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Great Bedwyn. 



five were originally filled with the bearings of Sir John Seymour's 

 children. 



The five as described by Aubrey, who visited the Church in or 

 about the year 1672, were as follows: — 



I. — France and England (Hen. Till.) impaling Quarterly, 1. and 



4. Or, on a pile Gules, between six fleurs de lis Azure, three 

 lions of England, being the coat of augmentation granted by 

 Hen. VIII. to the Seymours on his marriage with Queen Jane; 

 2. and 3. The original Seymour coat as before. 



II. — Seymour (old) as before, for the Duke of Somerset, impaling 

 Quarterly, 1. Quarterly, Ermine and Gules, for Stanhope ; 2. 

 Azure, three talbots courant in pale Or ; 3. Sable, a bend be- 

 tween six crosses croslet Argent, for Stanhope (old) ; 4. Argent, 

 three saltires engrailed Sable. 



III. — Seymour, original coat, for Sir Thomas Seymour, Baron Sey- 

 mour of Sudeley, impaling, Quarterly, 1. Argent, on a pile be- 

 tween six roses Gules, three others of the Field, being a Royal 

 augmentation ; 2. Argent, two bars Azure, a bordure engrailed 

 Sable, for Parr ; 3. Or, three water bougets Sable, for Roos of 

 Kendal ; 4. A.zure, three chevronels interlaced in base, a chief 

 Or, for Fitzhugh. For Queen Katharine Parr. 



IV. — Quarterly per fess indented, Azure and Or, four lions passant 

 counterchanged, for Gregory, Lord Cromwell, impaling the ori- 

 ginal arms of Seymour. 



V. — Argent, a cross Gules, between four peacocks erect Azure, for 

 Sir Clement Smyth, impaling Seymour as in the last coat. 



The sixth shield was wanting in Aubrey's time, and it is im- 

 possible to conjecture with any degree of probability, whose coat 

 filled the vacant space, or whether it were ever filled at all. The 

 arms of all Sir John's children, who grew up and lived to be mar- 

 ried, are quoted by the Antiquary. Possibly the Earl of Hertford, 

 who erected the monument, may have added his own arms, or the 

 coat of Seymour impaling the six quarterings of Wentworth. 



There is also a brass to the memory of Sir John's eldest son and 

 heir, John Seymour, who died unmarried a.d. 1510. This was pro- 

 bably removed from Easton to Bedwyn at the same time. Near 



