{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"blazons-beams-and-bells","title":"Blazons, Beams and Bells","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"615\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlazons, Beams and Bells\u003c\/strong\u003e tells the story of All Saints Church in the \u003cstrong\u003eEssex village of Messing\u003c\/strong\u003e, from the Norman Conquest to the Great War. Drawing on original archival research across the Essex Record Office, Hertfordshire Archives, and the National Archives, it traces the families who built, funded, and shaped the church: the Baynards, the Chibbornes, the Luckyns, the Grimstons, and their descendants the Earls of Verulam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"957\"\u003eAlong the way it debunks the romantic myth of a cross-legged crusader, corrects heraldic errors that have persisted since Morant's county history of 1768, uncovers a Georgian scandal never before fully told, and solves the mystery of the solitary hatchment that hangs not in the chancel with the others, but on the west wall of the nave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"1193\"\u003eThe heraldry of All Saints is not mere decoration. It is a record of dynastic marriage, personal loss, religious conflict, and the long interplay between Church, Crown, and the Essex gentry across nine centuries of English history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AjaxAlpha Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53543102513490,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/1107\/8482\/files\/9781067656805.jpg?v=1779547697"}],"url":"https:\/\/blazonsbeamsandbells.com\/collections\/frontpage.oembed","provider":"Blazons, Beams and Bells","version":"1.0","type":"link"}