Sir John Bassett - Armorials

Armorials

The chest tomb of Sir John Bassett in Atherington Church displays heraldry sculpted on two stone shields on the north side, showing Bassett with quarterings of Beaumont and Willington impaling on separate shields the arms of his two wives. On the slab top of the tomb were originally four brass shields, three of which survive, two with identical arms as the stone shields on the north side, the third showing the arms of Bassett alone quartered with Beaumont and Willington.