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English: Coat of arms of Paston family of Paston, Norfolk, of 12 quarters, detail from illuminated pedigree drawn in 1573 by Robert Cooke (c.1535-1592–3) Clarenceux King of Arms. Compare with shield on monument of Sir William Paston (1528-1610), St Nicholas Church, North Walsham, Norfolk. 12 quarters as follows (quarters 6 to 10 are quarterings of the Berry family) (Source: Heraldic Visitation of Norfolk (Rye, W., ed. (1891). The Visitacion of Norffolk, made and taken by William Harvey, Clarencieux King of Arms, Anno 1563, enlarged with another Visitacion made by Clarenceux Cooke, with many other descents; as also the Visitation made by John Raven, Richmond, Anno 1613), pedigree of Paston, p.214[1]):

• 1: Argent, six fleurs-de-lys azure a chief indented or (Paston)
• 2: Argent, a fess between two chevrons gules a mullet for difference or ("Peeche" / Pecche, for Ciceley Peache, daughter and heiress of Symon Peache, wife of Walter Paston of Paston)
• 3: Ermine, on a chief indented gules three ducal coronets or (Leeche/Leech, for Ciceley Leech, daughter and heiress of William Leech, wife of Clement Paston of Paston, son and heir of Walter Paston and Ciceley Peache)
• 4: Or, on a chevron between three lion's heads erased gules as many bezants (Somerton/Comerton of Norfolk, for Beatrix Somerton, daughter and heiress of John Somerton, wife of Clement Paston of Paston, son of William Paston (son of Clement Paston and Ciceley Leech) and Elizabeth Staleham)
• 5: Azure, an escutcheon within an orle of martlets argent (Walcote)
• 6: Argent, a chevron between three bear's heads couped at the neck sable muzzled and collared or (Barrey/Berry) (Berry of East Tudenham, Norfolk and of Horwellbury in the parish of Kelshall (near Therfield), Hertfordshire) (canting arms of Barre/Barrey (Burke's General Armory, 1884, p.52), for Agnes Barrey, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edmund Barrey/Berry (by his wife Alice Gerbridge, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Gerbridge) and wife of William Paston (1378-1444) (only son of Clement Paston and Beatrice Somerton), Justice of the Common Pleas, considered "the real founder of the Paston family fortunes". Descent of manor of East Tudenham, text from: Francis Blomefield, 'Mitford Hundred and Half: East Tudenham', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 10 (London, 1809), pp. 255-262. [2]:

Barry's Manor, East Tudenham, Norfolk: Sir Henry Berry, son of Sir Ralph, was lord of it in the reign of Ed. I. by his marriage with Anne, daughter of Sir Hugh Todenham, and was father of Hugh Berry, who married Cecil, daughter and coheir of Edmund Hengrave. In the 52d of Henry III. Ralph de Berry granted by fine, to Sir Henry a messuage, and 100 acres of land, in East Tudenham, with all the land he held in Hokering, Barnham, Bykerston, Matsale, &c. in demean, with the homages, reliefs, rents and services of freemen and villains, wards, &c. and Henry regranted them to Ralph for life, on condition that he should not mortgage, sell, or any ways dispose thereof. In the 3d of Edward II. Hugh de Berry and Cecilia his wife, had conveyed to them by Peter, parson of Tudenham, their trustee, 5 messuages, 142 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 16 of pasture, 37s. 6d. rent, one quarter of barley, and 6 hens, rent, here and in Hokering, &c. settled on Hugh and Cecilia, and their heirs; and in the 23d of Edward III. Hugh grants to Edmund his son, and Alice his wife, a messuage, with all his lands and tenements in East Tudenham, Hokering, &c. This Alice is by some said to be daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Craven, and by others, daughter and coheir of Robert Micklefield of Suffolk. Sir John Berry, probably his son and heir, was living in the reign of Henry IV. and married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir Robert Wachesham (Sir Robert Wachesham, MP, of Wortham, Suffolk), by Joan, daughter and heir of Simon de Hetherset, (this Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Gerbridge,) and had by her Sir Edmund Berry, who according to his will, dated in 1433, was buried in the chapel of St. Mary, in the church of the Carmes at Norwich, as was the Lady Alice his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Gerbridge (Sir Thomas Gerbridge/Gerberge (c.1342-c.1413), of Marlingford, Norfolk, thrice MP for Norfolk, 1381,1382,1386); and the said Sir Thomas, and the Lady Elizabeth, mother of Sir Edmund, 3d wife of Sir Thomas. By the Lady Alice, he left a daughter and coheir, Agnes, married to Sir William Paston of Paston, one of the King's justices, in the reign of King Henry VI. and Alice, his other daughter and coheir, married to Sir Thomas Bardolf of Elgh in Suffolk, in right of his wife. On a division of Sir Edmund Berry's inheritance about 1454, this came to Bardolf in right of Alice his wife, by whom he had a daughter and sole heir, Elizabeth, married to Thomas Aslake, Esq. who was living in the 16th of Ed. IV. Elizabeth, by her will, dated April 13, 1503,

See 13th/14th c. stone effigy of a knight of the Berry family in All Saints' Church, East Tuddenham Norfolk, with his feet on a lion and holding a heart in his hands File:All Saints' church in East Tuddenham - the knight - geograph.org.uk - 2037159.jpg

The Berry family also held the manor of Horwellbury in the parish of Kelshall (near Therfield), Hertfordshire. No trace of Horwellbury Hall survives, but it was situated between the villages of Kelshall and Therfield, 1 km to the N-E. ("Horwellbury Manor and Hamlet, once situated between Kelshal & Therfield" (per: Hertfordshire Archives, PARISHES OF ST IPPOLLITTS, KELSHALL AND KENSWORTH, Reference: D/EGr/51 [3]) (given in some sources (i.e. Blomefield, History of Norfolk, re: Oxnead, South Erpingham) as "Harlingbury Tharfield Hertfordshire"), from before 1303, which descvended to the Pastons ('Parishes: Kelshall', in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 240-244 [4]). Blomefield, History of Norfolk, states (Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of South Erpingham: Oxnead', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6 (London, 1807), pp. 477-496 [5]):

He (William Paston (1378-1444)) was commonly called the Good Judge, and dying at London, August 14th, 1443 or 1444, aged 66, was buried in our Lady's chapel at the east end of the cathedral church of Norwich. Agnes his wife died in 1479, and was buried by him. His will was dated June 20th, 1443, wherein he gives to his lady this manor (Oxnead, Norfolk, sold by William Clopton of long Melford in Suffolk to W. Paston, Esq. of Paston, who with his feoffees, settled it on Agnes his wife) for life. He built the north aisle of the church of Tharfield (i.e. Therfield) in Hertfordshire (St Mary's Church, Therfield, Hertfordshire), where he was lord of Harlingbury (i.e Horwellbury) Hall, in right of his wife, who was a great heiress, and thereby quartered the arms of the ancient families of Hetherset, Wachesham, Craven, Gerbridge, Hengrave, Kerdeston; and their effigies with an orate for their souls, was to be seen in a window; also in the east window of the north isle of the church, of great Cressingham in Norfolk with his arms, argt. 3, 2, and 1, de-lis azure, and a chief indented, or, which aisle he probably built, being lord of a manor (i.e. Street-Hall, alias Straw-Hall, Great-Cressingham) in the said town.

Blomefield, re Great-Cressingham (Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of South Greenhoe: Great-Cressingham', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6 (London, 1807), pp. 94-107 [6]):

At the east end of the north isle (Great-Cressingham) in the windows, was lately a shield of Paston, and below is this inscription: Orate pro animabus Dni' Willielmi Paston Justiciarii Regis. This Sir William was lord of Street-Hall, and built this isle; we are told also that he built the north isle of Tharfield church in Hertfordshire, (fn. 22) as appeared by an inscription in the east window there, where there was his own and lady's portraitures thus underwritten: Orate pro animabus Domini Willielmi Paston, et Agnetis Uroris eius Benefactorum huius Ecclesie. This Sir William was son of Clement Paston, Esq. and Beatrix his wife, sister and heir to Jeffry Somerton, Esq.; he married Agnes, daughter and coheir of Sir Edmund Berry, was a judge in the court of Common Pleas, in the reign of King Henry VI. and ancestor to the late Earl of Yarmouth (William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth (1654–1732)).

• 7: Ermine, a chief indented gules (Hemgrave/Hengrave)
• 8: Argent, a fess gules two crescents in chief of the last (Watsam/Watsand/Wachesham) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.1082)
• 9: Azure, a lion rampant guardant or (Hetherset)
• 10: Sable, a fess between two chevrons or (Gerbridge). Sir Thomas Gerbridge/Gerberge (c.1342-c.1413), of Marlingford, Norfolk, thrice MP for Norfolk, 1381,1382,1386. Biography of: GERBERGE, Sir Thomas (c.1342-c.1413), of Marlingford, Norf., Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993: born circa 1342. married (1) ?Mary, da. of Jordan Maxfield, 1 daughter; (2) bef. Apr. 1383, Elizabeth Wachesham (d.1402), da. and coh. of Sir Robert Wachesham, MP, of Wortham, Suff. and Marlingford by Joan Hethersett, da. of Simon Hethersett of Hethersett, Norf., wid. of John Berry of ‘Orwellbury’, Herts.; (Berry of East Tudenham, Norfolk and of Horwellbury in the parish of Kelshall (near Therfield), Hertfordshire)..... Gerberge’s only daughter, Alice, the child of his first marriage, had been wedded to (Sir) Edmund Berry (d.1433), the son of his second wife by a previous husband. Their daughter, Agnes Berry, was to become well known to posterity as the wife of William Paston (1378-1444) Justice of the Common Pleas.
• 11: Argent, on a chevron gules three fleurs-de-lys or (Pever / Peyvre of Toddington, Bedfordshire)
• 12: Azure, a cross formée throughout or (Mautby, for Margaret Mawtbye/Mautby of Mautby in Norfolk, daughter and heiress of John Mawtbye and wife of John Paston of Paston, son and heir of William Paston and Agnes Barrey)