1540 James Walsingham died and was buried at Chislehurst. [1]
James Walsingham died in 1540, and the sepulchral brass, which formerly commemorated him here, shewed that by his wife Eleanor he had seven daughters and four sons. Through two of the sons whom James Walsingham presented at the Font in Chislehurst Church, the name of Walsingham acquired a distinguished place in the annals of our country.
[1] William Archibald Scott Robertson, "Chislehurst and its Church," Kentish Archaeology, Vol. 4, section 6 (London: Mitchel and Hughes, 1880), 7, [GoogleBooks].