Hatchments
Diamond shaped boards bearing a coat of arms of a deceased person. They were displayed on his house between death and burial and afterwards laid up in the parish church, a practice which began in the 17th century.
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Hatchment
A board or canvas Diamond shaped and containing the family coat of arms of a deceased person. Normally three were made Two large and one small. Used on the outside of the house and in church to denote who had died.
HATCHMENT A lozenge-shaped panel painted with armorial bearings, used in funeral ceremonies and often afterwards displayed in a church.
The Church of St. Katherine, Teversal, has a rare set of hatchments.
a form of roughcast rendering in which the mixture of aggregate and binding material is dashed onto a wall.HatchmentA lozenge-shaped panel painted with armorial bearings, used in funeral ceremonies and often afterwards displayed in a church.
 See also: Moulding, Storey, Architecture, Arch, Church
  
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