General Notes

THOMAS CHERRY of Maidenhead and Bray, 2d son and heir, bap. 1 Jan. 1596/7. He m. in 1621, Ellen, sole dau. of Richard Powney, lessee of the Manor of Old Windsor. She was b. 1598. They were both bu. 20 Sept. 1657. On a gravestone in the churchyard of Bray is the inscription, "Heere Lye interred the bodies of Thomas Cherry of Maydenhead, in this parish who died 14th Sept. 1657, Anno Aetalis 61. And of Ellen his wife, who died 19th Sept. 1657, Anno Aetalis 59. They lived together in wedlock 35 yeares, and had 8 sons and one Daughter, and were both interred here in one grave Sept. 20, 1657". Only 4 of their children are given in the pedigree: Arthur, of Cassington. *John, the elder, Richard of Maidenhead and Bray. William of Maidenhead, Bray, and by purchase, Lord of the Manor of Shottebrook, Founder of Bray School there.


CHERRY.
Arms: Argent, a Fess, engrailed, between three Annulets Cules.
Crest: a demi-Lion Argent holding in the dexter paw a Gem-Ring
Or, enriched with a precious stone ppr. Motto: Cheris L'Espoir.
(page 72 in Pedigrees of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey
Families by Wm. Berry, fifteen years Registering Clerk in the
College of Arms, London).