16th century mural monument of Richard Bellew of Ash[9] and his wife Margaret St Leger of Annery[10] in Braunton Church, Devon
English: Key to heraldry on Bellew monument, Braunton Church16th century mural monument on south aisle wall of St Branock's Church, Braunton, Devon, to Richard Bellew and his wife Margaret St Leger. It is a diptych divided by Ionic columns into 3 rows forming 7 compartments . In the top compartment (number 1) is an escutcheon of his father William Bellew (d.1578) of Ash impaling the arms of his wife Anne Stucley (d.1567). In compartment 6 (middle of bottom row) is an escutcheon showing the arms of Richard Bellew impaling the arms of his wife Margaret St Leger. In compartment 7 is an escutcheon showing the arms of Richard's father William Bellew impaling Stucley, without quarterings. In compartment 4 is an escutcheon showing the arms of Richard's grandfather Henry Bellew impaling the arms of his wife Alice Colebrooke and of her mother Joan Calley. In compartment 5 is an escutcheon showing the arms of Richard's great-grandfather Patrick Bellew impaling the arms of his wife Anne Dennis. In compartment 2 is an escutcheon showing the arms of Richard's great-great-grandfather John Bellew impaling the arms of his wife Anne Fleming and the arms of Ferrers, her paternal grandmother Leva Fleming a daughter and co-heiress of Martin Ferrers. The arms shown on the monument are as follows: Compartment 1: Arms of William Bellew (d.1578)(father of Richard) impaling paternal arms of his wife Anne Stucley (d.1567), daughter of Sir Hugh Stucley (1496-1559) of Affeton.[1] Above are the crests of Bellew (dexter): An arm embowed habited the hand proper grasping a chalice pouring water into a basin (canting crest from French belle-eau, "beautiful water") and Stucley (dexter): A lion rampant or the sinister paw holding a battle-axe resting on the shoulder proper. Bellew, quarterly of 6: 1st:Bellew: Sable fretty or; 2nd:Fleming, for John Fleming of Bratton Fleming and Ash, one of whose two daughters and co-heiresses, Anne Fleming, married John Bellew (descended from the Bellews of Bellewstown, County Meath, Ireland,[2]) father of Patrick Bellew.[3] Vair, a chief chequy or and gules 3rd:Ferrers, for Martin Ferrers of Bere Ferrers one of whose three daughters and co-heiresses,[4] Leva Ferrers, married Sir Christopher Fleming, 3rd Baron of Slane:[5]Or, on a bend sable three horseshoes argent[6] 4th Colebrooke (alias Kilrington) of Colebrooke[7] in the parish of Bradninch,[8] for William Colebrooke of Lorywell, Devon, whose daughter and heiress, Alice Colebrooke, married Henry Bellew of Alverdiscott and Ash: Argent, a lion rampant gules over all on a fess sable three crosslets fitchy argent[9] 5th: Calley (alias Cayley) of Chimlegh, Devon, for Robert Cayley whose daughter and heiress Joane Cayley married William Colebrooke father of Alice:[10] Quarterly argent and sable on a bend gules three mullets argent[11] 6th: Bellew Stucley, quarterly of 8: 1st: Azure, three pears pendant or (Stucley) 2nd: Three fleurs-de-lys 3rd: A chevron... 4th: A chevron engrailed between three roses 5th: Gules, three lions rampant guardant or (FitzRoger)[12][13]) 6th: Argent, a chevron engrailed between three fleurs-de-lys sable (de Affeton)[14] 7th: Gules crusily fitchee or, three demi-woodmen men holding clubs or (Wood of Binley)[15] 8th: A pelican in her piety Compartment 2: Arms of John Bellew (great-great-grandfather of Richard). Bellew impaling Fleming and Ferrers Compartment 3: Tablet with inscription erased Compartment 4:Arms of Henry Bellew (grand-father of Richard) impaling Colebrooke and Calley Compartment 5: Arms of Patrick Bellew (great-grandfather of Richard) impaling Dennis, for John Dennis of Orleigh whose daughter Anne Dennis married Patrick Bellew:[16] Azure, three Danish battle-axes or[17] Compartment 6: Arms of Richard Bellew (6 quarters) impaling St Leger (6 quarters), for Sir John St Leger of Annery whose daughter Margaret St Leger married Richard Bellew.[18] Above the escutcheon are the initials "RB" (dexter) and "MB" (sinister) Bellew, quarterly of 6, as in escutcheon of his father at top of monument, compartment 1 St Leger (which family shared a common descent with Bourchier from the FitzWarins, feudal barons of Bampton, and the Hankfords and Stapledons) quarterly of 6: 1st:St Leger of Annery: Azure fretty argent, a chief or[19] 2nd:FitzWarin, feudal baron of Bampton: Quarterly per fess indented argent and gules[20] 3rd: A lion rampant crowned (possibly Turberville of Bere Regis, Dorset) 4th: Hankford of Annery, for Richard II Hankford (c.1397-1431) of Annery, feudal baron of Bampton: Sable, a chevron barry undee argent and gules[21] 5th: Stapledon, for Stapledon of Annery: Argent, two bends undee sable[22] (as visible on monument of Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter in Exeter Cathedral 6th: Argent, three barnacles gules tied sable (Donet of Sileham, Rainham, Kent[23]) Compartment 7: Arms of Bellew impaling Stucley, for father of Richard Bellew, as at top but with no quarterings.