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| ARMS
OF TEVEREY—Azure, a lion rampant argent. |
THE River Erewash, which forms the county boundary between Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire for the greater part of its twisting course, divides
the parish of Stapleford from the latter county. Across this stream
from the neighbouring village of Long Eaton, the family of Teverey
migrated in the days of Edward III. to Stapleford.
This
migration from the place with which they had been associated
since the days of King John, seems to have been attributable
to a marriage between one Johannes Teverey and Margareta de
Stapleford, who eventually brought him a considerable property
here and elsewhere. Upon the strength of this union, he, or
his descendants. seem to have used the arms of Stapleford, viz.,
argent, on two bars azure three cinquefoils or, in lieu of those
of Teverey, as is evinced on the floor-stone in front of the
Chancel step, and from the mural monument to John Teverey. The
property was held "of the King as of the honor of his Castle
of Nottingham by fealty and suit at his Court at the Castle
of five shillings yearly" (I.P.M. ' H.VII., 1506).
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| Stapleford,
quartering Heriz, impaling Crevequeur. |
The
Tevereys allied themselves by marriage with other good families,
such as the Willoughbys, the Chaworths, as may still be seen
on the floor-stone referred to, and the Crevequeurs of Twyford.
After passing from father to son for several generations, the
property eventually came to Gervase Teverey, who died in August,
1639, aged 65, leaving a family of three daughters, his only
son John having died an infant.
The
eldest daughter, Mary, married Sir Bryan Palmes, of Haburn,
Yorkshire. Gervase Teverey settled the property on the son of
this marriage, namely, Teverey Palmes, who died unmarried, when
the estate went to his brother, Francis Palmes, whose wife was
a daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland. They left no issue,
and the property passed to yet another brother, William, whose
home was in Yorkshire. This man, who married Mary, co-heir of
Lord Evers, sold the Stapleford estate to one of the Warrens
of Toton, one of whose descendants, Admiral Sir John Borlase
Warren, Bart., lived at the Hall until his death in 1822.
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Teverey
tomb (1639), Stapleford church. |
The
double alabaster tomb in the Church is that of Gervase Teverey
and his wife Anna, daughter of.....Ashby, of Quenby, in Leicestershire.
He was the last of the family.
The
tomb and its superstructure originally stood against the south
wall of the Church: the lower part was ruthlessly and unnecessarily
removed in 1877 in order, apparently, to provide some three
additional seats, to its present position across the eastern
end of the north aisle.
This
portion of the tomb shows indications that the removal and re-construction
were carelessly carried out, and has suffered from its hard
usage accordingly. The superstructure with its shield of arms
and long Latin inscription still remains in its original position.
The
effigies bear distinct traces of having been painted: the Squire's
head rests upon an embroidered cushion (the large crested helmet
having disappeared in his day), and he wears plate armour back
and front, with broad taces and arm guards, whilst his lower
limbs are equipped in large riding boots. His costume is later
than that of any other effigy mentioned in this book. The wife
is on the right side of her husband, and is represented in a
long, loose robe, with a frill round her neck and wrists.
The
grouping of the figures below is uncommon; they probably represent
their family of three daughters, the small figure to the front
their baby boy. In the shield of arms under the entablature
the Teverey arms are reverted to in contradistinction to those
in the adjacent mural monument to his father, John Teverey,
who used those of Stapleford. The quartered shield shows, first
Teverey, second Stapleford, third argent on a bend gttles, three
hedgehogs or (HERIZ?) and fourth Crevequer, or, fretty sable,
on a chief gules a lion passant guardant of the first.
It
is probable that the third quartering may be intended for the
arms of Heriz, an important family in Stapleford, one of whom
was feudatory to Peverel, but the hedgehogs of Heriz of Gonalston,
near Nottingham, are not shown as on a bend. Hedgehogs on a
bend are the arms of Paschall, of Eastwood, Notts., but the
pedigree in Thoroton's History of Notts, does not show any connection
between the Tevereys and that family. The Teverey arms are impaled
with those of Gervase's wife, Ashby, of Quenby, viz., azure,
a chevron ermine between three leopards faces or.
There
is an interesting cross with Saxon knotwork, and what appears
to be a representation of St. Luke in the village street of
Stapleford, close by the Church gate.
By
George Fellows, ' Arms, Armour and Alabaster Round
Nottingham' (1907)
Thanks
to A. Nicholson for the source of
computerised text and pictures: www.nottshistory.org.uk
