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 II. ''Per pale, gu. and erm., a saltire counterchanged.'' (Stephenson.) III. Arg., three eagles displayed gu. (Eaglesfield.)  IV. ''Quarterly, arg. and gu. (Tute or Tuit of Ireland.)   V. Arg., three snakes involved vert.'' (Dygow.)   VI. ''Gu., a maunch erm. in the hand ppr. a fleur-de-lis or'' (represented as a trident). (Mohun.) VII. Vair, a chief chequey or and gu. (Fleming.) VIII. Gu., two bends wavy or. (Brewer.)  IX. Sa., seven pierced mullets arg. (? Welshe.)   X. Arg., three chevronels sa. (Archdeacon.)   XI. Arg., three bends sa. (Haccombe.) XII. ''Arg., a bend sa. over all a label gu.'' (St. Lowe or Seint Pier.) XIII. Gu., four fusils in fess erm. (Dynham.) XIV. Gu., three bezants a label arg. Should be or three torteaux a label az. (Courtenay.)  XV. ''Gu., three arches arg. the upper conjoined.'' (Arches.) XVI. Arg., a fess between three boars passant sa. (Huddersfield.) Supporters. Two heraldic antelopes gu., armed and maned or. Crests (2). On a wreath, a lion statant sa.

Motto: "Tutus sub umbra leonis." On the back of the tomb are these arms under coronets:

Carew impaling Griffith.

Carew differenced by a crescent. Vis-a-vis with Griffith. (Two hands clasped join the shields.) On the dexter Carew impaling ''gu., on a bend arg. three trefoils slipped'' (Hervey). Carew impaling ''arg., a fess between three boars passant sa.'' (? Huddersfield).

The following arms are on the sinister side: Clopton impaling Griffith, Griffith impaling ''gu., on a fess dancetty arg. between six lions rampant or: three martlets sa.'' (Griffith of Wigmore). Clopton impaling ''sa., two bars arg. on a chief of the last three torteaux''. A label for difference (?)

The uppermost inscription:

"Thomas Stratfordius strenuus militum ductor in Hibernia et merito suo Eques / Auratus Serenissimis Magnae Britannicae regibus Jacobo et Carolo eorumq conjug / ibus Annae et Henriettae Mariae, ob fidelem praestitum operum inter domesticos clarus qua cum illustre comite ejusq conjuge diu familiariter vixit. Hic pariter requiescere voluit donec Christi Redemptionis voce ad eternam / gloriam inveniendam una cum triumphatis Beatorum Caelis Resuscitabitur / Superstitum valedixit anno ab exhibito incarne messia supra milessimv. sexcent^m / Postquam omnibus notis gratis annos vixisset."

The middle inscription reads:

"D. O. M. / et / Memoriae Sacrum. / Qui in spem immortalitatis hic deposuit Georgius Carew antiquissimae nobilis / Mag / aeq. ortus prosapiae eadem scilicet mascula stirpe qua illustrissima Giraldinorum in Hibernia est. / Windesoriensium in anglia familiae a Carew Castro in agro Pembrochiensi cognomen sortitus /' est ab ineunte Aetate Bellicis studiis innutritus ordines in Hibernia adhuc Juvenis contra Re / Bellum Desmoneae Comitem primum duxit Postea Elizabethae felicissimae memoriae Reginae nec / dum regno Consiliarius et Tormentorum Bellicorum Praefectus fuit. Quo etiam munere in var / expeditionibus in illa praesertim longe celeberrima qua Gades Hispanae expugnatae sunt Anno / mdxcvi Faeliciter perfunctus est Demum cum Hibernia universa domesticae Rebellionis et / Hispanicae invasionis incendio Flagraret Momoniae praefectus per integrum triennium contra Hostes tam internos quam externos multa fortiter fideliterq gessit Tandem in Angliam Revocatus a Jacobo Magna Britanniae Rege ad Baronis de Clopton dignitatem coectus Annae Reginae Procamerarius et Thesaurarius Tormentorum Bellicorum per totare Angliam Praefectus Garn / seiae Insulae Gubernator constitutus est jacobo deinde ad Caelestem Patriam evocato Carolo filio usq adeo clarus fuit ut inter alia / non Vulgaria Benevoli affectus indicia ab eo comitus de Totnes Honore Solemni / Investitura exornatus fuerit / Tantus vir natalium splendore illustris Belli et Pacis Artibus ornatissimus cum ad Plenam et adultam senectutem / Pervenisset pie placideq animam Deo Creatori Reddidit Londini in aedibus / Sabaudiae / Anno Dominicae Incarnationis Juxta Anglicanam computationem mdcxxix die martii xxvii / vixit annos lxxiii mensis fere dec."

The lower inscription reads:

"Joisia Clopton cujus effigies hic cernitur ex antiqua Cloptonorum familia / filia primogenita et haeres et ser'issim' Gulielmi Clopton de Clopton Armigeri / conjux maestissima viri clarissimi et optime merito cum