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Tombstone of
Sir John Holcombe
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Sir
John (de) Holcombe, first found recorded in the Visitations of
England, served in the war of the Crusades to Palestine, where
in the Third Crusade, (1187-1191 AD) in battle he beheaded three
Turks with one stroke of his sword, for which he was knighted
by King Richard in the latter part of that century which explains
the four heads of the Holcombe Coat of Arms.
Sir John Holcombe rest in the oldest abbey in England: Abbey Church of Dorchester, Oxfordshire. |
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The
four heads of the
Holcombe Coat of Arms  |
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