same Metall or Colour A Garbe of Wheate yet shall you finde their band sometimes of a diverse Metall or Colour from them To this Head must be referred all other sorts of Nutritive Herbes borne in Coat-Armour Reference whether they produce Graine in Eare Cod or Huske or that they be Herbes for the Pot or Sallads as Betonie Spinage Coleworts Lettice Purslain Leeks Scallions c. All which I leave to observation because I labour by all means to pass thorough this vast Sea of the infinite varieties of Nature with what convenient brevity I may because Quod brevius est semper delectabilius habetur in such things as these The shorter the sweeter SECT III. CHAP. X. Herbs lesse nutritive NExt after Herbs Nutritive let us take a taste of Herbs lesse Nutritive which are either Coronary or Physicall Coronary Herbs are such as in respect of their odoriferous smell have been of long time and yet are used for decking and trimming of the body or adorning of houses or other pleasurable use for eye or sent as also in respect of their beautifull shape and colour were most commonly bestowed in making of Crowns and Garlands of which uses they received their name of Coronary Amongst which we may reckon the Rose before expressed to be one of the chiefest as also Violets of all sorts Glove-Gilloflowers Sweet Marjoram Rosemary White Daffadill Spikenard Rose Campion Daisies c. But of all other the Flower de lis is of most esteem Estimation of the Flower de-lis having been from the first Bearing the Charge of a Regall Escocheon originally borne by the French Kings though tract of time hath made the Bearing of them more vulgar even as Purple was in ancient times a wearing onely for Princes which now hath lost that prerogative through custome Out of these several kinds I have selected some few Examples as in the Escocheons following appears He beareth Saphire a Flower de lis Pearle by the name of Digby of which Family there are many worthy accomplisht branches as George Earle of Bristol and the Lord Sherburne his son Sir Kenelme and John Digby Esquire his son who married that excellent Lady the Lady Katharine Daughter of Henry Howard late Earle of Arundell the Lord Digby of Geshull c. He bears Vert a Flower de lis Argent by the name of Fowke or Foulke an ancient and spreading Family of which a deserving Ornament is Thomas Foulke now Alderman of London He beareth Ermine a Flower de lis on a Chief Sable a Mullet Or by the name of Gaire and was borne by Sir John Gaire late Alderman and Mayor of London who left issue male John Gaire Esquire since deceased and Robert Gaire a hopefull Gentleman He beareth Or Cheuron between three Flowers de lis a Cheuron between three Flowers de Lis Sable This Coat-Armour pertaineth to the very worshipfull Sir Thomas Fanshaw Knight of the Bath his Majesties Remembrancer of his Highnes Court of Exchequer This Flower is in Latine called Iris for that it somewhat resembleth the colour of the Rainbow Some of the French confound this with the Lily as he did who doubting the validity of the Salike-Law to debarre the Females from the Crown of France would make it sure out of a stronger Law because forsooth Lilia non laborant neque nent the Lillies neither labour nor spin which reason excludes as well a Laborious Hercules as a spinning Omphale He beareth Argent on a Cheuron Gules between three flowers de lis Sables an Inescocheon of the first charged with a sinister hand couped at the wrist as the second This is the Coat-armour of that Noble Knight and Baronet Sir Basill Dixwell of Folkston in Kent deceased Whose reall expressions of true love and affection to his native Country deserves commemoration and is now borne by the honourable John Dixwell Esquire a member of this Parliament and one of the Counsell of State Nephew to the said Sir Basill Here I name of the first and as the second to avoid iteration of the same words according to the rule formerly given He beareth Gules a Fesse wavy between three Flowers de lis Or by the name of Hicks which is the Coat of Sir William Hicks of Beverston in Glocestershire Knight and Baronet now of Essex and was also the bearing of Sir Baptist Hicks Knight and Baronet Viscount Campden in Glocestershire a munificent Benefactour to that Town and also to severall places in Middlesex He beareth Sable on a Cheuron engrailed between six crosses Patee-Fitchee Cheuron charged upon Or three flowers de lis Azure each charged on the top with a Plate by the name of Smith of Nybley in the county of Glocester The Plate is the representation of Silver Bullion fitted for the stamp and therefore need not have other Blazon than its own name Armorists hold that this bearing of Sable and Or answers to Diamond joyned with Gold whereof each giveth honour to the other and it may well beseem a Bearer whose sober and well composed conditions are accompanied with the lustre of shining vertues Bend interposed He beareth Sable a Bend Argent between six Flowers de lis Or by the name of Redmere This Coat-Armour have I added in regard of the variety of bearing hereof from those before handled inasmuch as in this one Escocheon is comprehended the full number contained in both the former as also to make known in what manner these or other Charges of like Bearing must be placed the same being borne entire But if they were strowed or as I may better term it Seminated all over the Field then were it not a bend between but upon or over them forasmuch as in such bearing onely the halves of many of them or some greater or lesser portion of them would appear aswell under the Bend as in the limits or edges of the Escocheon He beareth Argent on a Crosse Sable five flowers de lis of the first This Coat-Armour in the time of King Henry the fourth appertained unto Robert le-Neve of Tivetishall in the County of Norfolke as appeareth by Seals of old Deeds and ancient Rolles of Armes from whom are descended those of that surname now remaining at Aslactun Witchingham and other places in the said County If this Crosse were seminated all over with Flowers de lis shewing upon the sides or edges thereof but the halves of some of them then it should be blazoned Semie de flowers de lis And the like is to be observed when they be so borne upon any other Ordinary or Charge He beareth Argent on a Saltire Sable five flowers de li Or This Coat-armour pertaineth to Sir Thomas Hawkins of Nash in Kent Knight I have inserted this Escocheon not onely to shew you that this flower is borne upon this kind of Ordinary but also to give demonstration that the Saltire charged containeth the third part of the field according to the rule formerly given He beareth
three Waterbougets Argent Bingham Thirteenth Argent a Crosse patee Azure Mâ—lpas Fourteenth Sable three Saltiers engrailed Argent Lexington Fifteenth Argent on a Crosse Gules five Mullets Sable Bodenham Sixteenth Sable three Pick-axes Argent Pigot Seventeenth Argent a Crosse patee Azure a Label Gules Bevercote Over all in an Escocheon of pretence France a Lyon Rampant Or a Cressent for a difference by the name of Beaumont Hereon three Crests first on a Wreath or Torce Or and Azure a Dragons head erased Sable mantled as the Wreath Secondly or middlemost a plume of Feathers Argent and Sable on a Wreath Argent and Azure mantled Azure doubled Argent Thirdly a Foxes head erased Gules on a Wreath Argent and Sable mantled Sable doubled Argent set on three open Helmets befitting the degree of a Knight Motto Fe mid un buen hidalgo being an Anagram of his name thus englished Faith measures a good Cavalier This is the Atchievement of Sir Wingfield Bodenham son of Sir Francis Bodenham son of Sir William Bodenham of Ryhall in the County of Rutland Knights descended of a younger son of Sir John Bodenham of Nonington in the County of Hereford Knight Here you may observe the difference betwixt the Helmet of an Esquire and a Knight being the third degree of Gentry OMNIA DESVPER THe next in order and degree of precedency is an hereditary honour entituled Baronets quasi Petit Barons of whose creation priviledges and other concernments you may be more fully satisfied in a supplement to this Book being a peculiar account of this Order He beareth two Coats quarterly First Or two Lyons Passant Gardant Gules Secondly Or a Fesse Varry between three Cinquefoyles Gules and are both borne by the name of Ducy An Inescocheon with the Armes of Vlster or Tyrone viz. Argent a sinister hand coupee Gules the Crest on a Helmet befitting a Baronet a Chapeau Gules lined Ermine thereon an Estrich rowsant Or Mantled Gules doubled Argent which is the bearing of the Honourable Sir William Ducy of Tortworth in the County of Glocester Baronet heir to his Brother Sir Richard Ducy Baronet deceased sons of Sir Robert Ducy Lord Mayor of London 1630. created Baronet 1629. Nov. 28. Knighted 1631. who by his wife Elizabeth Daughter of Richard Pyot Alderman of London had issue beside the said Sir Richard and Sir William Ducy Robert third son Hugh Ducy fourth Son and John Ducy fifth Son deceased DE BON VOVLOIR SERVIR LE ROY THis is the Atchievement of the Right Honourable William Grey Baron Grey of Warke in the County of Northumberland who was by King James created Baronet June 15. 1619. Son of Sir Ralph Grey of Chillingham in the said County Knight extracted from a long continuation of Knights of eminence and large estates in that County one of whom Sir John Grey was by King Henry the fifth for his good service in France created Earle of Tanquerville there see Vincent This Noble Gentleman was by the said King created Lord Grey of Warke to him and his heirs males 11. Feb. 1623. and is living 1660. he married the virtuous Lady Cecilia eldest Daughter and Co-heir of Sir John Wentworth of Costiel in Suffolk Knighted 1603. created Baronet 1611. by Katharine Daughter of Sir Moyle Finch and Elizabeth Countess of Winchelsey by whom he hath issue living the Honourable Thomas Grey Esquire eldest son Ralph second son and two Daughters Elizabeth and Katharine He beareth Ruby a Lyon Rampant within a Bordure engrailed Pearl by the name of Grey a Scocheon of pretence Diamond a Cheuron between three Leopards heads Topaz by the name of Wentworth For his Creast on a Barons Helmet and Wreath of his colours a Scaling Ladder Topaz the Grapple or iron Hooks Saphire his Supporter on the dexter side a Lyon gardant Purple purfled and crowned Topaz on the sinister side a Cat-a-mountain Proper viz. greyish erect on a Scroll therein his Lordships Motto De bon Vouloir Servir Le Roy. DIEV DEFENDE LE DROIT THis was the Atchievement of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Spenser Knight Baron Spenser of Wormeleiton in the County of Warwick deceased father of William now Baron Spenser which Robert Lord Spenser was most worthily advanced to that degree by our late Soveraign Lord King James Anno regni sui primo in regard of his Lordships many Noble vertues be fitting that Dignity who bare eight Coats marshalled in one Shield as followeth viz. First quarterly Pearle and Ruby the second and third charged with a Fret Topaz over all on a Bend Diamond three Escalops of the first being the ancient Coat belonging to this noble Family as a branch descended from the Spensers Earles of Gloucester and Winchester The second is Saphire a Fesse Ermine between six Sea-mewes heads erased Pearl born also by the name of Spenser The third is Ruby three Stirrops leathered in Pale Topaz by the name of Deverell The fourth is Topaz on a Crosse Ruby five Stars Pearl by the name of Lincolne The fifth is Pearl a Cheuron between three Cinquefoiles pierced Ruby by the name of Warsteede The sixth is Ermine on a Cheuron Ruby five Beisants a Cressant in chief of the second by the name of Graunt The seventh is Pearl on a bend between two Lyons Rampand a Wiverne with the wings overt of the first by the name of Rudings The eighth and last is party per Cheuron Saphire and Topaz three Lyoncels passant gardant counter-changed a chief Pearl by the name of Catlyn all within the Escocheon And above the same upon a Helmet fitting the degree of a Baron a Mantle Ruby doubled Pearl thereupon within a Crown Topaz a Griffons head with wings displayed Pearl gorged with a Gemew Ruby And for his Supporters on the Dexter side a Griffon parted per fesse Pearl and Topaz gorged with a Collar Diamond charged with three Escalops Pearl whereunto is affixed a Chain reflected over his loynes Diamond Armed Ruby And on the Sinister side a Wiverne Pearl gorged also with a Collar whereunto is affixed a Chain reflexed over the hinder parts Diamond His Motto DIEV DEFENDE LE DROIT God defend the right being a worthy testimony both of his own honourable affection to right and equity and also of his Lordships repose and confidence not in the assistance of earthly honour and wealth but in the only providence of the all-righteous and all-righting God This noble Lord was a president and patern of all honourable vertues munificence and affection to Heroick profession and knowledge I out of the obligation of my devoted mind thought it best to produce his Coat-Armour as â—e patern of all other Atchievements of that degree Of Barons THe reason of the name of Barons is not so well known in England as is their greatness Some derive it from a Greek word Baru signifying Gravity as being men whose presence should represent that which their Title doth imply The French Heralds take Barons to be Par-homines Peeres or men of equall dignity
A DISPLAY OF HERALDRIE MANIFESTING A more easie access to the knowledge therof then hath hitherto been published by any through the benefit of METHOD Wherein it is now reduced by the Study and Industry of JOHN GUILLIM late Pursuivant at ARMES Interlaced with much variety of History suitable to the severall Occasions or Subjects The fourth Edition Corrected and much enlarged by the Author himselfe in his life time Together with his own Addition of explaining the tearms of Hawking and Hunting for the use and delight of GENTLEMEN And now to this fourth Edition are added about three hundred new Coats and Bearings of eminent Families in their proper Sections never before inserted As also a true Register of the Blazons of all the Knights of the Garter from the first Installment to the last And also of all the Baronets from their first Creation to the last Faithfully collested by FRANCIS NOVVER Arms-Painter and Student in Heraldry in Bartholomew Lane London Quod quisque privatim accipit tenetur in communem usum depromere Vnius labor multorum laborem allevat LONDON Printed by T. R. for Jacob Blome 1660. TO NONE BUT GENTLEMEN HAving attempted an Addition of some hundreds of Coats to the following Discourse or Display of Heraldry more through the importunity and for the advantage of the Printer not so conscious of my insufficiencies as my self then prompted by any inclinations of my own who though a great doter on yet can ill spare so much time where the sole return is the reputation of having by affection elected the Profession I pretend to not by chance fal'n on it I thought it might be expected I should apologize according to forme for my Selfe and the Presse For the latter I shall give Billa vera for the former I will justifie the Blazonry though I know it sometimes wave the common road I may through inanimadversion have sayd too little of some Families but I think too much of none there are three onely in the Book I could wish omitted and twice that number inserted It may be objected the Book was as usefull before but I am sure much more delightfull now the major part of the former Coats being namelesse and some such as were never borne or will be or of extinct Families Not but there are also divers Presidents of bearing in this Edition that were omitted in the former To be briefe if any person thinke I have abated any thing of his due right let him suspend his judgement and command my attendance and I shall endeavour to evince As I am not incapable of reason no man shall sooner acknowledge his errors Then Your humble Servant FRANCIS NOWER Old Exchange London LENVOY TO THE AUTHOR BY WILLIAM SEGAR Garter Principall King of Armes KInd freind and fellow since it is your will I should my verdict give of this your skill I say your Art was never so displai'd Better compos'd nor Ground-work truer laid To raise a Fabrick to your lasting name Your painfull study curious search and care In turning over Books both known and rare Your great Expenses and your little Gains To countervaile a Guerdon for your pains Doth make your Merit to exceed your Fame But let me tell you this will be the harme In Arming others you Your self disarme Our Art is now Anatomized so As who knowes not what we our selves do know Our Corne in others Mill is ill apaid Bees suck the Flowers others eat their Hony Poor digge the Mines Rich men have the Mony Sheep beare the fleece others weare the Wooll And some plant Vines and some the Grapes do pull Sic vos non vobis may to us be said We blazon Armes and some esteem them not We write of Honour others do it blot We uphold Honour others pluck us down Burying themselves in base Oblivion Such are the effects of our defective Age. Peevish Precisenesse loves no Heraldry Crosses in Armes they hold Idolatry All Funeral 's pompe and Honour but a vaunt Made Honour onely by the Honorant Shortly no difference 'twixt the Lord and Page Honours Recusants do so multiply As Armes the Ensigns of Nobility Must be laid down they are too glorious Plain idleshewes and superstitious Plebeian basenesse doth them so esteem Degrees in bloud the steps of pride and scorne All Adams children none are Gentle born Degrees of state titles of Ceremony Brethren in Christ greatnesse is Tyranny O impure Purity that so doth deem Well gentle Guillims you have done your part I would Reward might follow your desert As Shadowes follow bodies in the Sun Shadowes alas are not substantiall Shadowes and Rewards prove nothing at all For being both pursu'd away they run John St. George to the Author THough Indian Ants that scrape in Mines of Gold Dare not for Treasure make exchange with death Yet braver minds for honour dare be bold Couragiously to sacrifice their breath A precious Gem is Armes the subject of thy pen Which as a Diamond when thou didst find Rude and uncut to bring the same to shape And Lustre fit thy Purse thy Pen thy Mind Did all conspire this Work to undertake Which now perform'd let Goldsmiths judge the price Till Aesops Cock and Indian Ants be wise And thy Guerdon seem not worth a mite To such base Prisers deem it not the lesse For higher spirits will judge thereof aright And they at last too late will all confesse That Gold and earthly Pleasures do bewitch But Grace and Honour onely make men Rich. JOHN St. GEORGE TO The the Right Honourable and truly Noble my very good Lord WILLIAM Marquess and Earle of Hertford Viscount Beauchamp and Lord Seymour and one of the Honourable Privy Councell to the late King CHARLES My Lord MY Grand-Father RICHARD ADAMS did in his life time think it a principal happiness that he was numbred in the Register of those who had the honour to serve your Lordship nor did his service rest in a naked expression only but was also practicall for he was a most affectionate lover and sincere honourer of your Lordship as being indeed oblig'd unto it by those many important favours you continually showr'd upon him To exhibit to the world some testimony of my gratefull acknowledgement for those signall engagements I have by the fourth Impression of this well accepted Treatise of Heraldry gained an opportunity to insert your Honors Coat as a pattern of the Atchievment of a Marquess of ENGLAND and do devote the whole VVorke to your Lordships Patronage wherein I hope I shall not in any wise diminish or obscure the lustre of your thrice noble Family it having been my endeavour and designe to improve if it were possible the estimate of it which is still the chiefestaym and onely intention of My Lord The most obliged to your Name and House RICH BLOME To his neerest and dearest Kinsman John Guillim Pursevant of Arms Tho. Guillim wisheth his own best wishes THis large display of thy Mysterious Art Each where displays such Lustre
Sable a Fesse Engrailed between three Flowers de lis Argent by the name of Ashfield of which is now Sir Richard Ashfield of Netherhall in Suffolk Baronet son of Sir John Ashfield of the same place created Baronet July 27. 1626. He beareth Gules three Flowers de lis Argent a Chief Vaire by the name of Palmes of York-shire and elsewhere He beareth Argent six Flowers de lis Azure a Chief Or being with the Armes of Vlster the Atchievement of the honourable Sir William Paston of Oxnead in the County of Norfolk Knight and Baronet a great Patron and Promoter of Arts and Ingenuity â—olledge of Winchester The Field is Sable three Lillies slipped their stalks seeds blades and leaves Argent These Armes pertain to the Colledge of Winchester founded by the renowned Architect William Wickham Bishop of Winton who contrived those many and most curious Castles and other buildings of King Edward the third and besides this goodly Colledge of Winton built another magnificent Colledge called the New Colledge in the Vniversity of Oxford two such absolute Foundations as never any King of this Land did the like This Wickham having finished the Castle of Windsor caused to be inscribed on the Wall of the Round Tower This made Wickham which caused such as were envious of his high favour to suggest unto the King that he arrogated all the honour of that great Work to himself but he pleasantly satisfied the King saying that he wrote not Wickham made this but This made Wickham because by his service in these Works he had gained his Soveraigns Princely favour Treefoiles slipped He beareth Argent a Fesse Nebule between three treefoiles slipped Gules This Coat pertaineh to George Thorpe of Wanswell in the County of Glocester Esquire one of the honourable band of his Majesties Gentlemen Pensioners The Treefoile is accounted the Husbandmans Almanack because when it shutteth in the leaves it fore-telleth raine The husbandmans calender and therefore the Fesse Nebule representing the rainy clouds is not unaptly joyned with it This Leafe being grassie some may marvell I should reckon it amongst the Coronaries but they must know that in ancient Roman times amongst other sorts of Crowns the Graminea corona or Grassie Crown was of very high honour to the Wearer He beareth Sable a Cheuron between three Treefoiles Or which is the Coat of that worthy Merchant John Lewis Esquire of an ancient Family of that name in York-shire He beareth Argent on a Cheuron Azure between three Treefoiles Parted per Pale Gules and Vert as many Bezants being the Coat of Sir Henry Row of Shakelwell of Colonel Owen Row c. He beareth Or two Cheurons between three Treefoyles Sable which is the Coat of Sir Thomas Abdy of Felphall in Essex Knight and Baronet and Robert Abdy of London Merchant and John Abdy sons of Anthony Abdy sometime Alderman of London He beareth Azure three Quaterfoyles Argent which is the Coat of Sir Francis Vincent of Stoke Dabernon in Surrey Baronet of which Family is also William Vincent Esquire Alderman of London Sheriff 1659. He beareth Argent a Cheuron Sable Columbines slipped between three Columbines slipped Proper by the name of Hall of Coventrie The Columbine is pleasing to the eye as well in respect of the seemly and not vulgar shape as in regard of the Azurie colour thereof and is holden to be very medicinable for the disolving of impostumations or swellings in the throat He beareth Gules a Bend Or in the sinister Chief a Cinquefoyle Ermine this is the Coat of Sir Erasmus de la Fountaine of London Knight whose Lady is Sister to the right honourable Baptist Viscount Camden He beareth Argent a Cheuron Sable in the dexter point a Cinquefoyle Gules and is the Coat of Alderman Ricard of London He beareth Sable a Cheuron Ermine between three Cinquefoyles Or being the Coat of the honourable John Thurloe Secretary of State He beareth Gules a Cheuron between ten Cinquefoiles The Cinquefoile four two one two and one Argent This Coat-Armour pertaineth to the worshipful Family of Barkley of Wymundham which descended out of the right noble progeny of the Lord Barkley This Coat is of an usuall kind of Blazon and therefore I held it the fitter to be here inserted as a pattern for all such Coat-Armours whose Charges are marshalled in this order The Cinquefoile is an Herbe wholesome for many good uses and is of ancient bearing in Escocheons The number of the leaves answer to the five senses in a man and he that can conquer his affections Resemblance thereof and master his senses which sensuall and vicious men are wholy addicted unto he may worthily and with honour bear the Cinquefoile as the signe of his fivefold victory over a stronger Enemy than that three headed monster Cerberus He beareth Argent three Gilloflowers slipped Proper Gilloflowers slipped by the name of Jorney These kinds of flowers for beauty variety of colour and pleasant redolencie may be compared with the choisest attires of the garden yet because such daintinesse and affected adornings better befit Ladies and Gentlewomen than Knights and men of valour whose worth must be tried in the Field not under a Rose-bed or in a Garden plot therefore the ancient Generous made choise rather of such Herbs as grew in the Fields as the Cinquefoile Treefoile c. He beareth Argent a Cheuron Gules between three blew Bottles Blew Bottles slipped proper by the name of Chorley of Chorley an ancient Family in the County Palatine of Lancaster These few examples may suffice to shew that all others of like kind which I for brevity sake voluntarily passe over are to be reduced unto this head of Coronary-Herbs from which we will now proceed to the Physicall whose chief and more frequent use consisteth in asswaging or curing of maladies and diseases And of these some are Aromaticall which for the most part in respect of their familiar and pleasing nature do serve for the corroborating comforting of the inward parts of mans body and for that purpose are oft used in meats of which sort are Saffron Ginger and such like other are meerly Medicinall and such as a man were it not for necessity would wish rather to wear in his Escocheon than in his belly Examples of which kinds I will willingly passe over onely as it were pointing out with the finger unto what head they must be reduced if any such be borne in Armes Of the Plants Trees Fruits and Herbs before mentioned some are forrein and some Domesticall Of Plants Trees c. some grow in Mountains some in Marish and Fenny grounds some by the Rivers some by Sea-coast Concerning their causes natures and effects Phylosophers Physitians and Herbalists do seriously dispute and doubtlesse they are the admirable work of the most Omnipotent God who hath sent as many kinds of Medicines as of Maladies that as by the one we may see our own wretchednesse
mind is the field intention the Tillage care the seed labour the harvest if thou Husband the field diligently thou shalt receive a plentifull harvest Sometime ease and quietnesse becometh restlesse and troublesome therefore ought we evermore to be in action and exercised in some good Arts or Studies as often as we find our selves ill affected with sloth and idlenesse which cannot abide it self Many are the Instruments pertaining to Husbandry I will make choyce of some of the chiefest and of most frequent use in Coat-Armour He giveth his mind to make Furrowes and is diligent to give the Kine fother Wheeles are the Instruments whereby Chariots Wagons and such like things are carryed both speedily and with great facility and they are so behoovefull for these uses as that if any one of them happen to fall off the whole carriage must either stand still or at least is forced forward with great difficulty As we may see Exod. 14. where God took off the Wheeles of the Chariots of the Aegyptians that vehemently prosecuted the Israelites as appeareth verse 25. And he took off their Chariot Wheeles and they drove them with much adoe so that the Aegyptians said I will flye from the face of Israel for the Lord fighteth for them against the Aegyptians The Wheele is called in Latin Rota à rotunditate or else as some hold a ruendo quia in declive faciliter â—uit because it rowleth down suddenly from the steep declining part of the ground Other sorts of Wheeles there are which albeit they are not meet for Husbandry yet I have held it fit to annex them to these in respect of their near resemblance as in these examples may be seen Under this Head may we aptly bestow all other Instruments pertaining either to Husbandry or to the severall Trades of Shepheards Vinedressers Bakers Brewers Vintners c. for that these are all grounded upon Agriculture or Husbandry SECT IV. CHAP. VII AGriculture is for meer necessity clothing is partly for it and partly for ornament and decency but had not Man sinned he had not needed clothing which were worth the considering by those who are so proud of their apparell As touching such Arts or Trades that we call Handycraft or Mechanicall professions so called perhaps of Moecha which signifieth an Harlot or an Adulterous person for that as an Harlot covnterfeiteth the modest behaviour of a modest Matrone so do Mechanicall Artizans labour to resemble the works of Nature In quantum possunt These are not performed so much by wit and invention like as the Arts Liberall are as they be by exercise of the Limbs and labour of the body And hereof they are thought to be called Arts ab artubus which properly do signifie the muscles sinewes or other ligaments of the Body but metaphorically it is often taken for the limbs themselves that are so combined and connected together How meanly soever we reckon of these in a Relative comparison to the Arts Liberall neverthelesse it is clear that these no lesse than those do proceed from the immediate gift of God as doth plainly appear by Bâ—zaleel and Aholiab Exod. 35.3 and are no lesse behovefull and necessary for mans use and for the support of humane traffick and society as we may see Ecclesiast 38.31 Where after he had made mention of the care and diligence the Carpenter Porter and Smith and other men of Trade do use in their severall professions he concludeth thus All these trust their hands and every one bestoweth his wisdome in his worke Without these cannot the Citties be maintained nor inhabited hereby we see the necessity of these Artificiall or Mechanicall Trades or professions With little reason may any man contemn the Tokens of Instruments pertaining to Mechanicall Trades or professions sithence they are express notes of Trades so very behoovefull for the use of mans life and their exquisite skil and knowledge issued out of the plentiful Fountain of Gods abundant Spirit In things Artificiall that manner of translation is reckoned the more worthy from which it is extracted than that whereunto it is transferred acording to that saying Transmutatio in rebus Artificialibus famosius dicitur esse de genere ejus ex quo quà m ad quod Under this Head must be reduced all manner of Tooles and Instruments borne in Coat-armour and pertaining to the severall Trades of Weaving Fulling Dying Sheering c. As also such as do pertain to the severall mysteries or occupations of Embroiderers Sempsters and such others Amongst Artificers and men of Trade saith Chassaneus this is a note of observation that each one is to be preferred before other according to the dignity of the Stuffe whereon he doth exercise his Trade Hereto we will annex some examples of Taylory As touching apparell we find that though the same be made chiefly to cloath our nakedness yet shall we find that they were not only ordained by the invention of Man but also allowed and for some speciall end expresly commanded by God himself to be made and provided as weâ— for glory as also for ornament and comelinesse as appeareth Exod. 2â— Likewise thou shalt embroider the fine linnen coat and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linnen and thou shalt make the girdle of needle-work And for Aarons sons thou shalt make coats and thou shalt make for them girdles and bonnets shalt thou make for them for glory and for beauty Rich Garments and costly Jewels are reckoned ornaments as appeareth 2 Sam. 1.24 Ye daughters of Israel weep over Saul who clothed you in scarlet with other delights who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparell And they be called Ornaments because they do illustrate and adorne or beautifie the person that is garnished with them To this head may be reduced all sorts of things whatsoever pertaining to the adorning decking or trimming of the body as Combes Glasses Head-brushes Curling-Bedkins c. And also Purses Knives c. Sir Thomas Palmer of Leigh near Tunbridge in Kent Knight Grandfather to the Elder Sir Henry Palmer Knight before recited was owner of the Mannors of Tottington and Eccles in Aylesford and Boxley adjoyning to Snodland aforesaid which came unto this Family by a match with a daughter of the Lord Poynings and Katharine Palmer this S. Thomas Palmers Sister was married to Jhon Roe of Boxley in Kent Gent. Father of Reginald Roe of Leigh aforesaid Gentleman ancestor to Sir Thomas Roe Knight now living 1632. whose worthy merit in the discharge of many Embassages wherein he hath been imployed by this state deserves to be remembred with an honourable Character Royalty of Coyning In respecct we are now come to speake of Stamps and Coines I hold it not impertinent by the way to give some little touch of the Royaltie of Coining It is therefore to be observed that the power to Coine money hath been evermore reckoned to be one of the Prerogatives that in our common Law we doe call Jura Regalia and pertaineth
some Noble Family yet are they themselves but ignoble persons Foure parts of Nobility In which respect Aristotle discoursing of nobility makes foure parts thereof the first of Riches the second of Bloud the third of Learning the fourth of Vertue and to the two last he ascribeth the first place of true Gentry because Boores may be rich and Rake-hels may be of ancient bloud but vertue and knowledge cannot harbour but where God and nature hath left their noble endowments Which made Bartholus to say that good men and wise men were nobles in Gods sight as rich men and great men were nobles in mens eyes Threefold Nobility according to Bartho Yet the same Bartholus ascribeth the due honour unto each kind of Nobility which he maketh to be three-fold Theologicall Naturall Politicall the first and chief consisteth in Piety and vertues of grace the second in the noble qualities of Nature the third in the degrees of estimation in the Common-wealth This last is it we here chiefly meddle with not that we reject the two former but that we suppose we live in such a State where the two first kinds of Nobility are rewarded with the last kind and thereby made more illustrious The common phrase of forrain Nations is different from ours Different phrase of Nations concerning the Titles of men of reputation they esteeming every man Noble which hath any excellency remarkable above others so saith Iodocus Clicthovius Nobilitas est generis vel alterius rei excellentia ac dignitas whereas we English repute none noble under the degree of a Baron and with them Generosus is a greater title than Nobilis whereas with us it is much inferiour The truth is that the two titles of Nobility and Gentry are of equall esteem in the use of Heraldry though custom hath equally divided them and applyed the first to Gentry of the highest degree and the latter to Nobles of the lowest rank Distinct orders of Gentry And amongst these Gentlemen of low note there are also sundry Orders as some by bloud some by office some by possessions some by sacred Academicall dignity all which come not within the verge of this our purpose till the State hath honoured them with the bearing of Coat-Armours as the Ensigns of their worth CONCILII NVTRIX TACI TVRNIAS The Atchievement of a Gentleman HE beareth two Coats quarterly first Argent a Fesse Ermine cottised Sable by the name of Harlstone secondly Sable a Cheuron between three Leopards heads Or by the name of Wentworth and for his Crest on a Helmet befitting his degree mantled Gules doubled Argent out of a Crown Or a Stags Head Ermine attired Or bearing a Hawthorne bush with berries proper And for his Motto Concilii nutrix taciturnitas This is the Atchievement or Bearing of Robert Harlestone now Secretary to the Right Honourable William Lenthall Esquire Master of the Rolls and Speaker of the Parliament begun the third of November 1640. second Son of John Harlestone of South Osindon in the County of Essex and of Jane Daughter and Coheire of Philip Wentworth a younger Brother of the Lord Wentworth of Netlested Of this Family have been divers eminent persons as Sir John Harl ston Governour of Hauure-du-grace in the time of Edward the fourth Richard Harleston Valectus de Camera to the King and conquered for the Crown of England the Islands of Garnesey and Jersey COLENS DEVM ET REGEM The Atchievement of an Esquire HE beareth two Coats impaled Baron and Femme the first Gules on a Bend Or three Martlets Sable by the name of Collins the second Azure a Fesse between three Chesse-rooks Or by the name of Bodenham ensigned with Helmets befitting the persons quality on Wreaths of the Colours of the Coats on the first a demy Griffon Or collered Argent the second a Dragons head erased Sable The Motto Colens deum regem This is the bearing of Samuel Collins Doctor in Physick late Fellow of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge onely Son of John Collins late Parson of Retherfield in Sussex descended from the ancient Family of the Collins of the Counties of Somerset and Devon which Doctor marryed Anne eldest Daughter of John Bodenham Esquire lineally descended from the Knightly and ancient Family of the Bodenhams of Wiltshire and Herefordshire alli'd to divers of the ancient Families of the Nobility and Gentry The Dignity of an Esquire is the second degree of Gentry the reason of whose denomination we gave elsewhere As in the first rank of Gentry so in this there are sundry kinds according to the custom of this Kingdom concerning which point you may read learned Master Cambden in his Britannia and by the custom of England Doctors whether of Divinity Civil Law or Physick are esteemed Esquires HE bears two Coats quarterly viz. First Argent three Bears heads erased Sable musled Or by the name of Langham Secondly Ermine a Cheuron Gules within a Bordure engrailed Sable by the name of Revel the Creast on a Helmet befitting his quality and Wreath of his Colours a Bears head erased Sable musled Or mantled Gules doubled Argent which is the bearing of that worthy Gentleman John Langham of London and Cottesbrook in the County of Northampton Esquire descended in a direct male line from Henry de Langham who probably took the denomination deriv'd to his posterity from Langham in the County of Rutland for his son William de Langham held three Caracuts of Land in Langham in that County who by his son William was Grandfather of Robert Langham living the forty fourth of Edward the third who marryed Margaret Daughter and Heir of Sir John Revell of Newbold in Warwick-shire relict of Sir Stephen Mallory of Leicestershire Knight which John Langham by Elizabeth his wife 30. Ed. 1. Daughter of James Bunce Esquire is the happy Father of a hopefull and accomplisht issue viz. James Langham Esquire William Stephen and Thomas Langham and as many daughters Elizabeth lately deceased wife of Philip Botiler of Woodhall in Hertford-shire Esquire Anne wife of Sir Martin Lumley Baronet Rebecca and Sarah unmarried 1659. FE MID VN BVEN HIDALGO The Atchievement of a Knight HE beareth eighteen Coats quartered The first Azure a Fesse between three Chesse-rooks Or by the name of Bodenham Second Or on a Fesse Sable a Lyon passant Argent by the name of Huish Third Gules three Bars gobony Argent and Sable by the name of Delabau Fourth Sable a Bucks head cabossed Or by the name of Wells Fifth Or a Lyon Rampant Vert a la double queve by the name of Dudley Sixth Argent a quarter Sable a Cressent Gules by the name of Sutten Seventh Or two Lyons passant Azure by the name of Somery Eighth Azure a Crosse patee Argent by the name of Lexington Ninth Sable three Garbes Argent banded Gules by the name of _____ Tenth Gules a Cinque-foyle Ermine Bellamont Eleventh Argent three Bars embattilee Gules Barry Twelfth Or on a Fesse Gules
Daughter of Sir Edmund Bell left issue three sons Gentlemen of signall accomplishments Heneage Finch Esquire of the Inner Temple London first son a Person of eminent abilities and candid integrity Francis Finch of the same House Barrester at Law second Son and John Finch third son hopefull and ingenious branches of this Noble Family Of this Family is also Sir John Finch Knight sometime Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England created Lord Finch of Fordwich the sixteenth of King Charles living 1659. son of Sir Henry Finch Knight second Brother of Sir Moyle above mentioned The Atchievement of an Earle HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE VIRTVTIS LAVS ACTIO THis Atchievement thus marshalled is here set forth for the peculiar Ensigns of the Right Noble and truly Honourable Thomas Howard Earle of Arundell and Surrey Primier Earle of England Earle Marshall of the same Kingdom Lord Howard Mowbray Segrave Brus of Gower Fitz-Alan Clun Oswaldstre and Mautravers Knight of the most Noble order of the Garter and one of the Lords of his Majesties most honourable Privy Councel which noble Lord beareth Quarterly eight Coats The first whereof is Ruby on a Bend between six crosse croslets fitchee Pearl an Escocheon Topaz thereon a demy Lyon pierced through the mouth with an Arrow within a double Tressure counter-flowred of the first and is the paternall Coat of the noble flourishing Family of the Howards The second is Ruby Three Lyons passant gardant Topaz in chief a File of three points Pearl which was the Coat-armour of the Lord Thomas of Brotherton fifth son of King Edward the first and Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk The third is Checkey Topaz and Saphire which was the peculiar Armoriall Ensigns of the Earls of Warren The fourth is Ruby a Lyon Rampand Pearl Armed and Langued Saphire by the name of Mowbray The fifth is Ruby a Lyon Rampand Or Armed and Langued of the first by the name of Albaney The sixth is Pearl a Chief Saphire by the name of Clun The seventh is Diamond a Fret Topaz by the name of Mautravers The eighth is Pearl a Fesse and Canton Ruby by the name Woodvile all within the Garter And above the same upon an Helme a mantle Ruby doubled Ermine next upon which is placed on a mount Emerald within a Torce Topaz and Ruby a Horse passant Pearl holding in his mouth a slip of an Oake fructed Proper supported on the dexter side with a Lyon and on the sinister with an Horse both Pearl the last holding in his mouth an Oaken slip fructed Proper And for his Motto to make the same Atchievement absolute these words in a Scrole VIRTUTIS LAUS ACTIO This Atchievement is here proposed as instar Omnium for a patern of the Coat-Armours of Earls of which this Noble Lord is the Primier of England and therefore is his Lordships Atchievement the fittest to be here demonstrated besides whose Coat-Armour could more properly challenge a due place in a work of this nature than his who is not onely by his office of Earl Marshall proper Judge of Honour and Arms but also in his affection the most Honoured Maecenas and Noble Patron as of all learning in generall so more particularly of this of Armory which Earl some years since deceasing left these honours to Henry his eldest son who by Elizabeth Sister of James Stuart late Duke of Richmond and Lennox has left a hopefull issue viz. Thomas Earl of Arundel c. Henry second son in whom are concentred the Loyalty Courage Learning Generosity and what has else exalted the reputation of his Ancestors in the Kingdom Philip third son Charles fourth son Edward fifth son Francis sixth son and Bernard seventh son all living 1660. Of Earls The Title of an Earl is very ancient the dignity very honourable their calling being in sign of their greatness adorned with the lustre of a Coronet and themselves enobled with the stile of Princes Comites among the Ancient Romans were Counsellors and near Adherents to their highest Commanders which honour and Title being then but temporary and for life The flowers and points of a Marquess his Coronet are of even height The pearled points of the Earls Coronet are much longer than the intermixt flowers thereof is since by tract of time made perpetuall and hereditary The Saxons called them Ealdermen the Danes Earls they being as may seem at first selected out of the rest of the Nobility for commendation of their Gravity Wisdom and Experience The next degree above an Earl is a Marquess whose Atchievement I have omitted in respect that the same is chiefly differenced from that of an Earls in this that the Marquess his Coronet is Meslee that is part flowred and part Pyramidall pearled the flowers and points of equall height and the Earles is Pyramidall pointed and pearled having flowers intermixt but much shorter than the pearled points PIE REPONE TE THis is the Atchievement of the Right Honourable Henry Marquess of Dorchester Earl of Kingston upon Hull Viscount Newarke Lord Pierrepont and Maunvers and Herris and is thus blazoned His Lordship bears eight Coats quarterly First Pearle semy de Cinquefoiles Ruby a Lyon Rampant Diamond by the name of the Lord Pierrepont Secondly Pearl six Annulets Diamond by the name of the Lord Maunvers Thirdly Saphire three Hedg-hoggs Topaz by the name of the Lord Herris Fourthly Diamond a Lion Rampant Pearle Crowned Topaz which is the bearing of Lord Segrave Fiftly Ruby a Lion within a bordure Engrailed Topaz by the name of Rees ap Teuder Prince of South-Wales Sixtly Diamond three garbes Pearl being the Coat of the King of Lemster Seventhly Ruby three wheat sheaves Topaz a bordure of Scotland by the name of Coming Earle of Northumberland Eightly Ruby a lion rampant a la double queve Pearle by the name of the Lord Mantfort Earle of Lycester for his Crest on a helmet placed on a Marquesses crowne a Torce or Wreath of his colours thereon a Fox passant Ruby supported by two Lyons Diamond mantled Ruby doubled Ermine his motto PIE REPONE TE This noble Person not more illustrious by his quality then by the Advantages of nature and industry the great assertor of Learning in this Nation decended from a noble family of signall eminence out of which is Robert de Petraponte sive Pierpont who was cal'd by writ among the Peers of England to the Parliament by King Edw. 3. and afterwards in process of time Robert Pierpont was Created Viscount Newarke and Lord Pierpont afterwards Created Earle of Kingston upon Hull after whose death our Soveraign King Charles conferd the honour of Marquess of Dorchester on Henry Earle of Kingston his Son the present Inheritor of these Titles ennobled also by his Mother who was Gertrude Daughter and Coheir of Henry Talbot Son of George and brother to Gilbert Earle of Shrewsbury Lord Talbot Strange Furnivall Verdon and Lovetoft FOY POVR DEVOIR THis is the Atchievement of the Right Honourable William Seymour
of France 3 Peter de Foix Captain Bouche quarterly of Foix and Bearne viz. Or 3 Pallets Gules Secondly Or two Cowes passant Gules with collars and bels Azure 4 William Mountacute Earl Salisbury c. Argent 3 Lozenges in Fesse Gules 5 John de Lâ—sle Gules a Lyon passant gardant Or crowned Argent 6 Sir John Beauchamp Knight Gules a Fesse between six Martlets Or 7 Sir Hugh Courtney Knight Or three Torteauxes 8 Sir John Grey of Codnor Knight Barry of 6 Argent and Azure in chief three Torteauxes 9 Sir Miles Stapylton Knight Argent a Lion Rampant Sable 10 Sir Hugh Wrotesely Or three Piles Sable a Canton Ermine 11 Sir John Chandois Or a pile Gules 12 Sir Otho Holland Knight Azure semy de Flower de lis a Lion Rampant gardant Argent 13 Sir Sanchy Dampredicourt Knight Gules three bars humet Argent 14 Edward Prince of Wales called the Black Prince Quarterly France and England a Label Argent 15 Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwicke Gules a Fesse between six Croslets Or. 16 Ralph Stafford Earl of Stafford Or a Cheuron Gules 17 Roger Mortimer Earl of March Barry of 6. Or and Azure on a chief of the second a pale between two Esquires Base dexter and sinister of the first an â—nescocheon Argent 18 Sir Bartholomew de Burgherst or Burwash Knight Gules a Lion Rempâ—nt with two tayls Or. 19 John Lord Mohun Gules a Mâ—â—nch Ermine the Hand proper holding a Flower de lis Or. 20 Sir Thomas Holland Knight after Earl of Kent vide 12. 21 Sir Richard Fitz-Simon Knight Azure a Lion Rampant Ermine 22 Sir Thomas Wale Knight Or a Lion Rampant Gules 23 Sir Neele Loringe Knight quarterly Argent and Gules a bend of the second 24 Sir James Audeley Knight Gules a Fret Or a border Argent 25 Sir Henry Eâ—me Knight Or a barre and demy Lion issuant Gules 26 Sir Walter Paveley Barry of 6. Or and Sable a bend Argent The founders being many of them dead others were elected in their rooms 27 RIchard of Bourdeaux after King of England by the name of King Richard the second France and England quarterly 28 Lionel of Antwerp Duke of Clarence Earl of Vlster second son of King Edward the third France and England quarterly a Label of three points Argent as many Cantons Gules 29 John called of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster c. third son to King Edward France and England quarterly a Label Ermine 30 Edmond of Langley 4th son to King Edward the third Earl of Cambridge and Duke of Yorke Quarterly France and England a Label Argent charged with nine Torteauxes 31 John Montfort the valiant Duke of Brittain and Earl of Richmond Checky Or and Azure a border of England a Canton Ermine 32 Humprey de Bohun Earl of Hereford Azure a bend inter two Cottizes and six Lions rampant Or. 33 William de Bohun Earl of Northampton brother to Humphrey Azure on a Bend cottized between six Lions rampant Or 3. Mullets Sable 34 John Hastings Earl of Pembrook Or a Maunch Gules 34 Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwicke vide 15. 35 Richard Fitzallan Earl of Arundell Gules a Lion Rampant Or. 36 Robert Vfford Earl of Suffolk Sable a Crosse engrailed Or. 37 Hugh Stafford Earl of Stafford bears as 16. 38 Ingeram de Coucy Earl of Bedford and Soisons Barry of 6. Varry and Gules 39 Guiscard d'Angolesm Earl of Huntington Or billetty a Lion Rampant Azure 40 Edward Lord Spencer Quarterly Argent and Gules in the second and third a Fret Or over all a bend Sable 41 William Baron Latimer Gules a Crosse patee Or. 42 Reginold Baron Cobham of Sterborow Gules on a cheuron Or 3 Estoils Sable 43 John Lord Nevill of Raby Gules a Saltier Argent 44 Ralph Lord Basset of Drayton Or 3. Piles Gules a Canton Ermine 45 Sir Walter Manny Knight Banneret Sable a Crosse voided Argent 46 Sir Thomas Vfford Knight Sable a Crosse engrail'd Or. 47 Sir Thomas Felton Knight Gules two Lions passant Ermine 48 Sir Francis Van-Hall Knight Azure a Bend Crenelle Argent 49 Sir Allan Boxhull Knight Or a Lion Rampant double Quevee Azure Fretty Argent 50 Sir Richard Pembruge Knight Argent a Chief Azure a Bend Fusillee Gules Sur le tout 51 Sir Thomas Vtred Knight Or on a Crosse Flory Gules three Escallops of the Field 52 Sir Thomas Banester Knight Argent a Crosse Patee Sable 53 Sir Richard la Vache Knight Atgent 3. Buls heads cabossed Sable 54 Sir Guy de Bryan Or three Piles Azure Richard the second King of England began his Reign 55 THomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester 4th son to King Edward the third France and England a Border Argent 56 Henry of Bolinbrook Earl of Derby Duke of Hereford Lancaster after King of England vide 29. 57 William Duke of Guelderland Azure a Lion Rampant Or. 58 Will of Henault Duke of Holland and Henault and Zealand Quarterly the first fourth Or a Lion Rampant Sable the second and third Or a Lion Rampant Gules 59 Thomas Holland Earl of Kent whose Grandfather vide 20. bears England a Border Argent York made him bear Edw the Confessors Arms impaled with these 60 John Holland Earl of Huntington and Duke of Exeter Uncle to the above named Thomas halfe brother to King Richard the 2d England a Border of France 61 Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolke Earl of Nottingham Gules a Lion Rampant Argent 62 Edward Plantaginet Earl of Rutland and Corke Duke of Albemart and after Duke of Yorke See his father N o 30. 63 Michael De la-poool Earl of Suffolk bears Azure a Fesse between three Leopards heads Or. 64 William Scroop Earl of Wiltshire Azure a Bend Or. 65 William Beauchamp Lord Abergaveny Gules a Fesse inter six Croslets Or. 66 John Lord Beaumont France a Lion Rampant Or. 67 William Lord Willoughby Or Fretty Azure 68 Richard Lord Grey Barry of 6 Argent and Azure in chief 3 Torteauxes a Label Ermine 69 Nicholas Sarnesfield Knight Azure an Eagle displayed Argent Crowned Or. 70 Philip de la Vache Argent 3 Testes de Vaches Sable as 53. 71. Sir Robert Knolles Knight Azure Crusulee a Crosse Moline Voided Or. 72 Guy de Bryan Comme 54. 73 Sir Simon Burley Knight Or three Bars Sable in chief two Pallets of the second an Inescocheon Barry Or and Gules 74 John Devereux Knight Argent a Fesse Gules in chief three Torteauxes 75 Brian Stapleton vide 8. 76 Richard Burley as 73. 77 Peter Courtney as 7. 78 John Burley as the 73. 79 John Bourchier Argent a Crosse engrailed Gules between four Waterbougets Sable 80 Thomas Grandson Paly of six Argent and Azure on a Bend Gules three Escallops Or. 81 Lewis Clifford Checky Or and Azure a Fesse Gules 82 Robert Dunstavill 83 Robert of Namur Or a Lyon Rampant Sable suppressed by a batune Gules Henry the fourth began his raign of whom see 84 HEnry Prince of Wales after King by the name of Henry the fifth France
and England quarterly 85 Thomas of Lancaster Duke of Clarence second son France and England a Label of three points Ermine on each point a Canton Gules 86 John Duke of Bedford Regent of France third son France and England and a Label of five points per Pale Ermine of France 87 Humphrey Duke of Glocester fourth Son Quarterly France and England a Border Argent 88 Thomas Beauford Duke of Exeter son of John of Gaunt France and England Quarterly a Border gobony Argent and Azure 89 Robert Count Palatine Duke of Bavaria Quarterly Sable a Lyon Rampant Crowned Or and Paly Bendy Argent and Azure 90 John Beaufort Earl of Somerset comme son frere 88. 91 Thomas Fitz-Allan Earl of Arundell Gules a Lyon Rampant Or. 92 Edmund Stafford Earl of Stafford Or a Cheuron Gules 93 Edmund Holland Earl of Kent England a Border Argent 20. and 60. 94 Râ—lf Nevill Earl of Westmerland Gules a Saltier Argent Barons 95 GIlbert Lord Talbot Gules a Lyon Rampant within a Border engrailed Or. 96 Gilbert Lord Roos Gules three Waterbougets Argent 97 Thomas Lord Morley Argent a Lyon Rampant Sable Crowned Or. 98 Edward Lord Powis Or a Lyons Gambe or Paw coupee in Bend Gules 99 John Lord Lovell Barry Nebulee of six Or and Gules 100 Hugh Lord Burnell Argent a Lyon Rampant Sable Crowned Or. 101 John Cornwall Knight Lord Fanhope Argent a Lyon Rampant Gules Crowned Or a Border Sable Beazanty 102 William of Arundell Knight Gules a Lyon Rampant Or. 103 Sir John Stanley Steward and great Master of the houshold Argent on a Bend Azure three Bucks heads cabossed Or. 103 Robert Vmfreville Gules Crusilee patee a Cinquefoyle Or. 104 Sir Thomas Ramston Constable of the Tower Gules three Rams heads Argent 105 Sir Thomas Erpingham Vert an Inescocheon within an Orle of Martlets Argent 106 Sir John Sulby Ermine four Bars Gules Henry the fifth began his reign 1412. 107 SIgismund King of Hungaria Bohemia Marquess of Bradenburg King of Romans Quarterly Hungary and Bohemy an Escocheon of Pretence of Bradenburg 108 John King of Portugal Argent five Escocheons in Cross Azure each charged with five Besants Salter-wise a Border Gules thereon eight Castles Or. 109 Christien King of Denmark Or semy de mens hearts Gules three Lyons passant gardant Azure crowned of the first 110 Philip Le bon second of the name Duke of Burgundy quarterly the first Austria modern viz. Gules a Fesse Argent the second France a Border gobony Argent and Gules being Burgundy modern the third Burgundy ancient Bendy Or and Azure the fourth Brabant Sable a Lyon Rampant Or over all Flanders Or a Lyon Rampant Sable 111 John Holland Earl of Huntington Duke of Exeter England a Border of France 112 William de la Poole Earl after Marquesse lastly Duke of Suffolk Azure a Fesse between three Leopards heads Or. 113 John Mowbray Earl Marshall after Duke of Norfolk Gules a Lyon Rampant Argent 114 Thomas Montague Earl of Salisbury Argent three Lozenges in Fesse Gules 115 Richard de Vere Earl of Oxford Quarterly Gules and Or in the first a Mullet Argent 116 Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Gules a Fesse between six Croslets Or. 117 Thomas Lord Camoys Or on a Chief Gules three Beasants 118 John Lord Clifford Checky Or and Azure a Fesse Gules 119 Robert Lord Willoughby Or Fretty Azure 120 William Philip Lord Bardolfe Azure three Cinqueâ—oyles Or. 121 Henry Lord Fitzhugh Azure three Cheurons interlac'd Or. 122 Lewis Robsart Lord Bourchier Vert a Lyon Rampant Or vulned in the shoulder 123 Hugh-Stafford Lord Bourchier Or a Cheuron Gules a Border engrailed Sable 124 Walter Lord Hungerford Sable two Bars in chief three Rondels Argent 125 Sir Simon Felbridge Or a Lyon Rampant alibi saliant Gules 126 Sir John Gray Knight Barry of six Argent and Azure in chief three Torteauxes 127 Sir John Dabrigcourt Ermine three Bars humer Gules 128 Sir John Robsart as above 129 Franck Van Clux a German Lord. Quarterly per Fesse embatteled Gules and Or in the second and third a Branch Vert. 130 Sir William Harington Sable a Fret Argent 131 Sir John Blount Knight Barry Nebulee Or and Sable 132 King Henry the sixth began his reign 1422. Quarterly France and England 133 ALbert Duke of Austria c. after Emperour Gules a Fesse Argent 134 Fredericke Duke of Austria Emperour his brother Gules a Fesse Argent 134. Edward King of Portugal as above 108. 135 Alphonsus King of Arragon Or 4. Pales Gules 136 Casimir King of Poland Quarterly the 1. and 4. Gules an Eagle Argent The second and third Gules a Lithuanian horsman Proper An Inescocheon of Sweden Azure 3 Crowns Or. 137 Edward Prince of Wales onely child to King Henry the sixth Quarterly France and England a Label Argent 138 Peter of Portugal Duke of Combre son of King John as above 139 Henry of Portugal Duke of Visco as his brother Peter 140 Conrad Duke of Brunswick Quarterly Gules two Lions passant gardant Or and Or a Lion Rampant Azure an Orle of mens hearts Gules 141 Richard Duke of Yorke Quarterly France and England a Label Gules charg'd with nine Torteauxes 142 John Beaufort Earl after Duke of Somerset Quarterly France and England a Border gobony Argent and Azure 143 Edmund his brother Earl of Moriton in Normandy after Duke of Somerset 144 Jasper Earl of Penbrook Duke of Bedford Quarterly France and England a Border Azure Martlette Or. 145 John Moubray Duke of Norfolke Gules a Lion Rampant Argent 146 Humphrey Earl of Stafford after Duke of Buckingham Or a Cheuron Gules 147 Gaston de Foix Earl of Longueville quarterly Foix Bearn The first Argent two Cowes passant Gules Armed and with bels about their necks Or the second Or 3 Pallets Gules a Label over all Sable charged with 15 Escallops Argent 148 John de Foix Earl of Candalia alibi Kendall beareth as his brother 149 Alvarus d'Almada Count of Aurange Or a Crosse Gules a Border compony Argent and the second He also bare Azure on a Bend Gules between 2 Eagles Sable three Croslets Fitchee Or. 150 John Fitz-Allan sixth Earl of Arundell of that sirname Gules a Lion rampant Or. 151 Richard Nevill Earl of Salisbury Gules a Saltier Argent a Label gobony Argent and Azure 152 Richard Nevill called Make-King or the great Earl of Warwicke son of Richard Earl of Salisbury as his Father 153 John Lord Talbot after Earl of Shrewsbury Gules a Lion Rampant within a Border engrailed Or. 154 John Lord Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury his son 155 James Butler Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond Or a chief indented Azure 156 William Nevill younger sonne of Ralph first Earl of Westmerland Lord Falconbride afterward Earl of Kent Gules a Saltier Argent a Mullet Sable 157 Richard Woodvile Earl Rivers Argent a Fesse and Canton Gules 158 Henry Viscount Bourchier after Earl of Essex Argent a Crosse engrailed Gules between four waterbougets Sable 159 John
Beaumont Viscount Beaumont France and Lion Rampant Or. 160 John Sutton Lord Dudly Or a Lion Rampant with two tayls Vert. 161 Thomas Lord Scales Gules 6. Escallops Argent 3. 2. 1. 162 John Lord Grey of Ruthin Barry of 6. Argent and Azure in chief three Torteauxes 163 Ralph Lord Butler of Sudely Gules a Fesse Checky Argent and Sable between six Croslets Or. 164 Lionell Lord Wells Or a Lion Rampant double quevee Sable 165 John Bourchier Lord Berners bears as 158. 166 Thomas Lord Stanly Argent on a Bend Azure three Bucks heads caboshed Or. 167 William Lord Bonvill Sable six Mullets Argent 3. 2. 1. 168 John Lord Wenlocke Argent a Cheuron between 3 Blackamores heads erased Sable 169 John Lord Beauchamp of Powiche Gules a Fesse between six Croslets Or. 170 Thomas Lord Hoo. Quarterly Sable and Argent 171 Sir John Ratcliffe Argent a Bend engrailed Sable 172 Sir John Fastolfe Quarterly Or and Azure on a Bend Gules 3 Croslets Argent 173 Thomas Kiriel or Cryol Or two Cheurons and a Canton Gules 174 Edward Hall Argent a Cheuron engrailed between 3 Talbots heads erased Sable 175 King Edward the fourth began his Reign 1460. Quarterly France and England 176 FErdinand King of Sicily and Naples Or four Pales Gules a Batune Sinister Argent 177 John King of Portugall Comme 108. 178 Charles Duke of Burgundy Vide 110. 179 Francis Sfortia Duke of Millane Argent a Serpent palewayes or erect devouring an Infant issuant Proper 180 Hercules d'Esti Duke of Ferrara Quarterly the first and 4th Or an Eagle Sable the second and third Bendy Or and Azure 181 Richard Duke of Yorke the Kings second son Quarterly France England a Label Argent thereon 9 Torteauxes 182 Richard Duke of Glocester afterward King quarterly of France and England a Label Ermine charged with 3 Cantons Gules A certain French Author and divers catalogues English bring in George Duke of Clarence but I think them mistaken 183 John Moubray Duke of Norfolke Gules a Lion Rampant Argent 184 John Lord Howard after Duke of Norfolke Gules a bend between sixe Croslets Fitchee Argent 185 John de la Pool Duke of Suffolke Azure a Fesse between 3 Leopards heads Or. 186 Humphrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham Or a Cheuron Gules 187 John Nevill Marque Mountacute as his father with a Cressent vide 152. 188 Thomas Grey Marq. Dorcet Barry of 6. Argent and Azure in Chief 3 Torteauxes a Label Ermine 189 James Douglas Earl Douglas in Scotland Azure a Lion Rampant Argent crowned Or. 190 William Fitz-Allan 8th Earl of Arundell Comme son Frere 150. 191 Thomas Lord Maltravers his son after ninth Earl of Arundel 192 Anthony Lord Scale after Earl Rivers Comme son pere 157. 193 William Lord Herbert after Earl of Penbrook Per pale Azure and Gules 3 Lions Rampant Argent 194 John Stafford Earl of Wiltshire younger son of Humphrey Duke of Bucks Comme son pere 186. 195 Henry Piercy Earl of Northumberland Or a Lion rampant Azure quartered with Gules 3 Lucyes hauriant Argent 196 John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester Argent a Saltier engrailed Gules 197 Galliard Duras Or a Lion rampant Azure over all a Bendlet Argent 198 John Lord Scroop of Bolton Or a Bend Azure 199 Walter Devereux Lord Ferrers of Chartley. 200 Walter Blount Lord Mountjoy Barry Nebulee Or and Sable 201 William Lord Hastings Argent a Maunch Sable 202 Sir John Astly Azure a Cinquefoyl Argent a Border engrailed Or. 203. Sir William Chamberlain Gules a Cheuron between 3 Escallops Or. 204 Sir William Parr Argent 2 Bars Azure a Border engrailed Sable 205 Sir Robert Harecourt Gules two Bars Or. 206 Sir Thomas Montgomery Gules a Cheuron between 3 Flowerdeluces Or. 207 Edward the fifth began his Reign we cannot say came to the Crown which continued 40 days onely or thereabout under whom no Knights of the Garter were made France and England quarterly 207 Richard the third King of England began his Reign June 22. 1483. France and England quarterly 208 THomas Howard Earl of Surry after Duke of Norfolke as his Father 184. 209 Thomas Lord Stanly after Earl of Derby 166. 210 Francis Viscount Lovel Barry Nebulee Or and Gules 211 Sir John Coniers Azure a Maunch Or. 212 Sir Richard Ratcliff Knight Arg. a Bend engrailed Sable 213 Sir Thomas Burgh Azure three Flowerdelis Ermine 214 Sir Richard Tunstall Sable three Combs Argent 215 Henry the seventh began his reign 1485. France and England Quarterly 216 MAximilian King of the Romans after Emperour Or an Eagle with two headâ— Sable on the breast an Inescocheon Gules charged with a Fesse Argent 217 John King of Portugall comme 108. 218 John King of Denmark comme 109. 219 Philip King of Castile and son to the Emperour Quarterly Castile and Leon. 220 Alphonsus Duke of Calabria and Naples King of Sicily and Hierusalem Quarterly the first Auragon the 2d Calabria viz. Argent a Crosse potent Sable 221 Arthur Prince of Wales France and England a Label Argent 222 Henry Duke of Yorke Comme son frere with 9 Torteauxes 223 Vibaldus or Hubault Count of Montferrat Duke of Vrbin 224 Edward Stafford Duke of Buckingham Comme son Pere 186. 225 Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorcet Comme son Pere 188. 226 John Vere the 13th vel 14th Earl of Oxford Quarterly Gules and Or in the first a Mullet Argent 227 Henry Piercy Earl of Northumberland Comme son Pere 195. 228 George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Comme 154. 229 Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex Comme 158. 230 Richard Grey Earl of Kent Comme 162. 231 Edward Courtney Earl of Devonshire Or 3 Torteauxes 232 Henry Lord Stafford after Earl of Wiltshire Comme son Frere 224. 233 Edmund de la Pool Earl of Suffolk Comme son Pere 185. 234 Charles Somerset Knight Banneret after Earl of Worcester Quarterly France and England a Border gobony Argent and Azure a Batune Sinister Argent 235 Gerald Fitz-Gerald Earl of Kildare Argent a Saltire Gules Viscounts 236 John Wells Viscount Wells Comme 164. Barons 237 George Stanley Lord Strange Comme son pere 209. 238 William Stanley Lord Chamberlain de Mesme 239 John Lord Dynham Gules a Fesse Lozengy Ermine 240 Robert Willoughby Lord Brook Sable a Cross engariled Or. Knights 241 GIles D'anbeny Argent a Fesse Lozengy Gules 242 Edward Poynings Barry of 6. Or and vert a Bend Gules 243 Edward Woodvil Comme 157. 244 George Talbot Comme 228. 245 John Cheney Azure six Lions Rampant Argent and Canton Ermine Ermine on a Bend Sable three Martlets Or. 246 Richard Guildford Or a Saltier entre 4 Martlets Sable on a Canton Argent a Pomgranate Proper 247 Thomas Lovell Argent a Cheuron Azure between 3 Squirrels seiant Gules 248 Thomas Brandon Barry of tenne Argent and Gules a Lion Rampant Or crowned per pale of the first and second 249 Reynold Bray Argent a Cheuron between 3 Eagles legs erased Sable 250 Sir Ryce ap
Thomas Argent a Cheuron Sable between three Cornish Choughes Proper 251 John Savage Argent six Lions Rampant Sable 252 Richard Pool Per pale Or and Sable a Saltire engrailed counterchanged 253 Henry the Eighth began his Reign 1509. France and England Quarterly Soveraign Princes 254 CHarles the fifth Emperour the German Eagle with a Scucheon of Pretence of Leon Castile Austria and Burgundy 255 Ferdinand King of the Romans after Emperour Comme son frere 107. 256 Francis King of France France 257 Emanuel King of Portugal Comme 108. 258 James the fifth King of Scots Or a Lion Rampant within a double Trescheur Gules Dukes 259 HEnry Fitz-Roy son to the King Duke of Richmond and Somerset France and England a Border quarterly Ermine and compony Argent and Azure a Batune Sinister of the second an Inescocheon quarterly Gules and Varry Or and Vert a Lion Rampant Argent on a Chief Azure a Castle between two Bucks head caboshed Argent 260 Julian de Medicis brother to Pope Leo the tenth Or 8 Roundles in Orle that in chief of France the other 7 Gules 261 Edward Seymor Earl of after Duke of Somerset Gules two Wings impaled Or. 262 Thomas Howard Earl of Surry after Duke of Norfolk Comme son pere 208. 263 Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke Comme son pere 248. 264 John Sutton called Dudley Viscount L'isle after Duke of Northumberland Or a Lion Rampant with two tayls Vert. 265 Anne Duke of Mont-morency Or a Crosle Gules between 16. Eagles Azure Marquesses 266 HEnry Courtney Earl of Devon Marquesse of Exeter Or three Torteauxes 267 William Parre Earl of Essex Marquesse of Northampton comme 204. 268 William Paulet Lord Saint John afterward Earl of Wiltshire and Marquesse of Winchester Sable three Swords in point Argent Earles 269 HEnry Howard Earl of Surrey comme son pere 262. 270 Thomas Bullen Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond Argent a Cheuron Gules between three Bulls heads coupee Sable 271 William Fitz Allan Earl of Arundel comme son pere 190. 272 John Vert fifteenth Earl of Oxford comme 115. 273 Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland comme son pere 227. 274 Ralf Nevill Earl of Westmerland Gules a Saltier Argent 275 Francis Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury comme son pere 228. 276 Philip Chabot Earl of Newblanc Admirall of France Or three Chabots chubs or chevin fish Gules 277 Henry Fitz-Allen Lord Maltravers comme son pere 271. 278 Thomas Monros Lord Rosse after Earl of Rutland Or two Bars Azure a Chief quarterly two Flowers de lis of France and a Lyon of England 279 Robert Radcliffe Viscount Fitz-Walter afterward Earl of Sussex comme 212. 280 Henry Clifford Earl of Cumberland vide 118. 281 William Fitz-William Earl of Southampton Lozengy Argent and Gules 282 Thomas Lord Cromwell after Earl of Essex Azure on a Fesse between three Lyons Rampant Or a Rose Gules between two Choughs Proper 283 John Lord Russell after Earl of Bedford Argent a Lyon Rampant Gules on a Chief Sable three Escallops of the first 284 Thomas Lord Wriothesley afterward Earl of Southampton Azure a Crosse Or between four Falcons Argent Viscounts 285 ARthur Plantaginet Viscount Lisle son of King Edward the fourth Quarterly the first France and England the second and third Vlster viz. Or a Crosse Gules the fourth Mortimer vide 16. a Batune Azure an Inescocheon an Inescocheon of Grey Valence Quincy Talbot Beauchampe and L' Isle quartered with a Label Argent 286 Walter Devoreux Lord Ferrers Viscount Hereford Argent a Fesse Gules in chief three Torteauxes 287 Edward Howard Admirall of England comme son pere 208. 288 George Nevill Lord Abergaveney Gules on a Saltier Argent a Rose of the first Barons 289 THomas West Lord De-la-ware Argent a Fesse indented Sable 290 Thomas Lord Dacrees of Gilsland Gules 3 Escallops Argent 291 Thomas Lord Darcy Azure crusuly 3 Cinquefoyls Argent 292 Edward Sutton Lord Dudly Or a Lion Rampant with two tayls Vert. 293 William Blound Lord Mountjoy Barry Nebulee of six Or and Sable 294 Edward Stanley Lord Mounteagle comme 209. with a Crescent 295 William Lord Sands Argent a Cross raguly Sable 296 Henry Lord Marney Gules a Lion Rampant Gardant Argent 297 Thomas Lord Audely of Walden Quarterly per Fesse indented Or and Azure in each of the last an Eagle Or a Bend of the second charged with a Fret between two Martlets of the first Knights 298 JOhn Gage Comptroller of the Houshold Gyronny of 4. Azure and Argent a Saltire Gules 299 Henry Guilford Master of the horse comme 246. 300 Nicholas Carew Master of the horse Or 3 Lions passant in pale Sable 301 Anthony Brown Sable 3 Lions passant in Bend double cotised Argent 302 Thomas Cheney Warden of the Cinque-ports Comme 245. 303 Richard Wingfield Argent on a Bend Gules cottises Sable 3 pair of wings impaled of the first an Estoil of 16 rayes 304 Sir Anthony Wingfield De mesne sanz Difference 305 Anthony St. Leger Deputy of Ireland Azure Fretty Argent a Chief Or. 306 John Wallop Captain of Guismes Argent a Bend wavy Sable 307 Edward the sixth began his Reign 1546. Quarterly France and England Soveraign Prince 308 HEenry the second King of France Duke 309 HEnry Grey Marquess Dorcet after Duke of Suffolk 188. Earls 310 HEnry Nevil Earl of Westmerland Gules a Saltire Argent 311 Edward Stanly Earl of Derby vide 209. 312 Francis Hastings Earl of Huntington Argent a Maunch Sable 313 William Herbert Earl of Penbrook Per pale Azure and Gules 3 Lions rampant Argent a Border gobony Or and the second bezanty Barons 314 THomas Seymour Baron Sudele Comme son frere 261. with a Creicent 315 Thomas West Lord De-la-ware Comme 289. 316 George Brook Lord Cobham Gules on a Cheuron Argent a Lion rampant Sable crowned Or. 317 Edward Lord Clinton after Earle of Lincoln Argent 6 Croslets Fitchee Sable on a Chief Azure 2 Mullets Or. 318 William Paget Lord Beudesert Sable on a Crosse engrailed between four Eagles Argent five Lions passant of the first 319 Thomas Lord Darcy of Chich. Arg. 3 Cinquefoyls Gules Knight 320 ANdrew Sutton alias Dudley Knight Or a Lion rampant with a double tail Vert a Crescent 321 Mary Queen of England Soveraign of the Garter began her Reign 1553. France and England quarterly on the Sinister side and on the Dexter Soveraign Princes 322 PHilip 2d King of Spain Quarterly the first Castile and Leon quarterly 323 Emanuel Philibert Duke of Savoy Vide fol. Earls 324 Henry Ratcliffe Earle of Sussex Comme son pere 279. 325 Anthony Brown Viscount Mountague Comme son pere 301. 326 William Howard Lord Effingham Comme son pere 208. with a Mullet Sable 327 William Grey Baron of VVilton Barry of 6. Argent and Azure in Chief 3 Torteauxes a Label of five points Argent 328 Edward Hastings Lord Loughborough Comme son frere 312. 329 Robert Rochester Knight dyed before the Instalment 330