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Arms. Barry of sixteen arg. and gu. an orle of martlets sa. (Chaworth.) Crest. A castle ppr., surmounted by a plume of five ostrich feathers arg.

Cf. "N. and Q.," 5th series, x, p. 296. SELSTON. (St. Helen.) 1. Helmet, temp. Charles I, crested, an owl (Fig. 1696). 2. Banner (fragments only). Tradition. Associated with the Willoughby family. In the chancel is a monument to William Willoughby and his wife (ob. 1630). On the north wall is a tablet (Fig. 1697) to this William Willoughby, erected by his father. The tablet records that the deceased was the father of "a pair of female babes, besides his infant heir, a hopeful imp, a right young Willoughby."

Fig. 1696. Selston

Fig. 1697. Selston Arms. Arg. two bars gu., each charged with three water bougets or. (Willoughby.) Crest. An owl arg. beaked, legged, and crowned or.

Cf. "N. and Q.," 5th series, x, p. 276. SHELFORD. (SS. Peter and Paul.) 1. Helmet, crested. 2. Gauntlets. Tradition. Associated with the Stanhope family, probably with the burial of Sir Thomas Stanhope, ob. 1596, to whom there is a monument now at the east end of the south aisle, formerly in the chancel. Arms. Quarterly erm. and gu. (Stanhope.) Crest. A tower az. a demi-lion issuant from the battlements or, ducally crowned gu. holding betw. the paws a grenade fired ppr.

Cf. "N. and Q.," 5th series, x, p. 276; Cox, "County Churches (Notts)," p. 183.