From Burkes General Armoury:
Foljambe: sable a bend between six escallops or.
Granted by Henry VIII. to Sir Godfrey Foljambe.
Irland, or Irrland (Thomas Irland, of Albrighton, co.
Salop, High Sheriff of that co. 1032; ninth in descent from
Robert Irrland, of Oswaldstrye, 1362).
Gules six fleurs-de-lis arranged three, two, one.
Thank you!!! I tried Burke's Armorial but utterly failed to find it, so I'm guessing my search techniques need some serious attention..... I tried a search for 'fleur de lis' but for some reason that failed to find anything at all, when it should have found multiple variations. Or at least I would have thought so.
The armorials do suggest a connection between the Avena on the memorial and Thomas Ireland. The problem is that Avena can result in multiple variations in transcription: ‘v’ could be ‘u’ and ‘u’ sometimes looks more like ’n’, ‘m’ or sometimes ‘i’. So her name could actually be, (possibly) Anne, Anina, Aveva, or plausibly Avena.
Google Translate has 'Avena' as Latin for 'Oats' a word which would have been in common usage in either Latin or as a medieval english variant, so it seems an odd name to give to a daughter. Still, no accounting for taste as they say.
Thank you for the pointer but I'd love to know why I couldn't find it in Burke's.
