The Baynard family - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Baynards
Fig. 16 Arms of Baynard and Blake 182 **
It has long been held that King Henry VIII visited Lackham during
his peregrination of 1535 183 . It is certain, from documents
published under the king’s seal, that he was at the Seymour’s house
at Wolfhall 184 near Marlborough. At this time Henry was “paying his
addresses 185 ” to Lady Jane Seymour. Jane was Lady in Waiting to
182 Buckeridge, D (1995) Church Heraldry in Wiltshire
From a wooden memorial Baynard impaling, argent, a chevron between three
garbs [wheat sheaves] sable..
183 The following section is based on my article “A brief note on King Henry VIII
at Lackham, and why Sir Robert Baynard was unhappy with Thomas Cromwell”
[Pratt, T (2007) in Chalk and Cheese Autumn 2007] and is reproduced with the
kind permission of Lackham Museum of Agriculture and Rural Life Trust, the
publishers. The extended article can be accessed here
184 Fraser, A (1992) The Six wives of Henry VIII
John Seymour was knighted on the field by Henry VII for valour at the Battle
of Blackheath (17 th June, 1497) which ended a rebellion by the Cornish.
Burke (1858) History of the English Commoners vol 1 p686
“Knygts made at Blackheath fielde anno 12 of the Kinge on Saint Botolphs day ye
17 June Anno Dni 1497 agynst ye commons of Cornwall”
185 Fraser, A (1992) ibid p217
“The King took another of his fancies, this time to Jane Seymour. Most likely
the fancy was first taken while the King was under the roof of her father, Sir
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