File:William Knoyle monument - Sandford Orcas parish church (geograph 2422765).jpg

Mural monument to William Knoyle (1558-1607), Sandford Orcas Church, Dorset. He married twice: firstly to Fillipa Morgan, a daughter of Robert Morgan, Esq, of Mapperton House in Dorset, by whom he had four children who all predeceased him; secondly he married Grace Clavell, a daughter of John Clavell, Esq, of Barstone in Dorset, by whom he had issue 3 sons and 4 daughters. (Source: monumental inscription)

Heraldry: Three shields:

• Centre: Gules, on a bend argent three escallops sable (Knoyle)
• Dexter (viewer's left), above effigy of his first wife, kneeling and holding a skull, with her four deceased infant children behind her, each wrapped in a shroud: Argent, on a bend (triple) cotised sable a fleur-de-lys between two cinquefoils of the first on a chief azure a cross patoncé between two arrows or (Morgan of Mapperton) (Sources: Burke, General Armory, p.705 "Morgan of South Maplerton (sic), Dorset"; '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 survives sculpted on 16th century overmantel of the Great Chamber, Mapperton House ('Plate 133: Mapperton, Manor House, Overmantels', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1, West (London, 1952), p. 133. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol1/plate-133); "The Earl and Countess of Sandwich explore the Great Chamber, with its stunning pendant ceiling", youtube, Mapperton Live: Britain's Finest Manor [1]); Pedigree of Morgan see[2]
• Sinister: (viewer's right) above effigy of second wife, dressed in mourning clothes, with her 4 daughters behind her and her 3 sons behind her husband, who kneels at centre facing her and holding a skull: Quarterly of 4:
  • 1&4: Argent, on a chevron sable three steel caps argent (? from position should be Clavell; 133b Monumental Heraldry in Dorset)
  • 2&3: Vair, a chief gules ("Clavill of Dorset", per Burke, General Armory, p.200; 43b Monumental Heraldry in Dorset)