I have in my possession a curious ancient pedigree of De Beauvoir and
Harryes, headed thus:
"The name De Beauvoir is from ---- in the kingdom of England; came into
England with y^e Conquest of the Norman Duke, from whom is descended
all that are now in England, they bearing for their coate armour the
_first_, Azure, a chevron or, between three cinquefeuilles argent, by
the name of De Beauvoir. The _second_ he beareth the guelles a chevron
between three hayeres heads erased, by the name of Harreys. The _third_
(or) a lyon rampant azure, by the name of Throlpe. The _fourth_,
Argent, a fess between three cressentes azure, by the name of ...
within a mantle doubled guelles on two helmetes and torseyes proper and
the first a demy-dragon, adorned properly guelles and argent, vert, by
the foresaid name De Beauvoir; on the second a harye sitting argent
between two bushes vert."
The pedigree begins with "Sir Robert Beauvoir, Lord Beauvoir, Lord Baron of
Beaver Castle, Knt.;" and the maternal line with "Sir Robert Harryes of
Malden in Essex, Knt., came into England with the Saxons."
In the tenth descent the sole heiress is represented as marrying "Robert,
Lord Bellmoint," whose sole daughter married "John, Lord Manners, father of
Edmund Manners, first Earl of Rutland, from whom is descended Roger, Earl
of Rutland, now living."
The pedigree ends with the nineteenth descendant, Henry de Beauvoir, of the
Isle of Guernsey, who married the daughter of Peter Harreys of the Isle of
Guernsey.
Can any reader of "N. & Q." inform me whether descendants of that marriage
are still to be found, and where?
There are points in the pedigree, as genealogists will see, totally
discrepant from the Peerages.