Emma Godwif
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 Per bend azure and sable, a bull rampant argent maintaining a lute all within an orle Or. |
The daughter of shipwright James Baker, Emma met her husband, James Elwic, through mutual family business in the shipbuilding industry. They married in 1550, and were later subject to intense scrutiny during the later part of the Marian Persecutions. They avoided true persecution due to Emma's quick thinking to hide their English Bible (and other items suggestive of their Protestant leanings) under a loose floorboard in their supply warehouse. Unfortunately, the stress of the situation cost them the life of their first child who died at birth.
Emma's talents lie in music and musical composition, as well as hand embroidery. She dabbles in rapier at the encouragement of her husband.