Image: St Mary's Church, Shelton, Norfolk - Tomb chest - geograph.org.uk - 1029372

Description: St Mary's Church, Shelton, Norfolk - Chest tomb on south side of altar, viewed from south, monument to w:Sir John Shelton (1476/7 – 1539), High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1504, made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Henry VIII. He married Anne Boleyn, a daughter of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling Hall in Norfolk, and died December 21st, 1539, aged 62. His wife was sister and co-heiress of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond (c.1477-1539), born in about 1477 at Blickling Hall in Norfolk, the son of Sir William Boleyn (1451–1505) of Blickling (purchased by Sir William's father Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy mercer who served as Lord Mayor of London) by his wife Lady Margaret Butler (1454–1539), a daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond. (see: Blomefield, History of Norfolk, Vol.V, p.267, quoted by Farrer). Monumental brasses missing from top. (Farrer, Edmund, Church Heraldry of Norfolk, Vol 1 (1885), p.197 [1]) Wikipedia: "Sir John Shelton (1476/7 – 1539), courtier, of Shelton, Norfolk, England, was, through his marriage, an uncle of Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn. Sir John was appointed comptroller of the joint household of the King's daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. Sir John and Lady Shelton (née Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas Boleyn's sister) were also Governor and Governess to the King's children". Heraldry Six shields: 1: Argent, a chevron gules between three bull's heads couped sable (Boleyn), quartering: Or, a chief indented azure (Botiler/Butler) (Arms of Walter, adopted at the start of the age of heraldry by w:Theobald Walter, 1st Chief Butler of Ireland (fl.1194). These arms are borne in the first quarter of the arms of the Butler family, Marquess of Ormonde (the "cup" arms of Butler are borne in the 2nd) reflecting that family's descent in the male line from Theobald Walter. (Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.864). Later adopted as "modern arms" by Sir Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond, whose maternal grandfather was Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde); 2: Shelton (Azure, a cross or, shown here incorrectly as field vert) impaling Boleyn; 3: Boleyn; 4: Shelton impaling Boleyn; 5: Quarterly of 4: 1: Shelton; 2: Illey (Ermine, two chevrons sable "Illeigh of Northumberland", per Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.527); 3: Burgulion (Quarterly or and gules, a bend sable in the second and third quarters three annulets argent (Burke, 1884, p.147 "Burgulion/Burgonyon"); Sir Ralph Shelton (1315-1378) married twice, firstly to his cousin, Anne Burgullion, the daughter and heiress of Sir Ralph Burgullion of Great Snoring, Suffolk; second to Joan De Plays. (www.tudorplace.com [2]) 4: Cokefield (Azure, a cross chequy argent and gules (Burke, 1884, p.211 "Cokefield of Suffolk")); 6: Shelton impaling Boleyn. Farrer (1885): I should think, from the appearance of the tombs in this church, that the shields thereon were repainted about fifty years ago, without any regard to tinctures. In every case the field of the Shelton coat is " vert," whereas it should be " azure." I have given them exactly as they are, and where it is evident what they ought to be, I have stated it.
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