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 Abt 1400 - 1461 (~ 61 years)
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| Name |
Keriell, Thomas |
| Born |
Abt 1400 |
Of Westhanger, Kent, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
19 Feb 1461 |
Bernard's Heath, Hertfordshire, England |
| Person ID |
I08428 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
27 May 2015 |
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| Notes |
- The Criols, or Keriels, bore for their arms, Argent, two chevrons, and a canton, gules; in imitation of their superior lords, the Clares, earls of Gloucester, who bore Or, three chevrons, gules.
{fn See an account of these sort of bearings of coats of arms, in vol. v. of this history, p. 297.} ... Bonville and Sir Thomas Kyriell were in attendance on Henry VI at the 2nd battle of St Albans. After Warwick’s flight both men stayed with Henry to protect him from any harm that might occur from the confusion in the aftermath of the battle. Henry had promised they would not be harmed by the victorious Lancastrians. Unfortunately he was to prove unequal to his promise. After his reunion with his wife and son, Bonville, Kyriell and the other Yorkist prisoners were brought before Henry, Margaret and their seven-year-old son, Edward. Margaret gave Henry no opportunity to keep his word. Turning to her son she asked, ‘Fair son, what death shall these two knights die?’ The child replied, ‘Let them have their heads taken off.’ A stunned Bonville, who had believed Henry's word, told the child, ‘May God destroy those who taught thee this manner of speech.’ The executions were duly carried out the next day.” Source: http://www.richardiii.net
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