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Description: Monument in Great Bealings Church, Suffolk, erected in 1583 (when aged 67) by Thomas Seckford (a benefactor of Woodbridge) to his parents Thomas Seckford (died 1575) and Margaret Wingfield (died 1557). Thomas Sekford filius regiae majestati a libellis supplicum per annos 25 observantiae et pietatis ergo posuit aetatis suae 67 Anno Dni 1583. Thomas Seckford, the son, was a Master of the Court of Requests for 25 years. Arms: Central shield, quarterly of 4: (The Topographer and Genealogist, Vol.1, 1846, "Carlford Hundred, Suffolk", p.551 [1][2]) 1: Ermine, on a fess gules three escallops argent (Seckford) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.910, with escallops or) 2: Argent, a fess gules between three bugle-horns sable furnished or (Hunter/Venour) (Metcalfe, Walter C., ed. (1882). The Visitations of Suffolk made by Hervey, Clarenceux, 1561, Cooke, Clarenceux, 1577, and Raven, Richmond Herald, 1612, with notes and an appendix of additional Suffolk Pedigrees. Exeter: W. Pollard, p.64[3]) 3: Chequy or and vert (Hackford) (Burke, 1884, p.438) 4: Paly of six or and gules, a chief ermine (Genney) (Burke, 1884, p.393 "Genney of Norfolk") Shield at right: 1&4: Argent, on a bend gules three wings conjoined in lure of the field (Wingfield) 2: Quarterly sable and or (Bovile/Bovill/Bovyll) (Burke, 1884, p.107, but transposed as Quarterly or and sable, "Bovile of Suffolk", a variant is Quarterly argent and sable) 3: Barry of six or and gules a canton ermine (Gawsell) (Heraldic Visitation of Suffolk 1561, p.79[4]; Burke, 1884, p.391 "Gawsell of Wallington and Wiggenhall, St Mary's, Norfolk", but stated as "Barry of six or and azure") quartering Chequy or and azure (de Warenne) (Heraldic Visitation of Suffolk 1561, p.79, Wingfield[5])
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