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English: (See better image[1]) St Mary's church - monument to Bridget Paston (d.1598), wife of Sir w:Edward Coke (1552-1634), barrister, judge, and politician who is considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.

Heraldry

Source: Farrer, Edmund, Church Heraldry of Norfolk, Vol 2 (1889), p.128 [2]

Quarterly of 4 impaling quarterly of 17, overall a crescent argent for difference:

• 1: Per pale gules and azure, three eagles displayed argent (Coke)
• 2: Argent, a chevron azure between three chaplets gules (Crispin); not listed in Burke, 1884)
• 3: Sable, a chevron between three covered cups or (Folchard / Folkard:) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.364, "Folchard", but stating "two covered cups")
• 4: Gules semée of crosses-crosslet fitchée or, a griffin salient of the last (Paw/Pawe) (Burke, 1884, p.781 "Gules crusily fitchée or ..." ("Paw"))

impaling quarterly of 17:

• 1: Argent, six fleurs-de-lys azure a chief indented or (Paston of Paston, Norfolk:)
• 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: Argent, on a chevron gules three fleurs-de-lis or (Peyver). (Pever / Peyvre of Toddington, Bedfordshire) This quartering does not usually appear so early in the Paston shield (See Farrer Vol. I. page 376)
• 6: Gules, an escutcheon within an orle of martlets or (Walcot)
• 7: Argent, a chevron between three bear's heads couped at the neck sable muzzled and collared or (canting arms of Barre/Barrey (Burke's General Armory, 1884, p.52)/Berry, for Agnes Barrey, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edmund Barrey and wife of William Paston of Paston, Judge, son and heir of Clement Paston and Beatrix Somerton) Farrer states "erased", but heads shown here "couped".
• 8: Argent, a fesse between six crosses-crosslet fitchée gules (Craven)
• 9: Gules, a saltire engrailed argent (Kerdiston/Kerdeston)
• 10: Argent, a fesse and in chief two crescents gules (Watsam/Watsand/Wachesam)
• 11: Azure, a lion rampant guardant or (Hetherset/Hethersett (of Hethersett, Norfolk?))
• 12: Ermine, on a chief indented gules three lozenges of the first (Charles); chief indented shown here, plain chief given in Burke and Farrer.
• 13: Chequy or and gules, a chief ermine (Tatershall/Tattershal/Tatshall "of Norfolk")
• 14: Argent, a chief indented gules (Hemgrave). This coat has generally an earlier position in the shield, see Farrer Vol. I. page 376.
• 15: Sable, a fess between two chevrons or (Gerbridge)
• 16: Azure, a cross or (Mauteby/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)
• 17: Azure, a cross moline or over all a bendlet gules (Basinges ?, per heraldryinnorfolk.wordpress.com[3]; Bassing ? per Burke, but with cross engrailed)

Other information

See > 1555087 for a view of the church.