engraved ‘the love I owe I cannot showe’. Sir William Temple of Moor Park was married to Dorothy Osborne and they were close friends of the Longes. Until 1787, when it was unbricked, an alcove in the gallery contained the ‘soul’ of Sir William Peck. Documents do not state when this act occurred, but it is documented that Sir William desired this ‘bricking up’ to save his soul from adversaries. Longe family The Longe family are believed to have settled in Norfolk prior to 1299 with reference being made to both Robert le Longe and John le Longe who were traders of saltpetre in Norwich and the City of London. The family are notably descended from William of Wykeham, Chancellor of England and Bishop of Winchester from which much of the family wealth can be attributed. Another branch of the family settled in Suffolk in the 1300s with Walterus le Longe and Rogerus le Longe both mentioned as bailiffs in Dunwich, Suffolk in 1332 and 1333. The family is a senior branch of the House of Longe. In 1619, the Longe family purchased estates of Reymerston Hall and later Spixworth Hall in 1685 and Dunston Hall in 1859. In 1903, the Suffolk branch purchased Abbot's Hall in Stowmarket, Suffolk which is now the Museum of East Anglian Life. A number of the family served as High Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk. In 2011, the will of Thomas Longe of Ashwellthorpe was discovered, giving historians the first positive identification of a common soldier fighting for the House of York during the Battle of Bosworth. High Sheriffs of Norfolk: 1641 - Robert Longe (1588-1656), of Reymerston Hall. 1644 - Robert Longe (1619-1688), of Foulden, Norfolk. 1752 - Francis Longe (1726-1776), of Spixworth Hall. 1757 - Isreal Longe, of Dunston Hall, Admitted to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1656 and Middle Temple in 1756. 1786 - Francis Longe (1748-1812), of Spixworth Hall. 1975 - Major Desmond Longe (1914-1990), of Woodton Grange, Norfolk. High Sheriffs of Suffolk: 1984 - Nicholas Longe of Grange Farm, Hasketon, Woodbridge. Descent of the senior Norfolk branch: The descent of the Norfolk branch of the Longe family of Hingham and latterly Spixworth Hall and Reymerston Hall is as follows: William of Wykeham (1320-1404), Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. Thomas of Aswellthorpe (d.1485) Lord of Aswellthorpe. Joined the army of Richard III in the Battle of Bosworth. Follower