The Baynard family - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Baynards
“ mybodye be buryed within the churche of the
Monstaerye of Laycok yn oure Ladye Chappell there beside
the tombe of Dame Elinor Blewett” 160
This is one of the few pieces of evidence that the Bluets were
buried in the Abbey church, although the lack of monuments to
them in St Cyriac’s made this likely. It is interesting to note that
this suggests that the founder of the Bluet Wiltshire line,
Eleanorwas buried in Lacock not Silchester. The memorial to her in
Silchester church is, therefore, only that and not indicative of her
being buried there
Jane (Robert II and Elizabeth Baynard’s daughter) became the
second wife of William Cresswell, of Heckfield in Hampshire (his
first wife was Alice Haydock). William and Jane had four sons and
four daughters. William died in 1475. 161
Nothing is known about Elizabeth for certain, but it is likely that
the will of “Elizabeth Baynard of Laycoke, Gentlewoman” dated 1540
162 is hers; In it she instructs that she is to be buried in St Andrew’s
church in Chippenham (the only Baynard known to have been buried
there) and bequeaths items to “my brother Robert Baynard” and
also “my cousin Robert Baynard”. Elizabeth was certainly sister to
Robert III, and her father Philip had 13 brothers and 4 sisters, any
one of whom might have an unknown son called Robert.
160 WFHS The monumental inscriptions of Lacock Parish. W&SHC
microfiche607477
161 VCH Hampshire and Isle of Wight p49
The Baynard part of the Cresswell crest, over their monument in Heckfield
church, is given as Sable a fess between two chevrons or quartering or a double
headed eagle gules – the chevron / fess was the Baynard arms and the double
headed eagle is the Bluet’s.
162 PRO prob/11/28
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