Historical and descriptive sketches of the town and soke of Horncastle [1822]: in the county of Lincoln and several places adjacentWeir, George
History
Historical and descriptive sketches of the town and soke of Horncastle [1822]: in the county of Lincoln and several places adjacent
Weir, George
Horncastle (England)
Arg. a crosse engrailed G. betw. 4 waterbougets sa. Bourchier.
Quarterly & Quartered with Quarterly . . . Gules Lovayne.
billetty d’or a fesse arg. Crumwell and Tateshale
B. a manche d’or
Empaled. Sa. 3 lyons Passant guardant arg. Dymoke.
Empaled. Sa. 2 lyons passant arg. crowned d’or
Empaled. Dymoke
Empaled. Marmyon
Verry a fesse G. Marmyon.
Or a lyon rampant double queue sa. Welles.
Empaled. A coate defaced
Empaled. Welles
Empaled. Verry a fesse G.
Empaled. B. a manehe d’or
All these Escocheons are in 2 Windowes, in which two Windowes also
are these Verses:
Alme Deus cœli Croxby tu parce Johanni
Hanc ædem fieri benefecit sponte Jo Croxby
Anno Milleno quater. c. L. x. quoq. terno.
_In the other Windowes_.
Barry of 6 ermyne and G. 3 crescents sa. Waterton.
Quarterly Ufford & Beke Willughby.
Verry a fesse G. Marmyon.
Ermyne 5 fusils in fesse G. Hebden.
Arg. a crosse sarcely sa.
Empaled. Quarterly Crumwell & Tateshale Crumwell.
Empaled. B. a fesse betw. 6 billets d’or Deyncourt.
Empaled. Dymoke
Empaled. Welles
Sa. an arming sworde pile in poynte arg.
Empaled. Arg 3 bulls passant
Empaled. G. on a chevron arg. 3 pomeis
Empaled. Arg. a fesse dauuce betw. 3 talbots heads
erased sa.
Empaled. Arg. a fesse betw. 3 cootes sa.
Harleian MS. No. 6829, p. 178 to 182.
{53a} Domesday, folio 354.
{53b} Burton’s Monast. Ebor. p. 215.
{54} The following arms and inscriptions, now gone, were in this church
when it was visited by Mr. Holles.
_In Fenestra_.
Arg. a plaine crosse G.
G. a fesse betw. 6 crosselets botony fitchy arg. charged
with as many mullets or pierced G.
Sa. a bend betw. 6 mullets or pierced G. Briton.
_In the Church on a flat marble stone in Saxon Characters_.
ICI : GIST : MARGARETA : DE : LACI : QE : FVLA : FEME : GWILLEAMA :
DE ; MOVSTE . . .
Harleian MS. No. 6829. p. 177.
{55} Domesday, folio 331.
{56a} Escheat Rolls.
{56b} Cook C. Herald, MS.
{56c} From the information of E. Turnor, Esq. F.S.A.
{57a} Tupholme is not mentioned either in the Domesday survey or Testa
de Nevill.
{57b} See the Charter in Dugdale’s Monasticon, p. 596.
{59} The windows were formerly embellished with the following heraldic
bearings in stained glass, of which no vestiges are now existing.
_In Boreali Fenestra Chori_.
Arg. 3 chaplets with roses gules Lascels.
G. 3 mascels argent
G. 4 fusils in fesse arg. a border engrailed or Nevill.
Harleian MS. No. 6829, p. 140.
{60} Lodge’s Illustrations, vol. ii. 191.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account