Catherine (Payne) Steward (abt. 1555 - 1590)

Born about 1555 in Castle Acre, Norfolk, England

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Died 15 Apr 1590 at about age 35 in England

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Biography

Monument

Monument in Blake's chantry or transept chapel of the Virgin Mary, or Lady's Chapel in the church of St Peter and St Paul, Swaffham, Norfolk, to Catherine (Paine) Steward, wife of William Steward:^[1]

Hic inhumatur Caterina una Filiarum et Hæredum Thomæ Paine, quondam de Castleacre Arm' et nuper Uxor Gulielmi Steward de Ely Armig' quæ obiit 15 April 1590.

On the summit of the monument stand these shields, or, and a fess checque azure and arg. an eschutcheon of the 3d, with a lion rampant gules, bruised with a ragged staff in bend of the 1st, Steward, And impaling gul. three crescents arg. and a chief ermine. Fulneby.

"The second shield has, Steward quartering in the 2d quarter or, the fess checque as before, Steward. In the 3d vert, three boars heads couped arg. Burley. In the 4th, arg. a lion rampant sable, on his shoulder a mullet of the first Walkfare. In the 5th, arg a chevron gules between three hurts, Baskerville. The 6th quarter as the 1st, impaling azure a fess between three leopards heads or, Paine. The third shield is Steward as before, impaling Paine, and at the foot of the monument are three shields; first Steward with his quarterings as above, the second Steward with his quarterings impaling Paine, and the third is Paine alone ..."

Research Notes

Catherine Steward (Payne). Birthdate: October 28, 1565 (89). Birthplace: Castle Acre, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Death: November 18, 1654 (89) England. Immediate Family: Daughter of Sir Thomas Payne, II and Cecily Payne Wife of Sir William Steward Mother of Elizabeth Cromwell; Thomas Stewart; ...

Sources

1. ↑ Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of South Greenhoe: Swaffham', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6 (London, 1807), pp. 197-228. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol6/pp197-228 [accessed 19 October 2021].

See also:

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92408109/catherine-steward
• Catherine Steward Wikimedia.