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Inscriptions at
Downside Abbey, Downside, Co.Somerset
Benedictine monastery and school |
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photo: B.J.
Downside Abbey and School
Downside School, prominent Roman Catholic boys' school, has inside a memorial to the Blennerhassett family
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photo: B.J.
St. Benedict's RC Church, Downside
adjacent to the Downside Abbey gate |
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Blennerhassett arms
"Gules, a chevron ermine, between three dolphins embowed Argent"
A baronet is entitled to charge his personal arms with the Baronet's Badge, the "Red Hand of Ulster
on a white shield", but that is omitted here:
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"An escutcheon Argent, charged with a sinister hand erect, apaumee, couped at the wrist, extended in pale, Gules"
("on a white shield, a red left hand held erect,
cut off at the wrist")
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FORTES FORTUNA JUVAT
("Fortune Favours the Bold")
SIR ROWLAND BLENNERHASSETT BART.
BORN 5 SEPTEMBER 1839
DIED 22 MARCH 1909
I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
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Grave of Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, M.P.
4th Baronet of Blennerville, Co.Kerry, Ireland
in St.Benedict's churchyard, Downside |
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