hanging lion pendant has done even better to survive the accidents of six hundred years.
the figure lies on a bed of cobbles, similar to the tomb at Ingham, in East Norfolk. Nobody seems certain about the significance of this feature of the monument.
Pevsner says "His attitude is singularly tense. The r. hand grips the sword on the l., the l. crosses over and touches the pebbles. Against the tomb-chest eight small figures of mourners or weepers. They must once have been of a delicate, lyrical character."
it might be a coastal thing "This may be as an owner of seaside property, he is "Grasping the foreshore." or that he was shipwrecked."
This is one of the three 'knight on a bed of stones' tombs which are unique and of national importance. (The others are at Ingham, Norfolk and Burough Green in Cambridgeshire). Despite much speculation their true significance has not yet been ascertained.

Есть версии, что это Kerdiston Roger (+1337), 1st Baron de KERDESTON, & Bulcamp, Sir, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, b: ABT 1273 in Reepham with Kerdiston, Aylsham, Norfolk, England – d. 1 Jul 1337
Father - Sir William de Kerdeston, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk d. c 1324; Mother - Margaret de Gaunt
жена - (1307) Maud Bateman b: ABT 1275 d. a 1347; сын - William Kerdiston (d1361)