Family Crests
High, along the walls, inside the parish church of Fressingfield are old crests of prominent families of the village.
Please, help me to find to whom they belonged (see below).
(Contact: Laurence Barber - barber.l@rogers.com)
One will, of course, be related to Archbishop Sancroft who was born and who died in Fressingfield parish.
Sancroft Arms: agent, on a chevron between three crosses fromy gules three doves argent)
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Another name will be that of William Brewse: argent a lion rampant gules crowned proper queue furche crucylee of the 2nd)
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Crests in Fressingfield Church (below)
William Brewes' daughter, Thomasine, married Thomas Hansard and as an heiress, she carried the Brewes achievement to the Hansard arms. This second set is that of their son Anthony Hansard, who married a daughter of the Lovells of Norfolk. Here we have: Quarterly, 1 Hansard, 2 Brewes, 3 Carbonel, 4 Shardelowe - impaling Lovell. .(with appreciation to Doug Thompson, see Braose Web and More ) |
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William Sancroft
Archbishop of Canterbury - Wm Sancroft |
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Anthony Hansard died on 5th August 1517 and the wardship and marriages of his children was granted to his uncle Roger Townshend. Roger sold them on to Thomas Skipworth (or Skipwith) of Utterby. This third shield marks a marriage which resulted from this. The arms show Hansard, impaling Skipwith. (with appreciation to Doug Thompson, see Braose Web and More ) |
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William de Brewes with his wife Elizabeth Hopton. Quarterly, 1 & 4 Brewes, 2 Carbonel, 3 Shardelowe...impaling Hopton. (with appreciation to Doug Thompson, see Braose Web and More ) |
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University of Cambridge (re Sancroft) |
Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Sancroft) |
explains some of the above
Heraldry Links
Coats of Arms from Ireland and around the World
Warner: (quarterly in the 1: per pale indented argent & sable in 3 & 3 azure a fleur de lis or 4 as 1)
Warner: (Or a bend engrailed between 6 roses gules leaved vert)
Warner: (Ermin on a cross ragulee sable five stars of six points or)
