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Arms from monument in the Church of St Edward the Confessor, Romford, Essex, to Sir George Hervey (d.1605) of Marks Hall in Romford, w:Lieutenant of the Tower of London, who married Frances Beckwith, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir Leonard Beckwith, Knight, by his wife Elizabeth Cholmeley, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir Roger Cholmeley, Knight. (Source: Daniel Lysons, 'Romford', in The Environs of London: Volume 4, Counties of Herts, Essex and Kent (London, 1796), pp. 183-203 [1])

Hervey arms quarterly of 12, Porch of Church of St Edward the Confessor, Romford, Essex. Monuments to Sir George Hervey (d.1605) of Marks, and to his sister Anne Hervey wife of George Carew (d.1605) are now in the south porch. Removed there on rebuilding of the church in the 19th century. Previously were on the South wall of the Chancel of the old church. The Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor, long used as the Parish Church at Romford, had fallen into such a state of decay by the early 19th Century, as to be unfit for the celebration of Divine Service. In due time it was decided to pull down the old Church, extend its foundations and build a larger church with a spire.

Heraldry

Quarterly of 12:

• 1&12: Hervey
• 2: FitzHugh
• 3: Nernuyt / Nernuit
• 4: Brach / Norman
• 5: Argent, on a chief vert a cross tau between two mullets pierced or (Drury (of Ickworth, Suffolk). Jane Drury, the daughter of Henry Drury of Ickworth, married Thomas Hervey, thus in 1525 Ickworth passed to her Harvey descendants. See: Cleveland, Duchess of, The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages, 3 volumes, London, 1889, Vol.1, London, 1889, p.346, re Drury pedigree[2]
• 6: Sable, six cinquefoils, three, two, and one, pierced argent (Freysell/Freyshill/Frissell) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.379 "Freysell" Sable, six cinquefoils argent, three, two, and one) (heiress of Saxham)
• 7: Argent, six crosses-crosslet fitchée, three, two, and one, gules a chief indented azure (Saxham of Thurston, Norfolk, an heiress of Drury). The parents of Sir Roger Drury (d.1420) of Thurston and Rougham, MP for Suffolk, were Sir Nicholas Drury of Thurston and his wife Joan Saxham, da. and h. of Sir Simon Saxham of Thurston by his wife Agnes Fressell, da of Richard Fressell and Catherine Geddyng. (See Pedigree: J. Muskett, 1899, Suffolk Manorial Families, Vol. 1,"Drury Pedigrees" page 354 [3])
• 8: Wiltshire (Sir George Hervey was fourth son of Sir Nicholas Hervey by Bridget Wiltshire (a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne Boleyne), daughter and sole heir of Sir John Wiltshire, Knt., and relict of Sir Richard Wingfield, KG)
• 9: Brewse
• 10: Chenew
• 11: Artevill

Impaling: Quarterly of 4:

• 1&4: Argent, a chevron gules fretty or between three hind's heads erased of the second on a chief gules a saltire engrailed between two roses in fess and as many fleurs-de-lys joined to dexter and sinister sides all or (Beckwith)
• 2&3: Gules, a sword in fess argent hilted or between two helmets in chief and a garb in base or (Cholmondeley: Gules, in chief two esquire's helmets argent in base a garb or, here with sword added)

Text from Lysons, 1796

Daniel Lysons, 'Romford', in The Environs of London: Volume 4, Counties of Herts, Essex and Kent (London, 1796), pp. 183-203 [4]

The manor of Marks (in Romford-town ward) was the property of Thomas Urswyck, recorder of London, who died seised of it in 1479, leaving five daughters, coheirs (fn. 19). The next owner upon record is Sir George Hervey, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, who died seised of it in 1605 (fn. 20). Sir Gawen Hervey, his only surviving son, bequeathed it to Carew Mildmay, Esq. second son of his sister Margaret. It is now the property of Sir Harry Pawlet St. John Mildmay, Bart. in right of his wife Jane, daughter and coheir of Carew Mildmay, Esq. of Shawford; whose name, in consequence of that alliance, he assumed, in addition to that of St. John. ..... The house has not been inhabited for several years, and is now unfurnished, but some of the family-pictures still remain; among which are, Sir Thomas Hervey, Knt. Marshal to Queen Mary ..... Monuments of Sir George Hervey and his sister Anne Carew: On the south wall of the chancel is a monument of alabaster, with the effigies of the deceased and his lady in kneeling attitudes, to the memory of Sir George Hervey, Knt. (fn. 50), Lieutenant of the Tower, who died in 1605; and near it another, with the effigies of the deceased, recumbent, to the memory of Anne, his sister (fn. 51), wife of George Carew, Esq. (fn. 52) (third son of Edmund Baron of Carew,) who died the same year. ..... Sr Gawen Hervey, Knt, buried Feb. 22, 1626–7

Shield in Romford Church on monument to Sir George Hervey, Knight (d.1605), Lieutenant of the Tower of London (per Lysons):

Arms—Quarterly of twelve.

• 1&12:G. on a bend O. three trefoils slipped V.—Hervey
• 2: Az. three chevrons embraced in base O. a chief of the second—Fitzhugh
• 3:S. a lion ramp. Arg. a border compony S. and A.—Nernuit
• 4:A. on a bend G. three stags' heads caboshed O.—Norman
• 5:Arg. on a chief V. two mullets O.—Drury
• 6: Sab. six cinquesoils, 3, 2, 1, Arg.—Frisell
• 7:Arg. three cross crosslets fitcheé G. a chief indented Az.—Saxham
• 8:Per chevron S. and O. in chief six crosses formeé, 4, 2, O.—Wiltshire
• 9:O. a bend between three mullets G. a border checky O. and S
• 10:O. on a chevron G. two chevronels chevronwise of the field—Chenew
• 11:Per chevron S. and O. in chief, three leopards' faces of the second
  • impaling: Quarterly, 1 and 4. A. a chevron G. fretty O. between three hinds' heads erased of the second; on a chief engrailed G. a faltier engrailed between two roses O. and on the chief joined to the dexter and sinister sides a demi fl. de lis palewise O.—Beckwith. 2 and 3. G. a sword in fesse between two helmets in chief and a garb in base O.—Cholmeley.