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They show the arms of Sir Thomas Barnardiston (4th baronet), of Kedington (Ketton), Suffolk, with those of his wife 'in pretence' - that is, shown small, in the centre of his arms.  Sir Thomas inherited the baronetcy when his father, the 3rd baronet died on 7th October 1698.  His wife Ann (or Anne) was herself a heiress. In 1694, when her father Sir Richard Rothwell of Stapleford, Lincolnshire died without male heirs, she became a co-heiress and was therefore entitled to show her arms 'in pretence' on her husband's new arms. Sir Thomas died himself without male heirs on 12th November 1700.  It is likely that the panel was made before his death but just possible that it was made a little later, before the death of this widow on 21st February 1702. The arms may have been designed to decorate a room within their house at Kedington.  The design of the 'mantling' or surround to the arms is of bold baroque scrolls, which would have been highly fashionable at the period at which the panel was made. ","physicalDescription":"Heraldic panel of carved and pierced walnut, a coat of arms, painted and gilt. Below a crest (a stork), mantled by acanthus foliage and symmetrical scrollwork, is a convex shield painted in colours with a form of the arms of Barnardiston of Kedlington (Kelton) Suffolk. \nThe arms are heraldically described as 'Azure a fesse dancetty ermine between six crosses unsolet argent'.  The carved crest above is heraldically described as 'a stork or among rushes proper, above the motto 'JE TROUVE BIEN'. \n","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"walnut","id":"AAT12476"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"painting","id":"x30598"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Walnut, carved and painted","categories":[{"text":"Heraldry","id":"THES257728"}],"styles":[{"text":"Baroque","id":"AAT21147"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2024NX0180"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES398538"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Heraldic panel","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1698-1700","earliest":"1698-01-01","latest":"1700-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"This date can be established because the arms are either of Sir Thomas Barnardiston (3rd baronet) who died on 12th November 1700 or of his widow who died on 21st February 1701. He had inherited the baronetcy and the manor of Kedington on the death of his father on 7th October 1698. His wife was the daughter and co-heir o Sir Richard Rothwell of Stapleford, who died in 1694 and her arms in pretence would have been added to the arms of her husband when he inherited his baronetcy. \n\n"}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequest of V.B. Crowther-Benyon F.S.A","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"109.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"73.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"14","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions taken from Departmental Catalogue.  Not checked on object.","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"JE TROUVE BIEN","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"I find the good","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"This came to the Museum as part of a bequest by Mr V.B. Crowther-Benyon F.S.A. (See Registered File 52/1176 on Nominal File MA/1/C3396). The Museum nos. for the bequest of furniture run from W.14 to W. 23-1952. He also bequeathed paintings, miniatures and other items, including a beadwork basket to the Museum. The correspondence suggests that all the items had been inherited by Mr Crowther-Benyon. \n\nNotes on the Acquisition Record (unsigned) give greater information on the arms as follows (not checked 2021):\n'The arms are \"azure a fesse dancetty ermine between six crosses crosslet argent on a shield of pretence two chevrons engrailed sable on each three bezants in chief on an escutcheon argent a sinister had couped at the wrist gules (the badge of Vester).\"\n\nThe arms, as rendered, are shown on the attached drawing (in departmental files).\nThe arms relate to a baronet, or to the widow of a baronet, of the Barnardiston family, of Kedlington (Ketton) Suffolk, as signified by the main arms and by the hand in chief, married to an heiress of the family of Rothwell, of Ewerby and Stapleford, Co. Lincs, as signfied by the arms in pretence. \nSir Thomas Barnardiston, of Kedlington, created baronet on 7th April 1663, married Ann, da. of Sir William Armyne, 2nd bart., the sons of Ann Barnardsiton and of her sister Elizabeth, who m. Sir Thomas Syle Bart., became entitled to estates in Lincolnshire, \"a windfall which brought litigation and trouble to the Barnardistion family\" (R.A. Almack in <u>Suffolk Archaeology</u>, Vol. IV, 1874, p. 146). The four younger sons (Nathaniel, William, Samuel, Michael) d.s.p. John Barnardiston m. Margaret, da. of Sir Robert Cordell, of Melford Hall, Suffolk, but d.s.p.\nSir Thomas Barnardiston, 2nd bart. e.s. of 1st bart., succeeded on the death of 1st bart. on 4th October 1669 and d. 7th October 1698. He was M.P. for Grimsby 1685-87 and for Sudbury 1695-98. The Lincolnshire estates \"being mortgaged to Lady Diana Holles \" (Almack, p. 146, n. 1), the 2nd bart. \"borrowed four thousand pounds of Samuel Blackerby and Francis Marsh, and they assigned to Samuel Barnardiston\" (<i>ibid</i>), The 2nd bart m. Elizabeth, da. and only surviving child of Sir Robert King, Kt., of Boyle, co. Roscommon, by Sophia, Viscountess Wimbleton [sic].\nTheir eldest son, Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 3rd baronet, m. before 1694 Anne da. and coh.  of Sir Richard Rothwell of Stapleford, who was created baronet 16th August 1661, d. without male issue in 1694, when the baronetcy became extinct. The third baronet inherited the manor of Kedington (W.A. Copinger, <u>Manors of Suffolk</u>, Vol. V, 1909, p. 260) and having been M.P. for Suffolk, died without male issue on 12th November 1700, leaving a widow Ann, who d. 21st February 1701, and three da., of whom the eldest Elizabeth (b. 23rd Jany: 1694) d. in 1701, the baronetcy passing to a brother of the the 3rd bart. \nIt is accordingly substantially certain that the escutcheon was made between 7th October 1698 and 12th November 1700, or at least before 21st February 1701 (1701/02?)\nThe chevrons sable on the Rothwell coa being here rendered apparently in red, it may be noted that the tincture of the bezants (rendered golden brown) is not stated by Burke, <u>General Armory</u>, s.v. and that the Rothwell coat is not given at all by him in <u>Extinct Baronetcies</u>, 1844, s.v. For the hand of Ulster, cf. Bontel <u>Manual</u> (1931) p. 265, with Fox-Davies <u>Guide</u> (1909), p. 534. \n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Heraldic panel of carved walnut, with the arms of Barnardiston of Suffolk, painted and gilt. The arms(which are painted onto a cartouche-like shield) are surrounded by a mantling of carved scrolls and curves. 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