266 JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
In the upper part of the arch are the arms of Battersby im- 
paling Opye; viz: Or, a saltire paly of eight, erminois and gu. ; 
differenced by a crescent sa. in chief, the mark of a second son: 
_ imp., Sa. on a chev. betw. 
three garbs or, as many 
hurts. Over the pillar, to 
the left, is the coat of 
Battersbye, over that on 
the right, Opye; while the 
arms of Battersbye are re- 
peated on the pediment. 
This John Battersbye was 
the second son of Nicholas - 
Battersbye, of Harrabear, 
and was baptised at Cal- 
stock, 3rd June, 1623. He 
was here buried, according 
to the Register, 29th July, 
1672. His will, dated 11th 
June, 1672, was proved in London, 4th March, 1673. (P. P. C. 
Pye, 32.) In this will he is styled of Rame, in the county 
of Cornwall, Esquire. He leaves to the poor, at his wife’s 
discretion, £5; to his son George, £300; to his daughter Eliza- 
beth, £400; and to his daughter Sarah, £300—to be paid to 
them at the age of twenty-one years, or earlier if married with 
the consent of their mother, with interest at six per cent. from 
the date of his death. If either died without heirs, their share 
was to be divided between the survivors. If all of them so died, 
the whole to go to his eldest son and heir, Nicholas Battersbye. 
To Grace, his wife, he bequeaths all his plate, jewels, rings, a 
necklace of pearls, &c., and appoints her, with Roger Porter, Esq., 
William Trevisa, junr., gent., Richard Opie, gent., his brother-in- 
law, and William Battersby, gent., to be guardians and overseers 
of his will, until his son Nicholas is of the age of twenty-one 
years. He also mentions his houses at Ford and Cawsand, con- 
veyed to him and his heirs by his brother-in-law, Nicholas Opie. 
The will is witnessed by William Opie, Patience Edwards, John 
Opie, and Thomas Opie. In a codicil he names lands, &c., in 
the parish of Uphill, co. Somerset, which are to be sold for 
the benefit of his son George. His wife Grace was the daughter 

