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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd s. No 38., Sept. 20. '56. 



1G89, at the Funeral of the Reverend Richard Sherlock, 

 D.D., hitc Rector there. By Tho. Crane, M. A. Li- 

 cens'd .hine 2, KiOO, Z. Isham. London: Printed for 

 Philip Barton, Bookseller in Warrington, 1G90." 



In the address to the reader the author speaks of 

 the sermon as havinjr been imposed upon him by 

 this pious and good man the reverend the de- 

 ceRsed, and it contains abundant evidence of a 

 full coincidence with his religious views. 



A portion of the sermon is reprinted (from my 

 copy) in the edition of Sherlock's Practical 

 Christian^ published at Oxford, in 1841, by his de- 

 scendant, the Rev. H. H. Siierlock, Incumbent of 

 Holy Trinit}', at Ashton, in the parish of Winwick. 

 The editor speaks of Crane (I know not on what 

 authoritv) as Dr. Sherlock's friend and curate. 



J. F. M. 



ABMS IN SEVERN STOKE CHXJKCH. 



(2"'i S. ii. 112. 159.) 



Me. Cooper Hill asks for authorities showing 

 the Berkeley arms with any other crosses than 

 crosses patee ? 



The following may assist in coming to a con- 

 clusion as to the arms in question : — 



Before the reign of Edward I. the arms of this 

 family consisted of a chevron only : indeed, all the 

 very ancient arms consist of very simple devices. 



In that reign, Thomas Lord Berkeley, who died 

 in 1321, added the ten crosses patee to his arms on 

 the occasion of Edward I.'s Crusade. (Smyth's 

 TAves of the Berk. Fam,, edited by the Rev. T. 

 D. Fos broke, p. 111.) 



This portion of the arms appears to have been 

 varied by different members of the family. 



Thus, Mr. Smyth states {Id., p. 112. 11.3.) that 

 Sir Thomas, second son of this lord, and founder 

 of the Wymondam branch of the family, bore at 

 Caerlaverock, Gules, a chevron between ten cinque- 

 foiles. 



In the Roll of Anns temp. Hen. III. (edited 

 by Sir Harris Nicolas), p. 15., is " Moris de 

 Barkela;, goules ung cheveron d'argent." The 

 crosses had not then been added. 



In the " Roll of Arms of the Tournament at 

 Stepney," 2 Edw. IT. (edited by Mr. Charles 

 Edward Long, and published in the 4th volume 

 of the Collect. Topog. et Geiieal.), is — 



No. 178. " S"" Thomas Berkeley. Gu. a chevron be- 

 tween 10 roses arg." 



In the lloll of the Bannerets of the reign of 

 Edw. II., edited by Sir Harris Nicolas, is — 



P. 5. " Sire Moris de Berkeleye de goules a les cru- 

 sules pates de argent e un cheveron argent." 



P. 77. " Sire Thomas de Berkeleye de goules od les 

 rosettes de argent e un cheveron de argent," 



" Sire Johan de Berkeleye de goules a iij crois paths de 

 or e un cheveron de argent." 



In the Roll of A7'ms temp. Rich. II. (an illu- 

 minated Roll, with all the arms coloured, edited 

 by Mr. Willement), is — 



No. 57. " Le S'' de Berkele. Gules, a chevron between 

 six crosx crnslefs in cliief and four in base argent." 



No. 380. " Monsr. Moris de Berkele. Gules, a chevron 

 ermine between six crosses patunce in chief and four in 

 base argent." 



No. 382. " Monsr. James Berkele. Gules on a chevron 

 between six crosses patonce in chief and four in base 

 argent, a crescent azure." 



No. 516. " Monsr. John de Berkele. Gules, a chevron 

 between six cinquefoiles in chief and four in base argent 

 pierced." 



And in Gwillim's Heraldry (edit, of 1724), 

 p. 138., a coat is given. A coat, " a chevron be- 

 tween ten cinquefoils., four, two, one, two, and one 

 argent. This coat armour pertaineth to the wor- 

 shipful family of Barkley of Wymundham, which 

 descended out of the right Noble Progeny of the 

 Lord Barkley." 



The arms of the Berkeley family, with the 

 crosses patee, and with the chevron only, as they 

 exist in Bristol Cathedral and on their seals, will 

 be found in Mr. Lysons's Gloucester, shire Anti- 

 quities. 



Mr. Smyth, the historian of the Berkeley family, 

 was M.P. for Midhurst temp. James I. F. A. C. 



There can be no doubt but that these are the 

 arms of the Beauchamps, who were a very in- 

 fluential family in the county, of Worcester as 

 well as that of Warwick, of which they were 

 e:\rls. One branch of the family is now repre- 

 sented by Lord Beauchamp, who bears a shield of 

 the Beauchamp arms suspended to the collars of 

 his supporters, to perpetuate his descent from 

 them. The reason the arms are in the cathe- 

 dral at Gloucester (as mentioned by Mr. Cooper 

 Hill) is, because the Earls of Shrewsbury, one 

 of whom married a daughter and co-heir of 

 Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, were bene- 

 factors to Gloucester Cathedral, and the Beau- 

 champ arms will be found there impaled with 

 those of Talbot. Of the Worcestershire Beau- 

 champs was Sir John de B. of Holt, who was 

 created Baron of Kidderminster In 1387 by patent, 

 being the first on record so created. Another 

 branch was of Powyke, in the county of Glouces- 

 ter. A number of churches in Worcestershire are 

 decorated with these arms, and many of the family 

 lie burled In Worcester Cathedral. The branch 

 of the family represented by Lord Beauchamp 

 varied their coat by changing the crosslets to 

 martlets. Concerning the variations of the Beau- 

 champ coat, vide Lower's Curiosities of Heraldry, 

 p. 44. Vide also for pedigrees, &c. of the Beau- 

 champs Nash's History of Worcestershire. 



C. J. Douglas. 



