Engraving of lost brass to Robert Attelathe 1376, vintner, burgess & mayor of Lynn in 1374-76. His gloved hands in prayer, two lions at his feet
Engraved by Gough & Cotman, the brass is said to have been sold to a brassfounder for 5 shillings
Children
1. John atte Lathe entered the franchise in 1377; he was not allowed to do so by patrimony but had to pay an entrance fine, because he had already been engaging in mercantile activities. After his first term as chamberlain (1378/79) he became a jurat and remained one for most of the 1380s. Although he had joined the merchant gild before 1386, his commercial activities are less well documented than those of his father. It may have been he who was fined for regrating ale and keeping a common hostelry in 1404, if he lived that long. However, lack of other references to him after his inclusion among the merchants complaining in 1388 of seizure of their goods overseas (unless one counts the apprenticing of his son, Robert, to Robert de Waterden in 1391) suggests that his losses in Prussia may have had a seriously adverse effect on his career. – church of St Margaret of Antioch. Kings Lynn Norfolk
