London: "B" series

arms of Swynborne: Gules, crusily of crosses botonny and three boars' heads couped, Argent
A red field is scattered with crosses with three knobs on each limb, with three silver boars' heads cut off and ragged. This may be a canting blazon since boars are "swine."

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Beyond the wooden effigies is the principal Swynboume memorial. Set in a marble slab is the very fine brass of two Knights which, despite severe damage suffered in the war, remain an outstanding example of its kind. The old French inscription, before it was damaged, read "icy gist Mons Robert Swynbourne Seignour de Horkesley petite Qe morust Ie jour de seinte ffeys lan du grace miII'ccc quatvintz unzieme de qy alme Amen. Icy gist Mons. Thomas Swynbourne, fils du dit Monsr. Robt. S' de Hammys, Mair de Bordeaux et capitaigne de ffronsac. Qe morust en Ia veile de Seint Laurence I'an du gce millsccccxii del alme de qy dieu eyt pitee et mercye. Amen. Amen." (Here lieth Sir Robert Swynbourne, Lord of Little Horkesley, who died upon the day of S. Faith in the year of grace 1391. Upon whose soul may God have mercy. Here also Iieth Sir Thomas Swynbourne, son of the said Sir Robert, Lord of Hames, Mayor of Bordeaux and Captain of Fronsac, who died upon the eve of S. Lawrence in the year of grace 1412. Upon whose soul may God have pity and mercy. Amen. Amen.) Note the difference in the armour of these two effigies which reflect the changing fashion of the times. On the left lies Sir Robert dressed in a hauberk of mail with a tightly fitting jupon, and on the head a pointed bascinet to which is fastened the interlaced mail to protect the throat and shoulders. The feet rest on a couched lion, and are covered with jointed plates to which a spur is fastened. A belt with the monogram RS, fastened across the hips, supports a sword and misericorde (dagger of mercy). Sir Thomas lies on the right. The body is covered with plate armour, a breast plate with a skirt of six layers. On the head is a pointed bascinet, but the throat and shoulders are protected, not by mail, but by a gorget. A collar surrounds the throat with the letter S inscribed all around it, terminating in front with a double buckle from which hangs a large ring. Circular plates with the Cross of St. George protect the armpits. The hands, in an attitude of prayer, are covered by jointed gauntlets with cuffs of three pieces. A narrow belt, suspended from the right hip, supports a sword with decorated scabbard and a dagger is fastened to the right. Around the figures are two triple canopies on piers, parts of which were severely damaged and lost. Originally six shields hung on the piers, three on each side depicting the arms and branches of the Swynboume family, namely, top left Swynboume, Gernon, Swynboume (Yorkshire branch); Top right, Calverley (of York), Lisle, and Peche (or Fitzwalter). Although little is known about Sir Robert Swynbourne, records show that his son, Sir Thomas, after service in France, made a long tour of the Middle East. He left France in 1392 for Venice. From there he sailed on to Alexandria, travelling on to Cairo and Mount Sinai, and then to Jerusalem, Jericho, Nazareth and Damascus. The Swynbourne family itself, and through its female line, the Ffyndernes, held the manor of Little Horkesley from the deaths of the last of the de Horkesley family in 1332 until 1617, when the manor and estate were sold by the last member of the family, Sir John Wentworth.

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Thomas Swynborn
1412
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Little Horkesley, Essex, England

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LITTLE HORKESLEY, ESSEX St. Peter and St. Paul
I. Sir Robert and Sir Thomas Swynborne M.S. I L hork 1412
London: "B" series1
The effigies of Sir Robert Swynborne, lord of the manor, 1391, in armor, and his son Thomas, Lord of Hammys, Mayor of Bordeaux, Captain of the Castle of Fronsak, 1412, in armor with SS collar, each under a triple canopy; five shields (another lost), marginal inscription in French. On an altar tomb in the soul chapel

Swynbourne brass
Little Horkesley, Essex
Beyond the wooden effigies is the principal Swynboume memorial. Set in a marble slab is the very fine brass of two Knights which, despite severe damage suffered in the war, remain an outstanding example of its kind. The old French inscription, before it was damaged, read "icy gist Mons Robert Swynbourne Seignour de Horkesley petite Qe morust Ie jour de seinte ffeys lan du grace miII’ccc quatvintz unzieme de qy alme Amen. Icy gist Mons. Thomas Swynbourne, fils du dit Monsr. Robt. S' de Hammys, Mair de Bordeaux et capitaigne de ffronsac. Qe morust en Ia veile de Seint Laurence I’an du gce millsccccxii del alme de qy dieu eyt pitee et mercye. Amen. Amen." (Here lieth Sir Robert Swynbourne, Lord of Little Horkesley, who died upon the day of S. Faith in the year of grace 1391. Upon whose soul may God have mercy. Here also Iieth Sir Thomas Swynbourne, son of the said Sir Robert, Lord of Hames, Mayor of Bordeaux and Captain of Fronsac, who died upon the eve of S. Lawrence in the year of grace 1412. Upon whose soul may God have pity and mercy. Amen. Amen.) Note the difference in the armour of these two effigies which reflect the changing fashion of the times. On the left lies Sir Robert dressed in a hauberk of mail with a tightly fitting jupon, and on the head a pointed bascinet to which is fastened the interlaced mail to protect the throat and shoulders. The feet rest on a couched lion, and are covered with jointed plates to which a spur is fastened. A belt with the monogram RS, fastened across the hips, supports a sword and misericorde (dagger of mercy). Sir Thomas lies on the right. The body is covered with plate armour, a breast plate with a skirt of six layers. On the head is a pointed bascinet, but the throat and shoulders are protected, not by mail, but by a gorget. A collar surrounds the throat with the letter S inscribed all around it, terminating in front with a double buckle from which hangs a large ring. Circular plates with the Cross of St. George protect the armpits. The hands, in an attitude of prayer, are covered by jointed gauntlets with cuffs of three pieces. A narrow belt, suspended from the right hip, supports a sword with decorated scabbard and a dagger is fastened to the right. Around the figures are two triple canopies on piers, parts of which were severely damaged and lost. Originally six shields hung on the piers, three on each side depicting the arms and branches of the Swynboume family, namely, top left Swynboume, Gernon, Swynboume (Yorkshire branch); Top right, Calverley (of York), Lisle, and Peche (or Fitzwalter). Although little is known about Sir Robert Swynbourne, records show that his son, Sir Thomas, after service in France, made a long tour of the Middle East. He left France in 1392 for Venice. From there he sailed on to Alexandria, travelling on to Cairo and Mount Sinai, and then to Jerusalem, Jericho, Nazareth and Damascus. The Swynbourne family itself, and through its female line, the Ffyndernes, held the manor of Little Horkesley from the deaths of the last of the de Horkesley family in 1332 until 1617, when the manor and estate were sold by the last member of the family, Sir John Wentworth.

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Essex, Little Horkesley
Sir Robert Swynborne 1397 and son Sir Thomas dsp 1412 ++,
"Here lieth Sir Robert Swynbourne, Lord of Little Horkesley, who died upon the day of St Faith in the year of grace 1391, upon whose soul may God have mercy. Here also lieth Sir Thomas Swynborne, son of the said Sir Robert, Lord of Mames, Mayor of Bordeaux and Captain of Fronsac castle, who died upon the eve of St Lawrence in the year of grace 1417, upon whose soul may God have pit and mercy. Amen, Amen"
Sir Robert bc.1327 son & heir of Thomas Swinburne (d. bef. 1332) of Gunnerton.
He succeeded to the manor on the deaths of William de Horkesley and his wife in 1332 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/846668
He m1 Agnes daughter of Sir William Felton 1358 of Edlingham, Northumb
Children -
1. Thomas dsp1412 ++ m Elizabeth 1433 daughter of Sir Philip Limbury.1367
2. daughter
He m2 Joan d1433 daughter of John son of Sir John Boutourt of Gestingthorpe and Belchamp Otton, Essex by Joan daughter of Sir John Gernoun / Gernon of Bakewell, Derbys., coheiress of her maternal grandfather
Children - 4 sons and 2 daughters
1. William dsp 1422 m Phoebe www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/gKVo7g He rebuilt the church and ordered their tomb modelled on the royal tombs in Westminster abbey.2. Geoffrey dsp c1417
3. Andrew dsp 1418
4. John dsp 1439 ) www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/P5Q48h
1. Margery (joint heiress of her father) m Nicholas Berners
2. Alice (joint heiress to her father) m John Helion of Bumpstead Helion with a grand daughter Katherine Berners m Thomas Fynderne of Carlton d 1517 == parents of William Fyndern 1st husband of Bridget Waldegrave (parents of John Finderne 1523== ) who m2 John 2nd Lord Marnay www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/jD8Mxr
Sir Thomas c.1357-dsp1412 ++ 1st son of Sir Robert Swinburne by 1st w. Agnes daughter of Sir William Felton 1358 of Edlingham
He m Elizabeth c.1358-dsp1433 daughter of Sir Philip Limbury.1367 of Limbury, Beds. by Joan sister & heir of Philip Limbury, widow of Sir Walter Paveley d.1379 of Boughton Aluph and Stowting, Kent, and Sir Thomas Trivet 1388 of Otterhampton, Som
After his service in France in 1392 Sir Thomas made a long tour of the middle east, leaving first for Venice, from there sailing to Alexandria, then onto Cairo and Mount Sinai, Jerusalem, Jericho, Nazareth and Damascus. On returning to France in 1404 he became Mayor of Calais and in 1405 was appointed an admiral.
The great estates came to the heirs of 2 daughters, Margery (Swynbourne) Berners and Alice (Swynbourne) Helion; and among the descendants of both these daughters the estates continued in several generations for 90 years until 1523, when on the death of Thomas Fynderne the descendants of Margery Berners became extinct and all the Boutetourt estates went to his cousin Anne (Tyrell) Wentworth, sole surviving heiress by descent from Alice Helion, and wife of Sir Roger Wentworth, Knt.; it was sold by the last member of the family Sir John Wentworth.
Their armour marks the changing fashion between father and son. Robert (left) has a hauberk of mail reaching ot the middle of his body and over it is a tightly fitting sleeveless jupon, on his head is a pointed bascinet . His decorated belt has his initials RS Sir Thomas on the right is in plate armour, he wears the Lancastrian SS collar
The brasses were damaged by a landmine in 1940, some of the fragments being found in the next county in fields at Nayland, their original tomb destroyed www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/23o2P6
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