454 The Heraldry of Wilton Church. 



church, placed, it would seem, in this remote corner for safety 

 and then forgotten. 



It consists of a thick slab about 2ft. square of dark grey marble, 

 into which are let the figures of Sir John Coffer and his wife 

 Philippa, daughter of Gilbert Synclere (or St. Cleere) of Tidwell 

 in Devon, two shields of arms, the motto " Right I Hould," and 

 the monumental inscription, all vigorously engraved on five different 

 plates of brass. 



Above the knight's head are his arms : — QiutrterUj : 1 aTid 4. A 

 bend fretty hetioeen six martlets, on the bend a mullet for difference ; 

 2 Ermine a fesse lozengy ; 3 Tivo leopards imjMling Tivo bars 

 betiveen six crosslets. Above the shield is a helm with the crest — 

 an eagle holding in his beak a crayfish. 



Over the lady's head is a shield of her husband's arms as above, 

 impaling her paternal coat, which is Quarterly : 1 St. Cleere 

 — Party or and azure a sun in sple7idoicr counterchanged ; 2 A fesse 

 engrailed between three mullets ; 3 HiDON — Gides three bezants and a 

 label argent ; 4 Ten mascles. There are no tincture marks. The 

 full blazon of two of the lady's quarterings is extracted from 

 Kite's notice of this important monument. 



The armorial glass in this church, on the other hand, is of ex- 

 traordinary value and importance, although it is only to be found 

 in two windows in the nave. 



In the westernmost window of the nortli aisle are three shields 

 of arms of ancient glass separated by pictures of a kneeling lady 

 wearing an armorial mantle, and a kneeling knight of the Garter. 

 At the top of the window is the shield borne by Henry, second 

 Earl of Pembroke of the present creation, as follows : — Quarterly 

 of six : 1. Herbert — (This quarter appears to be of later work 

 than the rest of the shield. It is generally supposed that this 

 earl differenced Herbert with a bordure gobony or and gules 

 with a bezant in each pane of gules as did his father. His 

 stall plate, however, shows no such bordure.) 2. Parre — Argent 

 two bars azure and a bordure engrailed sable ; 3. E.OS OF Kendal — 

 Or three %vater-bougets sable ; 4. FiTZ Hugh — Aziire fretty and a 

 chief or ; 5. Marmion — Vair a fesse gules ; 6. St. Quentix — Or 



