Andrew Fountaine 1676-1753

In or before 1659 [his father] Andrew Fountaine [aged 25] and Theophila Stubbe [aged 37] were married.

On or after 29th April 1672 [his father] Andrew Fountaine [aged 39] and [his mother] Sarah Chicheley were married.

In 1676 Andrew Fountaine was born to Andrew Fountaine [aged 43] and Sarah Chicheley at Salle, Norfolk.

On 7th February 1707 [his father] Andrew Fountaine [aged 74] died. His son [aged 31] inherited Narford Hall. Buried at Church of St Mary, Narford [Map].

In 1710 Andrew Fountaine [aged 34] was gravely ill at his London townhouse. Johnathan Swift wrote ... Sir Andrew's [his mother] mother and sister [aged 34] are come above a hundred miles to see him before he died. I knew the mother; she is the greatest Overdo upon earth; and the sister, they say, is worse; the poor man will relapse again among them. Here was the scoundrel brother [Note. Probably brother-in-law Colonel Edward Clent of Knightwick in Worcestershire [aged 33]] always crying in the other room till Sir Andrew was in danger; and the dog was to have all his estate if he died.

by 1714 Andrew Fountaine [aged 38] had embarked on a second grand tour with his friend Captain William Price.

1715. Guilo Pignatta [aged 31]. Sir Andrew Fountaine [aged 39] (leaning) and Friends in the Tribune.

On 14th January 1725 John Anstis, Garter King at Arms, by order of King George I granted by patent to Sir Andrew Fountaine [aged 49], Knt then vice-chamberlain to the Princess of Wales, and tutor to his highness Prince William, for whom he was installed (as proxy) knight of the honourable Order of the Bath, supporters to his arms, viz on either side a lion gules with wings erected or, with the old family motto of, Vix Ea Nostra Voco, and the ancient arms of Fountaine, or, a fess gules between three elephants heads erased sable.

Around 1732. William Hogarth [aged 34]. Conversation Piece with Andrew Fountaine [aged 56], his sister Elizabeth Fountaine [aged 56], his niece Elizabeth Clent [aged 26] and the latter's future husband, Fountaine's 'right-hand man in collecting', Captain William Price.

Elizabeth Clent: Captain William Price and she were married. She inherited Narford Hall when her mother Elizabeth Fountaine died. In 1706 she was born to Colonel Edward Clent of Knightwick in Worcestershire and Elizabeth Fountaine. On 27th July 1746 she died. Her son Brigg Price inherited Narford Hall.

Captain William Price: by 1714 Andrew Fountaine had embarked on a second grand tour with his friend Captain William Price.

On 4th September 1753 Andrew Fountaine [aged 77] died. His sister Elizabeth Fountaine inherited Narford Hall. Monument in Church of St Mary, Narford [Map].

After 4th September 1753. Church of St Mary, Narford [Map]. Monument to Andrew Fountaine [deceased]. Dark marble sarcophagus with a white marble bust - a copy of an original by Louis Francois Roubiliac [aged 51] now in the Norwich Museum collection.

On 28th September 1773 a fire at White's Coffee House destroyed a significant part of Andrew Fountaine's art collection including the greatest accumulation of miniatures then in private hands.