the Germans Banner-hires as being Commanders displaying Banners of their own in the Field These the Saxons called Laford whence our Word Lord and the Danes call them Thanes In ancient times the name of Barons was very large Citizens of chief Cities and Gentlemen of certain possessions enjoying that Title and about those times every Earle had a certain number of Barons under them as every Baron had Capitaneos under him But times have altered the limits of this Honour Barons being now reputed no less absolute Lords though lower than Earles and as a Gentleman is the first and lowest degree of Nobilitas Minor so now with us a Baron is reputed the First step of Nobilitas Major In which respect some have thought that in Atchievements none under a Baron may use Supporters but by ancient examples you shall find that Knights Bannerets also had that Ornament allowed them and therefore though a Banneret hath a middle place betwixt ordinary Knights and Barons yet I have omitted his Atchiemement the difference being so little betwixt it and the Barons Banneret or Baronet as some will have it by some is derived from Banner-rent because in their creation after certain Ceremonies the top of their Pennons is rent or cut off and so reduced into the form of a little Banner which they may display as Barons do But it is more probable that the Germane word Banner-hires was the originall both of Barons and Bannerets which matter skilleth not much sith this order as before we touched is now quite ceased in this Land The Atchievement of a Vicount LOYAL AV MORT THis Atchievement belongeth to the Right Honourable Sir Adam Loftus Knight Viscount Loftus of Ely within the Kingdom of Ireland Lord Chancellor of the said Realm and one of his Majesties Justices of that Kingdom who beareth Diamond a Cheuron engrailed Ermine between three Treefoyl is slipped Pearl and above the same upon an Helme fitting the degree of a Viscount a Mantle Ruby doubled Ermine next above which is placed on a Torce Pearl and Diamond a Boares head erased and erected Pearl Armed Topaz supported with two Raine Deere Ermine Attired Or and for his Motto in a Scrole LOYALL AV MORT expressing his Lordships loyall obedience to his Soveraign This Noble Lord was for his many vertues befitting such a dignity worthily advanced to this degree of Viscount by our late Soveraign King James in the twentieth year of his Raign TOVT BIEN OV RIEN THis is the Atchievement of the Right Honourable Baptist Noel Viscount Cambden Baron Noel of Ridlington and Hickes of Ilmington son and heir to Sir Edward Noel of Brook in the County of Rutland Knight created Baronet 1611. and afterward Baron of Ridlington to whom by vertue of the Intaile descended the Title of Viscount Cambden conferd on Sir Baptist Hickes who was created Viscount Hickes of Cambden in the County of Glocester in the fourth of his reign which Baptist Viscount Cambden hath issue by his third Lady Hester second Daughter and Coheir of Thomas Lord Wotton deceased the Honourable Edward Noel Esquire son and heir a very hopefull and excellently accomplisht young Gentleman of whose qualities I am not a more just admirer then to his civilities a debtor now in forrain parts He bears two Coats quarterly First Topaz Fretty Ruby a Canton Ermine by the name of Noel Secondly Ruby a Fesse Wavy between three Flowers de lis Topaz by the name of Hickes the third as the second the fourth as the first a Scocheon of pretence Pearl a Crosse formed fitchee at the foot Diamond by the name of Wotton The Crest on a Wreath of his colours a Stag passant Pearl Attired Or plac't on a Viscounts Helmet and Crown supported by two Buls Pearl Armed and Crined Diamond Mantled Ruby doubled Ermines This Family derives it self from the ancient Family of this surname at Dalby in Leicestershire Hilcot Staffordshire and Newbold in Derby-shire Of a Viscount A Viscount is a degree of dignity between a Baron and an Earle and began first to be honorary here in England in the time of our King Henry the sixth who by Patent in Parliament made John of Beaumont Viscount of Beaumont Here in this Atchievement you may observe that the Viscounts Coat-Armour is adorned with a Chaplet of sleighter making than the Coronet which beautifieth the Earles Escocheon NEC ELATA NEC DE IECTA THis is the Atchievement of the Right Honourable Heneage Earle of Winchelsey and is thus blazoned He bears four Coats quarterly First Pearl a Cheuron between three Griffons passant Diamond by the name of Finch Secondly Ruby three Lyons rampant Topaz by the name of Fitzherbert Thirdly Ruby a Mule passant within a Bordure Pearl by the name of Moyle Fourthly Topaz a Greyhound currant Diamond between three Leopards heads Saphire a Bordure engrailed Ruby by the name of Heneage and for his Crest on a Wreath of his colours a Pegasus currant Pearl gorged with a Crown winged and crined Topaz Mantled Ruby doubled Ermine supported by a Pegasus as the Crest on the dexter side and on the sinister a Griffon Sable erected on a Scrole the Motto Nec elata nec dejecta I could say much of the Antiquity and Eminence of this Family but I should seem onely to repeat what is obvious in Master Philpots Kent and elsewhere onely thus They are descended in a direct male line from Henry Fitzherbert Chamberlain to King Henry the first common Ancestour also to the Herberts Earles of Penbrook And after many Generations in the time of King Edward the first from the Mannour of Finches in Lidde were written Fitzherbert alias Fynch sometimes Herbert dictus Fynch and since onely Finch from whence in a continued line of persons eminent in their Country descended Sir Moyle Finch Knighted in the time of Queen Elizabeth created Baronet 1611. who married Elizabeth Daughter and sole Heir of Sir Thomas Heneage Vice Chamberlain Treasurer of the Chamber Chancellor of the Dutchy and one of the Privy Councel to Queen Eliz. of a very ancient Family of that surname at Haynton in the County of Lincoln which Lady in her Widow-hood was by King James in the one and twentieth year of his reign created Viscountess Maidstone and by K. Ch. in the fourth of his reign created Countesse of Winchelsey in Sussex to her and her heirs male She dying 1634. the honour fell to her then eldest son Sir Thomas Finch Knight and Baronet Earl of Winchelsey and Viscount Maidstone who in the year 1639. left his honour and estate to the succession of his son Heneage now Earl of Winchelsey 1660. who by his second wife the Lady Mary Daughter of the right Honourable William Marquess of Hartford hath issue William Viscount Maydstone Heneage second son c. The said Lady Elizabeth Countess of Winchelsey had diverse other sons of whom no issue continues except from her fourth son Sir Heneage Finch Knight Serjeant at Law and Recorder of London who by Frances
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
are Exactly compounded of both Simples Declining more to the one than to the other in an unequal proportion Purpure Colour hath some resemblance of a withered Red-Rose which after long gathering the glorious lustre thereof fading it becometh somewhat blackish as if it were a proportionable commixture of Red and Black together This Colour hath his Denomination of a certain Fish called in Latine Purpara a kind of shell-fish whereof in times past great store have been found near to that famous City of Tyrus scituated next to the Sea coast in the Country of Phoenicia this kind of fish hath in the mouth of it an excellent and precious liquor or juyce of singular use in dying of cloathes the invention and use whereof was first found out by the Tyrians for which cause this Colour is called Tyrius Color They must be taken alive and that chiefly in the Spring season at which time this juyce is most plentifull in them at other seasons it is more scarce They are gathered alive and cast together on a heap that so by their continuall motion they may vent out this rich liquor together with their spirit which done in some near place or other provided for the clean keeping thereof it is taken up and spared for necessary purposes This Colour in ancient time was of that precious esteem as that none but Kings and Princes and their favorites might wear the same as we may see Dan. 5.16 Now if thou canst read the writing and shew me the interpretation thereof thou shalt be cloathed with Purple and shalt have a chain of gold about thy neck Also 1 Macchab. 10.20 And Alexander sent Jonathan a Purple Robe and a Crown of gold And again When his accusers saw his honour as it was proclaimed and that he was cloathed in Purple they fled all away Hereof perhaps it cometh that this Colour is found of so rare use in armoriall signes Moreover it is said And the King commanded that they should take off the garment of Jonathan and cloath him in Purple and so they did 1 Macchab. 10.62 I have purposely for the avoiding of prolixity omitted here to speak of the Elements vertues and complexions which every one of these Metals and colours are respectively resembled unto because Ferne in his Blazon of Gentry hath a large discourse of the same subject to which I refer the Reader SECT I. CHAP. IV. HItherto of Colours and Metals Now of Furs according to the series and course of our distribution before delivered pag. 15. Furres Furres used in Armes are taken for the Skins of certain beasts stripped from the bodies and artificially trimmed for the furring doubling or lining of Robes and Garments serving as well for state and magnificence as for wholesome and necessary use And these thus trimmed and imployed are called in Latine pellicei à pellendo of driving away quite contrary in sense Why called Pellicei though like in sound to pellices à pellicendo for drawing all to them because they doe repell and resist the extremities of cold and preserve the bodies that are covered with them in good temperature Use These are used as well in doublings of the Mantles pertaining to Coat-Armours as in the Coat-Armours themselves Furres do consist either of One colour alone or More colours than one Furres consisting of more than one Colour are either of Two Colours or More than two Such Furres as are compounded of two Colours only are sorted either with Black and are either Black mixt with White as or Ermyne and Ermynes Black mixt with Yellow as Emynois and Pean or without Black such are according to Leigh Verrey scz A. and B. and Verrey Or and Vert Knowledge is no way better or more readily attained than by demonstration Scire enim est per demonstrationem intelligere Ermyne Rule saith Aristotle I will therefore give you particular example of their severall Bearings Master Boswell is of this opinion that Ermyne and Ermynes ought never to be sorted in Armes with the metall of their colour because saith he they are but Furres and have no proper blazon with any metall Yet doth he particularly blazon the Coat of Walcot fol. 106. in the Atchievement of the Right Honourable Lord Sir William Cecil Knight late Lord Treasurer of England where he might fitly have taken exception against such bearing if he could have produced any good ground for warranting such his opinion in default whereof he there passeth the same over with silence knowing that Antiquity and Custome which hath the vigour of a law where there is no law written are powerfull in things of this nature he secretly relinquisheth his opinion forasmuch as it is manifest that not onely Walcot but Kingsmell and many others both ancient and modern hath used such bearing without contradiction There are other sorts of Furs or Doublings consisting also of two onely colours Other Furres which as they are much different in form so doe they also receive a diverse blazon from these before specified which are these that follow and their like Sometimes it was permitted to men grown to years to use a kind of short cloak called Penula in time of wars though it were in substance but sleight and thin For Alexander Severus the Emperour in favour of aged men did grant them a priviledge for wearing of this kind of garments Wolf Lazius lib. 8. The garments of the Tribune of the people and of the Plebeian sect was most commonly this Penula before mentioned like as also was Sagum which was a souldiers Cloak or Cassock and Endormis which was an hairy garment much like an Irish mantle and hood These were apt garments for repelling of cold These were not habits beseeming an Emperour or chief Commander to wear nevertheless we read that Caligula ware oftentime Depictas penulas Alex. lib. 5. Amongst the rest this is to be observed that Consuls were habited sometimes in Coat-Armours called Paludamenta and sometimes in Kirtles called Trabeae which was a kind of garment worn by Kings under their Mantles of State So that they were sometimes said to be Trabeati somtimes to be Paludati according to these severall habits Also the Lictores were Officers that usually attended these Consuls and were like unto Sergeants or Ministers appointed to inflict corporall punishment upon offenders and were most commonly in number twelve These also attended the Consull to the wars invested also with Coat-Armour Concerning those Depictae penulae formerly mentioned they are said to have been in use with Emperours of later ages that were addicted to wantonness and delicacie whereof Tranquillus in Caligula writeth in this manner Vestitu calceatuque caetero habitu neque patrio neque anili ac ne virili quidem ac denique non humano semper usus est saepe depictas gemmatasque Penulas indutus Wolf Lazius in Comment Reip. lib. 8. 857. If you observe the proportion of this vaire you shall easily discern the very shape
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
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
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
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
mercifull a God and in dutifulnesse to so gracious a Soveraign whose Crown let it flourish on his Royall head and on his Posterities till the Heavens leave to move and Time be no more Amen FINIS To the Generous Reader My Task is past my Care is but begun My pains must suffer censures for reward Yet hope I have now my great pains are done That gentle Spirits will quite them with regard For whom my love to Gentry here they find My love with love they must requite by kind But if th'ungentle Brood of Envies Grooms Misdoom my pains no force they do their kind And I 'le do mine which is to scorn their Dooms That use unkindly a kind wel-willing mind Thus I resolve Look now who will hereon My Task is past and all my Care is gone A Conclusion BUt He alone that 's free from all defect And onely cannot erre true Wisedomes Sire Can without error all in All effect But weake are men in acting their desire This Worke is filde but not without a flaw Yet filde with Paine Care Cost and all in all But as it were by force of Natures Law It hath some faults which on the Printers fall No Book so blest that ever scap't the Presse For ought I ever read or heard without Correctors fulst of Art and Carefullnesse Cannot prevent it Faults will flee about But here 's not many so the easier may Each gentle Reader rub away their staines Then when the verdall Blots were done away I hope their profit will exceede their paines Besides it may be thought a fault in me To have omitted some few differences Of Coronets of high'st and low'st degree But this I may not well a fault confess For twixt a Duke and Marquess Coronets Is so smal But now in Mr. Garters Book of honor Military and Civill the difference such as it is doth appear to which I refer the Reader ods as it is scarce discern'd As here i' th Earl and Vicounts frontilets May by judicious Artists now be learn'd Then these are faults that Reason doth excuse And were committed wilfully because Where is no difference there is no abuse To Grace Armes Nature order or their Lawes This breakes no rule of Order though there be An Order in Degrees concerning This If Order were infring'd then should I flee From my chiefe purpose and my Mark should miss ORDER is Natures beauty and the way To Order is by Rules that Art hath found Defect and excesse in those Rules bewray Order's defective Nature 's much deform'd But ORDER is the Center of that GOD That is unbounded and All circumscribes Then if this Worke hath any likelyhood Of the least good the good to it ascribes In Truth Grace Order or in any wise That tends to Honour Vertue Goodness Grace I have mine ends and then it shall suffice If with my Worke I end my vitall Race And with the Silke-worme worke me in my Tombe As having done my duty in my Roome Finis Coronat Opus JOH GVVILLIM Errata PAge 60. l. 27. read of John Highlord p. 71. l. 9. r. Azure on 2 bars Or. 6 Martlets Gules p. 81. l. 22. r. Alleyn p. 84. l. 1. 11. r. Croslets p. 84. l. 17. r. Theobalds p. 86. l. 1. Cromwel p. 114. l. 10. r. chief indented Sable p. 120. 121. the cut of Bacon St. John are one mistaken for the other p. 134. l. 22. r. Agincourt p. 183. the cut in L'estranges Coat should be with the Lions passant not gardant p. 186. l. 9. omitted which r. by John Churchill of Grays Inne Esq and also of Winston Churchill of Mintern in Com. Dorcet Esq p. 188. l. 6. r. Parliament sitting p. 188. l. 32. r. Henry p. 189. l. 27. r. Edmond p. 190. l. 2. r. armed and langued Gules p. 351. l. 6. r. Poplers p. 379. l. 18. r. Cheveron p. 381. l. 9. r. for this brief to brief p. 386 l. 8. r. Sole daughter and Co-heir p. 386. l. 22. 28 r. Staresmore FINIS AN EXACT REGISTER Of all the KNIGHTS of the GARTER together with the Blazons of their severall Coats from the first Installment to the last AS ALSO An Account or Register of the Names and Arms of all the BARONETS OF ENGLAND From the first Institution to the last TO The most illustrious and truly noble the Right Honourable ALGERNON PERCY Earl of Northumberland Lord PERCY LUCY POININGS FITZPAYN BRYAN and LATIMER Companion of the noble Order of the Garter formerly Lord high Admirall of ENGLAND Generall of all the Forces in the Expedition 1640. and one of the Privy Councell to his late Majesty c. This view of the Names and Armes of all the Knights of that Noble Order in whose Registers your Lordships Ancestours have been so eminent and are so frequently Recorded is humbly dedicated to your Honours acceptation by my Lord Your most humble Servant Richard Blome THE Fellowship of the Order of the Garter is of all others by far the most honourable making Knights and sometime those of the lesser Nobility not onely equall to Noble men at home but Companions to Kings themselves and Emperours A fellowship of all the Orders of the Christian World most ancient and famous Encircling all Titles and Degrees of Nobility from the Throne downward as will appear by the following account which Order was first establisht by that victorious Prince King Edward the third in the 23 year of his reign and by him called the blue Garter but commonly the Garter appointing his successours the Kings of England as chief and 25 Knights which he called Fellowes or Companions of the Order of the Garter or St. George whose day viz. 23. April was by them celebrated with much grandeur and magnificence at Windsore the birth-place of that great Prince To omit their Rights and Ceremonies their Statutes and Habits I shall onely note beside their grand Coller they on ordinary dayes are distinguisht and known by a blue Garter whereto on their brest is affixt the figure of Saint George and the Dragon and about their left leg they weare a blue Garter or Band with studs buckles and these French words of Gold HONI SOIT QVI MALY PENSE Much may be said in honour of this great Dignity but let the worth and estimation it had in Europe appear in the following Register by the eminence of the Companions of this great Order An account of whose names and Coat-Armours I shall adventure to give the world as faithfully as I can although there be many whose abilities and name would have been more advantagious to the Work then Fr. Nower AN EXACT REGISTER OF All the KNIGHTS of the GARTER 1. EDWARD the third King of England and France Quarterly France and England viz. Azure semy de Flower de lis Or and Gules three Lions passant gardant Or. 2 Henry Plantaginet sirnamed of Monmouth Duke of Lancaster and the first Duke that ever was created in England England a Label
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