Hatchment, St Tudius Church, St Tudy
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Hatchment, St Tudius Church, St Tudy
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 24 Jul 2012
A hatchment is a rendering of a dead person's achievement (coat of arms) on a lozenge-shaped background. It would have been placed at their residence for a few weeks after their death and then transferred to the ceiling of the church (as here). The husband's arms to the left are the Sarrel (or Sarel) family (Per chevron argent and azure three garbs counterchanged) of St Tudy and the wife's to the right seem to correspond to the Harvey (or Hervey) family (Gules on a bend argent three trefoils slipped vert). The celestial cherub at the top and all-black background colour indicate that the husband predeceased his wife. See: Burke's General Armory, 1884 edition, page xxi (available on archive.org) for more.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.554478
Longitude
-4.731454