. The Doane family:. hetic verse— * There Button, Dutton kills,A Done, doth kill a Done. A suit of armour still hangs from the upper walls of TarporleyChurch, which in all probability is the same worn by John Done whenhe fell at Blore Heath. It is said that a few years ago there was a THE DONE FAMILY OF CHESHIRE, ENGLAND. Xlll small mouumeutal tablet recording this,—but owing to alterations inthe Church, this interesting memento is supposed to iiave been removedor destroyed. Frequent intermarriages of the Doues with other great families inCheshire took place as a natural consequence to their r
. The Doane family:. hetic verse— * There Button, Dutton kills,A Done, doth kill a Done. A suit of armour still hangs from the upper walls of TarporleyChurch, which in all probability is the same worn by John Done whenhe fell at Blore Heath. It is said that a few years ago there was a THE DONE FAMILY OF CHESHIRE, ENGLAND. Xlll small mouumeutal tablet recording this,—but owing to alterations inthe Church, this interesting memento is supposed to iiave been removedor destroyed. Frequent intermarriages of the Doues with other great families inCheshire took place as a natural consequence to their relative associ-ations and possessions. Tiiis family is allied to one of the notablyoldest families of the county, the Venables of Utkinton, a race spokenof as a race of warriors. It would be from these men probablythat the Dones got their inherited powers and dominion to rule ; andwere there no other fact, the Arms of Done as given by Ormerod, aresufficient proof as to the conuectiou between the immediate and su-. Arms. Azure, two barrs Argeut over all, on a bend Gueles, three arrows ArgentCrest.—1st, on a wreath, eightarrowsin saltire, 4 and i, points downwards, Or, featheredSable, banded Gules; ind, on a wreath, a Bucks Head erased proper, attired Or. Sup-porters. Two Talbots, the dexter Argent the sinister Sable. JVote. These supporterswere adopted by Lord Alvanley on his elevation to the Peerage, and are preservedin ancient painted glass in the Utkinton chancel at Tarporley; but in the Visitation of1580 two lions gardant are given as supporters of the Done arms. perior Lords of Utkinton, being the baronial coat of Venables variedAvith a bend, the difference adopted by the acknowledged youngerbranches of the family in the house of Kinderton Iheir baronj, andby a further addition of three arrows in allusion to their office ofHereditary Chief Foresters, which in the first place was got by theaforesaid marriage of a Done with a Kingsley. The Arms of Done are thus describe
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