The inscription starts with;
“Here lyes the remainder of the Lady Dorothy Eyre..”
It goes on to describe her as;
“by birthe a Boulstrod”,
“in her riper yeares the wife of Sir John Eyre”,
“in her later of Mr John Clyffe”
I would gather from the text that she was Lady Eyre and then Mrs Clyffe. I presume whoever raised the memorial did not want to “lose” her title.
The Arms emblazoned at the top of the monument are;
Dexter: Argent on a chevron Sable three quatrefoils Or (Eyre) - BGA
Centre; Sable a stag’s head cabossed Argent attired Or between the attires a cross pattée fitchée of the third through the nostril an arrow of the last feathered of the second (Bulstroud) - BGA
Sinister: Argent a chevron between three popinjays Vert membered Gules (Cliffe) – Papworth
Is that a common way to display past marital alliances?
