page_title: Ash, Braunton
section_title: Heraldry
hierarchical_section_title: Ash, Braunton / History / Descent / Bellew / Bellew monument / Heraldry
caption_attribution_description: English: Heraldic bench-end in Monkleigh Church, Devon, showing heraldic achievement of St Leger family of Annery in the parish of Monkleigh: quarterly of 6: 1st:St Leger of Annery: Azure fretty argent, a chief or,&#91;1&#93; a crescent for difference of a 2nd son 2nd: Or, a chief indented azure (Butler ancient (Walter)). The Butler family was connected with Annery. St Leger is known to quarter these arms; alternatively possibly FitzWarin, feudal baron of Bampton: Quarterly per fess indented argent and gules&#91;2&#93; 3rd: A lion rampant crowned (possibly Turberville) 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&#91;3&#93; 5th: Stapledon, for Stapledon of Annery: Argent, two bends undee sable&#91;4&#93; (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&#91;5&#93;
context_page_description: Ash in the parish of Braunton in North Devon is a historic estate listed in the Domesday Book. The present mansion, known as The Ash Barton estate is a Grade II* listed building.
context_section_description: The arms shown on the monument are as follows:
  Compartment 1: Arms of William Bellew (died 1578)(father of Richard) impaling paternal arms of his wife Anne Stucley (died 1567), daughter of Sir Hugh Stucley (1496–1559) of Affeton. Above are the crests of Bellew (dexter): An arm holding a ewer of water (canting crest from French Belle-eau, "beautiful water") and Stucley (dexter): A lion rampant.
  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,) father of Patrick Bellew. Vair, a chief chequy or and gules
  3rd:Ferrers, for Martin Ferrers of Bere Ferrers one of whose three daughters and co-heiresses, Leva Ferrers, married Sir Christopher Fleming, 3rd Baron of Slane:Or, on a bend sable three horseshoes argent
  4th Colebrooke (alias Kilrington) of Colebrooke in the parish of Bradninch, 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
  5th: Calley (alias Cayley) of Chimlegh, Devon, for Robert Cayley whose daughter and heiress Joane Cayley married William Colebrooke father of Alice: Quarterly argent and sable on a bend gules three mullets argent
  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))
  6th: Argent, a chevron engrailed between three fleurs-de-lys sable (de Affeton)
  7th: Gules crusily fitchee or, three demi-woodmen men holding clubs or (Wood of Binley)
  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 (grandfather 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: Azure, three Danish battle-axes or
  Compartment 6: Arms of Richard Bellew (6 quarters) impaling St Leger (6 quarters), for Sir John St Leger of Annery, Monkleigh whose daughter Margaret St Leger married Richard Bellew. 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
  2nd:FitzWarin, feudal baron of Bampton: Quarterly per fess indented argent and gules
  3rd: A lion rampant crowned (possibly Turberville)
  4th: Hankford of Annery, for Richard Hankford (c. 1397 – 1431) of Annery, feudal baron of Bampton: Sable, a chevron barry undee argent and gules
  5th: Stapledon, for Stapledon of Annery: Argent, two bends undee sable (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)
  Compartment 7: Arms of Bellew impaling Stucley, for father of Richard Bellew, as at top but with no quarterings.
caption: 16th century bench end in Monkleigh Church showing arms of St Leger family of Annery, with same six quarterings as in Braunton Church
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