Joan Tregarthin - St Winifred - Branscombe, Devon - Coats of Arms on Waymarking.com

Memorial monument to Joan Tregarthin (d 1583) in the north transept of St Winifred's church, Branscombe.

Joan was widow successively of John Kelloway of Cullompton, Devon, and of John Wadham (d.1578) of Merifield, Ilton, Somerset and Edge, Branscombe.

The heraldic shields are as follows:
Centre: in a lozenge escutcheon for a female, the arms of Tregarthin, of 6 quarters.
Left: Kelloway of 4 quarters, impaling Tregarthin of 6 quarters.
Right: Wadham of 9 quarters, impaling Tregarthin of 6 quarters.

Much of the original tincturing has faded.

"When Lady Joan Tregarthin was born in 1501, in Lincolnshire, England, her father, John Tregarthin, was 41 and her mother, Jane Trethurffe, was 21. She married Sir John Wadham about 1517, in Cullompton, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 30 September 1583, in Branscombe, Devon, England, at the age of 82, and was buried in St Winifred's Church, Branscombe, Devon, England."

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Bearer of Coat of Arms: Burgher (used by famous commoner) Full name of the bearer: Joan Tregarthin Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?: north transept Material / Design: Stone Blazon (heraldic description): Centre lozenge: [TREGARTHIN] 1st: Argent, two lobster's claws in saltire gules (Tregarthick). 2nd: Argent, a chevron between three escallops sable (Tregarthin). 3rd: Semee of escallops, a lion rampant (Hendower). 4th: Argent a lion rampant gules in chief a label azure of three points a bordure engrailed bezantee (descendant of Sir Richard of Cornwall, son of the Plantagenet first Earl of Cornwall. The label is usually the difference used to indicate a first-born son.). 5th: On a bend 5 (or six) roundels (Chamberlayne). 6th: On a chevron three fleurs-de-lys (Pever). Left CoA: KELLOWAY arms, 4 quarters: 1 & 4: Argent, two grozing irons in saltire sable between four Kelway pears proper (Kelloway) 2: Azure, a stag's face cabossed ... (unknown family) 3: Argent, a chevron between three escallops sable (Tregarthin) ; impaling [TREGATRHIN] (see centre lozenge description) Right CoA: WADHAM arms, 9 quarters: 1st: Gules, a chevron between three roses argent (Wadham). 2nd: Or, on a chevron gules three martlets or (Chiselden of Holcombe Rogus) 3rd: Argent on a chief gules two bucks' heads cabossed or (Popham). 4th: Gules, a chevron argent between nine bezants five in chief and four in base (Dene), 5th Sable six lioncels or (St Martin). 6th Per fesse indented, overall a bend (as shown, given by Ashmole as: Argent, a chief embattled azure overall a bend gules (Nevil)) 7th Barry of eight azure and argent an eagle displayed. (Walrond, per Ashmole/Speke?) 8th Per pale azure and gules a lion rampant ermine (Norwich); (given by Ashmole as: Azure, a lion rampant per pale or and gules (Lory)). 9th Gules a bend fusilly/lozengy ermine (Read, Redege, Riedde etc., of Devon) ; impaling [TREGATRHIN] (see centre lozenge description) Address: St Winifred Branscombe Devon England EX12 3DA Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link] Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]

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