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Maxvvkli. (contd.)- 



a shield beariiiji .'} hedt^olioj^s with lottor J aboxc 

 ami H A at sides below, (.S) a niodeiTi stone of Ciikst 

 a stag couched beneath a tree. Over staiis to 

 vault is achievement the shield of which is as follows, 

 but without tinctures: — (4) (Quarterly, (i.) argent a 

 spread eagle sable and an inescutcheon bearing 

 argent on a .saltire sablt. a hedgehog, or (ii.) quar- 

 terly (a and d) argent a saltire. sable, and a label 

 gules, (b and c) argent J{ hedgehogs sable. (iii.> 

 quarterly (a and d) gules, (b and c) vair, over all a 

 bend or, (iv.) aKure on a bend cotised 3 billets 

 sable. Over the 4 grand (juarters a crescent. The 

 crest is as (3) above, and the motto is " iJeviresco." 

 On an old ornamented tomb within are 2 shields, 

 viz.: — (5) A narrow saltire between a deer and '2 

 oak leaves joined at stem in chief, and A hedgehogs 

 in base. In centie compartments are l(>tters H .M. 

 and above shield ,S. (G) A bendlet between 6 boa is" 

 heads, 3 and 3, bendwise, snouts up. Outside shield 

 arc letters E G to dexter and sinister, and D on top. 

 On corbels supporting roof timbers are 12 shields of 

 soft red sandstone, worn and difficult to see ; there 

 seems to be writing on Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4. 9, 10, 11, 1'2, 

 while 5, 6, 7, 8 are tlie same as (4) above, and repe- 

 titions of the 1st quarter, the 2nd quarter, and the 

 combined 3rd and 4th quarters thereof. In the 

 stained-glass windows of the vault are as (4) abovi- 

 and parts thereof. 



(A) argent a saltire sable and a label gules. (H) A 

 saltire and in chief a crescent. (C) An oblong stone 

 in 2 compartments, one above other, bearing (i.) 

 on dexter, a shield with scroll above; on sinister, a 

 stag couched beneath a tree; (ii.) on dexter, a shield 



bearing a saltire between a mullet in chief and a 



in base ; on sinister, a shield bearing a .saltire between 

 a mullet in chief and a roundel in base, impaling 

 3 crescents. Below shields are initials K — and L C 

 or I G. Between the two shields is a thistle, and 

 round the stone and between the compartments is 

 inscription. There are 3 other Maxwell shields on 

 house wall. (D) A saltire and in chief a holly leaf, in 

 dexter a nudlet, and in base a boar's head erased (y), 

 around shield is date lo90 and initials B M lOI I G. 

 (E) An eagle displayed, quartering quarterly, i. and 

 iv. 3 hedgehogs, ii. and iii. a saltire and a label. 

 SuppoMTs — A greylioTind and a savage. (F) Argent 

 a spread eagle pioper. and on an inescutcheon argent 

 a saltire sable charged with a hedgehog. SriM'oirrK.ns 



