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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]hmmm... Tricky, it depends on when the coats of arms were from... the account does not make it clear as to whether they had known that the vault was there in the first place. Though saying that from the fact that it had a large stone covering I can't see it being one that was moved very regularly even for the death of one of the greys. I think it was put there to effectivly seal it when the "new" medieval church was built. The medieval church had some arms described Ashmole and Dugdale as : East Chancel - Arms of Grey : Barry of six Arg[ent] and Az[ure]. Upper south window - Two Knights holding the arms of Grey (as above) in the same window the arms of Grey of Sussex, York and Licoln : barry of six Arg[ent] and Az[ure], a bend company or. and gu. ermmm... see http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/towton/Sir%20Henry%20Grey%20Lord%20Grey%20of%20Codnor.htm for a better idea As the Castle and manor went over to the Zouch family in 1496 the windows were either moved from the Saxon church and therefore contempory with the knights or installed when the medieval church was built in a last show of power and wealth by the Greys.[/quote]
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tempus275

Heanor's Knights / Codnor castle
replied on: 11/29/2006 8:40:23 PM

hmmm...

Tricky, it depends on when the coats of arms were from... the account does not make it clear as to whether they had known that the vault was there in the first place. Though saying that from the fact that it had a large stone covering I can't see it being one that was moved very regularly even for the death of one of the greys. I think it was put there to effectivly seal it when the "new" medieval church was built.

The medieval church had some arms described Ashmole and Dugdale as :
East Chancel - Arms of Grey : Barry of six Arg[ent] and Az[ure].
Upper south window - Two Knights holding the arms of Grey (as above) in the same window the arms of Grey of Sussex, York and Licoln : barry of six Arg[ent] and Az[ure], a bend company or. and gu.

ermmm... see http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/towton/Sir%20Henry%20Grey%20Lord%20Grey%20of%20Codnor.htm for a better idea

As the Castle and manor went over to the Zouch family in 1496 the windows were either moved from the Saxon church and therefore contempory with the knights or installed when the medieval church was built in a last show of power and wealth by the Greys.

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