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Culture, General Things, Church Monuments, Church Monument Details, Great Helms and Male Headwear, Clenched Fist Crest

Clenched Fist Crest is in Great Helms and Male Headwear.

On 19th November 1473 Nicholas Fitzherbert (age 73) died at Norbury, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map]. Fluted Period. Fine set of weepers. Probably Harpur and Moorecock of Burton on Trent. Not the Clenched Fist Crest unusually left-handed; probably a mistake by the sculptor since left-hand suggests illegitimacy. Suns and Roses Collar.

Nicholas Fitzherbert: In 1400 he was born to Henry Fitzherbert and Isabella Downes at Norbury, Derbyshire [Map]. In or before 1424 Nicholas Fitzherbert and Alice Booth were married. They had eight sons and five daughter according to the inscription on his monument. In or after 1453 Nicholas Fitzherbert and Isabel aka Elizabeth Ludlow were married. They had two sons and two daughters.

On 2nd March 1484 Ralph Fitzherbert (age 56) died at Norbury, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map].

On 20th October 1490 Elizabeth Marshall (age 53) died. She was buried at Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map].

Monument to Ralph and Elizabeth. Finely made in Chellaston alabaster of the Fluted Period. Possibly Harpur and Moorecock of Burton on Trent. Fitzherbert Clenched Fist Crest. His effigy notable for being the only remaining with the Yorkist Boar Pendant (boar of Richard III) on his Suns and Roses Collar.

Ralph Fitzherbert: Around 1428 he was born to Nicholas Fitzherbert and Alice Booth at Norbury, Derbyshire [Map]. In or before 1450 Ralph Fitzherbert and Elizabeth Marshall were married. They had seven sons and five daughters.

Elizabeth Marshall: Around 1437 she was born to John Marshall.