Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Descents of the houses of Warwick and Essex
England, 16th century
MS M.956 fol. 3v

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Along branches of trees interspersed with leaves are roundels inscribed with names and five escutcheons:
1) Beauchamp of Elmley (gules a fess or).
2) Marshall of Pembroke (per pale or and vert overall a lion rampant gules), impaled with Newburgh (lozengy azure and or a bordure gules semy of plates), surmounted by a crown.
3) Plescy (argent six annulets gules), impaled with Newburgh (lozengy azure and or a bordure gules semy of plates), surmounted by a crown.
4) Mauduit (argent two bars gules), impaled with Segrave (sable a lion rampant argent crowned or), surmounted by a crown.
5) Beauchamp of Elmley (gules a fess or), impaled with Mauduit (argent two bars gules), surmounted by a crown.
Two documents with hanging circular seals:
1) William Beauchamp, wearing surcoat over chain mail and helmet, holding raised sword in right hand and shield in left hand, is seated astride caparisoned horse, all enclosed in frame inscribed SIGILLVM WIHLMI DE BELL CAMPO COMITIS WARWICIAE (equestrian seal).
2) William Mauduit, wearing chain mail and helmet with chain attached to hilt of sword held raised in right hand, and holding shield in left hand, sits astride caparisoned horse, all enclosed in frame inscribed SIGILLVM WIHLMI DE MANDVT COMITIS WARWICIAE (equestrian seal).
Three medallions:
1) John of Clavering, wearing sixteenth-century hat and garments, is behind low hills from which grows tree. Hanging from branch of tree is escutcheon with Clavering arms (quarterly or and gules overall a bend sable overall a label azure), all enclosed in frame inscribed IOHN DE BVRGAVILL A BARRON OF NORMANDY CAM INTO ENGLAND 1067.
2) Nigel of Halton, wearing sixteenth-century hat and garments, is behind low hills from which grows tree. Hanging from a branch of tree is escutcheon with Halton arms (gules three lozenges or), all enclosed in a frame inscribed NIGELLVS BARRON OF HAVLTON AND COVNSTABLE OF CHESTER 1067.
3) Ilbert de Lacy, wearing sixteenth-century hat and garments, is behind low hills from which grows tree. Hanging from a branch of tree is escutcheon with Lacy of Lincoln arms (or a lion rampant purpure), all enclosed in a frame inscribed ILLEBERT LACY A NORMAN WAS BARRON OF POMFRET 1067.