Keywords: RudderHeraldicBadge MonumentTo RobertWilloughby 1stBaronWilloughbyDeBroke Died1502 CallingtonChurch Cornwall.png Rogers 1877 Rogers William Henry Hamilton The Antient Sepulchral Effigies and Monumental and Memorial Sculpture of Devon Exeter 1877 pp 346-7 Robert Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke died 1502 was created the first Baron Willoughby de Broke <ref>W H Hamilton Rogers The Strife of the Roses Days of the Tudors in the West Exeter 1890 pp 1-10</ref> He rebuilt Brook Hall in the parish of Westbury Wiltshire and installed many heraldic stained glass windows which were recorded and described in 1650 by John Aubrey on his visit to Brook A common image in these windows was the heraldic badge of a rudder which was noted earlier by John Leland 1503-1552 when he visited Brook Sir Ralph Cheney's heraldic badge was a rudder as is visible sculpted on his monument in Edington Priory Church but had apparently first been adopted by his ancestors the Paveley family of Brook Aubrey stated concerning his visit to Brook Hall Mr Wadman would persuade me that this rudder belonged to the Paveleys who had this place here <ref>Aubrey John The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey AD 1659-70 with Illustrations Corrected and Enlarged by John Edward Jackson published by Wiltshire Archaeolocical and Natural History Society Devizes 1862 pp 399-402 Brook House p 400https //archive org/stream/wiltshiretopogra00aubr page/398/mode/2up</ref> Use of the Rudder badge descended to Cheney and then to Willoughby William Camden stated of Cheney's descendant Lord Willoughby by report Admiral used the helme of a ship for the seal to his ring A small rudder is sculpted on the alabaster monument and effigy of Robert Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke died 1502 in Callington Church in Cornwall <ref>Rogers William Henry Hamilton The Antient Sepulchral Effigies and Monumental and Memorial Sculpture of Devon Exeter 1877 pp 346-7</ref> Two relief sculptures of rudders survive today in Edington Church and Aubrey noted in a chapel south of the chancel in Westbury Church in one window some rudders of ships or <ref>Aubrey ed Jackson pp 403-4</ref> They were also formerly visible in the church of Seend <ref>Aubrey ed Jackson editor's note p 400 footnote 1</ref> Two Rudder heraldic badges survive sculpted on the chantry chapel monument in Edington Priory Church Wiltshire to Sir Ralph Cheyne c 1337-1400 alias Cheney of Brooke in the parish of Westbury in Wiltshire thrice a Member of Parliament for Wiltshire and Deputy Justiciar of Ireland in 1373 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1383-4 He was Deputy Warden of the Cinque Ports Cheney's heraldic badge was a rudder apparently first adopted by his ancestors the Paveley family of Brook John Aubrey stated concerning his visit to Brook Hall Mr Wadman would persuade me that this rudder belonged to the Paveleys who had this place here <ref>Aubrey John The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey AD 1659-70 with Illustrations Corrected and Enlarged by John Edward Jackson published by Wiltshire Archaeolocical and Natural History Society Devizes 1862 pp 399-402 Brook House p 400https //archive org/stream/wiltshiretopogra00aubr page/398/mode/2up</ref> Use of the Rudder badge descended to Cheney and then to Robert Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke Camden stated of Cheney's descendant Lord Willoughby by report Admiral used the helme of a ship for the seal to his ring Aubrey asserted that it had been used by Lord Willoughby de Broke in the reign of King Edward IIIs However there was no such baron until Hen VII and no Willoughby Admiral appears in Rapin's List <ref>Aubrey ed Jackson editor's note p 400 footnote 1https //archive org/stream/wiltshiretopogra00aubr/wiltshiretopogra00aubr_djvu txt</ref> The device of a Rudder in stained glass windows was recorded by John Leland 1503-1552 when he visited Brook It survives today in Edington Church and Aubrey noted the presence in a chapel south of the chancel in Westbury Church in one window some rudders of ships or <ref>Aubrey ed Jackson pp 403-4</ref> Also present in church of Seend <ref>Aubrey ed Jackson editor's note p 400 footnote 1</ref> own photo and drawing in Rogers William Henry Hamilton The Antient Sepulchral Effigies and Monumental and Memorial Sculpture of Devon Exeter 1877 pp 346-7 1877 unknown; 2016 Lobsterthermidor <span class signature-talk ></span> 12 26 10 April 2016 UTC 1877/2011 PD-old-100 Paveley rudder St Mary's Church Callington Cornwall |