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Blazon: Argent, a winged heart [or heart conjoined with two wings expanded] Gules, pierced by two hands [or a heart between two hands issuing from base] proper.
(Note: Rather than a standard secular family coat, this carving depicts a sacred devotional icon showing a human heart adorned with extended wings and flanked by hands. This icon also appears in the Lady Chapel: LC1-E)
Plain English: Argent: A white or silver background (field). A heart Gules: A red heart in the center. Winged / conjoined with two wings: Two red wings extend upward from the top of the heart. Pierced by two hands: Two human hands (of natural skin color, proper) reach inward from the lower sides to support or pierce the central heart.
Religious & Devotional Symbolism (The Sacred Heart / Five Wounds of Christ): This shield represents a medieval sacred emblem rather than a heraldic family crest. It depicts symbolic motifs associated with the Five Wounds of Christ or the Sacred/Winged Heart—a extremely popular devotional theme in late-medieval English church woodwork (15th century)
Identification: RCHME: Argent, the five wounds gules; Buckeridge: Five wounds of Christ.
Condition
The carving appears substantially intact, including the head, torso, wings and shield. Painted decoration survives extensively, although there is visible surface wear, fading and loss, particularly on the shield.