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He was probably buried in
THE DE MAULEYS. 105
the Minster, for in Torre's account of the
"funeral monuments in the south aisle" (p. 148) he says "On the north
" side, last under the south-west pillar of the lanthorn, lyes an old
" monument, cutt in white stone, with the effigy of a knight in a coat of
" mail, and other compleat armour, a sword by his side, and military bend
" charged with three eagletts, his hands conjoyned at prayer, and his legs
" across, with a lyon dormant at his feet. And on his left side is a large
" shield of his arms, viz. or a bend three eaglets displayed."
There is a paper in the Archizologia (vol. xxxi. p. 238) about this stone,
which seems to have been given by Mr. Thiselton, the then chapter-clerk,
in whose garden
it had been placed after the fire in 1829, to Sir Samuel
Meyrick, who had deposited
it in the chapel
of Goodrich Court.
Stephen de Mauley, the archdeacon, died, according to an entry in
the Archbishop's registry, in 1317. And we may conclude that John, the
remaining one mentioned, was also a brother. Why the archdeacon should
hold up what seems to be John's shield, charged with three eagles, I cannot
say possibly the shields may have been changed before Torre's time, and
;
the shield with the red bend (the tincture changed for difference) has been
placed in the hands of another figure. I cannot discern any trace of that
shield having been moved, and it seems to harmonize with the dress of
the figure which holds it. But the figure next to the archdeacon, holding
the shield, vaire a maunche gules, I fancy to be the figure of Peter, fourth
baron, as this, as I will
of the family.
shew by and by, would be the principal quartering
According to Torre, three shields, since destroyed,
were in the window
beneath ;
i.e. in the north-eastern light, now occupied by the shield of
Fenton (azure, six hawks' heads or), the arms of Malbis, argent, a chevron
between three hinds' heads gules ;
in the centre light, or, a fesse gules,
three torteaux in chief; and in the western light, or a fesse dancette sable,
Vavasour. I venture to think that Torre was mistaken as to the two
former, in consequence of the similarity of the coats, and that they should
have been described as (i) argent, a chevron between three fowls' heads,
Furnival, which difference in the ordinary coat seems to be still carried by
one branch of the family, viz., Furnival of Blagsdon (Burke) ; (2) or, two
bars gules, in chief two torteaux, Wake.
This would make their significance quite clear, viz., the alliances
formed by the only two of this generation who married. Wake being
the shield of Baldwin, Lord de Wake, whose daughter, we are told in the
Hotham pedigree, married John de Mauley, who inherited the lands, and
therefore acquired the name of Hotham. Furnival being the coat of
Eleanor, daughter of Thomas, Lord Furnival, who married Peter, fourth
Baron de Mauley and Vavasour that of Walter de Vavasour, who married
;
her sister, Alyne or Alianora.