Cornish stained glass

James Brydges Willyams

Born

30^th November 1771

Died

13^th November 1820 aged 48

Parents

♂	James Willyams
♀	Ann Champion

Marriage

1. Sarah Da Costa

Arms of Willyams of Carnanton

Blazon

Argent a fess chequy gules and vert between three griffins’ heads erased of the third, each gorged with a ducal coronet or.

Sources

1. Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol IV p 35. 1838, London, Henry Colburn.
2. Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, p 1119. 1884, London, Harrison & Sons.
3. Vivian, JL (ed). The Visitations of Cornwall. p 627. 1887, Exeter, William Pollard & Co.

Acknowledgements

1. Griffin’s head erased from Griffin’s Head Erased (2) based on De Walden, Howard (ed). Banners Standards and Badges (a Tudor manuscript in the College of Arms), p 267, 1904 from an original by Thomas Willement.
2. Ducal coronet from Spedona

Pedigree

Pedigree of Willyams of Carnanton

Notes

1. Baptism, Cornwall OPC Baptisms. Gives surname as Williams, middle name as Bridges.
2. Admitted to St John’s College, Cambridge, 18^th May 1789. ACAD, WLMS789JB. Gives dates of birth, death. Died s.p. sine prole (without children)
3. Death in Truro, Royal Cornwall Gazette November 18, 1820 p 2.
4. Burial at St Mary’s, Truro, Cornwall OPC Burials.
5. Vivian, JL (ed). The Visitations of Cornwall. p 628. 1887, Exeter, William Pollard & Co.