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Stained-glass panels from Beaupré Hall (now in Victoria & Albert Museum, London), blazons per Hussey, C. , "Beaupré Hall Wisbech, Coventry" Homes and Gardens Old & New , ( Country Life ), 1923 (corrected). See also Farrer, Edmund, Church Heraldry of Norfolk, Vol 1 (1885), pp.181-2, re a monument in the parish of Outwell [1] : text as follows:

OUTWELL.

I. Monument in the South Chapel, with Two coloured Shields, rauch obliterated.

1. Quarterly of seven: — 1, On a bend a pallet between two

cross-crosslets (Beaupre, Argent, on a bend azure a pallet between two cross-crosslets or) ; 2, A fesse between six cross-crosslets, three and three (St. Omer, Azure, a fesse between six cross-crosslets or) ; 3, A cross lozengy, in the second quarter an eagle displayed (Fodrt/ngeye, Quarterly, or and gules, a cross lozengy argent, on the second quarter an eagle displayed of the third) ; 4, An eagle displayed ; a bordure engrailed or (Storang or Strong of Suflblk, Gules, an eagle displayed argent; a bordure engrailed or) ; 5, Ermine, on a chevron three crescents {Dorward ? Ermine, on a chevron sable three crescents or) ; 6, A cross between four escallops (Cogges- hall, Argent, a cross between four escallops sable) ; 7, A chief indented {Harsicky Or, a chief indented sable.)

2. Quarterly: — 1 and 4, Beaupre; 2 and 3, St, Omer; impaling.

Quarterly of five: — 1, Fodryngeye ; 2, Storange ; 3, Dorward; 4, Coggeshall ; 5, Harsick,


182 CHURCH HERALDRY OF NORFOLK.

"Edmund de Beaupre, the sonne and hey re of Nyeholas de Beaupre and Margaret his wyfe, which Margaret was one of the daughters and hey res of Thomas Ffodryngaye, Esqre., Heyre to Syr John Dorewade, Knight, Syr William Coggeshall, Knyght, Syr John Harsyck, Knyght. Hie jacet Edmundus de Beaupre, Armiger, Filius et Hseres Nicholas de Beaupre, Armigeri, et Margareta uxoris ejus, unius filiarum et heredu Thomse Ffodrjmgeye, quondam de Brockley in comitatu Suffolcke, Armigeri, qui obiit quatuor decimo die mensis Februarii, Anno Domini Milesimo quingentessimo sexagesimo septimo, cujus anime propicietur Deus, Amen. Hie jacet Nich°«

de Beaupre, Arm qui obiit duo decimo die

Februarii, Ano. Dom. Milessimo quingentesimo duo decimo quo animab propicietur Deus."

End of quote.

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Inscribed in Latin: Arma Willi(el)m(i) Coggeshall Militis ("arms of William Coggeshall, Knight")
Top Left Frame: Argent, a cross between four escallops sable (Coggeshall) Sir William Coggeshall (1358–1426), High Sheriff of Essex, who married Antiocha Hawkwood, daughter of Sir John Hawkwood . [1]

2

Top Center Frame: Quarterly or and gules, a cross lozengy argent (Fotheringhay [2] ) (here shown as Gules, a cross lozengy argent ) Thomas Fotheringhay

3

Fotheringhay/Fodringhay [3] quartering Lyndsey [4] ( Gules, an eagle displayed argent a bordure engrailed or ) impaling quarterly of 6: 1: Ermine, on a chevron sable three crescents or ( Dorewod of Dorewoods Hall, Bocking, Essex); 2:Coggeshall; 3: Harske/Harsick, [5] Or a Chief indented Sable ; 4:Coggeshall; 5:Harske; 6:Dorewod)
Thomas Fodringhay married Elizabeth Dorward, daughter and heiress of William Dorward (by his wife Mary Harsick, a daughter and co-heiress of Roger Harsick), 2nd son of John Doreward (died 1420), Speaker of the House of Commons , by his wife Blanche Coggeshall, daughter and heiress of Sir William Coggeshall. [6]

4

Beaupré impaling Meeres

Inscribed in Latin: Thomas de Beauspre Armiger cepit in uxorem Margareta(m) filia(m) Joh(ann)is Meris Armigeri ) ("Thomas de Beaupre, Esquire, took as his wife Margaret daughter of John Meeres, Esquire" [7] ) Center Left Frame: The Arms of Thomas Beaupré, Quarterly - 1 & 4: Argent , on a bend azure three cross crosslets or (Beaupré); 2 & 3: Azure, a fess between six cross crosslets or (St. Omer) , impaling the arms of his wife Margaret Meeres/de Meris, daughter of John Meeres (d.1471), Gules , a fess between three water bougets ermine (Meeres). [8]
This is the family descended from Roger de Meres (d.1385) ( alias de Kirton/Kirketon), of Kirton Meres in Lincolnshire, a King's Sergeant 1367, and a Justice of the Common Pleas in 1371. [9] [10]

5

Detail from 1st & 4th grand quarters of impaled shield: Fotheringhay quartering Lyndsey

Inscribed above in Latin: Nich(olae)us de Beaupré cepit in uxorem Margaretam uniam filiam et heredu Thome Fodringaye Armiger ("Nicholas de Beaupré took as his wife Margaret, one of the daughters and heiress of Thomas Fodringaye, Esquire")
Center Frame: Beaupré quartering St. Omer impaling, quarterly of 4: 1st & 4th grand quarters: Fotheringhay quartering Lyndsey; 2nd & 3rd grand quarters: quarterly of 6: 1:Dorewod; 2:Coggeshall; 3:Harske/Harsick; 4:Coggeshall; 5:Harske/Harsick; 6:Dorewod;
Nicholas Beaupré married Margaret Fodringaye, one of the three daughters and heiresses of Thomas Fodringaye (son of Gerrard Fodringaye) by his wife Elizabeth Dorward, sister and heiress of John Dorward and daughter of William Dorward of Bocking, Essex. One of Margaret's sisters was Christiana Fodringaye, wife of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford , (1482-1540), KG, Lord Great Chamberlain. [11]

6

Detail of 2nd & 3rd grand quarters

Inscribed above in Latin: G(eral)dus (?) de Bellapré filius et heres dict(i) Nich(ola)i Bellispré et Margarete... ("Gerald de Beaupré, son and heir of the said Nichholas Beaupré and Margaret...")
Center right frame: Quarterly of 4: 1st & 4th grand quarters: Beaupré quartering St. Omer; 2nd & 3rd grand quarters: quarterly of 4: 1st & 4th grand quarters: Fotheringhay quartering Lyndsey; 2nd & 3rd grand quarters: quarterly of 6: 1:Dorewod; 2:Coggeshall; 3:Harske/Harsick; 4:Coggeshall; 5:Harske/Harsick; 6:Dorewod;

7

Bottom Left Frame: Sable a Fess Ermine between three church Bells Argent (Bell); Inscribed "Bell A(nn)o 1577"

8

Bottom Center Frame: Arms of Sir Robert Bell .

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Bottom Right Frame: Bell impaling Harington , Sable a fret Argent .
Date circa 1570
date QS:P,+1570-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Own work
Author Wuselig

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  1. Josselyn, J. H., Sir John Hawkwood, the Condottiere, some of his lineal descendants, Notes and Queries, 7th series, Vol. X, London , 1890, p. 101-102
  2. Robson, Thomas, The British Herald , Volume 1 [2]
  3. See pedigree of Fodringhay, Heraldic Visitation of Essex, 1558, p.52 [3]
  4. see arms of Lyndsey ( Gules, an eagle displayed argent a bordure engrailed or ) blasoned in pedigree of Thursby, with quarterings of Fodringhay, Dorewod, Harsick, Coggeshall, etc., Heraldic Visitation of Essex, 1558,p.298; not apparently the arms of Baulney
  5. Pedigree of Fodringhay, Heraldic Visitation of Essex, 1558, p.52
  6. Pedigree of Dorward, Heraldic Visitation of Essex, 1558, p.104 [4]
  7. See detailed image [5]
  8. As carved on a bench-end in Kirton Church in Lincolnshire (Edward Deacon)
  9. Foss, Judges of England : "Roger de Meres was of a Lincolnshire family, established at Kirketon in the district of Holland"
  10. Edward Deacon, The descent of the family of Deacon of Elstowe and London, with some genealogical, biographical and topographical notes, and sketches of allied families including Reynes of Clifton, and Meres of Kirton, p.18 [6]
  11. See pedigree of Fodringhay, Heraldic Visitation of Essex, 1558, p.52 [7]

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