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Warmington.
Aldress.—This word signifies the wife of an alderman. It is found on a brass plate in the following epitaph, in the church of St. Stephen, Norwich, as given by Blomefield, Hist. Norw., 1739, vol. ii. p. 595. Where else may it be met with? It is assuredly a better designation than that of "Mrs. Ald. A.," or "The Lady of Ald. B.;" and, from its occurrence in this place, seems to be a term once in use:
"Here ly buried Misstresse Maud Heade,
Sometyme an Aldress, but now am deade,
Anno MCCCCCLX and Seaven,
The XIII Day of April, then
My Lyf I leafte, as must all Men,
My Body yelding to Christen Dust,
My Soule to God the faithfull and Just."