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13-518: Chaworth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Joan Chaworth Bridget Chaworth (died 1621), gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber to Elizabeth I Maud Chaworth (1282–1322), English noblewoman and heiress Viscount Chaworth Baron Chaworth [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Chaworth . If an internal link intending to refer to

26-461: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chaworth&oldid=1007513981 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Joan Chaworth Joan Chaworth (died 29 August 1507)

39-460: A sphere radiant sable, its centre argent". In addition to the seven major examples, he describes occasional variants for the arms of some rody which also use sable charges on azure or gules fields. Sable charges on gules fields also appear in the armory used in Lithuania . This is not surprising, since a significant fraction of Lithuania's personal coats of arms are of Polish origin, so there

52-569: Is associated with: Sable is considered a colour in British and French heraldry, and contrasts with lighter metals , argent and Or . However, in the heraldry of Germany , Poland and other parts of Central Europe , sable is not infrequently placed on colour fields . As a result, a sable cross may appear on a red shield, or a sable bird may appear on a blue or a red field, as in the arms of Albania . In Hungary , for example, one can find examples of sable on gules and azure fields as early as

65-548: Is portrayed in heraldic hatching by criss-crossing perpendicular lines. Sable is indicated by the abbreviation s. or sa. when a coat of arms is tricked . Sable can be traced back to Middle English, Anglo-French, and ultimately to the Middle Low German sabel , which refers to a species of marten known as a sable . This is related to the Middle High German zobel , which is of Slav origin and akin to

78-851: The chancel of the parish church of Alfreton a memorial tablet inlaid with brass plates bears the engraved effigies of Joan and her husband, John Ormond. The arms of Chaworth of Alfreton were Barry of ten, argent and gules , three martlets sable . Graves Park , Sheffield , part of the Norton estate, was included in the lands of the former manor of Alfreton. Joan Chaworth married, in 1458, John Ormond (d. 5 October 1503), esquire. John Ormond and his two brothers, Sir James Ormond (d. 17 July 1497) and Edward Ormond, were illegitimate sons of John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond (d. 14 October 1476), by his mistress Reynalda O'Brien, daughter of Turlogh "The Brown" O'Brien, King of Thomond . By John Ormond, Joan had three daughters: Sable (heraldry) Sable

91-779: The Russian sobol' , which likewise refers to the sable. Since at least the 14th century, sable has been used as a synonym for the colour black. Both sable and negro are used for black in Spanish heraldry. In Portugal, black is known as negro , and in Germany the colour is called schwarz . Sabel is the spelling used in Dutch heraldry. The different tinctures are traditionally associated with particular heavenly bodies, precious stones, virtues, and flowers, although these associations have been mostly disregarded by serious heraldists. Sable

104-459: The death of Joan's brother Thomas in 1483, the male Chaworth line was thus all but extinguished, and Joan, as her brother's heir at law, inherited most of the extensive Chaworth estates. By her marriage to John Ormond (d.1503), Joan had three daughters, among whom any barony of Chaworth which had been created by a writ in 1299 to her ancestor, Thomas de Chaworth (d.1315), is considered to have fallen into abeyance . Joan died 29 August 1507. In

117-430: The fifteenth century. Józef Szymański includes no fewer than seven examples of sable primary charges on either gules or azure fields out of the approximately 200 shields from this period whose blazons are known. These include the arms of Corvin , "Azure, a raven sable with a circlet or in its beak"; Kownaty, "Gules, a trumpet sable with a cord or, a Passion cross of the same issuing from its opening"; and Słońce, "Gules,

130-557: The fourth son, George, left surviving male issue. John Chaworth was murdered in 1464, leaving an only son, Thomas, who died without issue in December 1485; Sir Thomas Chaworth died without issue in May 1465; and George Chaworth died in 1466, leaving a young grandson, George Chaworth (d.1521), who inherited the manors of Wiverton and Edwalton , and was ancestor of George Chaworth (d.1639), created Viscount Chaworth of Armagh in 1628. With

143-426: The sixteenth century in the arms of the family Kanizsai (granted in 1519): Azure, an eagle's wing sable taloned Or between a decrescent argent and a sun Or. Another early Hungarian example was granted in 1628 to the family Karomi Bornemisza: Per fess gules, an eagle displayed sable crowned Or, and azure, a buffalo's head cabossed sable maintaining in its mouth a fish (argent?) . Polish examples abound as early as

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156-412: Was described as 'a sickly man', unable even to ride, and died within two years. Joan's only brother, Thomas Chaworth (1457–1483), married Margaret Talbot, daughter of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury , and sister of John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury , but he suffered a mental illness and died without issue in 1483. Sir Thomas Chaworth's three younger sons had all also died by that time, and only

169-481: Was the heiress of the manor of Alfreton . Her father was Sir William Chaworth. Joan Chaworth was the daughter of Sir William Chaworth (d.1467) and Elizabeth Bowett, daughter and coheir of Nicholas Bowett of Rippingale , Lincolnshire . She was the granddaughter of Sir Thomas Chaworth (d.1459), who had four sons, Sir William Chaworth (d.1467), John Chaworth (d. 1464), Sir Thomas Chaworth (d. May 1465), and George Chaworth (d.1466). In 1465 Joan's father, Sir William,

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