Isabel Boynton

Notes

From http://www.boyntons.us/yorkshire/places/trailof/fromengland13/frome...

Gilling West was Henry and Isabel's church. They set up a chantry there -- soon lost to Henry VIII. And they left a large effigy of themselves on the wall of the church where it remains today. It is about the same age as the effigy of Thomas in Roxby. Perhaps that was the age of effigies. Parts of the church are very old. The effigy is very old. And there is a stained glass window that is a shield divided into 24 sections tracing the parentage of William Gascoigne. It includes the Boynton and Lumley shields because they were his grandparents. There is one final bit of Boynton on the floor of the north aisle. One of the stones in the floor has a carving for Henry Boynton.

Just outside the church is a map of Gilling West and the surrounding area. It becomes easy to understand the marriage of Elizabeth and Henry Gascoigne. The Gascoignes and Boyntons were neighbors and were two of the three families with wealth in Gilling West. The Gascoignes are still there.