Heraldry at Rathmoylon, Co Meath

The Parish Church (CoI) is a rectangular gabled hall built in 1797 and enlarged in the nineteenth century by the addition of a substantial north transcept. In 1862 Joseph Welland added an entrance porch, octagonal belfry, tower and spire, into the angle between the transept and nave. 

In the nave there is a monument to Sir Richard Levinge who died in 1747. It is a large and impressive Tuscan aedicule in grey-black marble framing an inscribed tablet.

{Casey and Rowan: Buildings of North Leinster pp458-9.]

For the Rawdon and Fowler pedigrees, click on the following and scroll to page 5.

https://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/128_FowlerAndRawdoOfRathmolyon.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Richard_Levinge,_2nd_Baronet

Sir Richard Levinge, 2nd Baronet (c. 1685 – 1748). He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet and of his first wife Mary Corbin, daughter of Gawan Corbin, merchant of London. His father, from Derbyshire served in Ireland as MP and in various legal roles. Sir Richard (2nd) inherited the ancestral home in Derbyshire, and the newer property of Knockdrin in Co Westmeath near Mullingar. He married in 1718 Isabella Rawdon (d. 1731), daughter of Sir Arthur Rawdon and Helena Graham. John Rawdon (her brother) married Dorothy Levinge (his sister). See the pedigree. They had no children and on his death his title and estates passed to his brother Charles. He was M.P.from 1723 to 1727 for Westmeath and from 1727 to 1748 for Blessington.

The monument for Sir Richard Levinge

The arms of a chevron and three escallop shells for Levinge

The crest is an escallop shell

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For more information on the Levinges of Knockdrin.

https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2017/02/knockdrin-castle.html

Quartered arms of Fowler and Gardiner

The stained glass window was erected to the memory of the Honourable Louisa Fowler, eldest daughter of Luke Gardiner Viscount Mountjoy and widow of Robert Fowler Bishop of Ossary and Ferns. She was born in 1774 died Nov 4th 1848 leaving two sons Robert and Luke. She was buried in the family vault St Thomas's Church, Dublin by the side of her husband. Erected by her eldest son Robert of Rahiston, County of Meath.

The arms for Fowler appeared to be the quartered arms of Fowler (modern) and Fowler (ancient).

Azure on a chevron argent between three lions passant guardant or, as many crosses pattee sable.

Ermine, on a canton gules, an owl argent.

The arms for Gardiner, gules a fesse chequy argent azure between three lions rampant. 

The stained glass window of the resurrection that displays the impaled arms of Fowler and Gardiner at its base.  

The quartered arms of Fowler (ancient) and Fowler (modern) along with the crest and motto for Fowler are on the monument to Louisa and her husband Robert Fowler, Lord Bishop of Ossary and Ferns.

Williams

The monument of James Williams of Trammont died in 1853. He was son of Thomas Williams of St Catherine's Park, Leixlip. James's wife, Maria Anne Kent d. 1894 daughter of Abel Ram de la Bertouche of Donnycarney House, Dublin.  The coat of arms is a lion rampant, the crest a dog (?) and motto is Confide recte agnes.

The Crook Gravestone

Thanks to the webpages of Bruce Chandler the inscription is available, I was only able to make out parts.

http://homepage.eircom.net/~rathmolyongraveyard/directory/E25.html

          This tablet was erected
           by John Crook anno
         domini 1714 in proud rememb
         erance of his father Cap
           John Crook of Rathmolian
            who departed this life
      March ye 25th 1710 aged 62 years
          Here also lyieth Mary Cr
          ook alias Pownell relict
          of the above John Crook
         who died July ye 17th 1742
             aged 84 years

   North of this tombe lies the remains of
   Stephen Hughes who died 13th July 1843
 aged 73 years also the remains of his wife
    Elizabeth alias Crook daughter of the 
late Capt John Crook She died 14th May 1870
                aged 95 years

Of interest too us here is the coat of arms and crest on the gravestone. The closest description for the coat of arms is for Crook of Abram Hall in Lancaster. Argent on a bend gules, three roses gules. The crest is described as a Cornish chough. The arms at Rathmolyon also appear to have a bird on the upper part of the shield.

 

            The coat of arms and crest for Crook

The three roses can be seen on the bend using both photos 

                 Some of the detail of the Crook inscription.

                      The Crook gravestone.

 
For a general history of Rathmoylon see:
https://meathhistoryhub.ie/rathmolyon/