Heraldry at Kilruddery House, Brabazon family

Kilruddery House near Bray, Co Wicklow provides a treasure trove of heraldry. here we will concentrate on the multiquartered coat of arms proving the length families go to in rcalling their illustrious ancestors. Many of the associated families arms are also on stained glass at Bray Hall some of these images also follow.

The multi-quartered arms at the landing of the stairs date from 1684-1704 and these are for Edward Brabazon, 4^th Earl who married first to Cecilia Brereton. We know this from the presence of the Brereton shield that is superimposed. This is known as an inescutcheon of pretence for the wife’s arms. There are sixteen other quarters and the arms represent the important families from the pedigree. The Brabazon arms appear twice thus leaving fourteen more to be accounted for.

The Brabazon arms follow:

The arms in the centre, the inescheuton of pretence is for Brereton

Five Quarters associated with Brabazon marriage

The five families are Clifford, Jervis, Hawberk, De Bisset and Moseley all whose arms also appear at Bray Hall.

(Assume the generations are successive going back in time)

Chamber, 5^th Earl married 1682 Juliana, only daughter and heiress of Patrick, 2^nd Viscount Chaworth.

 (Edward, 4^th Earl, a brother, married first Cecilia Brereton and secondly Dorothea Stopford.     

 William, 3^rd Earl, brother married 1671 Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Lennard, Lord Dacre.) 

Edward, 2^nd Earl married 1682 Mary, daughter of Calcot Chambre of Denbigh Wales and Carnowe, Co Wicklow.

William, 1^st Earl married 1607 Jane, daughter of Sir John Bingley

Sir Edward Brabazon, Lord Ardee (1616) married Mary Smyth of Mitcham, Surrey

Sir William Brabazon married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Clifford

John Brabazon married Chawort

John Brabazon married Maud, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Jervis

Nicholas Brabazon living in 23 Henry VI married daughter and heir of Hawberk

John Brabazon was a commander for Edward III, m. a daughter of Harcourt

Thomas Brabazon

Sir William Brabazon married Joan Trussel

Matthew Brabazon

Sir Roger Le Brabazon married Beatrix De Bisset

Thomas Brabazon married Amelia Moseley

Clifford

Jervis (Brabazon impaling Jervis)

Hawberk

De Bisset

Mosely

Five Quarters associated with Clifford marriages

The five families are Savage, Clare, Vipont, Ewais and Cundi.

Elizabeth Clifford married first to Sir William Brabazon, father of Sir Edward, Lord Ardee and grandfather of William, 1^st Earl of Meath, Elizabeth was heir of:

Nicholas Clifford who was of Sutton-Valence

Lewis Clifford succeeded to the Manor at Kent and was Sheriff of Kent in 13^th Year of Henry VII reign.

Alexander Clifford (Kent) married Margaret, dau. of Walter Colepeper, died in 1494.

Lewis Clifford (Bobbing Court, Kent) married Anne, daughter of Lord Molynes.

William Clifford married Eleanor Savage, daughter of Sir Arnold Savage of Bobbing Court. William died in 16^th year of Henry VI.

Lewis Clifford who in 31 Edward III (1358) was made a Knight, he was married to Eleanor, daughter of John Lord Delawar.

Roger Clifford who married Maud, daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.

Robert Clifford, born on All Saints Day 1305, was married 2 Edward III (1327 + 2) to Isabel, only daughter to Maurice, Lord Berkeley

Robert Clifford, born about Easter 1274, was slain at the Battle of Stirling or Babbockburn in 1314. He married Maud, daughter and coheir of Thomas de Clare.

Roger Clifford married Isabel, daughter and coheir of Robert de Vipont, Lord of Westmoreland

Roger De Clifford married Sibill, daughter and heir of Robert de Ewias

Walter De Clifford who lived in the reigns of Richard I, John & Henry II married Agnes, daughter Roger, son of Osbert de Cundi, Lord of Covenby. Walter was Sheriff of Herefordshire and died about 1223.

Savage

Cundi

Ewyas

                                                                            Clare

                                                                          Vipont

Two Quarters coming from the Vipont line

Roger Clifford married Isabe Vipont, daughter and coheir of Robert de Vipont, Lord of Westmoreland.

Robert Vipont’s wife was Isabel FitzGeoffrey,

and she in turn was daughter of John FitzGeoffrey and Isabel Bigod. Isabel Bigod was a daughter of Hugh le Bigod, 3^rd Earl of Norfolk [lived c. 1186-1224]).

John FitzGeoffrey was son of Geoffrey FitzPeter.

FitzPeter

Bigod

Two Quarters coming from the Savage line

William Clifford married Eleanor Savage, daughter of Sir Arnold Savage of Bobbing Court. William died in 16^th year of Henry VI.

Sir Arnold Savage is presumably descended from Sir John Savage (died in 1386) and Margaret Daniers daughter of Thomas Daniers. This marriage is on the pedigree at Kilruddery.

‘Sir Thomas Danyers of Bradley within Appleton, Knight, who died AD 1354 was present at the Battle of Cresey the XIVth day of May 1346 and there he rescued the Standard of Edward the Black Prince from the hands of the enemy, and made prisoner the Comte de Tankerville, Chamberlain of the French King.’ From a memorial at Grapplehall, Cheshire. 

The arms of Sir John Savage’s grandfather, Thomas Savage on the Kilruddery pedigree are quartered bearing the last quarter still remaining to be identified! They are likely to be the arms of Thomas Savage’s mother.

Daniers

Likely arms of Thomas Savage's mother ?