Ancestral Records and Portraits

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The youngest son of the first marriage, Lawrence Washington, Of Sulgrave and Brington, married Mar garet, the daughter of William Butler Of Tees, Sussex. He died December 13, 1616, and is buried in Brington Church in the chancel. His grave ismarked by a flat slab, deeply cut and originally filled with brass. It bears the impaled arms of the Washingtons and the Butlers - the three mullets and two bars, familiar to us to-day. The inscription reads as follows.