St Botolph,Chevening Kent
Dexter..Dexter background black.
Qly ermine and gules a crescent argent for difference{Stanhope), impaling Qly, 1st and 4th, Gules on a chevron between three cinquefoils argent a buckle azure between two ermine spots, all within a border or charged with eight thistles vert(Hamilton), 2nd and 3rd, Argent a fess wavy between three roses argent barbed proper(Melrose).
Earl`s coronet.
Crest: From a tower azure a demi-lion rampant or langued and ducally crowned gules beteen the paws a grenade sable fired or.
Mantling: Gules and ermine,
Motto; A deo et rege.
Supporters: Dexter, A talbot ermine.
Sinister, A wolf or ducally crowned gules.
Each charged on the shoulder with a crescent sable.
A winged skull in base.
For Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope, who m. 1745, Grisel, dau. of Charles, Lord Binning.
Died: 7 Mar 1786.
Center.
All black background.
Qly ermine and gules a crescent argent for difference{Stanhope), impaling, Sable a fess chequy argent and azure between three bezants(Pitt).
Earl`s coronet.
Crest: From a tower azure a demi-lion rampant or langued and ducally crowned gules beteen the paws a grenade sable fired or.
Mantling: Gules and ermine,
Motto; A deo et rege.
Supporters: Dexter, A talbot ermine.
Sinister, A wolf or ducally crowned gules.
Each charged on the shoulder with a crescent sable.
For James, 1st Earl Stanhope, who m. Lucy, eldest dua. of Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc Cornwall.
Died: 5 Feb 1721.
Should be dexter backgroung black.
Sinister..
All black background.
On a lozenge surmounted by a Countess`s coronet.
Qly ermine and gules no crescent{Stanhope), impaling Qly, 1st and 4th, Gules on a chevron between three cinquefoils argent a buckle azure between four ermine spots, all within a border or charged witheight thistles vert(Hamilton), 2nd and 3rd, Argent a fess wavy between three roses gules barbed and seeded proper(Melrose).
Motto: A deo et rege.
Supporters: Dexter, A talbot ermine.
Sinister.A wolf or ducally gorged azure.
Each charged on the the shoulder with a crescent azure.
For Grisel, widow of Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope.
died: 28 Dec 1811
My thanks to The Vicar and Church Warden who opened the Stanhope Chapel for me.
St Botolph,Chevening Kent
Dexter..Dexter background black.
Qly ermine and gules a crescent argent for difference{Stanhope), impaling Qly, 1st and 4th, Gules on a chevron between three cinquefoils argent a buckle azure between two ermine spots, all within a border or charged with eight thistles vert(Hamilton), 2nd and 3rd, Argent a fess wavy between three roses argent barbed proper(Melrose).
Earl`s coronet.
Crest: From a tower azure a demi-lion rampant or langued and ducally crowned gules beteen the paws a grenade sable fired or.
Mantling: Gules and ermine,
Motto; A deo et rege.
Supporters: Dexter, A talbot ermine.
Sinister, A wolf or ducally crowned gules.
Each charged on the shoulder with a crescent sable.
A winged skull in base.
For Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope, who m. 1745, Grisel, dau. of Charles, Lord Binning.
Died: 7 Mar 1786.
Center.
All black background.
Qly ermine and gules a crescent argent for difference{Stanhope), impaling, Sable a fess chequy argent and azure between three bezants(Pitt).
Earl`s coronet.
Crest: From a tower azure a demi-lion rampant or langued and ducally crowned gules beteen the paws a grenade sable fired or.
Mantling: Gules and ermine,
Motto; A deo et rege.
Supporters: Dexter, A talbot ermine.
Sinister, A wolf or ducally crowned gules.
Each charged on the shoulder with a crescent sable.
For James, 1st Earl Stanhope, who m. Lucy, eldest dua. of Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc Cornwall.
Died: 5 Feb 1721.
Should be dexter backgroung black.
Sinister..
All black background.
On a lozenge surmounted by a Countess`s coronet.
Qly ermine and gules no crescent{Stanhope), impaling Qly, 1st and 4th, Gules on a chevron between three cinquefoils argent a buckle azure between four ermine spots, all within a border or charged witheight thistles vert(Hamilton), 2nd and 3rd, Argent a fess wavy between three roses gules barbed and seeded proper(Melrose).
Motto: A deo et rege.
Supporters: Dexter, A talbot ermine.
Sinister.A wolf or ducally gorged azure.
Each charged on the the shoulder with a crescent azure.
For Grisel, widow of Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope.
died: 28 Dec 1811
My thanks to The Vicar and Church Warden who opened the Stanhope Chapel for me.