106 THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
" The Cambell coat is the one granted to Thomas Cambell, afterwards
Sir Thos. Cambell, Bt., on Sept. 20, 1600, by Wm. Dethick, Garter, and
Wm. Camden, Clareneeux, viz. [sa.] on a fesse between 3 lions' heads
erased [or] three [pellets]. These arms also appear on his Funeral
Certificate. The Willington arms are [gu] a saltire vair. The mother of
Sir Thos. Cambell was Alice, daughter of Wm. Willington, of Clehonger,
co. Herefordshire. The Corsellis arms are [az.] a griffin segreant [or].
The tinctures, of course, do not appear. The initials represent Thomas
and Hester Cambell. Hester, daughter of Lucas Corsellis, married Sir
Thomas Cambell as his first wife at St. Peter's-le-Poer, London, July 6,
1641. Lucas Corsellis was the first male of the name to be baptised in
England ; the family were Dutch, hailing from Flanders. These balls
and arms formerly surmounted the brick pillars of the gateway (now
blocked) of the old mansion, which gave entrance to the forecourt, now
a walled garden. The date 1648 is probably the year when the gate was
erected.
"The south-west exterior wall of the Chapel has two rounded-headed
openings, now blocked, with moulded sills inscribed :
1659
HES. CAMBELL
on one sill and on the other: 1659
THO CAMBELL.
" The investigators of the Royal Commission for the Survey of Historical
Monuments misread HES. and made it JAS. and incorrectly read the
surname as Campbell.
" Inside the brick granary on the south-west wall is a plain stone tablet
with the ordinary arms of Campbell (gyronny of eight . . . and . . .)
impaling Fanshawe ([or] a chevron between three fleur-de-lis [sa]) and the
following inscription below :—
' Bvilt Ano Dni 1664 by SR Thomas./
Cambell Bart who now hath to/
wife Mary the davghter of Thomas/
Lord Fanshaw haveing 2 sonns by/
her Thomas & Henry now Liveing/
& Rachell by his forst wife/
Hester/
The said Sr Thomas bvilt the Vavlt/
at Barking An° Dni 1642 being the/
sonn of Robert & Grandchild of Sr /
Thomas Cambell & Nephew of SR /
Iames Cambell who gave the free/
Shoole at Baking.'/
" No tinctures are shown.
" The Cambells originally came from Scotland, where the name was
spelt Campbell, and very likely they used this old Campbell coat before
the grandfather of this Thomas had the grant of 1600. When applying
to the Heralds College for armorial bearings Thomas Cambell said he was
not 'assured what coat belonged to his ancestors.'
" The arms on the tablet record the second marriage of the above Sir