William Dalison (died 1546)


William Dalison of Laughton in the parish of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, was Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1546 and Escheator of Lincolnshire.

Career

He was closely associated with the influential Sir William Tyrwhitt of Scotter, whose children and widow he was entrusted with caring for. His brother was Dr. Roger Dalison, Chanter of Lincoln Cathedral.

Marriage and children

He married Anne Wastneys, a daughter of George Wastneys of Haddon in Nottinghamshire, by whom he had at least two sons and one daughter:

Monument

His re-used Gothic monument made circa 1405, in All Saints' Church, Laughton, Lincolnshire, is of a knight wearing the style of armour worn at the Battle of Agincourt, with Gothic-style canopy, serving as ledger stone for the remains of William Dalison, with inscription for Dalison made in imitation Gothic script below. William Dalison lived well into the Renaissance age in England when the taste for the Gothic style had long passed.
The Latin inscription is as follows:
Which may be translated as: