English: Chest-tomb with effigies of Sir Matthew Stawell and his wife, dating from the late 14th century, Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Cothelstone, Somerset. A lion serves as the footrest of Sir Matthew, and two squirrels for that of Lady Stawell. The sides of the chest-tomb display the arms of Stawell: Gules, a cross lozengy argent quartering and impaling others, including Azure, three bends or (Martyn?) (Per 1623 Heraldic Visitations of Somerset, (1876),pp.106-7, for the marriage of Sir Mathew Stawell (alias Stowell) to Elinor Martyn, daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Martyn (no dates given). The son and heir of Sir Matthew Stawell was Sir Thomas Stawell, who married Joan Frampton, a daughter of Walter Frampton. (The Visitation of the County of Somerset in the year 1623
by St. George, Henry (1581-1644); Lennard, Samson (d.1633); Camden, William (1551-1623); Ed. Colby, Frederic Thomas (1827-1899), 1876[1])
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{{Information |Description ={{en|1=Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Cothelstone, Somerset. - monument to a knight and his lady The effigies on this tomb-chest are Stawells, probably Sir Matthew Stawell and his wife, dating from the late C14. A li...
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