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INTRODUCTION The ancient and honourable family of INGHAM rendered itself conspicuous during the middle ages on the banks of the Rhine and in the Low Countries, where it ruled with feudal sway. The old baronial Castle of Ingham, now in ruins, the chief seat of the family, situated a short distance from the Castle of Schomberg, adjacent to the city of Cologne, is the only memorial left of the family in the fatherland; the elder house being now extinct. A younger branch of the family came to England during the reign of William the Conqueror, and settled in the county of Norfolk, where it held possessions to which it gave the name of "INGHAM". Sir Oliver de Ingham, a lineal descendant of this branch of the family, died in 1344, and his remains were placed in a table-tomb in Holy Trinity Church in the village of Ingham in Norfolk. Surmounting the tomb is an effigy of Sir Oliver. |