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CHURCH AT GREAT CHALFIELD AND TOMB IN CORSHAM CHURCH, WILTSHIRE. 47
Plate VI. Details of the Stone Screen. At the top of the Plate is the
cornice towards the Chapel, and below it are details referred by letter to this
and Plate V. In the centre are the five shields which shew the Tropenell
Arms, and those of the families with whicli they intermarried. The centre,
No. 3, bears the Tropenell Arms singly; viz. Gules, a fesse engrailed and powdered
with ermine between three griffins’ heads erased, argent. No. 1 bears the Tro-
penell Arms on the dexter side, and the Percy Arms on the sinister, which are
azure, five fusils in fesse or : this shews the marriage of Walter Tropenell with
Catherine, daughter of Sir William, and sister of Sir Harry Percy, Knights,
who owned Great Chalfield; by which marriage, and the failure of male issue
to the third Sir Harry Percy, the estate devolved on Thomas Tropenell.
No. 2, on the clexter side, the Tropenell Anns as before, and on the sinister
the Rous Arms, viz. Azure, three lions rampant ermine; this shews the
marriage of Roger Tropenell, the grandson of Walter, with Christian, daugh-
ter to Sir John] Rous, of Imber. No. 5, on the dexter side, the Tropenell
Arms as before, and on the sinister side, the Roche Arms, viz. Azure, three
roaches argent, within a bordure or, and shews the marriage of Harry Tro-
penell, grandson to Roger, with Edeth, daughter to Walter Roche, younger
brother to Sir John Roche, Knight, sons to John the Roche of Bromham.
No. 4, the Tropenell Arms as before, on the dexter side, and the Ludlow
Arms on tlie sinister side, which shews the marriage of Thomas Tropenell,
son to Harry, with Agnes (not Margaret, as stated in the pedigree), fourth
daughter of William Ludlow, of Hill Deverell, Wilts, by whom this screen
and the Chapel which it enclosed was erected: he died in 1490, and was
buried with his wife in the Chantry Chapel, at Corsham Church, under the
magnificent altar-tomb shewn in Plate VIII. At the bottom of the Plate are
the pateras in the quatrefoils at the top of the screen towards the Chapel, which
are beautifully executed.
Plate VII. shews an Oah Seat and Desh in the present Chancel at large,
with details, and a Stone Piscina, now in the south wall of the modern Chancel,
but which the author presumes has been removed from the body of the Church,
Tomb in Corsham Church, Wilts.
Plate VIII. shews the elegant Altar Tomb in the Chantry Chapel at
Corsham Church, which formerly belonged to the family of Tropenell, and is
Plate VI. Details of the Stone Screen. At the top of the Plate is the
cornice towards the Chapel, and below it are details referred by letter to this
and Plate V. In the centre are the five shields which shew the Tropenell
Arms, and those of the families with whicli they intermarried. The centre,
No. 3, bears the Tropenell Arms singly; viz. Gules, a fesse engrailed and powdered
with ermine between three griffins’ heads erased, argent. No. 1 bears the Tro-
penell Arms on the dexter side, and the Percy Arms on the sinister, which are
azure, five fusils in fesse or : this shews the marriage of Walter Tropenell with
Catherine, daughter of Sir William, and sister of Sir Harry Percy, Knights,
who owned Great Chalfield; by which marriage, and the failure of male issue
to the third Sir Harry Percy, the estate devolved on Thomas Tropenell.
No. 2, on the clexter side, the Tropenell Anns as before, and on the sinister
the Rous Arms, viz. Azure, three lions rampant ermine; this shews the
marriage of Roger Tropenell, the grandson of Walter, with Christian, daugh-
ter to Sir John] Rous, of Imber. No. 5, on the dexter side, the Tropenell
Arms as before, and on the sinister side, the Roche Arms, viz. Azure, three
roaches argent, within a bordure or, and shews the marriage of Harry Tro-
penell, grandson to Roger, with Edeth, daughter to Walter Roche, younger
brother to Sir John Roche, Knight, sons to John the Roche of Bromham.
No. 4, the Tropenell Arms as before, on the dexter side, and the Ludlow
Arms on tlie sinister side, which shews the marriage of Thomas Tropenell,
son to Harry, with Agnes (not Margaret, as stated in the pedigree), fourth
daughter of William Ludlow, of Hill Deverell, Wilts, by whom this screen
and the Chapel which it enclosed was erected: he died in 1490, and was
buried with his wife in the Chantry Chapel, at Corsham Church, under the
magnificent altar-tomb shewn in Plate VIII. At the bottom of the Plate are
the pateras in the quatrefoils at the top of the screen towards the Chapel, which
are beautifully executed.
Plate VII. shews an Oah Seat and Desh in the present Chancel at large,
with details, and a Stone Piscina, now in the south wall of the modern Chancel,
but which the author presumes has been removed from the body of the Church,
Tomb in Corsham Church, Wilts.
Plate VIII. shews the elegant Altar Tomb in the Chantry Chapel at
Corsham Church, which formerly belonged to the family of Tropenell, and is