Marquess and Earl of Hartford Baron Seymour and Beauchamp invested in the Title of Marquess Hartford by King Charles June the third 1641. in the seventeenth year of his reign Grandchild and Heir to Edward created Earl of Hartford in the first year of Queen Elizabeth by Katharine Daughter and Heir of Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk and Frances his Wife eldest Daughter and Coheir of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Mary his Wife Queen Dowager of France second Sister and at last Coheir of King Henry the eighth which Earl Edward was Son of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset c. Brother to Queen Jane Mother of King Edward 6. to whom he was Protectour He bears six Coats quarterly First Topaz on a Pile Ruby between six Flowers de lis Saphire three Lyons of England which was an Agumentation of King Henry the eighth Secondly Ruby two wings impaled Topaz Milles calls them two wings volant Brook two wings conjoynd in Fesse and another two wings in Lure by the name of Seymour Thirdly Varry by the name of Beauchampe Fourthly Pearl three demy Lyons Rampant Ruby Fifthly per Bend Pearl and Ruby three Roses counter-changed Sixthly and lastly Pearl on a Bend Ruby three Leopards heads Topaz on which a Marquesses Crown thereon a Helmet of the same quality then for his Crest out of a Crown a Phoenix sacrificing her self all proper Mantled Ruby doubled Ermine Supported on the dexter side by an Unicorn Pearl gorged with a Crown chained Armed and Crined Topaz on the sinister side by a Bull Saphire gorged with a Crown and String reflexed Armed and Crined Topaz his Motto Foy pour devoir these have been the ancient quarterings of this noble Family and are continued though they have the same right as above appears to Grey Brandon and the Arms of England also with a due difference FIDEI COTICVLA CRVX THis is the Atchievement of the High and Mighty Prince George Duke Marquess and Earl of Buckingham Earl of Coventry Viscount Villiers and Baron of Whaddon whose Family were of signall note in Leicestershire for many hundred years whose Marshallings are thus blazoned He bears six Coats quarterly First Pearl on a Cross Ruby five Escallops Topaz which was an Augmentation as I am inform'd conferd upon one of this Family for service in the holy Land as appears by the bearing Secondly Diamond a Fesse between three Cinquefoyles Pearl by the name of Villiers Thirdly Topaz two Bars Saphire a Chief quarterly two Flowers de lis of France and a Lyon of England by the name of Manors Fourthly Ruby three Waterbougets Pearl Fifthly Saphire a Catherne Wheele Topaz Sixthly Topaz two Cheurons and a Border Ruby by the name of Trusbut a Martlet for a difference which foure last Coats are borne by his grace as the principall of many he may quarter in right of his Mother Katharine Daughter and sole heir of Francis Manors sixth Earl of Rutland Lord Roos of Hamelake Belvoir and Trusbut c. And for his Crest on a Crown Ducall and Helmet befitting that degree a Lyon Rampant Pearl Crowned Topaz standing on a Wreath or Torce of his colours Mantled Ruby and Ermine supported by a Horse on the dexter side daple Grey and on the sinister by a Stag Pearl Attired Proper his Motto Fidei coticula Crux The chief Attributes of God are his Power Wisdome Goodnesse in all which the nearer any King cometh to the imitation of that prime Idea the more truly doth he deserve that glorious name and expresse the noble nature of a King Which all Countries in part have shewed by the severall Titles given to their Soveraigns most Nations calling them Reges for government which cannot be as it should be without the said three Regall properties and the Saxons our ancestors call them Kings of Cynning a word signifying both cunning or wisdome and also Power whereby all Kings can do much more than good Kings will do The beginning of Kingly power was from the first created man who was made an absolute but fatherly Soveraign over all and the necessity of such a Chief was so great even in the eye of Nature that as there are no flocks or heards of beasts but have one leader of their own kind so there is no Nation so brutish or barbarous but have found the necessity and use of having a King over them to rule them and administer justice to them which is the prime office of a King and that such hath alwayes been the office of Kings of this our Island our own ancient and learnedst Lawyers testify For Rex saith Bracton non alius debet judicare si solus ad id sufficere posset c. Whence a latter learned Lawyer gathereth most truly that though the King substitute other to minister justice under him yet himself is not discharged of that authority when himself please as often as our Kings have done in person to sit and take notice of causes and likewise the Royall Oath at his Coronation runneth Facies fieri in omnibus judiciis tuis aequam certam justitiam c. And that such was the Kings absolute Jurisdiction in this Kingdom before the Conquest also the same Author so copiously proveth that it is ignorance to deny it and folly to enlarge the proof of it And yet saith Aeneas Silvius It is the manner of Kings in writing to use the plurall number as Mandamus Volumus Facimus c. As appeareth Epist 105. where he saith Reges cum scribunt etsi dominatum habent ut quicquid placet Legis vigorem habeat ea tamen moderatione utuntur cum scribunt ut aliquid praecipientes non se solos videri velint fecisse sed cum aliorum consilio They do temper their Soveraign Jurisdiction with such moderation that it may appear they prescribe and command not without counsell and advice of others Touching the greatnesse of the Kings of this Island and precedence before any other Kings these are two main reasons First that the King of this Land Lucius was the first Christian King of the world as also Constantine the first Emperour publickly planting Christianity Secondly for that of all Kings Christian the King of Britain is the most and indeed onely absolute Monarch he being no way subordinate to any Potentate Spirituall or Temporall in causes either Ecclesiasticall or Civill as other Kings are through their own default Moreover the King of England is both Anointed as no other King is but onely the French of Sicilie and of Jerusalem and he is also crowned which honour the Kings of Spain Portugall Arragon Navarre and many other Princes have not God grant that as our Country hath been blessed with prerogatives above all other Kingdoms and with the blessing both of all earthly felicities and Heavenly graces beyond any other and with more puissant victorious learned religious Kings than all the people whatsoever as the world seeth at this day so we may go beyond all Nations in thankfulnesse to so
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
Beaumont Viscount Beaumont France and Lion Rampant Or. 160 John Sutton Lord Dudly Or a Lion Rampant with two tayls Vert. 161 Thomas Lord Scales Gules 6. Escallops Argent 3. 2. 1. 162 John Lord Grey of Ruthin Barry of 6. Argent and Azure in chief three Torteauxes 163 Ralph Lord Butler of Sudely Gules a Fesse Checky Argent and Sable between six Croslets Or. 164 Lionell Lord Wells Or a Lion Rampant double quevee Sable 165 John Bourchier Lord Berners bears as 158. 166 Thomas Lord Stanly Argent on a Bend Azure three Bucks heads caboshed Or. 167 William Lord Bonvill Sable six Mullets Argent 3. 2. 1. 168 John Lord Wenlocke Argent a Cheuron between 3 Blackamores heads erased Sable 169 John Lord Beauchamp of Powiche Gules a Fesse between six Croslets Or. 170 Thomas Lord Hoo. Quarterly Sable and Argent 171 Sir John Ratcliffe Argent a Bend engrailed Sable 172 Sir John Fastolfe Quarterly Or and Azure on a Bend Gules 3 Croslets Argent 173 Thomas Kiriel or Cryol Or two Cheurons and a Canton Gules 174 Edward Hall Argent a Cheuron engrailed between 3 Talbots heads erased Sable 175 King Edward the fourth began his Reign 1460. Quarterly France and England 176 FErdinand King of Sicily and Naples Or four Pales Gules a Batune Sinister Argent 177 John King of Portugall Comme 108. 178 Charles Duke of Burgundy Vide 110. 179 Francis Sfortia Duke of Millane Argent a Serpent palewayes or erect devouring an Infant issuant Proper 180 Hercules d'Esti Duke of Ferrara Quarterly the first and 4th Or an Eagle Sable the second and third Bendy Or and Azure 181 Richard Duke of Yorke the Kings second son Quarterly France England a Label Argent thereon 9 Torteauxes 182 Richard Duke of Glocester afterward King quarterly of France and England a Label Ermine charged with 3 Cantons Gules A certain French Author and divers catalogues English bring in George Duke of Clarence but I think them mistaken 183 John Moubray Duke of Norfolke Gules a Lion Rampant Argent 184 John Lord Howard after Duke of Norfolke Gules a bend between sixe Croslets Fitchee Argent 185 John de la Pool Duke of Suffolke Azure a Fesse between 3 Leopards heads Or. 186 Humphrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham Or a Cheuron Gules 187 John Nevill Marque Mountacute as his father with a Cressent vide 152. 188 Thomas Grey Marq. Dorcet Barry of 6. Argent and Azure in Chief 3 Torteauxes a Label Ermine 189 James Douglas Earl Douglas in Scotland Azure a Lion Rampant Argent crowned Or. 190 William Fitz-Allan 8th Earl of Arundell Comme son Frere 150. 191 Thomas Lord Maltravers his son after ninth Earl of Arundel 192 Anthony Lord Scale after Earl Rivers Comme son pere 157. 193 William Lord Herbert after Earl of Penbrook Per pale Azure and Gules 3 Lions Rampant Argent 194 John Stafford Earl of Wiltshire younger son of Humphrey Duke of Bucks Comme son pere 186. 195 Henry Piercy Earl of Northumberland Or a Lion rampant Azure quartered with Gules 3 Lucyes hauriant Argent 196 John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester Argent a Saltier engrailed Gules 197 Galliard Duras Or a Lion rampant Azure over all a Bendlet Argent 198 John Lord Scroop of Bolton Or a Bend Azure 199 Walter Devereux Lord Ferrers of Chartley. 200 Walter Blount Lord Mountjoy Barry Nebulee Or and Sable 201 William Lord Hastings Argent a Maunch Sable 202 Sir John Astly Azure a Cinquefoyl Argent a Border engrailed Or. 203. Sir William Chamberlain Gules a Cheuron between 3 Escallops Or. 204 Sir William Parr Argent 2 Bars Azure a Border engrailed Sable 205 Sir Robert Harecourt Gules two Bars Or. 206 Sir Thomas Montgomery Gules a Cheuron between 3 Flowerdeluces Or. 207 Edward the fifth began his Reign we cannot say came to the Crown which continued 40 days onely or thereabout under whom no Knights of the Garter were made France and England quarterly 207 Richard the third King of England began his Reign June 22. 1483. France and England quarterly 208 THomas Howard Earl of Surry after Duke of Norfolke as his Father 184. 209 Thomas Lord Stanly after Earl of Derby 166. 210 Francis Viscount Lovel Barry Nebulee Or and Gules 211 Sir John Coniers Azure a Maunch Or. 212 Sir Richard Ratcliff Knight Arg. a Bend engrailed Sable 213 Sir Thomas Burgh Azure three Flowerdelis Ermine 214 Sir Richard Tunstall Sable three Combs Argent 215 Henry the seventh began his reign 1485. France and England Quarterly 216 MAximilian King of the Romans after Emperour Or an Eagle with two headâ— Sable on the breast an Inescocheon Gules charged with a Fesse Argent 217 John King of Portugall comme 108. 218 John King of Denmark comme 109. 219 Philip King of Castile and son to the Emperour Quarterly Castile and Leon. 220 Alphonsus Duke of Calabria and Naples King of Sicily and Hierusalem Quarterly the first Auragon the 2d Calabria viz. Argent a Crosse potent Sable 221 Arthur Prince of Wales France and England a Label Argent 222 Henry Duke of Yorke Comme son frere with 9 Torteauxes 223 Vibaldus or Hubault Count of Montferrat Duke of Vrbin 224 Edward Stafford Duke of Buckingham Comme son Pere 186. 225 Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorcet Comme son Pere 188. 226 John Vere the 13th vel 14th Earl of Oxford Quarterly Gules and Or in the first a Mullet Argent 227 Henry Piercy Earl of Northumberland Comme son Pere 195. 228 George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Comme 154. 229 Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex Comme 158. 230 Richard Grey Earl of Kent Comme 162. 231 Edward Courtney Earl of Devonshire Or 3 Torteauxes 232 Henry Lord Stafford after Earl of Wiltshire Comme son Frere 224. 233 Edmund de la Pool Earl of Suffolk Comme son Pere 185. 234 Charles Somerset Knight Banneret after Earl of Worcester Quarterly France and England a Border gobony Argent and Azure a Batune Sinister Argent 235 Gerald Fitz-Gerald Earl of Kildare Argent a Saltire Gules Viscounts 236 John Wells Viscount Wells Comme 164. Barons 237 George Stanley Lord Strange Comme son pere 209. 238 William Stanley Lord Chamberlain de Mesme 239 John Lord Dynham Gules a Fesse Lozengy Ermine 240 Robert Willoughby Lord Brook Sable a Cross engariled Or. Knights 241 GIles D'anbeny Argent a Fesse Lozengy Gules 242 Edward Poynings Barry of 6. Or and vert a Bend Gules 243 Edward Woodvil Comme 157. 244 George Talbot Comme 228. 245 John Cheney Azure six Lions Rampant Argent and Canton Ermine Ermine on a Bend Sable three Martlets Or. 246 Richard Guildford Or a Saltier entre 4 Martlets Sable on a Canton Argent a Pomgranate Proper 247 Thomas Lovell Argent a Cheuron Azure between 3 Squirrels seiant Gules 248 Thomas Brandon Barry of tenne Argent and Gules a Lion Rampant Or crowned per pale of the first and second 249 Reynold Bray Argent a Cheuron between 3 Eagles legs erased Sable 250 Sir Ryce ap
Thomas Argent a Cheuron Sable between three Cornish Choughes Proper 251 John Savage Argent six Lions Rampant Sable 252 Richard Pool Per pale Or and Sable a Saltire engrailed counterchanged 253 Henry the Eighth began his Reign 1509. France and England Quarterly Soveraign Princes 254 CHarles the fifth Emperour the German Eagle with a Scucheon of Pretence of Leon Castile Austria and Burgundy 255 Ferdinand King of the Romans after Emperour Comme son frere 107. 256 Francis King of France France 257 Emanuel King of Portugal Comme 108. 258 James the fifth King of Scots Or a Lion Rampant within a double Trescheur Gules Dukes 259 HEnry Fitz-Roy son to the King Duke of Richmond and Somerset France and England a Border quarterly Ermine and compony Argent and Azure a Batune Sinister of the second an Inescocheon quarterly Gules and Varry Or and Vert a Lion Rampant Argent on a Chief Azure a Castle between two Bucks head caboshed Argent 260 Julian de Medicis brother to Pope Leo the tenth Or 8 Roundles in Orle that in chief of France the other 7 Gules 261 Edward Seymor Earl of after Duke of Somerset Gules two Wings impaled Or. 262 Thomas Howard Earl of Surry after Duke of Norfolk Comme son pere 208. 263 Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke Comme son pere 248. 264 John Sutton called Dudley Viscount L'isle after Duke of Northumberland Or a Lion Rampant with two tayls Vert. 265 Anne Duke of Mont-morency Or a Crosle Gules between 16. Eagles Azure Marquesses 266 HEnry Courtney Earl of Devon Marquesse of Exeter Or three Torteauxes 267 William Parre Earl of Essex Marquesse of Northampton comme 204. 268 William Paulet Lord Saint John afterward Earl of Wiltshire and Marquesse of Winchester Sable three Swords in point Argent Earles 269 HEnry Howard Earl of Surrey comme son pere 262. 270 Thomas Bullen Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond Argent a Cheuron Gules between three Bulls heads coupee Sable 271 William Fitz Allan Earl of Arundel comme son pere 190. 272 John Vert fifteenth Earl of Oxford comme 115. 273 Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland comme son pere 227. 274 Ralf Nevill Earl of Westmerland Gules a Saltier Argent 275 Francis Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury comme son pere 228. 276 Philip Chabot Earl of Newblanc Admirall of France Or three Chabots chubs or chevin fish Gules 277 Henry Fitz-Allen Lord Maltravers comme son pere 271. 278 Thomas Monros Lord Rosse after Earl of Rutland Or two Bars Azure a Chief quarterly two Flowers de lis of France and a Lyon of England 279 Robert Radcliffe Viscount Fitz-Walter afterward Earl of Sussex comme 212. 280 Henry Clifford Earl of Cumberland vide 118. 281 William Fitz-William Earl of Southampton Lozengy Argent and Gules 282 Thomas Lord Cromwell after Earl of Essex Azure on a Fesse between three Lyons Rampant Or a Rose Gules between two Choughs Proper 283 John Lord Russell after Earl of Bedford Argent a Lyon Rampant Gules on a Chief Sable three Escallops of the first 284 Thomas Lord Wriothesley afterward Earl of Southampton Azure a Crosse Or between four Falcons Argent Viscounts 285 ARthur Plantaginet Viscount Lisle son of King Edward the fourth Quarterly the first France and England the second and third Vlster viz. Or a Crosse Gules the fourth Mortimer vide 16. a Batune Azure an Inescocheon an Inescocheon of Grey Valence Quincy Talbot Beauchampe and L' Isle quartered with a Label Argent 286 Walter Devoreux Lord Ferrers Viscount Hereford Argent a Fesse Gules in chief three Torteauxes 287 Edward Howard Admirall of England comme son pere 208. 288 George Nevill Lord Abergaveney Gules on a Saltier Argent a Rose of the first Barons 289 THomas West Lord De-la-ware Argent a Fesse indented Sable 290 Thomas Lord Dacrees of Gilsland Gules 3 Escallops Argent 291 Thomas Lord Darcy Azure crusuly 3 Cinquefoyls Argent 292 Edward Sutton Lord Dudly Or a Lion Rampant with two tayls Vert. 293 William Blound Lord Mountjoy Barry Nebulee of six Or and Sable 294 Edward Stanley Lord Mounteagle comme 209. with a Crescent 295 William Lord Sands Argent a Cross raguly Sable 296 Henry Lord Marney Gules a Lion Rampant Gardant Argent 297 Thomas Lord Audely of Walden Quarterly per Fesse indented Or and Azure in each of the last an Eagle Or a Bend of the second charged with a Fret between two Martlets of the first Knights 298 JOhn Gage Comptroller of the Houshold Gyronny of 4. Azure and Argent a Saltire Gules 299 Henry Guilford Master of the horse comme 246. 300 Nicholas Carew Master of the horse Or 3 Lions passant in pale Sable 301 Anthony Brown Sable 3 Lions passant in Bend double cotised Argent 302 Thomas Cheney Warden of the Cinque-ports Comme 245. 303 Richard Wingfield Argent on a Bend Gules cottises Sable 3 pair of wings impaled of the first an Estoil of 16 rayes 304 Sir Anthony Wingfield De mesne sanz Difference 305 Anthony St. Leger Deputy of Ireland Azure Fretty Argent a Chief Or. 306 John Wallop Captain of Guismes Argent a Bend wavy Sable 307 Edward the sixth began his Reign 1546. Quarterly France and England Soveraign Prince 308 HEenry the second King of France Duke 309 HEnry Grey Marquess Dorcet after Duke of Suffolk 188. Earls 310 HEnry Nevil Earl of Westmerland Gules a Saltire Argent 311 Edward Stanly Earl of Derby vide 209. 312 Francis Hastings Earl of Huntington Argent a Maunch Sable 313 William Herbert Earl of Penbrook Per pale Azure and Gules 3 Lions rampant Argent a Border gobony Or and the second bezanty Barons 314 THomas Seymour Baron Sudele Comme son frere 261. with a Creicent 315 Thomas West Lord De-la-ware Comme 289. 316 George Brook Lord Cobham Gules on a Cheuron Argent a Lion rampant Sable crowned Or. 317 Edward Lord Clinton after Earle of Lincoln Argent 6 Croslets Fitchee Sable on a Chief Azure 2 Mullets Or. 318 William Paget Lord Beudesert Sable on a Crosse engrailed between four Eagles Argent five Lions passant of the first 319 Thomas Lord Darcy of Chich. Arg. 3 Cinquefoyls Gules Knight 320 ANdrew Sutton alias Dudley Knight Or a Lion rampant with a double tail Vert a Crescent 321 Mary Queen of England Soveraign of the Garter began her Reign 1553. France and England quarterly on the Sinister side and on the Dexter Soveraign Princes 322 PHilip 2d King of Spain Quarterly the first Castile and Leon quarterly 323 Emanuel Philibert Duke of Savoy Vide fol. Earls 324 Henry Ratcliffe Earle of Sussex Comme son pere 279. 325 Anthony Brown Viscount Mountague Comme son pere 301. 326 William Howard Lord Effingham Comme son pere 208. with a Mullet Sable 327 William Grey Baron of VVilton Barry of 6. Argent and Azure in Chief 3 Torteauxes a Label of five points Argent 328 Edward Hastings Lord Loughborough Comme son frere 312. 329 Robert Rochester Knight dyed before the Instalment 330
Sable a Fesse Engrailed between three Flowers de lis Argent by the name of Ashfield of which is now Sir Richard Ashfield of Netherhall in Suffolk Baronet son of Sir John Ashfield of the same place created Baronet July 27. 1626. He beareth Gules three Flowers de lis Argent a Chief Vaire by the name of Palmes of York-shire and elsewhere He beareth Argent six Flowers de lis Azure a Chief Or being with the Armes of Vlster the Atchievement of the honourable Sir William Paston of Oxnead in the County of Norfolk Knight and Baronet a great Patron and Promoter of Arts and Ingenuity â—olledge of Winchester The Field is Sable three Lillies slipped their stalks seeds blades and leaves Argent These Armes pertain to the Colledge of Winchester founded by the renowned Architect William Wickham Bishop of Winton who contrived those many and most curious Castles and other buildings of King Edward the third and besides this goodly Colledge of Winton built another magnificent Colledge called the New Colledge in the Vniversity of Oxford two such absolute Foundations as never any King of this Land did the like This Wickham having finished the Castle of Windsor caused to be inscribed on the Wall of the Round Tower This made Wickham which caused such as were envious of his high favour to suggest unto the King that he arrogated all the honour of that great Work to himself but he pleasantly satisfied the King saying that he wrote not Wickham made this but This made Wickham because by his service in these Works he had gained his Soveraigns Princely favour Treefoiles slipped He beareth Argent a Fesse Nebule between three treefoiles slipped Gules This Coat pertaineh to George Thorpe of Wanswell in the County of Glocester Esquire one of the honourable band of his Majesties Gentlemen Pensioners The Treefoile is accounted the Husbandmans Almanack because when it shutteth in the leaves it fore-telleth raine The husbandmans calender and therefore the Fesse Nebule representing the rainy clouds is not unaptly joyned with it This Leafe being grassie some may marvell I should reckon it amongst the Coronaries but they must know that in ancient Roman times amongst other sorts of Crowns the Graminea corona or Grassie Crown was of very high honour to the Wearer He beareth Sable a Cheuron between three Treefoiles Or which is the Coat of that worthy Merchant John Lewis Esquire of an ancient Family of that name in York-shire He beareth Argent on a Cheuron Azure between three Treefoiles Parted per Pale Gules and Vert as many Bezants being the Coat of Sir Henry Row of Shakelwell of Colonel Owen Row c. He beareth Or two Cheurons between three Treefoyles Sable which is the Coat of Sir Thomas Abdy of Felphall in Essex Knight and Baronet and Robert Abdy of London Merchant and John Abdy sons of Anthony Abdy sometime Alderman of London He beareth Azure three Quaterfoyles Argent which is the Coat of Sir Francis Vincent of Stoke Dabernon in Surrey Baronet of which Family is also William Vincent Esquire Alderman of London Sheriff 1659. He beareth Argent a Cheuron Sable Columbines slipped between three Columbines slipped Proper by the name of Hall of Coventrie The Columbine is pleasing to the eye as well in respect of the seemly and not vulgar shape as in regard of the Azurie colour thereof and is holden to be very medicinable for the disolving of impostumations or swellings in the throat He beareth Gules a Bend Or in the sinister Chief a Cinquefoyle Ermine this is the Coat of Sir Erasmus de la Fountaine of London Knight whose Lady is Sister to the right honourable Baptist Viscount Camden He beareth Argent a Cheuron Sable in the dexter point a Cinquefoyle Gules and is the Coat of Alderman Ricard of London He beareth Sable a Cheuron Ermine between three Cinquefoyles Or being the Coat of the honourable John Thurloe Secretary of State He beareth Gules a Cheuron between ten Cinquefoiles The Cinquefoile four two one two and one Argent This Coat-Armour pertaineth to the worshipful Family of Barkley of Wymundham which descended out of the right noble progeny of the Lord Barkley This Coat is of an usuall kind of Blazon and therefore I held it the fitter to be here inserted as a pattern for all such Coat-Armours whose Charges are marshalled in this order The Cinquefoile is an Herbe wholesome for many good uses and is of ancient bearing in Escocheons The number of the leaves answer to the five senses in a man and he that can conquer his affections Resemblance thereof and master his senses which sensuall and vicious men are wholy addicted unto he may worthily and with honour bear the Cinquefoile as the signe of his fivefold victory over a stronger Enemy than that three headed monster Cerberus He beareth Argent three Gilloflowers slipped Proper Gilloflowers slipped by the name of Jorney These kinds of flowers for beauty variety of colour and pleasant redolencie may be compared with the choisest attires of the garden yet because such daintinesse and affected adornings better befit Ladies and Gentlewomen than Knights and men of valour whose worth must be tried in the Field not under a Rose-bed or in a Garden plot therefore the ancient Generous made choise rather of such Herbs as grew in the Fields as the Cinquefoile Treefoile c. He beareth Argent a Cheuron Gules between three blew Bottles Blew Bottles slipped proper by the name of Chorley of Chorley an ancient Family in the County Palatine of Lancaster These few examples may suffice to shew that all others of like kind which I for brevity sake voluntarily passe over are to be reduced unto this head of Coronary-Herbs from which we will now proceed to the Physicall whose chief and more frequent use consisteth in asswaging or curing of maladies and diseases And of these some are Aromaticall which for the most part in respect of their familiar and pleasing nature do serve for the corroborating comforting of the inward parts of mans body and for that purpose are oft used in meats of which sort are Saffron Ginger and such like other are meerly Medicinall and such as a man were it not for necessity would wish rather to wear in his Escocheon than in his belly Examples of which kinds I will willingly passe over onely as it were pointing out with the finger unto what head they must be reduced if any such be borne in Armes Of the Plants Trees Fruits and Herbs before mentioned some are forrein and some Domesticall Of Plants Trees c. some grow in Mountains some in Marish and Fenny grounds some by the Rivers some by Sea-coast Concerning their causes natures and effects Phylosophers Physitians and Herbalists do seriously dispute and doubtlesse they are the admirable work of the most Omnipotent God who hath sent as many kinds of Medicines as of Maladies that as by the one we may see our own wretchednesse
delivered divers Rules and Observations concerning living things and their parts in genere Use of demonstrations I will now annex such examples as may demonstrate these severall sorts of bearing forasmuch as demonstrations give life and light to ambiguous and doubtfull Precepts as Aristotle Ethic. 7. noteth saying Demonstrationes sunt perfectiores nobiliores quando inducuntur post orationes dubitabâ—les Demonstrations are ever best after doubtfull passages Of these briefly as in the next Escocheon Bearing of beasts of whom borrowed The invention of Armes wherein Beasts or their parts are borne are borrowed saith Sir John Ferne from the Hunnes Hungarians Scythians and Saxons cruell and most fierce Nations who therefore delighted in the bearing of Beasts of like nature in their Armes as Lyons Bears Wolves Hyenes and such like which fashion likewise came into these our Countries when those barbarous people over-ran with conquest the West part of Europe Now to the end that the Rules and Observations formerly set down may receive both life and warrant by Presidents I will now exemplifie them in their order And first of whole-footed Beasts with their Members The Horse is a beast naturally stubborne fierce hauty proud and insolent and of all beasts there is none that vanteth more after victory obtained or dejected if he be vanquished none more prone in battell or desirous of revenge SECT III. CHAP. XIV AFter Beasts whole footed succeed those who are cloven-footed whether into two parts or more Beasts whole footed And first for those which have their feet divided into two parts onely they are for the most part Armed with hornes as the following examples shall illustrate And by the way this must be noted that these horned beasts besides that their members are borne Couped and Erased like other beasts have also their heads borne Trunked Which of some Armorists is blazoned Cahossed of the word Cabo which in the Spanish Language doth signifie a head which forme of blazon giveth us to understand that it is the head of some such beast borne sole and of it selfe having no part of the neck thereto adherent an accident that seldome befalleth beasts of other kinds which most usually are borne with the neck conjoyned Which forme or bearing you shall hereafter see in due place The bearing of a Bull or the head thereof is a note of valour or magnanimity where contrariwise the bearing of an Oxe or the head thereof denoteth faintness of courage as Vpton noteth that their first bearers were either gelt persons or such as had some notable defect in the generative parts as that thereby they became altogether unfit for procreation Sithence we are now come to treat of beasts of the Forrests I hold it fit to speak somewhat in my first entry of their Numbers Names Qualities Royalties Armings Footings Degrees of age c. according as they are termed of skilfull Forresters and Woodmen And first of their kinds Of Beasts of the Forrest some are Beasts of Venery Chase Of Beasts of Venery there are five kinds viz. the Hart. Hynde Hare Boare Wolfe As old Woodmen have anciently termed them These have been accounted properly Wild Beasts of the Forrest or beasts of Venery These beasts are also called Sylvestres Scil. beasts of the Wood or Forrest because they do haunt the Woods more than the Plaines Proper Names Seasons Degrees and Ages of Beasts of the Forrest and of Chase Wherefore you shall understand that the First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth years you shall call them Hind or Calfe Brockett Spayade Staggarde Stagge Hart. But here by the way we must observe that some ancient Writers do report that in times past Forresters were wont to call him a Stag at the fourth year and not a Staggard as we do now and at the fifth year they called him a great Stag And so they were wont to distinguish his severall ages by these words Stag and great Stag. The knowledge of the Ordure or excrements of every beast of Venery and chase is necessary to be observed because their ordures are a principall note whereby good Forresters and Woodmen do know and observe the place of their haunt and feeding and also their estate And therefore it is a thing highly to be observed for that a Forrester or Woodman in making his reports shall be constrained to rehearse the same The Ordure of a Hart 1 Hare 2 Boare 3 Fox and 4 all Vermine is tearmed 1 Fumets or fimashing of all Deere 2 Crottelles or Crotizing 3 Lesses 4 Fiantes Terme of footing or treading of all beasts of Venery and Chase That of a Hart Buck and all Fallow Deere Beare is termed Slot View Tract or Treading That of an Hare is termed according to her severall courses for when she keepeth In plain fields and chaseth about to deceive the Hounds Beateth the plaine High-way where you may yet perceive her footing it is said she 〈◊〉 Prickeâ—â— Termes of the Tayle That of a 1 Hart 2 Buck Roe or any other Deere 3 Boare 4 Fox 5 Wolfe 6 Hare and Coney is termed his 1 Tayle 2 Single 3 Wreath 4 Bush or holy water sprinkle 5 Sterne 6 Scutte The fat of all sorts of Deere is called Sueete Also it may be very well said This Deere was a high Deeres Greace The fat of a Roe Boare and Hare is termed Bevy Greace Greace You shall say that a Hart Buck Roe Hare Conie Fox Harboureth Lodgeth Beddeth Seateth or Formeth Sitteth Kenneleth You shall say a Deere Hare Fox is broken Cased Vncased You shall say Dislodge Start Vnkennel Rowse Bowlt the Buck. Hare Fox Hart. Cony You shall say 1 Hart or Buck 2 Roe 3 Boare 4 Hart or Conie 5 Fox 6 Wolfe goeth to his the 1 Rule 2 Tourne 3 Brymme 4 Buck. 5 Clicketting 6 Match or to his Make. Termes excogitated and used by Forresters You shall say a Hart Buck Roe Hare Conie Fox Wolfe Belloweth Growneth Belleth Beateth or Tappeth Barketh Howleth You shall say a Litter of Cubs Nest of Rabbets Skilfull Forresters and good Woodmen Do use to say a Heard Heard Bevy Sounder Kowte Riches Brace or Lease Brace or Lease Brace or Lease Couple Of Harts All manner of Deere Roes Swyne Wolves Marternes Bucks Foxes Hares Rabbets or Conies These are apt termes of Hunting pertaining both to Beasts of Venery and of Chase Whereas some men are of opinion that a Stag of what age soever he be shall not be called a Hart untill the King or Queen have hunted him Stagge when properly called an Hart. that is not so for after the fifth year of his Age you shall no more call him a Stag but a Hart. So then at six years old he is called a Hart. Now if the King or Queen do hunt or chase him and he escape away alive Hart Royall when so named then after such hunting or chasing he is called a Hart Royall Note that if this Hart be by the King or Queen so hunted or chased that he
never went out but still gave light yet was not maintained with any kind of Oyle or other fatty matter or substance and this was holden for a speciall miraculous thing yet might the same be performed by some other naturall means as with a certain kind of stone that is found in Arcadia and is called Asphestus which is said to be of that nature that being once kindled and set on fire doth never extinguish or go out neither is it thereby consumed or wasted Zan. lib. 4. de potent daemon chap. 12. pag. 255. There are doubtlesse both in herbs and stones admirable virtues not manifest whereby strange and unwonted effects may be wrought Therefore men being ignorant of the efficacy and forcible vertues of things naturall and apprehending only their effects by sight do forth with conceive that there is wrought some strange or great miracle whereas indeed it is nothing lesse but a matter proceeding meerly from some naturall cause Besides these aforesaid there are sundry other Instruments of Houshold use as Mortars Gridirons c. which we leave to observation And to this may be referred Candles torches c. The great Turke Solimannus gave foure Candles for his Device one burning the other three extinct to signifie that other Religions were nothing light in respect of his or that the other parts of the World should lose their beauty by the brightnesse of his glory Endlesse is the swift passage of time which we shall better discerne if we looke backwards to the times that have already overslipped us The best meanes we can devise to bridle time is to be evermore well exercised in some honest vertuous and laudable worke so shall it not escape us fruitlessely acording to that saying of Petrarch Virtute industria bonarumque artium studijs fraenari possunt tempora non quia fugiant sed ne pereant So shall we be sure to carry a hand over time and not time over us so shall we if not clippe his wings that he glide not from us yet shall we so attach him that he shall not so passe us but that we shall make some good use of him that he passe us not unprofitably Time slippeth from us suddenly and outstrippeth us which onely we ought greedily to seize upon and in no case barter or exchange the same for any costly price or reward let us though late yet not too late begin to love and hold time in estimation which onely a man may lawfully and honestly covet Let us bethink our selves of the shortnesse of our time and our own frailty and endeavour our selves to make good use thereof and let us not then as Seneca admonisheth us begin to live when life begins to leave us To this place are Clocks Watches and such like Instruments representing the swift incessant motion of time to be referred wherein we may observe that every wheele therein is moved by some other of more swift motion than it selfe hath whereby is verified this saying Quilibet motus mensuratur per velociorem motum seipso SECT IV. CHAP. X. The Art of Armature NExt to Armature with the appendices thereof succeedeth Navigation whereunto pertain all sorts of Ships and Boats with their severall parts their Huls Stem Sterne Masts Tops Tacklings Sailes Oares Cables Anchors c. Whereof divers are borne in Coat-armour as shall by these next examples partly appear He is second son to Nathaniel Terne of much Wenlock in the County of Salop lately deceased and of Sarah Daughter and Coheir to Edmund Hill of the Court of Hill in Tenbury in the same County by whom he had also issue William eldest son Henry third son Nathaniel deceased SECT IV. CHAP. XI THE last of the aforesaid Arts we reckoned to be Venation which Plato divideth into three Species Hunting Hawking and Fishing all which because they tend to the providing of sustenance for man Farnesius doth therefore account a Species of Agriculture The dangerous chases of the Bear the wild Boare Bull c. whether the same be performed on horse-back or on foot hath a resemblance of Military practise for it maketh a man provident in assaulting as also valorous in sustaining the brunt of the enemy it maketh them politick for choice of places of advantage and enableth them to tolerate hunger thirst labour stormes tempests c. all which are most requisite for such as do professe a military course of life What valorous commanders those men have proved that have been trained up in the Art of Hunting when they have come to the administration and managing of Martiall Affaires the Persians can sufficiently witnesse unto us who had no better means to become expert Souldiers than their dayly exercise of Hunting As also the History of Mithridates King of Pontus who was so much transported with the love of Hunting as that according to Farnesius by the space of seven years he took not the benefit of any house either in City or Country to lye in by means whereof he so enabled and enured his body to sustain all hardnesse that afterward he became a scourge and terrour to the Romans And therefore this noble kind of Venation is priviledged from the title of an Illiberal Art being a Princely and Generous Exercise The priviledge of Venation but those onely who use it for a trade of life to make gain thereof are to be marshalled in the rank of Mechanicks and Illiberal Artizans As touching the number of examples of things pertaining to this noble exercise of Hunting proposed for the first Species of Venation I purpose to be very brief not in respect of their scarcity but because of the manifold imployments of the workman for the present that he is not able to furnish me with more And having ended with them I will proceed according to order with the other two Species of Venation viz. Hawking and Fishing The Skill of Fishing is diversly exercised viz. sometimes with Nets sometimes with Hooks other whiles with Sammon-spears or Eele-spears and sometimes with Ginnes with Puttes Weeles c. all which are found borne in Coat-armour now first of Nets These are most usually borne in Armes piece-meal or in fragments which are the same if I be not deceived which we call in Blazon Frets because the Frenchmen call a Net Retz and we by intermixture of Language have added thereunto the letter F. These fragments are sometimes borne single and other-whiles manifold as appeareth by these next examples There is also borne Gules eight Losenges Argent 4.3.1 by the name of Preston SECT IV. CHAP. XII ARTS Mechanicall of more necessary use for the nourishing and preserving of Mans body we have proposed in the preceding examples there yet rest other Arts of a second rank which tend rather to the embellishing and beautifying of Natures works than to the necessary supply of humane uses yea some of them such as are rather boites to please the senses than means to further mans good Yet because the custom
his own amongst those people which in right and conscience do owe him obedience that they may be thereby induced the sooner to submit themselves to him as to their true and lawfull Soveraign or Lord. So did Edward the third King of England when he set on foot his Title to the Kingdom of France shewing forth the Arms of France quartered in his royall Banner with the Arms of England But for such persons as are but Commanders under them it is very absurd sith thereof ensue oftentimes many dangerous errors Et irrecuperabilis est error qui violentia Martis committitur Having before made mention of an Inescocheon and of the bearing of the Arms of the Femme by the Baron after issue received by her An inescocheon she being an inheretrix I will now here give you an example as well to shew the occasion of such bearing as also the manner and situation thereof As for the antiquity of bearing of Inescocheons Antiquity of Inescocheons I find them very anciently used a long time by the Emperors of Germany for they always placed an Inescocheon of their Paternall coat on the brest of the Imperiall Eagle And also divers Noble and Worthy Families of this Land used the like bearing in severall Reigns of sundry of our Kings viz. In the time of Richard the second Simon Burley bare in an Inescocheon the Arms of Husly In the time of Henry the fifth Richard Beauchamp the great Earl of Warwick bare the Arms of Spenser and Clare quarterly in an Inescocheon over his own Paternal coat-armour and many other in like sort Concerning the bearing of the wives coat-armour by the husband Impaled or otherwise there are some that do boldly affirm Of the wives Coat-Armour born by the Husband that it is not permitted by Law but only tolerated through custom and do with Chassaneus alledge for proof thereof Quod Arma non transeunt ad cognatos affines Toleration through custom quia cognati descendentes ex femina non sunt de familia because by reason of her marriage she renounceth the name of the Family whereof she is descended and assumeth the name of her Husbands Family as we formerly shewed where we intreated of differences which are not permitted to the Females And an especiall reason thereof may be this Quia agnationis dignitas semper debet esse salva the Agnation which is of the Fathers side must be preserved entire and therefore the Honor or Arms of it not to be carried into another Family Now because some misunderstanding the Rule given in the sixth Chapter of the first Section where it is said that to daughters never were any differences allowed do hold that the husband in the impaling of his wives coat-armour with his own may omit such difference as her father admitting him to be a younger brother or descended of a younger brother bore to distinguish him from the elder brother I think it not amiss here to observe unto the young Student in Armory that every Gentleman of coat-armour which marrieth a Gentlewoman whose father did bear any difference in his coat ought in the Impalement of his wives Arms to retain the same difference which her father bore as in example But now to return to marshalling If a Coat-Armour that is bordured be born sole of it self then shall the bordure inviron the Coat round but if such a coat be marshalled Paleways with another as a Marriage then must that part of the bordure which respecteth the coat annexed give place thereunto whether the coat bordured be marshalled on the dexter part of the Escocheon or the sinister as in Example By occasion of this Bordure I will shew you in like manner how if a Coat-Armour bordured be honoured with a Canton quarter c. the bordure must in like manner give place unto them as in these next examples may be seen Parce puer stimulis fortius utere loris Ovid. Be sparing of thy spurs but bridle strongly use Note that if a bordured Coat be to be Marshalled amongst other coats quarterly then shall no part of the bordure be omitted but the bordure shall environ the same round except it be honoured with a chief canton quarter c. as aforesaid even as it were born alone of it self SECT VI. CHAP. II. FRom such Marshallings as do betoken Marriage Of Marshallings betokening the gift of the Soveraign I come to such as betoken a Gift of the Soveraign by way of augmentation These are bestowed either for favour or merit though the very winning of favour with Soveraign Princes must be also reputed merit because Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est To win great Princes love great praise it merits Of the first sort are all those Armoriall signs which the Soveraign to honour the Bearer and to dignifie his Coat-Armour doth annex to the Paternal coat of some especiall favorites imparting unto them some parcel of his Royall Ensigns or Badges that so he may transfer to posterities some monument of his gracious favour and of those some are marshalled paleways and others otherways Of the first sort are the next Escocheons and their like wherein the propriety of place is due to those of free gift which must be marshalled on the dexter side of the Escocheon before the Paternal coat Ob reverentiam munificentiae Regalis As in Example Other sorts of bearing These may serve sufficiently to exemplifie the bearing of augmentations or additions of Honour annexed to Paternall Coat-Armours Paleways Now shall follow such as are Marshalled with them after some other manner for in some of them there is annexed a part in a part in other some the whole in a part By a part in a part I mean the annexing of a parcel of the Royall Ensigns or Badges of the Soveraign in or upon some one portion of the Escocheon A part in a part what as in or upon a Canton Chief Quarter c. as followeth in these next examples Sometimes these Augmentations are found to be borne upon the Chief of the Escocheon above the Paternall Coat as in this next example Whole in a part what Now in the next place by the whole in a part I mean the bearing of the Royall Ensigns of the Soveraign wholy in some part of the Escocheon as in example Thus much for tokens of the Soveraigns favour which kind of gifts though they proceed also from high merit for the most part in the receivers yet we rather entitle them favours then merits because their gratitude is the greater by whom such Princely regards are rather imputed to their Soveraigns meer bounty then to their own desert SECT VI. CHAP. III. Of augmentations of merit IN the precedent Chapter enough hath been said of augmentations or additions of Honour bestowed by the Soveraign in token of Princely favour Now of such as he giveth in remuneration of merit either immediately by himself or mediately
by his Generall or Vicegerent either in requitall of acceptable service performed or for incouragement to future honourable attempts which is then chiefly effected when vertue is duly rewarded Such remunerations are conferred upon men imployed either in warfare be it secular or spirituall or in affairs civil Spirituall Knighthoods Of the first sort were those that were professed in the severall orders of spirituall Knighthood of late use in this Land but now abolished viz. the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem and Knights Templers of which the first is the chiefest whose beginning saith Sir John Ferne was in the time of Godfrey first Christian King of Jerusalem Knights Templers The profession of this order was to fight for Gods Honour against the Infidels and as they were taught by the Romish Synagogue for holy S. John This order was begun in the year of grace 1120. Their habit was a long Gown or Robe of black with a white cross upon the brest The Ensign Armoriall of their Order Their Ensigne was an Escocheon Gules a plain cross Argent And this is now known for the Arms of Savoy by reason that the first Amadeus or Amy Earl of Savoy being in Arms with the brethren of this spirituall Knighthood at the siege of Acres after that their Grand-master was slain by the Saracens lest the Infidels should thereupon take a greater confidence of victory by knowledge of his death at their request he did put on the Armour of their slain General and the long robe of black cloth with the Arms of the said order and then deameaned himself with such valour in battel that after he had slain the Admiral of the Saracens with his own hand he sunk and put to flight the most part of their Foists Ships and Gallies and in fine redeemed the City of Acres from a perillous Navall siege For which benefit done to Religion The occasion of assumption of this Coat the Knights of the said Order requested the said Earl of Savoy to advance for his coat-armour this Ensign here mentioned Sithence which time all those that entred the said Order have also had their Paternall coat-armour ensigned with this Cross on the chief of their Paternal coat as followeth Of Armes Assumptive To these donative augmentations of Arms I will adde certain Arms Assumptive which are such as a man of his proper right may assume as the guerdon of his valorous service with the approbation of his Soveraign and of the Herald As if a man being no Gentleman of Blood or coat-Armour or else being a Gentlman of Blood and coat-armour shall captivate or take prisoner in any lawfull wars any Gentleman great Lord or Prince as saith Sir John Ferne he may bear the shield of that prisoner and enjoy it to him and his heirs for ever Sir John Ferne. If the same be not by like infortune regained be he Christian or Pagan for that is but a vain and frivolous distinction These are such as the bearers or some of their Ancestors have forced from the enemy either in compelling him to slight and so to forsake his Armes or ensigns Forced from the enemy or by strong hand surprise him prisoner in justo bello or having slain him so gained to himself jure gentium an absolute interest in the ensigns of his conquered foe And in this sense may that assertion of Bertolus be verified where he saith Et jam populares propria authoritate arma sibi assumere possunt Cessa Catot conclus 28. part but not otherwise because the base sort of men having no generous blood in them are not capable of Armoriall ensignes which are the badges of noble disposition or generous birth and therefore they ought not to be bestowed upon such persons Quia entia nolunt male disponi Arist Met. But in this sense it may be understood that he that is not descended of gentle blood is holden worthy to bear the coat-armour that he hath gained Arist Metaph. 12. for the apparant tokens of vertue and valour that are found in him That the vanquisher may bear the Arms of the vanquished I shall make apparent by this next example SECT VI. CHAP. IV. COncerning Coat-Armours marshalled within the Escocheon Marshalling less manifest whereof the occasions are manifest we have hitherto intreated now of such as have their occasions less manifest Those are such as being hereditary Coat-Armours are so obscurely marshalled in one Escocheon as that thereby the beholder can yeild no reason or yet conjecturall probability of such their union nor may well discern them to be distinct coats So as it often falleth out that they are mistaken for some new coyned coat rather then two coats of distinct Families and so reckoned to be a Coat too bad to be born And such marshalling is either one above another or one upon another Of the first sort may we reckon the coat-armour of Brown before exemplified as also this next following and their like Another form of bearing of diverse coats upon like occasion much different from this doth the same Author commend that is to say the bearing of the mothers Arms upon the fathers by the heir in a Bend And this doth he reckon to be the best manner of bearing such Arms saying The mothers Coat upon the fathers Optimus certè modus portandi diversa arma in uno scuto habetur in istis bendis quia habens patrimonium à suo patre dimissum alias certas terras per matrem sibi provenientes quibus quidem terris maternis certa appropriantur arma ab antiquo ut fortè quia ipsa arma materna sortiuntur nomen progeniei suae Tunc ipse haeres si voluerit potest portare Arma integra sui patris in scuto plano in tali Benda potest portare Arma materna Of this form of bearing you may see a demonstration in this next Escocheon Obscurely marshalled Not unaptly may these Coats be said to be obscurely Marshalled when the occasion thereof cannot be either certainly discerned or yet probably conjectured neither can it be with reason conceived whether the Superiour be born for the Fathers Coat or for the Mothers And thus much shall suffice concerning Coat-Armours Marshalled within the Escocheon SECT VI. CHAP. V. Marshalling without the Escocheon IN the former Chapters hath been treated of such Coat-Armours as are marshalled within the Escocheon In order it now succeedeth to speak of Marshalling without the Escocheon Externall ornaments These are certain Ornaments externally annexed to the Coat-Armour of any Gentleman by reason of his advancement to some Honour or place of eminency by the gracious favour of the Soveraign as an Honourable addition to his generous birth Of these there are divers particulars which being conjoyned and annexed to a Coat-Armour do constitute an Atchievment Atchievment what An Atchievment acccording to Leigh is the Arms of every Gentleman well Marshalled
some Noble Family yet are they themselves but ignoble persons Foure parts of Nobility In which respect Aristotle discoursing of nobility makes foure parts thereof the first of Riches the second of Bloud the third of Learning the fourth of Vertue and to the two last he ascribeth the first place of true Gentry because Boores may be rich and Rake-hels may be of ancient bloud but vertue and knowledge cannot harbour but where God and nature hath left their noble endowments Which made Bartholus to say that good men and wise men were nobles in Gods sight as rich men and great men were nobles in mens eyes Threefold Nobility according to Bartho Yet the same Bartholus ascribeth the due honour unto each kind of Nobility which he maketh to be three-fold Theologicall Naturall Politicall the first and chief consisteth in Piety and vertues of grace the second in the noble qualities of Nature the third in the degrees of estimation in the Common-wealth This last is it we here chiefly meddle with not that we reject the two former but that we suppose we live in such a State where the two first kinds of Nobility are rewarded with the last kind and thereby made more illustrious The common phrase of forrain Nations is different from ours Different phrase of Nations concerning the Titles of men of reputation they esteeming every man Noble which hath any excellency remarkable above others so saith Iodocus Clicthovius Nobilitas est generis vel alterius rei excellentia ac dignitas whereas we English repute none noble under the degree of a Baron and with them Generosus is a greater title than Nobilis whereas with us it is much inferiour The truth is that the two titles of Nobility and Gentry are of equall esteem in the use of Heraldry though custom hath equally divided them and applyed the first to Gentry of the highest degree and the latter to Nobles of the lowest rank Distinct orders of Gentry And amongst these Gentlemen of low note there are also sundry Orders as some by bloud some by office some by possessions some by sacred Academicall dignity all which come not within the verge of this our purpose till the State hath honoured them with the bearing of Coat-Armours as the Ensigns of their worth CONCILII NVTRIX TACI TVRNIAS The Atchievement of a Gentleman HE beareth two Coats quarterly first Argent a Fesse Ermine cottised Sable by the name of Harlstone secondly Sable a Cheuron between three Leopards heads Or by the name of Wentworth and for his Crest on a Helmet befitting his degree mantled Gules doubled Argent out of a Crown Or a Stags Head Ermine attired Or bearing a Hawthorne bush with berries proper And for his Motto Concilii nutrix taciturnitas This is the Atchievement or Bearing of Robert Harlestone now Secretary to the Right Honourable William Lenthall Esquire Master of the Rolls and Speaker of the Parliament begun the third of November 1640. second Son of John Harlestone of South Osindon in the County of Essex and of Jane Daughter and Coheire of Philip Wentworth a younger Brother of the Lord Wentworth of Netlested Of this Family have been divers eminent persons as Sir John Harl ston Governour of Hauure-du-grace in the time of Edward the fourth Richard Harleston Valectus de Camera to the King and conquered for the Crown of England the Islands of Garnesey and Jersey COLENS DEVM ET REGEM The Atchievement of an Esquire HE beareth two Coats impaled Baron and Femme the first Gules on a Bend Or three Martlets Sable by the name of Collins the second Azure a Fesse between three Chesse-rooks Or by the name of Bodenham ensigned with Helmets befitting the persons quality on Wreaths of the Colours of the Coats on the first a demy Griffon Or collered Argent the second a Dragons head erased Sable The Motto Colens deum regem This is the bearing of Samuel Collins Doctor in Physick late Fellow of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge onely Son of John Collins late Parson of Retherfield in Sussex descended from the ancient Family of the Collins of the Counties of Somerset and Devon which Doctor marryed Anne eldest Daughter of John Bodenham Esquire lineally descended from the Knightly and ancient Family of the Bodenhams of Wiltshire and Herefordshire alli'd to divers of the ancient Families of the Nobility and Gentry The Dignity of an Esquire is the second degree of Gentry the reason of whose denomination we gave elsewhere As in the first rank of Gentry so in this there are sundry kinds according to the custom of this Kingdom concerning which point you may read learned Master Cambden in his Britannia and by the custom of England Doctors whether of Divinity Civil Law or Physick are esteemed Esquires HE bears two Coats quarterly viz. First Argent three Bears heads erased Sable musled Or by the name of Langham Secondly Ermine a Cheuron Gules within a Bordure engrailed Sable by the name of Revel the Creast on a Helmet befitting his quality and Wreath of his Colours a Bears head erased Sable musled Or mantled Gules doubled Argent which is the bearing of that worthy Gentleman John Langham of London and Cottesbrook in the County of Northampton Esquire descended in a direct male line from Henry de Langham who probably took the denomination deriv'd to his posterity from Langham in the County of Rutland for his son William de Langham held three Caracuts of Land in Langham in that County who by his son William was Grandfather of Robert Langham living the forty fourth of Edward the third who marryed Margaret Daughter and Heir of Sir John Revell of Newbold in Warwick-shire relict of Sir Stephen Mallory of Leicestershire Knight which John Langham by Elizabeth his wife 30. Ed. 1. Daughter of James Bunce Esquire is the happy Father of a hopefull and accomplisht issue viz. James Langham Esquire William Stephen and Thomas Langham and as many daughters Elizabeth lately deceased wife of Philip Botiler of Woodhall in Hertford-shire Esquire Anne wife of Sir Martin Lumley Baronet Rebecca and Sarah unmarried 1659. FE MID VN BVEN HIDALGO The Atchievement of a Knight HE beareth eighteen Coats quartered The first Azure a Fesse between three Chesse-rooks Or by the name of Bodenham Second Or on a Fesse Sable a Lyon passant Argent by the name of Huish Third Gules three Bars gobony Argent and Sable by the name of Delabau Fourth Sable a Bucks head cabossed Or by the name of Wells Fifth Or a Lyon Rampant Vert a la double queve by the name of Dudley Sixth Argent a quarter Sable a Cressent Gules by the name of Sutten Seventh Or two Lyons passant Azure by the name of Somery Eighth Azure a Crosse patee Argent by the name of Lexington Ninth Sable three Garbes Argent banded Gules by the name of _____ Tenth Gules a Cinque-foyle Ermine Bellamont Eleventh Argent three Bars embattilee Gules Barry Twelfth Or on a Fesse Gules
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
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