Hatchment for Sir George Ayliffe, St. Mary's Lydiard Tregoze, seventeenth century

This hatchment can be found on the south side of the St.John aisle, above that to Anne Leighton, and is again rectangular in shape.

It relates to Sir George Ayliffe, who is buried in the church. His first wife was Anne St.John, sister to the first Baronet. The heraldry is that of Sir George and Anne St.John, despite the fact that he had remarried and the coat of arms should have been that of his second wife.

It is possible Anne's coat of arms were shown because Sir George chose to be buried alongside his first wife and her relatives.