Heraldry
The Funeral Hatchments
Introduction
It was at one time the custom, when an armigerous person died, to paint his or her armorial bearings on a diamond shaped panel of canvas or wood, and to place this on the house-front as a sign of mourning. These paintings were called hatchments and, after the funeral and period of mourning, they were removed to the parish church.
St. Mary’s is rich in such hatchments, which will be seen hanging on the north, east and south walls of the nave. In the following descriptions the names only of the persons to whom the arms refer are mentioned; blazoning of the coats may be found by hovering over the name in black.
Description of the Hatchments
Above the North Door
Miller(Said to have been granted by Dugdale, Garter King of Arms in 1684.)
Argent a fess wavy azure between three wolves’ heads proper,the badge of Ulster. impaling in chief Gilbert of NorfolkGules two bars ermine in chief three fleurs de lys or. and in base Holmes of NorfolkBarry of eight or and azure a border nebuly ermine on a canton or a chaplet.. This records the death in 1864 of the reverend Sir Thomas Combe MILLER, 6th Baronet, his wife Martha (nee HOLMES) surviving him. She was the eldest daughter of the Reverend John Holmes of Bungay, Suffolk; Sir Thomas had married her on 5th May 1824; she died on 28th June 1877. Sir Thomas Combe Miller was Lord of the Manor from 1816 till 1864; he was also Vicar of Froyle from 1811.
On the North Wall
The arms of PEPPERELLArgent a chevron gules between three fir cones vert on a canton gules a fleur de lys argent, a badge of Ulster.. presumably bearing, in the centre, on an “escutcheon of pretence”, the arms of his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. Isaac RoyallAzure three garbs or.. This records the death of Sir William Pepperell, Bt., of London, who was buried at Froyle on 27th December 1816. His only son, William Royall, died at West Cowes on 29th September 1798, aged 23, and was buried at Froyle on 6th October 1798. With these deaths the baronetcy became extinct.

Notes :
The following extract from Burke’s Extinct Baronetcies is of interest:-

“William Sparhawk Esq. son of Nathaniel Sparhawk of New England, Merchant, by Elizabeth Pepperell only daughter and heir of Lt. Gen. Sir William Pepperell, Bart., having become heir to his grandfather at the decease of that distinguished officer in 1759, assumed the surname of Pepperell and was created a baronet 9th November 1774. He married on 12th November 1767, Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. Isaac Royall of His Majesty’s Council in Massachusetts Bay and had issue - William Royall b. 5th July 1775 d. 27th September 1798. Two daughters. Sir William died 18th December 1816 when the Baronetcy expired.”

There would appear to be no specific authority for the arms shown as being borne by Royall (azure, three garbs or). For more details of the Peperreill family and Froyle’s American Connection, follow this link.
Above the Pulpit
Quarterly 1st & 4th MILLER(Said to have been granted by Dugdale, Garter King of Arms in 1684.)
Argent a fess wavy azure between three wolves’ heads proper,the badge of Ulster.
  2nd
  3rd
Impaling  

This records the death (12th January 1868) of Sir Charles Hayes MILLER, 7th Baronet, his wife Katherine Maria (nee SCOTT) surviving him. She was the 2nd daughter of James Winter SCOTT of Rotherfield Park, Hampshire; he married her on 9th April 1856. Sir Charles Hayes Miller was Lord of the Manor from 1864 till 1868 when he was succeeded by his son Sir C. J. Hubert Miller.
Above the Side Altar
Quarterly of sixteen on a lozenge
1st & 16th MOODYVert a fess engrailed argent surmounted of another gules between three harpies argent.
(On the hatchment the harpies are incorrectly shown as owls).
2nd CLIVEDON or CHENDONOr a lion rampant sable crowned argent. - not surely identified
3rd LEE or LEAPer chevron or and gules two lions combattant sable.
4th Possibly CHUTEGales three swords fesswise in pale argent pommelled and hilted or that in the centre pointing sinister, the other two pointing dexter an orle of mullets all within a border engrailed argent. - not surely identified.
5th NEWBURY ? Sable three pallets ermine on a canton azure a lion rampant argent.
6th & 7th NICHOLAS Argent a fess wavy between three ravens sable.
Argent on a cross gules an imperial crown or.
8th NICHOLAS OF WINTERBOURNE EARLS Argent on a fess between three ravens sable three lions rampant argent.
9th NICHOLAS Argent on a chevron between three ravens sable two lions passant respectant argent.
10th Whitewell ? Gales a chevron between three buckets or.
11th Roches ? Azure three fishes fesswise in pale argent.
12th Not identified Or three bulls heads cabossed in fess sable.
13th Not identified Azure on a fess or three cross crosslets sable.
14th DRAPER Argent on a fess between three annulets gules three covered
15th Hornby Argent a chevron between three bugle horns sable stringed gules.

At the top of this hatchment, there is a bow of blue ribbon frequently used to indicate an unmarried woman. This hatchment probably records the death of one of the unmarried daughters of Richard Vernon Moody and his wife Mary Anabella (daughter of William and Mary Nicholas). These two unmarried daughters were Mary Elizabeth (died 1855) and Rebecca Anabella (died 1860). There is an identical hatchment in disrepair in the gallery, which, it is assumed, refers to the death of the other daughter.
On the South Wall
On a lozenge MOODYVert a fess engrailed argent surmounted of another gules between three harpies argent.
(On the hatchment the harpies are incorrectly shown as owls).
On an escutcheon of pretence - quarterly
1st NICHOLASArgent on a cross gules an imperial crown or.
2nd NICHOLAS OF WINTERBOURNE EARLS Argent on a fess between three ravens sable three lions rampant argent.
3rd DRAPER Argent on a fess between three annulets gules three covered
4th Hornby Argent a chevron between three bugle horns sable stringed gules.

This doubtless records the death of Mary Anabella Moody, widow of Richard Vernon Moody and daughter of William and Mary Nicholas. The hatchment shows the arms of her husband (Moody) and, on an escutcheon of pretence, the arms of her father’s and mother’s families to which she was heiress. It should be noted that, as the hatchment refers to a widow, it is on a lozenge but, as she was a married woman, there is no knot of ribbon at the top.
On the South Wall near the Gallery
Quarterly 1st & 4th MILLER(Said to have been granted by Dugdale, Garter King of Arms in 1684.)
Argent a fess wavy azure between three wolves’ heads proper,the badge of Ulster.
2nd & 3rd COMBERArgent a fess dancetty gules between three estoiles sable.
An escutcheon of pretence EDWARDSPer bend sinister ermine and ermines a lion rampant or.

This records the death of Sir Thomas Miller, 5th Baronet and Member of Parliament for Portsmouth, who died 4th September 1816, his second wife Elizabeth (Edwards), an heiress, surviving him. He was succeeded by his son, the Reverend Sir Thomas Combe Miller.