John Tawyer of Raunds, heads the Tawyer(1) pedigree in the Visitation
of Northamptonshire, 1564, His wife was Margaret Randes, daughter of Thomas
Raundes, Esq., of Raunds.
In the Parish Church of Raunds, near the East end of the South aisle,
there is the next inscription on bras plate, let into a stone on floor:
Of you charite pay for the
soules of John Tawyer and
Margaret his wif wich John
decessed the XXV day of
Janyver in the yere of our
Lord MCCCCLXX on whose
soules ihú have mercy.
(1) Acording to old english pronunciation, the w usually was pronunced
like the letter inmediately preceeding it; as, for instance, Harwich was
called Harrich, Warwich was called Warric, and Tawyer would consecuently
be called Taayer. (Thayer)