Description:A painted hatchment from the Wolseley family.
Hatchments were displayed on the outside of aristocratic homes after the death of a family member. They show coats of arms and other heraldic insignia. The motto at bottom reads 'Homo homini vulpes' which translates as 'man is like a wolf to his fellow man'.
This hatchment commemorates the death Sir Charles Wolseley, 8th Baronet of Wolseley Hall, near Rugeley, on 15 May 1854. After a period of mourning it was hung in Colwich parish church. The arms on the right hand-side are those of his widow, Mary Anne, daughter of Nicholas Selby, of Acton House, Middlesex. The grey background indicates that she survived him. She died in 1873.