Devon & Cornwall notes & queries . t. Disen. On the left are The halsfang and stocks and ChristesCrosse, where aforetime the altar of the pagans stood. Aboveare the arms of Bradninch, the imperial eagle of the WesternEmpire, direct descendant of the eagles of Rome, which wereconferred upon the town by one who had the right to bear them,Richard Baron of Braneis, Earl of Cornwall, and King of theRomans, the second son of King John. On a cartouche belowis alittle picture of The Mansion and of Braneis, vulgarly yclepedExon Castle. The arms of the present Prince of Wales, asBaron of Braneis, occupy
Devon & Cornwall notes & queries . t. Disen. On the left are The halsfang and stocks and ChristesCrosse, where aforetime the altar of the pagans stood. Aboveare the arms of Bradninch, the imperial eagle of the WesternEmpire, direct descendant of the eagles of Rome, which wereconferred upon the town by one who had the right to bear them,Richard Baron of Braneis, Earl of Cornwall, and King of theRomans, the second son of King John. On a cartouche belowis alittle picture of The Mansion and of Braneis, vulgarly yclepedExon Castle. The arms of the present Prince of Wales, asBaron of Braneis, occupy the upper centre of the window. Opposite the mansion cartouche—this window being aa private gift—is another cartouche with memorial inscription :In piam priscorum memoriamQui Sive Rectores, sive VicariiHuicce parochiae olim ministrabuntHodie ministrantis nepticulaeMaia et KatharinaPuellularum par carissimum et lepidissimumHanc fenestram tabellis exornandam curaveruntM CM VIII. 1 Photo, Heath &? Bradnee. Arms of Photo. Heatli &? Bradnee. Arms of Shapcote*
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