hertfordshire churches 1

detail of the splendid mid c16 beresford tomb

detail of the splendid mid c16 beresford tomb

detail of the splendid mid c16 beresford tomb

late c16 pulpit

late c18 royal arms of george III

tiles in the chancel c.1870, praying figure and snake

Moses on tiles in the chancel c.1870

tiles in the chancel c.1870; abraham sacrificing isaac

font of c.1860

poorly positioned god the father c15 glass

john the baptist in c15 glass, wearing camel skin robes and holding a lamb of god

splendidly turbaned head amongst the fragments of c15 glass

john the baptist and other fragments in c15 glass. his posture is unusually original.

coningsby rebus rabbits amongst the early c17 heraldic glass, with alliances to badlesmere and thursby on the left, hawering ( ? looks like bardolf to me, though no obvious link with either bardolf nor havering exist to my knowledge )and de lee on the right. the de lee alliance dates from c.1560, but the only link with the badlesmere family seems to be from the thirteenth century ! the glass probably dates from between 1610 and 1640, though I can find no reason for many of the links given, perhaps some are in the distant past.

coningsby rebus rabbits amongst the c17 heraldic glass

coningsby rebus rabbits amongst the c17 heraldic glass, showing alliances with shackerly and button, on left, and with saloway and alman on the right. the button alliance dates from c.1610 and the coningsby family lost the estate for all practical purposes c.1640, though they didn't sell up for another 15 years; so the glass must fall between 1610-40.

coningsby rebus rabbits amongst the c17 heraldic glass; the frowyke chevron and leopards' heads and the ferebie goats refer to alliances of the earlier part of the c16, there is no sign of the more important boteler link, and I don't know why the whitgift cross or troutbeck fish are shown. I think this is glass of about 1610, but an ordinary of arms of the time would help to clarify this

coningsby rebus rabbits in the early c17 heraldic glass