File:Monument to Michael Purefoy (died 1570), Church of Saints Theobald and Chad, Caldecote, Warwickshire.png

Mural monument in Church of Saints Theobald and Chad, Caldecote, Warwickshire, to Michael Purefoy (1497-1570) of Caldecote, second son of Thomas Purefoy (1472-1539) of Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, by his wife Margaret FitzHerbert, daughter (and heiress) of Ralph FitzHerbert of Norbury in Derbyshire. He married Joyce Hardwick (1510-1585) (matching monument in same church) a daughter and co-heiress of John Hardwick of Lindley, Leicestershire. Inscribed in Latin:

Michael Purefoy vixit an(n)os 73 menses 4 dies 8 obiit 22 JULII Ann^o D(omi)ni 1570 ("Michael Purefoy lived for 73 years, 4 months, 8 days, died 22 of July AD 1570"). See Purefoy pedigree in: "FENNY DRAYTON AND THE PUREFEY MONUMENTS", BY GEORGE F(RANCIS) FARNHAM, AND ALBERT HERBERT, published in Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol.14, 1925, pp.84-112[1][2].

Quarterly of 4:

• • 1: Sable, six armed hands in pairs embracing 2 and 1 argent (Purefoy (modern)) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.830)
  • 2: Azure, three stirrups or (Purefoy (ancient)) (Dugdale Hist, of Warwickshire, I, p. 54, quoted in Farnham & Herbert).
  • 3: Gules, a chevron ermine between three leopard's/lion's faces or ("Cole/Godwin/Goodwyn/Hill/Keyes/Willford/Willesford", per Papworth, John Woody, Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.I, London, 1874, p.439)
    • "Godwin of Dorset" (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.406)
    • "Goodwyn of Wells, Somerset" (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.410: Gules, a chevron ermine between three leopard's faces or)
    • "Goodwyn of Winnington, Warwickshire" (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.410: Gules, a chevron ermine between three lion's heads erased argent)
    • "Cole of Somerset" (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.213: Gules, a chevron ermine between three lion's heads or)
    • "Willesford of Tavistock, Devon" (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.1113: Gules, a chevron ermine between three leopard's faces or)
  • 4: Or, three piles (in point) gules on a canton argent a mullet sable (Whellesborough of Wellsborough, Leicestershire) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.1099 "Whellesborough of Whellesborough, Leicestershire"). Whellesburgh (now "Wellsborough"), in the former Hundred of Sparkenhoe, Leicestershire. Wikipedia: w:Sheepy is a civil parish in the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth in Leicestershire, England. It contains the villages of Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, Sibson, Wellsborough, Upton, Pinwall and Cross Hands. Text per Nichols' History of Leicestershire, Vol.IV (?), p.282[file:///C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/p15407coll6_11570%20(2).pdf] This Manor (Whellesburgh) gave name and seat to that antient family of Whellesburgh, who was Lord of the same; and bore " Or, three piles, gules, in a Canton, Argent, a mullet, sable." John de Whellesburgh, the last heir male of this family, in the 21st year of Richard the Second, sold this Manor, and the Manor of Drayton (Fenny Drayton), near adjoining, unto Thomas Purefey, and by another Deed granted his Arms unto him. The Deed runs thus: A toutes ceux a queus cestes lettres verront au ourront, Jehan de Whellesburgh saluz en Dieu. Saches que come 'Thomas Purefey eit le reversion des Manors de Whellesburgh & Fenny Drayton en le counte de Leicester ove les appurtenances. Mot le dit ....