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  1. On this day in 1627, James Galwey died. His elaborate tomb in the Galway Chapel at St. Multose Church, Kinsale, Co. Cork, is described and explained in the Journals: tinyurl.com/galwey1627

    Learn about the Journals at MemsDead.com

    #OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #Heraldry #Cork

  2. On this day in 1841, John Burdett died aged 65. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from St. Mary's, Dublin, in the Journals: tinyurl.com/burd1841

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    #OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #Heraldry #Dublin

  3. @medieval_illuminations #TIL: the central arms (azure, a lion rampant argent) are those of Monhaut, a #Flintshire family:
    theheraldrysociety.com/article

    The arms of Clare are unmistakeable, & Baxter (1987) suggested other heraldic allusions to Berkeley & Bohun:
    jstor.org/stable/751325

    This bestiary's dated to the 1240s, a time of turmoil. Marcher lords may have enjoyed dreaming of military surprise...

    #medieval #heraldry #13thCentury #bestiary #ElephantAndCastle #Bodleian #elephant @medievodons