File:Appleton StLawrence Monument JohnFettiplace Complete.JPG

English: Inside the chancel of St Laurence's parish church, Appleton, Oxfordshire: monument erected in 1593 to Sir John Fettiplace (d.1580) of Besil's Leigh (modern: Besselsleigh), Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). Showing the arms of Fettiplace, quarterly of 4:

• 1&4: Gules, two chevrons argent (Fettiplace)^[1]
• 2: Argent, three torteaux (Besille of Besil's Leigh (modern: Besselsleigh), Berkshire (now Oxfordshire)) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.77 "Besille") ( Rylands, W. H., ed. (1907). The Four Visitations of Berkshire made and taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux, Anno 1532; by William Harvey, Clarenceux, Anno 1566; by Henry Chitting, Chester Herald, and John Philipott, Rouge Dragon, for William Camden, Clarenceux, Anno 1623; and by Elias Ashmole, Windsor Herald, for Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, Anno 1665–66: Vol. I. Harleian Society, 1st ser. Vol. 56. London, 1623 Visit, p.90. [1])
• 3: Sable, a lion passant guardant argent crowned or (de Leigh of (Bessel's) Leigh, Berkshire); Text from: 'Parishes: Bessels Leigh', in A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4, ed. William Page and P H Ditchfield (London, 1924), pp. 393-398 [2]:

"William de Leigh was holding two knights' fees of the abbot in 1166. (fn. 51) A certain Richard of Warwickshire came south to transact some business with him and made a grant to the infirmary in return for the abbot's consent to the transaction. (fn. 52) William de Leigh is mentioned in Warwickshire in 1180. (fn. 53) His successor, who lived in the reign of John, was known as 'Robert de Kingeston. (fn. 54) Probably the Felice de Leigh who is the next tenant of the estate (fn. 55) was Robert's widow. She and her son William are mentioned in 1220. (fn. 56) William was still holding a knight's fee at Leigh and another at Kingston in the middle of the century. (fn. 57) He seems to have been succeeded by Thomas, who in 1251 granted to William de Leigh, perhaps a brother, a hide of land in Leigh to hold of him for life; at the same time William son and heir of William quitclaimed to Thomas any claim he might have on it after his father's death, and received in return an annuity. (fn. 58) William, the son of Thomas, was in possession in 1292, when he granted a messuage and 2 carucates here, with the advowson of the church, to one Thomas de Leigh for life, (fn. 59) with reversion to his own heirs. Thomas was the tenant in 1316, (fn. 60) but John de Leigh, evidently the heir of William, (fn. 61) was lord of the manor in 1327. (fn. 62) He had a grant of free warren here and in Kingston in 1332, (fn. 63) and was still living in 1348. (fn. 64) By the marriage of Katharine de Leigh, daughter and heir of this John de Leigh, with Thomas Bessels the manor (of Leigh, Berkshire) passed into the Bessels family"

(Legh) ( Rylands, W. H., ed. (1907). The Four Visitations of Berkshire made and taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux, Anno 1532; by William Harvey, Clarenceux, Anno 1566; by Henry Chitting, Chester Herald, and John Philipott, Rouge Dragon, for William Camden, Clarenceux, Anno 1623; and by Elias Ashmole, Windsor Herald, for Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, Anno 1665–66: Vol. I. Harleian Society, 1st ser. Vol. 56. London, 1623 Visit, p.90. [3]); "Lee of Wales; Leigh of Huston, Cornwall" (Papworth, John Woody, Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.I, London, 1874, p.93)

Per Heraldic Visitation of Berkshire, 1566 (Rylands, W. H., ed. (1907). The Four Visitations of Berkshire made and taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux, Anno 1532; by William Harvey, Clarenceux, Anno 1566; by Henry Chitting, Chester Herald, and John Philipott, Rouge Dragon, for William Camden, Clarenceux, Anno 1623; and by Elias Ashmole, Windsor Herald, for Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, Anno 1665–66: Vol. I. Harleian Society, 1st ser. Vol. 56. London, p.28[4]):

Thomas ffetiplace of East Shifforde in the Countie of Berk Knighte maried the Ladye Beatryce. Countesse of Shrewsburye. and daughter to Alphoncius Kinge of Portingall. and had yssue Rycharde his eldist Sonne ex relacone Robti Yate de Oxon gener Rycharde ffetiplace of East Shifforde aforesaide Esquire, maried Elizabeth the Daughter and heire of William Bessilles of Besilles Lve. in the Countie of Berke Esquire and by her had yssue John his eldist Sonne. Edwarde seconde Sonne. Anthonye thirde Sonne. John Phetiplace fourthe Sonne, and Thomas ffetiplace fifte Sonne. Suzan maried to ... . Kyngeston in Com' Glouc. Esquire. Jane maried to John Moore of Haddon. in Com' Oxon Esquire. Anne maried to Edwarde Purefoy of Shalston in the Countie of Buck Esquire. Dorothey maried to ... . Cutterington of .... in Com' .... Elianor a Xoonne at Syon. Elizabeth a Noonne at Amesburye