Wiltshire notes and queries . : — In a small church of modern building (Silchester) I searched forancient inscriptions. I found nothing but some coats of arms in thewindows, viz., in a field .sable, seven fusils argent bendtvise; as also, in afield sable, a /esse between two chevrons or, and in a field or, an eagle display1 dwith two heads gules. I find these last to bo the arms of the Jileircts, towhom this estate came after the time of William the Conqueror; thesecond are the arms of the noble family of Bainard, of Leckham ; and thefirst is the coat of the family of Ousanz, by whom this esta
Wiltshire notes and queries . : — In a small church of modern building (Silchester) I searched forancient inscriptions. I found nothing but some coats of arms in thewindows, viz., in a field .sable, seven fusils argent bendtvise; as also, in afield sable, a /esse between two chevrons or, and in a field or, an eagle display1 dwith two heads gules. I find these last to bo the arms of the Jileircts, towhom this estate came after the time of William the Conqueror; thesecond are the arms of the noble family of Bainard, of Leckham ; and thefirst is the coat of the family of Ousanz, by whom this estate passdhereditarily from the to the Bainards. 2 In a paper entitled Notes on the Walpoles, which appeared in theGenealogical Magazine for May, 1809, the writer suggests that the Jiaynardsprobably derived their arms—a fess between two chevy ons—from the Fits!Walters, under whom they appear to have held at an early date—thebearing itself being derived in turn from the three well-known chevrons ofDe Clare. E 2. 52 Wiltshire Notes and Queries. In that year he obtained a licence from Robert Wyvil, Bishopof Salisbury, to hear divine service in his house at About the year 1349 Edmund Baynard, of an Essexfamily, seated at Dunmow, married Elinor, daughter andheiress of Sir John Bluet,2 and their descendants in the maleline continued for ten successive generations owners ofLackham and the other estates of the Bluets. He obtained agrant from Edward III, for himself and his heirs, of the right ofhunting in the neighbouring forest of Pewisham,3 with powerto kill and carry away either stag or fallow deer, as also tocommand the Kings keepers to assist in the chase after thedeer was wounded by cross-bow, &c, notice being given tothe lodge4 by winding a horn, &c. The exact date of hisdeath has not been ascertained, but his son and heir, Philip Baynard presented to the Chapel of Lackham, aslord of the manor, in 1410. His will, in the Prerogative Courtof Canterbury (32
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