“St. Magus Church [near London Bridge, London, England]
At the E end of the N. Ile a neat white Marble Monument, with this Inscription:
Near this place, in the Vault, lyeth the Body of Thomas Collet, a worthy Patriot of this City, who above 28 years honourably discharged the Office of Deputy of this Ward.
A Person all his life time exemplary in Piety, Temperance, and Charity. he inter-married with Sarah, one the Daughters and Coheirs of Humphrey Howland, Citizen and Draper of this City, by whom he had Issue 6 Sons and 1 Daughter; of which only his Son Thomas, and his Daughter Sarah survived him.
He died lamented by all good Men, on the 22nd of September 1703, in the 71st year of his Age.
His mournful Relict and Executrix in memory of the tenderest of Husbands, caused this Monument to be erected.
It is adorned with gilded Manttling, Cupids, Flowers, and Fruit, carved in Basso Relievo, and these Arms painted:
Sable on a Chevron betn 3 Does Tripant Argent, as many Anulets of the first. His Coat.
On an Escucheon of Pretence Argent 2 Barrs, and in Chief 3 Lions Rampant Sable. His Wife's Coat.”
Source: Chiswell, Nicholson and Knaplock. A New View of London; or an Ample Account of That City in Two Volumes or Eight Sections. London: Chiswell, Nicholson and Knaplock, 1708, p. 322. Print, https://books.google.com/books?id=2iVhAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA2-PA322#v=onepage&q&f=false
Sarah Collet died in 1714. She was the daughter of Humphrey Howland.
Source: Malcolm, James P. Londinium Redivivum or an Antient History and Modern Description of London: Compiled from Parochial Records, Archives of Various Foundations, the Harleian Mss. and Other Authentic Sources. London: Nichols and Son, 1807, p. 34. Print, https://books.google.com/books?id=Sck_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q&f=false
Humphrey Howland had three brothers, Arthur, John, and Henry Howland in Plymouth Colony.
John Howland's great-granddaughter, Yetmercy Howland has the same design of Howland coat of arms on her gravestone in Bristol, Rhode Island as Sarah Collet's. Both Yetmercy Howland and Lady Sarah Collet are the first cousins twice removed.
The description of their coat of arms is retaining much original design of the Howland coats of arm that was granted in 1584 by Queen Elizabeth, beginning with Bishop Richard Howland in Peterborough, England.
How did Humphrey Howland's daughter get the coat of arms of Bishop Richard Howland? What was their relationship to Bishop Richard Howland of Peterborough, England?
I understand Bishop Richard Howland's brother Sir Giles Howland's descendants did have the Howland coat of arms on their monuments in the churches of Marylebone in London and St. Leonard in Streatham.
There you can see the picture of Sara (Howland) Collett and her husband Thomas Collett's memorial monument at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jelltecks/16341182235 or https://www.flickr.com/photos/39886685@N02/20351248756/in/photostream or https://www.flickr.com/photos/39886685@N02/20351251696/in/photostream
Yes, it exists inside the building of St. Magnus the Martyr church in London.
