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sir william aldrich

William, Bailiff of Yarmouth ALDRICH was born about 1421 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He died after 1468 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He was Bailiff of Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England, in 1468. The Norwich Library has a historical section in which documents referring to the Aldridges can be found. Some ancient wills are on file there, and the "Mayors of Norwich" by Cozens, Hardy and Kent, which contains information I have excerpted. The coat of arms is authenticated in The Visitations of Norfolk. A trip to St. Clements Church, close to the Tourist Office, is very worthwhile. The Aldridge's apparently attended church and were buried there. The Aldrich home, now the Labor Exchange, is next door to the church. Over the doorway are the dates of John's terms as Mayor of Norwich in the 1500's. On the other side of the church is a tavern, which was formerly the home of another mayor, Alexander Thurston, who married John Aldrich's daughter. The mantelpiece in the tavern is the original one from the home and bears on one side the merchant's seal of the owner, on the other the Aldrich (later Aldridge) coat of arms, which is a "fess vert, bull passant". The coat of arms is very simple. I am told that the older the coat of arms, the simpler it is. As more and more people were declared eligible, the coats of arms became more complicated so they would be distinctive.