File:Preston with inescutcheon of Durrant, Beeston St Lawrence Church, Norfolk.svg

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Heraldic shield, detail from mural monument in St Lawrence's Church, Beeston St Lawrence, Norfolk, to Alice Durrant (1716-1743), only surviving daughter and heiress of William Durrant, Esquire, of Scottow in Norfolk, by his wife Alice Clough, one of the (daughters and) co-heiresses of Rev. James Clough, MA, of Pemberton, Lancashire, Rector of Suffield (details from her ledger stone in Beeston St Lawrence Church[1]), first wife of Isaac Preston (1710-1768) of Beeston St Lawrence, barrister-at-law.

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Arms: Ermine, on a chief sable three crescents or (Preston) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.823) with inescutcheon of pretence: Erminois, a cross crosslet ermines (Durrant of Scottow) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.309, but with field "ermine" not as seen here "erminois" and cross "sable" not as seen here "ermines") quartering Gules, three pineapples (slipped) argent (Clough) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.206 "Clough of Minsterly, Yorkshire (sic)" - apparently meaning Minsterley Hall, Minsterley, Shropshire, built in 1581 by Robert Clough[2]). Of the Clough family of Minsterley, Shropshire, the names of the first five generations are given in Marl.MS.1396,fo.69 1241, fo.68, where the arms are given as: Gules, three pine-apples slipped argent a martlet for difference (source: http://www.cluett.org.uk/anjou.html) (see also relief-sculpted image[3]). Shown more clearly as pineapples sculpted on monument to Rev. James Clough in Suffield ChurchFile:-2018-12-10 Memorial, Saint Margaret of Antioch parish church, Suffield, Norfolk.JPG, but shown more vaguely as roses or leafy vines on monuments in Beeston St Lawrence Church.
Date Painting 1743; Original photo 2016, this enhancement 2021
Source enhanced image (by jmc4 - Church Explorer)[4]
Author Unknown painter; original photo by jmc4 - Church Explorer, this enhancement by Lobsterthermidor (talk) 21:21, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

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