Besford Worcestershire
In the north east corner of the chancel is a tomb with the effigy of Edmund Harewell who died in 1576 aged 15. He is holding a book www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/3J3607
Above and below are his painted coat of arms Argent a fesse wavy sable with three hares heads or. (Harewell) / Gules a fesse between six pears or.. (Besford / Pearsford) Between the two shields below is the figure of a young child holding a hare. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/vK9B6P
He was the eldest son of Edmund Harewell and 2nd wife Elizabeth daughter of James Bury / Bery of Hampton Poyle.
.The Harewells acquired lands by the marriage of 3 heiress daughters of lord of the manor John Dicleston dc1419
Elizabeth m John Harewell & Maud wife of Richard Harewell, proved their ages in 1419 followed by their sister Margery wife of William Harewell in 1422, the latter couple seeming to have inherited Besford . Margery (who died the widow of Nicholas Giffard) her son Roger (who m .... Corbett of Cowleigh) having predeceased her, was succeeded by her grandson Edmund Harewell d1532 who m Joan Russell of Strensham,
His heir (Richard's grandfather) Thomas further enriched the family by marrying Margery sister and co-heir of John Vampage of Wollashull. Edmund Harewell, the son of Thomas and Margery, again added to its property and importance by his marriage with Elizabeth daughter and heir of James Bury of Hampton Poyle Oxon
Their son Edmund, (his younger brother) who succeeded to the manor, was the last of the male line of Harewells of Besford , his 2 sons Edmund & John having died young, and 3 daughters surviving.. Knighted in 1603, he sold the manor in 1606 to William Sebright Town Clerk of London for £2,750, thus redeeming some of his debts to Rowland Berkeley etc. Habington describes most sympathetically the shipwreck of Sir Edmund's fortunes which necessitated this sale of the manor, and ascribes his sudden downfall, after the steady ascent of the generations that had preceded him, to the heavy expenses incurred by him in filling the offices to which he was appointed on account of his wisdom and character. He eulogizes him as "Edmund Harewell, Knyght of the Bathe, Shyreefe of this county, an expert Justyce, a rare Commisyoner, and learned Gentellman. But overspending hymsealfe to serve his county in Offyces of authority (as hee towlde me hymsealfe) weakened hys estate, and then rowlinge from Besford to London and so backe agayne fyrst consumed and last sould all." Elsewhere he writes, "A wonnder to see suche a Pylot so misgoverne. . . . eavery waye wise but in guydinge his estate'
Besford Worcestershire
In the north east corner of the chancel is a tomb with the effigy of Edmund Harewell who died in 1576 aged 15. He is holding a book www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/3J3607
Above and below are his painted coat of arms Argent a fesse wavy sable with three hares heads or. (Harewell) / Gules a fesse between six pears or.. (Besford / Pearsford) Between the two shields below is the figure of a young child holding a hare. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/vK9B6P
He was the eldest son of Edmund Harewell and 2nd wife Elizabeth daughter of James Bury / Bery of Hampton Poyle.
.The Harewells acquired lands by the marriage of 3 heiress daughters of lord of the manor John Dicleston dc1419
Elizabeth m John Harewell & Maud wife of Richard Harewell, proved their ages in 1419 followed by their sister Margery wife of William Harewell in 1422, the latter couple seeming to have inherited Besford . Margery (who died the widow of Nicholas Giffard) her son Roger (who m .... Corbett of Cowleigh) having predeceased her, was succeeded by her grandson Edmund Harewell d1532 who m Joan Russell of Strensham,
His heir (Richard's grandfather) Thomas further enriched the family by marrying Margery sister and co-heir of John Vampage of Wollashull. Edmund Harewell, the son of Thomas and Margery, again added to its property and importance by his marriage with Elizabeth daughter and heir of James Bury of Hampton Poyle Oxon
Their son Edmund, (his younger brother) who succeeded to the manor, was the last of the male line of Harewells of Besford , his 2 sons Edmund & John having died young, and 3 daughters surviving.. Knighted in 1603, he sold the manor in 1606 to William Sebright Town Clerk of London for £2,750, thus redeeming some of his debts to Rowland Berkeley etc. Habington describes most sympathetically the shipwreck of Sir Edmund's fortunes which necessitated this sale of the manor, and ascribes his sudden downfall, after the steady ascent of the generations that had preceded him, to the heavy expenses incurred by him in filling the offices to which he was appointed on account of his wisdom and character. He eulogizes him as "Edmund Harewell, Knyght of the Bathe, Shyreefe of this county, an expert Justyce, a rare Commisyoner, and learned Gentellman. But overspending hymsealfe to serve his county in Offyces of authority (as hee towlde me hymsealfe) weakened hys estate, and then rowlinge from Besford to London and so backe agayne fyrst consumed and last sould all." Elsewhere he writes, "A wonnder to see suche a Pylot so misgoverne. . . . eavery waye wise but in guydinge his estate'