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Parish Church of St Helen

A Grade I Listed Building in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire

Stained glass in Hastings Chapel east window, Church of St Helen, Ashby de la Zouch

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(1st) 1) Medieval painted glass with a priest, also Arms Sable a fess embattled counter embattled argent. 2) Mounted reversed, a shield quarterly 1, Or three piles meeting in point. 2, barry of ten argent and gules a lion rampant or. 3, Azure a chevron or between devices argent. 4, Argent two bars sable in chief three ogresses. 5, Argent three chevrons gules. 6, Argent on a bend gules three lozenges of the field. 7, Ermine. 8, Azure a chevron between three mullets or. 9, Argent three lions rampant gules. 3) C16 Painted glass panel with a family posing outdoors.
(2nd) 1) Shield including Sable two bars and in chief three demi lions rampant or, quartering Argent a bend between six eagles displayed gules. (martlets Furneval). 2) Imperial crown over a shield with pinted glass England quartering France. Female supporters. Dated 1585. 3) Shield mounted reversed. Quarterly of 12: 1, Argent a ?maunch sable. 2, Gules a lion rampant between six crosses crosslet fitchee argent. 3, Barry of ten gules and or on a chief a device. 4, Gules three bendlets enhanced or (Greyley of Manchester) 5, Gules lozengy ermine. 6, Azure three fleurs de lis or (France) 7, Gules three lions rampant and a bordure or. 8, Gules a bend of five lozenges or. 9, Argent on a chief azure three crosses crosslet fitchee of the first. 10, Gules three garbs argent. 11, Gyronny of 8 argent and gules a border gules bezantee. 12, Argent a bend compony or and gules cotised of the last.
(3rd) 1) A male portrait bust of a priest. 2) Royal Arms of King Edward III: Quarterly,1 and 4 Quarterly France and England, 2 Scotland, 3 Ireland all within a garter , Lion and unicorn supporters. Motto Dieu et mon droit. 3) Painted glass Crucifixion.4) Painted glass Preaching ? outside a temple.
(4th) 1) Painted glass France quartering England. 2) Imperial crown above France quartering England. 3) Shield of Arms Quarterly 1 and 6, Barry of ten argent and azure over all six escutcheons sable each charged with a lion rampant of the first. 2, Per pale gules and azure a lion rampant argent. 3, Sable three castles argent a crescent for difference. 4, Argent on a bend gules cotised sable three bezants. 5, Azure three fleurs de lis or (France).
(5th) 1) Painted glass standing Madonna and child. 2) Shield Quarterly of sixteen 1, Or three chevronels gules (Clare) 2, Or two lions rampant in pile azure (?Dudley ?Strange), 3, Azure three garbs and a chief or (Peverell). 4, Quarterly argent and gules in 2 and 3 a fret or over all a bend sable (DeSpencer). 5 and 8 Gules a fess between six crosses crosslet or (Beauchamp). 6, Barry of ten argent and azure an orle of martlets gules (Valence, Earl of Pembroke). 7, Vairy or and gules ( ). 9, Argent three lozenges in fess gules (Montagu). 10, Sable two bars argent in chief three plates (Hungerford). 11, Argent two ?bars azure a label of three points gules ( ). 12, Or an eagle displayed vert (Monthermer). 13, Argent two pales gules. 14, Or a saltire between four martlets sable (Guilford). 15, Argent a fess dancetty sable ( ). 3) Medieval painted glass scene outside a temple. (Photo Aug 2015).

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Building ID: 101188344
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