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
Queen Eliz. began her happy Reign 1558. and was Soveraign Lady of the Garter France and England quarterly Soveraign Princes 331 MAximilian the Emperour Comme 216. 332 Charles the 9th King of France Comme son pere 333 Henry the 3d. King of France Demesne 334 Frederick King of Denmark Comme 109. 335 Adolph Duke of Holstatia De mesn with a Label 336 John Cassimire Count Palatine of the Rhine Quarterly the 1. and 4 Sable a Lion Rampant Or the 2d and 3d. Paly Bendy Argent and Azure Dukes 337 FRancis Duke of Mon morency Comme 265. 338 Thomas Howard last Duke of Norfolk Comme son pere 269. 339 Fredericke Duke of Wittenberg Or three Stags horns placed barways Sable Marquess 340 William Parr Marquess of Northampton 267. Earls 341 THomas Piercy Earl of Northumberland 273. 342 George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Comme son pere 275. 343 Henry Stanly Earl of Derby Comme son pere 311. 344 VVilliam Somerset Earl of Worcester Or on a Fesse France and England quarterly bordered gobony Argent and Azure 345 Henry Manors Earl of Rutland Comme son pere 278. 346 Henry Hastings Earl of Huntington Comme son pere 312. 347 Ambrose Sutton alias Dudly Earl of VVarwicke Comme son pere 264. 348 Francis Russell Earl of Bedford as his father 283. 349 Henry Herbert Earl of Penbrook Comme son pere 313. 350 Robert Dudly Earl of Leicester comme son Frere Ambrose 347. 351 VValter Devereux Earl of Essex Comme son pere 286. 352 Edward Manors Earl of Rutland Comme son frere 345. 353 Henry Ratcliffe Earl of Sussex brother and heir of Thomas who is also said to be Knight of the Garter also sons of Henry de quo 324. 354 Robert Devereux Earl of Essex Comme son pere 286. 355 Gilbert Talbot Earl of Shrewbury Comme son pere 228. 356 George Clifford Earl of Cumberland Checky or and Azure a Fesse Gules 357 Henry Piercy Earl of Northumberland Comme son frere 341. 358 Edward Somerset Earl of Worcester France and England quarterly within a Border gobony Argent and Azure 359 Robert Ratchiffe Earl of Sussex Comme son pere 353. 360 William Stanly Earl of Derby Com. son pere 343. Barons 361 ARthur Grey Baron of Wilton Comme 327. 362 Charles Howard Lord Effingham Comme son pere 326. 363 Edmund Bruges Lord Chandos Argent on a Cross Sable a Leopards head Or. 364 Henry Cary Lord Hunsdon Argent on a Bend Sable 3 Roses of the field 365 William Cecil Lord Burleigh Barry of 10. Argent and Azure on 6 Escocheons Sable as many Lions rampant of the first 366 William Brook Lord Cobham Vide 316. 367 Henry Scroop Lord Bolton Azure a Bend Or. 368 Thomas Sackvile Lord Buckhurst Quarterly Or and Gules a bend Varry 369 Thomas Lord Burgh Azure three Flowerdelis Ermine 370 Edmund Lord Sheffield Argent a Cheuron between 3 Garbs Gules 371 Thomas Howard Lord Walden Earl of Suffolk afterward Comme son pere 362. with a Cressent 372 George Cary Lord Hunsdon Comme 364. 373 Charles Blount Lord Mountjoy after Earl of Devon Vide 293 374 Henry Brook Lord Cobham Vide 366. 375 Thomas Cecil Lord Burleigh Comme son pere 365. Knights 376 HEnry Sidney Or a Pheon Azure 377 Christopher Hatton Azure a Cheuron between 3 Garbs Or. 378 Francis Knolles Azure Crusuly a Cross moline voided Or. 379 Henry Lee. Argent a Fesse between 3 Cressents Sable 380 James the first of England and sixth of Scotland began his Reigne 1603. Quarterly the first and last FRance and England the 2d Or a Lion Rampant within a double Tressure Gules for Scotland The third For Ireland Azure a Harp Or. stringed Argent 382 Henry Prince of Wales de mesne a Label Argent 383 Lewis Duke of Lennox and after of Richmond Quarterly the first and fourth France a Border Gules semy de Femoulx Or the second and third Or a Fesse Checky Argent and Azure a Border engrailed Gules an Inescocheon Argent a Saltire engrailed between 4 Cinquefoyls Gules 384 Henry Wriothesley Earl of Southampton Vide 284. 385 John Erskin Earl of Mar. Argent a Pale Sable 386 William Herbert Earl of Pembrook Per pale Azure and Gules 3 Lions rampant Argent 387 Vlricke Duke of Alsatia 388 Henry Howard Earl of Northampton Comme son pere 272. a Cressent 389 Robert Cecil Earl of Salisbury Comme son pere 365. 390 Thomas Howard Viscount Binden second son of Thomas third Duke of Norfolk 262. 391 George Hume Earl of Dunbar Vert and Lion rampant Argent 392 Philip Herbert Earl of Montgomery afterward Earl of Penbrook Comme son pere 386. 393 Thomas Howard Earle of Arundel Gules on a Bend between 6 Croslets Argent an Inescocheon Or charged with a demy Lion within a double Tressure vulned in the mouth with an Arrow Gules 394 Thomas Erskin Viscount Fenton Vide 385. 395 Robert Carr Viscount Rochester after Earl of Somerset Gules on a Cheuron Argent 3 Mullets Sable a Lion of England 396 William Knolls Viscount Wallingeford after Earl of Banbury Comme son pere 378. 397 Francis Earl of Rutland Vide 346. 398 George Villiers afterward Duke of Buckingham Argent on a Cross Gules 5 Escallops Or. 399 Robert Sidney Viscount Lisle after Earl of Leicester Comme son pere 376. 400 James Hamilton Marquess Hamilton Earl of Cambridge Gules 3. Cinquefoyles pierced Ermine 401 Christierne Duke of Brunswick Quarterly the first Gules 2 Lions passant gardant Or the second Or semy de mens hearts Gules a Lion Rampant Azure The third Azure a Lion Rampant Argent 4th Gules a Lion Rampant Or a Border compony Argent and Azure 402 Claudius of Lorrain Duke of Chereceuse Or on a Bend Gules three Doves Argent 403 William Lord Burleigh Earl of Exeter Comme son pere 365. 404 Edward Sackvil Earl of Dorcet Comme 368. 405 Henry Rich Earl of Holland Gules a Cheuron between 3 Crosses botony Or a Crescent Sable 406 Thomas Howard Earl of Barkshire 2d Comme son pere 375. with another Crescent 407 Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden Azure 3 Crowns Or. 408 Henry of Nassau Prince of Orange Quarterly the first Sable Bilettee a Lion Rampant Or. The second Or a Lion Rampant gardant Gules crowned Azure 409 James Marquess Hamilton Comme son pere 400. 410 Theophilus Howard Earl of Suffolk Comme son pere 371. 411 Richard Weston Earl of Portland Or an Eagle regardant Sable 412 Robert Bertue Earl of Lindsey Argent 3 battering Rams barways in pale Azure garnished Or. 413 William Cecil Earl of Salisbury Comme son pere 389. 414 Henry Danvers Earl of Danby Gules a Cheuron between 3 Mullets of six points Or. 415 James Duke of Richmond and Lenox Comme 383. 416 William Douglas Argent on a Chief Sable two Mullets of the first 417 Algernon Piercy Earl of Northumberland 273. TO The Honourable and truly Noble Sir EDMOND BACON of Redgrave in the County of Suffolke BARONET SIR YOu
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
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 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
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-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
to the Sovereigne power amongst many regall immunities to that supreme jurisdiction peculiarly belonging and to none others Neverthelesse we read that Monarchicall Kings and Soveraigne States imparted this prerogative or preheminence unto others their inferiours upon speciall acceptable service done or for whatsoever private respect as we may see 1 Maccab. 15.6 Where amongst many other preheminences granted by Antiochus the sonne of Demetrius to Simon the high Priest which had been formerly granted to him by the predecessors of Antiochus he enableth him to coine money saying I give thee leave to coine money of thine own Stampe within thy country To this head must be reduced all other sorts of Bullion or Coine and whatsoever else pertaineth to Traffick or commerce By this open Purse we may understand a man of a charitable disposition and a franke and liberall Steward of the blessings which God hath bestowed upon him for the relief of the needy Of such an one S. Herome hath this saying Non memini me legisse mala morte mortuum qui libenter opera charitatis exercuit habet enim multos intercessores impossibile est multorum preces non exaudiri Though the Shooe be an habit serving for the foot which is the most inferiour part of mans body yet is it not therefore to be contemned forasmuch as it is a note of progression and very behovefull for Travellers In the Scriptures it is often taken for expedition as Psal 60. In Idumeam extendam calceamentum meum And proceeding to Idumea I will cast my Shooe over it It was an ancient custom amongst the Israelites in transferring of possessions for him that departed therewith to pluck off his Shooe and to deliver the same to his neighbour as now it is with us to passe livery and Seizin of Inheritance by the delivery of a Turffe and Sprigs taken off the ground and delivering the same to the purchaser As appeareth in the book of Ruth where it is said Now this was the manner before time in Israel concerning redeeming and changing for to stablish all things A man did pluck off his Shooe and gave it to his neighbour and this was a sure witnesse By which Ceremony he publickly acknowledged that he had transferred and put over his whole right unto the purchasor Ruth 4.7 8 9. But in after ages it seemeth the Jewes passed inheritances by Charters sealed and testified by witnesses a custom of use with us at this day at the Common Law as appeareth in the Prophesie of Jeremiah Men shall buy fields for silver and make writings and seal them and take witnesses in the Land of Benjamin and round about Jerusalem c. 3â— 44 And again Jer. 32.25 And thou hast said unto me O Lord God buy unto thee a field for silver and take witnesses And I bought the field of Hananeel my Vncles son that was in Anathoth and weighed him the mony even seventeen Sheckles of silver and I subscribed the Evidence and sealed it and took witnesses and weighed him the mony in the ballances c. Now sithence I am casually fallen upon this argument of sealing of Deeds I hold it not amisse to give some little touch by the way of the first coming in of this custom of Sealing in this our Nation which is now of so frequent use amongst us First it is to be observed that our Ancestors the Saxons had not the same in use for they used onely to subscribe their names commonly adding the signe of the Crosse And I need not to prove the same by the testimony of divers witnesses for this custom continued here in England untill the time that this Realm was conquered by William Duke of Normandy who together with the state of government a thing of commom custom with absolute Conquerours did alter the before mentioned custom of testification of deeds into sealing with waxe whereupon the Norman custom of Sealing of deeds at length prevailed amongst us Insomuch that the before mentioned use of the Saxons therein was utterly abolished As witnesseth Ingulphus the Abbot of Crowland saying the Normans do change the making of writings which were wont to be firmed in England with Crosses of gold and other holy signes into printing waxe And they rejected also the manner of English writing This change was not effected all at once but took place by degrees So that first the King onely and some few of his nobility besides used to Seal Afterwards Noblemen for the most part and none others At this time also as Joh. Ross noteth they used to grave in their Seals their own Pictures and counterfeits covered with a long Coat over their Armours After this Gentlemen of the better sort took up this fashion And because they were not all Warriours they made seales ingraven with their severall Coats or Shields of Armes for difference sake as the same Author reporteth At length about the time of King Edward the third Seales became very common so as not onely those that beare Armes used to Seal but other men also fashioned to themselves Signets of their owne devising Some taking the letters of their owne names some Flowers some Knots and flourishes and other Beasts and Birds or some other things as now we behold dayly in use SECT IV. CHAP. VIII HAving exemplified such bearings as are borrowed from the two Arts of nourishing and Cloathing our Bodies the third place may justly be challenged by that Art which we call Armature What understood by Armature whereby we are defended from all outward injuries either of Foes or Weather for by Armature we understand not onely those things which appertaine to Military profession where of we will speake in it's proper place but also those defensive Sciences of Masonry and Carpentry and Metall works which doe concurre to building and other necessary strenghtning for protection of our weak Carcases For houses are mansions for our Bodies as our bodies for our Soules and the weaknesse of the one must be supplyed by the strength of the other Escocheons of this kinde are these which ensue as first for Masonry and Stone-work Reference To this head must be reduced all manner of Instruments that do pertain to the severall Trades of Bricklayers Plaisterers Pavyers and such others whose worke consisteth of Stone Lime or Morter So much may suffice for examples for Masonry Now we come to Carpentry as may appear by these next following Escocheons Under this head must be comprehended all sorts of Instruments whereof there is use in Coat-Armours pertaining to the severall trades of Joyners Milwrights Cartwrights Turners Cowpers c. Reference and whatsoever other Trades whose use consisteth and is exercised in working or framing of â—imber Wainscot or any sort of Wood. And so from Tooles of Masonry and Carpentry borne in Coat-armour we come to Instruments of Metal-work the other Species of Armature whether the same be malleable and wrought by Hammer or Fusil and formed by Fire Next will I speake of
Mullet Argent a Crescent for a d fference 62 Sir Charles Morrison of Caishobury in Com Hartford Knight Or on a Chiefe Gules 3 Chaplets of the Field Ext. 63 Sir Henry Baker of Sissinghurst in Com Kent Knight Azure on a Fesse ingrailed between three Swans heads erased Or gorged with Crowns and beaks Gules as many Cinquefoyls of the last It was altered to Azure a plain Fesse Or between 3. Swans heads erased Argent their beaks Gules 64 Roger Apleton of South-Bemfleet or South hamsted in Com. Essex Esquire Argent a Fesse engrailed Sable between three Apples slipped Proper 65 Sir William Sedley of Ailesford and Southfleet in Com Kent Knight Azure a Fesse wavy between 3. Goats heads erased Argent attired Or. 66 Sir William Twisden of Royden-hall in East Peckham in Com Kent Knight Gyronny of 4. Argent and Gules a Saltire between as many Croslets counterchanged 67 Sir Edward Hales of Woodchurch now of Tunstall in the County of Kent Knight Gules 3 Arrows Or headed and feather'd Argent 68 William Monins of Walwarsher in Com Kent Esquire Gules 3 Crescents Or. 69 Thomas Mildmay of Mulsham in Com Essex Esquire Argent 3 Lions rampant Azure 70 Sir William Maynard of Faston parva in Com Essex Kt. now a Baron of England and Ireland Argent a Cheuron Azure between 3 dexter hands erect coupee Gules 71 Henry Lee of Quarendon in Com Bucks Esquire Argent a Fesse between 3 Crescents Sable Anno 10. Jacobi 1612. Nov. 25. 72 SIr John Portman of Orchard in Com Somerset Knight Or a Flowerdeluce Azure 73 Sir Nicholas Saunderson of Saxby in Com Lincoln Knight now Viscount Castleton in Ireland Paly of 6. Argent and Azure on a Bend Sable 3 Annulets Or. 74 Sir Miles Sandys of Wimbleton in the Isle of Ely Knight Or a Fesse dancy between 3 Croslets Gules 75 William Gostwicke of Willington in the County of Bedford Esquire Argent a bend Gules between 3. Choughes Proper on a Chief Azure 3. Mullets Or. 76 Thomas Puckering of Weston in Com Hartford Esquire Extinct Sable a Bend fusily Lozengy cottized Argent 77 William Wray of Glentworth in Com Lincoln Esquire Azure on a chief 3 Martlets Gules 78 Sir Will Aylofte of Braxsted Magna in the County of Essex Knight Sable a Lion Rampant between 3 Croslets Or. Novemb. 25. 1612. 79 Sir Marmaduke Wivell of Custable Burton in the County of Yorke Knight Gules 3 Cheurons braced Varry a chiefe Or. 80 John Peshall of Horsley in the County of Stafford Esq Argent a Crosse Formee Fleuty Sable on a Canton Gules a Wolves head erased of the field 81 Francis Englefield of Wotton Basset in the County of VVilts Esquire Barry of 6. Gules and Argent on a chief a Lion Rampant Azure 82 Sir Thomas Ridgeway of Torre in the County of Devon Knight since an Earl of Ireland Sable two Wings rising Or volant Argent 83 VVilliam Essex of Beucot in the County of Berk Esq Argent an Uâ—le Gules 84 Sir Edward Gorges of Langford in the County of VVilts Knight a Baron of Ireland He bears a Whirlpool Proper some blazon it a Mear but I conclude otherwise from the name 85 Edward Devereux of Castle-bramwith in the County of Warwicke Esquire since which the Vicounty of Hereford fell to them Argent a Fesse in chief 3 Rondels Gules 86 Reginald Mohun of Buckonnock in the County of Cornwall Esquire since a Baron of England Or a Cross engrailed Sable 87 Sir Harbotle Grimston of Bradfield in the County of Essex Knight Argent on a Fesse Sable 3 Mullets of six points Or. 88 Sir Thomas Holt of Aston-juxta Burmingham in the County of Warwick Knight Azure two Bars in chief a Crosse formee fitchee Or. Septemb. 24. 89 Sir Robert Naper alias Sandy of Lewton How in the County of Bedford Knight Argent a Saltire engrailed between four Cinquefoyls Gules 90 Paul Banning of Bently-Parva in the County of Essex Esquire since Viscount of England Or on two Bars Sable 3 Escallops of the field 91 Sir Thomas Temple of Stow in the County of Buckingham Knight Argent on two Bars Sable 6 Martlets Or. 92 Thomas Penystone of Leigh in the County of Sussex Esquire Argent 3 Cornish Choughes Proper June 8. 1615. 93 Thomas Blackstone of Blackestone in the County of Durham Ext. Argent two Bars in chief 3 Cocks Gules 94 Sir Robert Doâ—mer of Wing in the County of Buckingham Knight since Earl of Carnarvan Azure 10 Billets on a chief Or a demy Lion issuant Sable April 5. 1617. 95 Sir Rouland Egerton of Egerton in the County of Chester Knight Argent a Lion Rampant Gules between three Pheons Sable 96 Roger Townsend of Rainham in the County of Norfolk Esquire Azure a Cheuron Ermine between 3 Escallops Argent May 1. 97 Simon Clarke of Salford in the County of Warwicke Esquire Gules 3 Swords in Fesse the points erect Proper 98 Edward Fitton of Houseworth in the County of Chester Esq Argent a Canton Gules over all on a Bend Azure 3 Garbes Or. March 11. 99 Sir Richard Lucy of Broxborn in the County of Hertford Knight Gules Crusuly Or 3 Lucies or Pikes hauriant Argent May 25. 1618. 100 Sir Matthew Bointon of Barmston in the County of Yorke Knight Or a Fesse between 3 Crescents Gules July 25. 101 Thomas Littleton of Frankley in the County of Worcester Esquire Argent a Cheuron between 3 Escallops Sable Decemb. 24. 102 Sir Francis Leigh of Newnham in the County of Warwicke Knight since a Baron and after an Earl of England Gules a Cross engrailed in the first quarter a Lozenge Argent a Crescent for a difference 103 Thomas Burdet of Bramcot in the County of Warwick Esq Azure two Bars Or on each 3 Martlets Gules March 1. 104 George Morton of St. Andrews Milborn in the County of Dorcet Esq Quarterly Gules and Ermine in the first and fourth a Goats head erased Argent May 31. 1619. 105 Sir William Harvy Knight since a Baron of England and Ireland Ext. Gules on a Bend Argent 3 Trefoyls Vert. June 4. 106 Thomas Mackworth of Normanton in the County of Rutland Esquire Per pale indented Ermine and Sable a Cheuron Gules Fretty Or June 15. 107 VVilliam Grey of Chillingham in the County of Northumberland Esquire now Baron of VVarke Gules a Lion Rampant within a Border engrailed Argent July 19. 108 William Villiers of Brooksby in the County of Leicester Esquire Argent on a Crosse Gules 5 Escallops Or. July 20. 109 Sir James Ley of VVestbury in the County of VVilts Knight since Earl of Marlborough Argent a Cheuron between three Bears heads bendways couped Sable July 21. 110 William Hicks of Beverston in the County of Glocester Esquire Gules a Fesse wavy between 3 Flowers de lis Or. Septemb. 17. 111 Sir Thomas Beaumont of Coleorton in the County of Leicester Knight since a Viscount of Ireland France a Lion Rampant Or. Nov. 10. 112 Henry Salisbury of Leweney in the County of Denbigh