Devon & Cornwall notes & queries . y. The returns of the riband with inscriptionbear the date of the event, Nov. 2nd, 1866. 6. Hepburn. Gules, on a chevron argent a rose between two lionscounterpassant of the field. Thomas Henry Hepburn, Mayor ofBradninch 1876 and 1882. Motto : Keep Tryst. 7. Cuming. Quarterly, 1st and $th azure, 3 garbs or: 2nd and 3rdargent 3 bends sable, each charged with as many roses of the field,barbed or. Charles Thomas Cuming, last Mayor of Bradninch,1859, 1869, 1879, 1884, and 1885. Motto : Courage. With this last coat of arms ends the Borough record,as such ; but man


Devon & Cornwall notes & queries . y. The returns of the riband with inscriptionbear the date of the event, Nov. 2nd, 1866. 6. Hepburn. Gules, on a chevron argent a rose between two lionscounterpassant of the field. Thomas Henry Hepburn, Mayor ofBradninch 1876 and 1882. Motto : Keep Tryst. 7. Cuming. Quarterly, 1st and $th azure, 3 garbs or: 2nd and 3rdargent 3 bends sable, each charged with as many roses of the field,barbed or. Charles Thomas Cuming, last Mayor of Bradninch,1859, 1869, 1879, 1884, and 1885. Motto : Courage. With this last coat of arms ends the Borough record,as such ; but many of the other medallions and cartouchesare of direct antiquarian interest. Side by side are twoof families—the Warrens and Normans—resident inBradninch for no less than six centuries. The Warrenarms, granted March 14th, 1623, are: Argent, three masclessable between 2 bars counter-compony, or and azure, on a canton ofthe second 3 ducal crowns or within a bordure gules charged with Photo. Heath &? Bradnee, Arms of Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 37 eight besants. The surrounding inscription sets forth thatthe panel is in memory of the Warrens of Bradninch since1272, and is erected by their descendants in the 20th,21st, and 22nd generations. The Norman family is com-memorated in the adjoining panel in identical wording, butthe monogram replaces the Warren arms, and James John Norman of Exeter, is named as the donor. The families of Drew and Matthews occupy anotherwindow. Around the Drew arms, Ermine a lion passant gules,are the words Given by members of the Drew family inmemory of their ancestors in this parish, with the motto:Dvogo nomen et virtus anna dedit. The adjoining inscription, In memoriam the family of Matthews of Bradninchsurrounds their crest: An eagle displayed sable. There are many other private memorials. Old pupils,taught in the building when it fulfilled the office of theChurch schools, have given a stained glass panel representingthe ro


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