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1613 drawings of heraldry seen in stained glass windows in Elton Hall and in stained glass windows and on stone monuments in Elton Church, Huntingdonshire. Mostly relating to the Sapcote family of Elton Hall. Seen and drawn in 1613 by the heralds conducting the Heraldic Visitation of Huntingdonshire in 1613. See pedigree of Sapcote in Ellis, Sir Henry, ed. (1849). The Visitation of the County of Huntingdon, under the authority of William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms, by his deputy, Nicholas Charles, Lancaster Herald, A.D. 1613. Camden Society, 1st ser. 43. London: Camden Society, p.12[1].

Text from: 'Parishes: Elton', in A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 3, ed. William Page, Granville Proby and S Inskip Ladds (London, 1936), pp. 154-166 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hunts/vol3/pp154-166 : It seems probable that Sir Richard Sapcote (d. 1477) was the first builder of Elton Hall. Presumably he built the house as three sides of a quadrangle with the hall on the north-west, the private apartments south-west and the kitchens north-east. On the south-east side of the courtyard stood the gateway tower, but the rest of this side was apparently inclosed only with fence walls. To this house, at a slightly later date, a large chapel was added at the south corner by Sir John Sapcote (d. 1501) and his wife Lady Elizabeth. It is described as being adorned with beautiful painted glass windows, the arms in which were recorded by the herald in 1613. This house was surrounded by a moat, now long since filled up, indications of which, 13 feet deep, were found in 1894. Robert Sapcote, who died 4 January 1600/1, was probably the last of his family to live here, and in 1617 the property was sold, finally coming into the possession of Sir Thomas Proby.

Heraldry by shield number:

• 1: 1st & 4th grand quarters: Bourchier (with a label of France?) quartering Louvain; 2nd & 3rd: Fitzwarren/FitzWarin; John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath (1470-1539) was the eldest son and heir of Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin (d.1479), feudal baron of Bampton in Devon, by his wife Elizabeth Dynham, 2nd daughter and co-heiress of John Dynham, 6th Baron Dynham. Elizabeth Dynham, Lady Fitzwarren, remarried to Sir John Sapcote (1448-1501) of Elton, a MP for Huntingdonshire 1472-5 and a courtier of Kings Richard III and Henry VII, patriarch of the Sapcote family, and became the great-grandmother of Sir Guy Sapcote, father-in-law of John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford.
• 2: Gules, three arches argent (Arches) impaling Or, a fess embattled sable (Abberbury) (Burke, 1884, p.1) for the marriage of Richard I Arches of Eythrope to Lucy Abberbury. Sir Richard II Arches (died 1417), of Eythrope, in the parish of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, was MP for Buckinghamshire in 1402. He was probably the son of Richard I Arches of Eythrope (anciently Eythorpe, "Ethorp", etc.), by his wife Lucy Abberbury (or Adderbury), daughter of Sir Richard I Adderbury (c. 1331 – 1399) of Donnington Castle, Berkshire and Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, twice MP for Oxfordshire. Richard II Arches married firstly Joan Ardern, by whom he had one surviving child and heiress: Joan Arches (1410–1497), who married Sir John Dinham (1406–1458) of Nutwell, Devon and became the mother of w:John Dinham, 1st Baron Dinham (1433–1501).
• 3: Dynham impaling Courtenay, Earl of Devon, debruised by a bendlet compony argent and azure. Sir John Dinham (1318–1383) married Muriel Courtenay, the elder daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Courtenay (1312–1362) of Wootton Courtenay in Somerset, the fourth son of w:Hugh de Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon (1276–1340). Their son was Sir John Dinham (1359–1428). Stated by Pole to be the arms of Courtenay of "Coleton Prall" (location unclear) (Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.475)
• 4: Sapcote impaling Dynham
• 5: Dynham impaling Arches. Arms of John Dinham (1406–1458) of Nutwell and Hartland in Devon, who married Joan Arches (died 1497), sister and heiress of John Arches and daughter of Sir Richard Arches (died 1417), a Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire in 1402, of Eythrope, Cranwell (both in the parish of Waddesdon) and Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire. He was the father of w:John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham (c. 1433–1501);
• 6: Arms of Sir Richard II Arches (died 1417), of Eythrope, in the parish of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, MP for Buckinghamshire in 1402. He married firstly Joan Ardern (born circa 1375) (granddaughter and co-heiress of Sir Giles Ardern (died 1376) of Drayton, Oxfordshire, from whom she inherited the Oxfordshire manors of Horley, Ilbury and Wykeham), by whom he had one surviving child and heiress: Joan Arches (1410–1497), who married Sir John Dinham (1406–1458) of Nutwell, Devon and became the mother of w:John Dinham, 1st Baron Dinham (1433–1501). Arms: Arches impaling 1: Ermine, a fess chequy or and azure (Ardern) for 1st wife (shown here as Ermine, a fess compony counter-compony or and azure); 2: Gules, three pallets wavy argent (Mandut/Manduit/Mauduit/Manduyt/Mardet ? (Papworth, John Woody, Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.II, London, 1874, p.1014, with pallets or)) for 2nd wife (Joan Frome (c. 1386 – 1434), daughter and co-heiress of John Frome (died 1404) of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire and Woodlands (in Horton), Dorset, councillor to King Henry IV and 6 times MP for Dorset and once for Buckinghamshire), but not arms of Frome as given in Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.380;
• 7: Sapcote
• 8: Per pale sable and gules, a lion rampant argent (Neal ?) (Papwoth, John Woody, Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.I, London, 1874, p.91) impaling Sapcote
• 9: Sapcote impaling: Argent, on a cross gules five mullets of the field / or (Semark / St Mark). William Sapcote married Anne Semark/St Mark, daughter and heiress of Thomas Semark. Their son was Sir Guy Sapcote.
• 10: Dynham impaling Arches
• 11: Argent, a cross gules (Semark, missing five mullets on the cross)
• 12: Sapcote
• 13: (Window pane broken) impaling Sapcote
• 14: "Arms of Sir Richard Sapcote, Knight", which according to the pedigree should be the arms of Sir Guy Sapcote, Knight (father-in-law of John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford), who married Margaret Wolston, daughter and heiress of Guy Wolston: Sapcote impaling Argent, three turnpikes / turnstiles / reels sable (Wolston); these are apparently the canting arms of Style, adopted by Wolston. Elizabeth Sapcote, one of the two daughters and co-heiresses of Sir Guy Sapcote and Margaret Wolston (the other being Anne Sapcote, wife of John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford), married Sir John Style (per pedigree above). However Burke, General Armory, states "Elizabeth Wolston, daughter and heiress of Sir Guy Wolston (tempore Ed IV) married John Style of Beckenham in Kent" (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.1129)
• 15: Dynham quartering Arches. Arms of w:John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham (c. 1433–1501), son of Sir John Dinham (1406–1458) of Nutwell and Hartland in Devon, by his wife Joan Arches (died 1497), sister and heiress of John Arches and daughter of Sir Richard Arches (died 1417), a Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire in 1402, of Eythrope, Cranwell (both in the parish of Waddesdon) and Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire.
• 16: Sapcote impaling Dynham quartering Arches
• 17: Sapcote impaling ..... ( as arms of Sir Richard Sapcote, Knight, no 14)
• 18: Hungerford of 4 quarters impaling Argent, two bars or overall an escarbuncle pommettée and florettée gules (Blount of of Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.93: Argent, two bars azure overall an escarbuncle gules nowed or / pommettée and florettée or) (for the marriage of Sir John Hungerford of Down Ampney and Margaret Blount, daughter of Edward Blount (1404-1468) of Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire (whose effigy survives in St. James' Church, Mangotsfield[2]), parents of Sir w:Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney (1492-1558), MP). 1&4: Hungerford with a mullet for difference; 2: Burnell, Baron Burnell; 3: Botetourt;
• 19: Sapcote impaling Hungerford
• 20: Arms of Sir Richard Page (died 1548), of Flamsted, Hertfordshire, a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII and Vice-Chamberlain of the household to Henry FitzRoy, that king's illegitimate son. Page married (as her 4th husband) Elizabeth Bourchier (died 1557), a daughter of Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin and Elizabeth Dynham, and a sister of John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath. Text per: Susan Higginbotham, History Refreshed: New Perspectives on Old Times, The Fortunate Sir Richard Page [3]: Page’s parentage is unknown. He had a sister, Margaret Page, whose married name was Margaret Smart, and cousins named John Carleton and Anthony Sondes. Page refers in a letter to William Fitzwilliam (whose father had been a Merchant Tailor and Sheriff of London) and his wife, Anne Sapcote, the daughter of Richard Sapcote of Elton, Huntingdonshire, as his nephew and his niece, but it is not clear which spouse was Page’s blood relation. Text per posted comment by Brad Verity (genealogist (Royal Descent website)) to Higginbotham's article: Sir Richard was the uncle by marriage to Anne Sapcote (c.1508-1576), the wife of William Fitzwilliam. Anne’s father Sir Richard Sapcote (1483-1543) of Elton Hall was the younger half-brother of Elizabeth Bourchier, Sir Richard’s wife. Arms: quarterly of 4 impaling Bourchier quarterly as shield 1:

• 1&4: Sable, a fess between three doves argent membered gules (Page, granted 1 Feb 1530, per Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.770)
• 2: ....., a pallet wavy sable between eight roses a canton ermine (Daniell ?) (Or, a pale wavy sable between eight cinquefoils gules (Papworth, John Woody, Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.II, London, 1874, p.1004 "Daniell of York")
• 3: ....., on a chevron azure between three eagles displayed vert as many crescents ... (Thorpe) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.1012: Argent, on a chevron azure between three eagles displayed sable crowned gules as many crescents or ("Thorpe"))

• 21: Sapcote impaling Azure, a cross moline between four martlets argent
• 22: Wolston of 4 quarters (1&4: Wolston) impaling Quarterly of 4 (2&3: Argent, a fess dancetée gules between three cock's heads erased sable crested and jelloped or (Tamworth of Leake, Lincolnshire) (Burke, p.996) Sir Guy Sapcote's wife Margaret Wolston was the daughter and coheiress of Sir Guy Wolston (d.1504) by his wife Margaret Tamworth (d.1476) (Source, notes THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES PROB 11/42A, ff. 404-5 1 Prerogative Court of Canterbury copy of the will, dated 19 August 1558 and proved 21 March 1559, of Anne Sapcote (d. 14 March 1559)[4])
• 23: Wolston of 4 quarters impaling Argent, on a fess between six cinquefoils 2,1,1,2, sable three crosses-crosslet of the first (not listed in Papworth, John Woody, Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.II, London, 1874, p.821 [5])
• 24: As shield no 8
• 25: As shield no 9
• 26: As shield no 21, but with an annulet for difference on arms of Sapcote
• 27: Gules, three covered cups argent (Arms of Butler (modern) (Marquess of Ormonde): Gules, three covered cups or) impaling Sapcote
• 28: Azure, a cross moline between four martlets argent