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Hatchment: St. Mary the Virgin Church, Gillingham, Dorset, with arms of Dirdoe of Milton-on-Stour (The Manor House, now "The Old House") (Argent, a chevron between three cranes/herons sable) (?, not listed in Burke's General Armory) quartering White (Gules, three crossess bottony in bend argent) with inescutcheon of pretence of White overall, 18th century. Several other monuments to the Dirdoe family survive in the same church. (Source (corrected):'Gillingham', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4, North (London, 1972), pp. 27-36. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol4/pp27-36 [accessed 22 August 2021].) Arms of Dirdoe given in 'Monumental Heraldry in Dorset', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 5, East (London, 1975), pp. 121-129 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol5/pp121-129 as Or, a chevron between three ostriches (dodo's?) sable, non-heraldic birds, without crests, a crest of feathers is clearly shown on the bird's neck, similar to a crane/heron, both European birds, heron common in England. Burke's General Armory gives "White of Weymouth, Dorset" as: Azure, three crosses crosslet in bend or, similar design. The last in the male line was

Henry Dirdoe (1647-1724), as his monument in the same church records (translated from Latin): 'Here lies what is left of Henry Dirdoe, esquire, the last male descendant of his family, highly respected and long resident in this parish; who took in marriage, Dorothy, the only daughter and heiress of Roger White, a rich merchant and gentleman of Sherborne in this county and by her he begat five sons, Henry, John, Christopher, James and Edward, the last died in infancy, the rest, apart from John, all bachelors, died before their father without offspring and are buried near him except John whose remains the City of London received; and ten daughters, Dorothy, Sarah, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, Catherine, Rebecca, Jane, Rachel and Frances who suvived him. Departed this life on the 18th May, 1724. Aged 77. Then his wife succumbed to fate on Oct. 21st 1727, aged 70, and is also buried here. This memorial tablet was erected by their daughters Mary and Catherine who their mother had appointed executors of her will. The inescutcheon indicates that the deceased was married to an heraldic heiress of the White family, yet the quartering of White also suggests an earlier marriage in a previous generation to another heraldic heiress of the White family.
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Author Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK
Camera location51° 02′ 02.59″ N, 2° 16′ 22.07″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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