What is recorded here

Cheever and Plunkett crests, vine leaves, and the words EN. DIEV. MA. FIAVNC once marked a fireplace mantel inside the Macetown parish church graveyard. It probably came from Macetown castle, a short distance to the northwest, and turned an ordinary hearth into a declaration of marriage, rank, and faith. The fragment has vanished, but its loss makes the graveyard feel less complete, as if a room somewhere lost its chimney and part of its memory.

Within the graveyard of Macetown parish church (ME032-044----). The mantel of a fireplace that bore the crests of Cheever and Plunkett and which was in the graveyard (Du Noyer 1893; 1898-1900) is no longer present. It was decorated with vine-leaves and bore the Cheever motto: EN. DIEV. MA. FIAVNC (In God my trust) together with: CHRISTOFOR CHEVER. (A)RMIG. ET. DAME ANE PLVNKET. Macetown castle (ME032-042----), from which the mantel probably originated, is c. 50m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 January, 2015

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