Shields Index
1 Plantagenet impaling Hainault
2 Plantagenet impaling de Bohunt
3 Bourchier impaling Plantagenett
4 Chichester impaling Bourchier
5 Courtenay quartering de Redvers impaling Champernowne.t
6. Chichester impaling Chamernowne
7. Coppleston impaling Chichester
8. Bamfylde impaling Coppleston
9 Bastard impaling Bamfyldet
10 Pollexfen impaling Specott
11 Pollexfen impaling Stretchley
12 Pollexfen impaling Woollcombe
13 Pollexfen impaling Harris
14 Bastard impaling Pollexfent
15 Vere impaling Cecilt
16 Herbert impaling Vere
17 Poullett impaling Herbert
18.Poulett impaling Bertiet
19 Bastard quartering Pollexfen impaling Poulett.
20 Bastard quartering Pollexfen impaling Worseley
21 Bastard quartering Pollexfen impaling Pownoll
22 Bastard quartering Pollexfen impaling Wymondesold.
23 Bastard quartering Pollexfen impaling Woollcombe
24 Bastard quartering Pollexfen impaling Foster
25 Dexter, quarterly of nine pieces
26 Bastard impaling Crispin
27 Bastard impaling Rodney
28 Bastard impaling Fitz Stephen
29 Bastard quartering Pollexfen impaling Scrope
30 Bastard impaling Besilles
31 Bastard impaling Damarell
32 Gilbert impaling Compton
33 Bastard impaling Gilbert
34 Boleigh impaling Bodrigan
35 Killiowe impaling Boleigh
36 Killiowe impaling Trevillian
37 Bastard impaling Killiowe
38 Reynell impaling Walrond
39 Reynell impaling Fortescue
40 Bastard impaling Reynell
41 Hele impaling Glanville
42 Bastard impaling Hele
43 Bampfylde impaling Wadham
44 Bampfylde impaling Drake
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Quarterly 1 & 4 Argent a lion rampant gules 2 & 3 Azure Impaling Or
on a chevron sable three cinquefoils of the first – Pollexfen impaling
StretchleyOnce again, the established Pollexfen pedigree(s) in previously published sources are woefully lacking in information respecting the marriage signified by this impalement, recording only that the marriage was to an unknown Strecthley (or Strechley, Strachleigh &c) daughter, at an unknown date. The marriage has now been positively identified as having been that of John Pollexfen, son of John (q.v. shield 10), to Johane Strechleigh. An approximate date of c1592 can also be assigned to the marriage, for the first son of the couple is now known to have been born in 1593.
As was discovered during the research, many of the principals in the main
Pollexfen branches from this period are missing from the established pedigree(s)
of Vivian and others. It was in fact the investigations into the marriage
denoted by the next impalement at Kitley (q.v. shield 12) which first highlighted
that something was seriously amiss with these sources, and which prompted
more extensive research into the genealogy of the family, which in turn led
ultimately to the discovery of the true role of the Pollexfens in the history
of Kitley itself.
Introduction