File:St Nicholas Denston Suffolk (640696050).jpg

Monumental brass (See: Cotman, John Sell, Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses in Norfolk and Suffolk, 2nd ed., Vol. II, (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1839), p. 16, plate XXV[1]) of Henry Everard (d.1540) (probate 13 Jan 1540 P.C.C) (see better image see drawing[2]) and his wife Margaret Broughton (d.1524) (see better image see drawing[3]), a daughter of Sir Robert Broughton (d.1506) by his wife Katherine de Vere, said to have been an illegitimate daughter of John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford. Margaret Broughton's brother was John Broughton (d. 24 January 1518). The parents of Sir Robert Broughton (d.1506) are depicted in a stained glass window in Long Melford Church, built by the Cloptons. The parents of Sir Robert Broughton (d.1506) were John Broughton (d.1479) (son of John Broughton of Toddington, Bedfordshire by his wife Elizabeth Stonham, an heiress) and Anne Denston (d.1481), daughter and heiress of John Denston by his wife Katherine Clopton, daughter of Sir William Clopton of Long Melford. (Source: Notes on THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES PROB 11/19/251 1, the Prerogative Court of Canterbury copy of the will, dated 9 July 1517 and proved 4 June 1519, of John Broughton (d. 24 January 1518), esquire, whose mother, Katherine de Vere, is said to have been an illegitimate daughter of John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford[4]).

Henry Everard made his will on 10 November 1540; it was proved 13 January 1541 (see TNA PROB 11/28, ff. 155-7. In his will Everard mentions his son and heir, Henry Everard, another son, John Everard, a daughter, Margaret, and a daughter Elizabeth married to Sir William Clopton (d.1568) of Liston Hall, Esex. At the time he made his will Henry Everard was married to a second wife, Lore Wentworth, the daughter of Sir Roger Wentworth by Anne Tyrrell, the daughter of Humphrey Tyrrell, son of Thomas Tyrrell of Heron. (See Norcliffe, Charles Best, ed., The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564, Vol. XVI, (London: Harleian Society, 1881), p. 343)

Text from Cotman: HENRY EVERARD, ESQ. AND WIFE, DENSTON CHURCH. 1524. The arms upon the tabard of this figure, and upon his wife’s robes, would, if we had no other information, point out for whom the stone was intended; but we have positive proof, for the inscription which was beneath has been preserved in a MS. in the British Museum, No. 381: it was as follows— “ Orate pro animabus Henrici Everard armigeri et Margaretae uxoris eius, quae Margareta obiit 6 die Augusti, anno Dom. 1524, cujus anime propitietur Deus. Amen.” The arms upon the man are, Gu. on a fesse between three etoiles arg. as many mullets sa. a crescent for difference, Everard: those on his wife are, quarterly, 1. Arg. a chevron between three mullets gu. Broughton : 3. Arg. on a chevron gu. 3 fleurs-de-lis of the field, Pever: 3. Arg. on a cross gu. 5 escallops or, Stonham: 4. Az. 2 lions passant guardant in pale or, Denston or Denardiston. Henry Everard, Esq. here represented, married Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Broughton, Knt., and Katharine his wife, natural daughter of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford. He was executor to the will of his brother-in-law Sir John Broughton, who died in 1519. He appears to have been of the same family with the Everards of Much Waltham,in Essex, who were in 1622 raised to the rank of baronets. No further notice of him has occurred.

Heraldry

Arms on shield and tabard of Henry Everard: Gules, on a fess argent between three estoiles or as many mullets sable (Everard), with a crescent for difference (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.334 "Everard of Denston, Suffolk and of Sussex"). Arms on mantle of wife Margaret Broughton: Everard impaling quarterly of 4:

• 1: Argent, a chevron between three mullets gules (Broughton) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.130 "Broughton of Essex")
• 2: Argent, on a chevron gules three fleurs-de-lis of the field (Pever) (per Cotman, p.16; Burke, 1884, p.797 gives fleurs-de-lis or "Pever of Bedfordshire"; Pever / Peyvre of Toddington, Bedfordshire (an heiress of Broughton))
• 3: Argent, on a cross gules five escallops or (per Cotman, p.16) alternatively Argent, on a cross sable five escallops of the first (Stonham) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.976; also Encyclopædia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry By William Berry; also The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility By Thomas Robson)
• 4: Azure, two lions passant guardant in pale or (Denston) (per Cotman, p.16; Burke, 1884, p.279)