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THE BOOK OF PUBLIC ARMS A CYCLOPEDIA OF THE ARMORIAL BEARINGS, HERALDIC DEVICES, AND SEALS, AS AUTHORISED AND AS USED, OF THE COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS, AND UNIVERSITIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM DeriwD from tbe ©fHcial IRecoros COMPILED AND EDITED BY ARTHUR CHARLES FOX-DAVIES Editor of " Fairbairris Book of Crests" (Revised Edition), &*c. AND M. E. B. CROOKES EbinburGb T. C. & E. C. JACK, Grange Publishing Works 1894 .' c / / c F77-f ; K MoS-b \ Edited by A. C. FOX-DAVIES. ARMORIAL FAMILIES. One Vol., 700 pp. Text, 500 Engravings. Library Edition, ^5, 5s. nett; Edition de Luxe, ,£10, 1 os. nett. The Publishers believe this will be the first attempt to collect in an available form a compendium of all Armorial Bearings legitimately in use, and a complete Index of all people genuinely entitled to bear them. \_ln preparation. FAIRBAIRN'S BOOK OF CRESTS of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland. New Enlarged Edition, 40,000 Entries, 3,000 Engravings, List of Mottoes, Glossary, &c. Two Vols., large 4to, buckram, ,£3, 3s. nett; half morocco, ,£4, 4s. [Recently published. Detailed prospectuses, giving Specimens of Engravings, post free on application. jEoinburgb: T. C. & E. C. JACK, Grange Puulishing Works. INTRODUCTION. ITHOUT further preface I wish to make my acknowledgments of indebtedness in the various quarters in which they are due, for the very material assistance which has been extended to me in the compilation of this Volume. But in so doing I wish to emphatically state that, except in the cases in which I hold formal certificates, no persons hereinafter mentioned by name, are in any way responsible for any statement within these pages, or for any mistakes which may be there. The responsibility for everything herein, both statements and mistakes, is entirely my own. Firstly to J. Balfour Paul, Esquire, F.S.A. (Scot.) Lyon King of Arms, for much encourage- ment and assistance and for his kindness in allowing me to extract from the records of Lyon Office such details as were necessary for my purpose relating to the Armorial Bearings of the Scottish Towns and Counties which have been Matriculated in the Public Register. I am grateful to him for the assistance and for the courtesy with which it was afforded to me. And I wish to thank James William Mitchell, Esquire, Rothesay Herald and Lyon Clerk likewise, and for placing much information at my disposal which was not contained in the Registers. Without this assistance it would have been nearly impossible to have completed the Scottish portion of my book. In Ireland, I wish to tender my acknowledgments to Arthur Vicars, Esquire, F.S.A., Ulster King of Arms, for his kindness in allowing me to obtain the necessary details of such Irish Arms as are contained in the records in his charge : and for other help which he has given me, and in other than his official capacity. For nearly the whole of such information as I have obtained from the College of Arms in England, I am indebted to Charles Harold Athill, Esquire, F.S.A., Richmond Herald. For this and all his assistance to me, I am exceedingly grateful, as also for his continued and unvarying courtesy and kindness upon all matters and all occasions. But let it be clearly understood that though I wish my book to be considered, and to be authoritative, it is not official ; and it is not issued under either the sanction, the authority, or the control of the College of Arms, of Lyon Office, or of Ulster's Office. Outside the Officers of the Crown, I am greatly indebted to Mr. John Vinycomb, F.S.A., of Holy- wood, Co. Down, Ireland, for a great mass of information, particularly relating to Irish Arms. He has been for many years collecting the information, and I believe has contemplated the publication of a work on very similar lines to this. But he has most kindly placed his MSS. at my disposal. My collaborator, whose name appears upon the Title-page, and who has been responsible for the illustrations in the Volume has also assisted me in no small degree, on other points connected with the book, and in matters which should have fallen entirely upon my own shoulders : and for this, I wish to tender my acknowledgments. I also wish to offer my thanks to the very many Town-Clerks who have so kindly complied with my requests for impressions of seals and for information as to the Arms in use. Some have gone to much trouble and a few to some little expense on my behalf, and though it may perhaps seem slightly invidious to single out particular individuals, I feel that the Town-Clerks of Richmond (Yorks.), Peebles, Fortrose, Nottingham, Congleton, Hedon, and Hastings have placed me under obligations calling for more than a general acknowledgment. And may I repeat to all Town-Clerks who have taken the trouble to acknowledge or reply to my applications that I am greatly obliged by their courtesy. v B INTRODUCTION. Some Town -Clerks I have been unable to beguile into even a reply; and in some cases a personal introduction from their own relatives has absolutely failed to bring me even that small return. This has to some extent hampered me in my work, and in many cases the lack of an illustration is so accounted for Many seals have been point blank refused to me. One can understand such a course, though it must of necessity be a matter of regret and frequently a hindrance. As an absolute question of fact it has, however, usually turned out that the greatest difficulty has been with the very smallest towns. To find the reason might be an interesting problem to some student of human nature. Perhaps now that the book is published, and thus affords standing evidence of the bona-fides of my request, I may again plead for impressions of those seals, of illustrations of which this Volume is still short. The question of a Revised Edition of the Book depends, of course, upon its sale : but my Publishers have in contemplation, and will probably carry out, a scheme of periodical Supplements, to keep the Book " up to date," with the new Boroughs, and Cities, and Counties which are created or obtain grants of Arms. Impressions in wax I prefer; they are always so much clearer than wafers. If the Seal be a lever stamp one, not available for wax impressions, I prefer them in paper. Wafers are very unsatisfactory, and I have no objection to the impressions being cancelled if they are thereby not defaced. This of course only applies to those on paper. And now in explanation of my book itself. I have endeavoured to obtain and to publish a perfect and a complete collection of the Arms, whether good or bogus, of all Counties, Cities, Towns and Boroughs in the United Kingdom, and where there are no Arms, and where a seal (as is often the case) does duty for, and instead of, a coat-of-arms, to give that. Such were the lines upon which my Publishers agreed to produce the Book, and the limits within which I have worked. The requirements of artificers were largely considered, and bogus coats-of-arms have therefore been introduced, but I have clearly stated in each such case that the Arms were used without authority. And to draw a further distinction I have employed two kinds of type. For every coat which is without doubt genuine and of lawful authority and duly and properly recorded in the College of Arms, in Lyon Office, or in Ulster's Office, is printed in ordinary type, (the actual blazons being in small capitals) and I think I am correct in saying that every genuine coat-of-arms is duly included. The remainder of the book, for the accuracy or the validity of which naturally I cannot hold myself responsible in any way, I give for what it is worth, and I think in most cases I quote the source whence it has been obtained. And in so quoting I have frequently made reference to and pointed out mistakes in other books. Believe me, I have done it in no spirit of rivalry or of antagonism, but simply where they have been my only authority or where I have made certain that error exists ; and, perhaps, particularly in the case of my frequent mention of Burke's ' General Armory.' The book which in many ways is a standing marvel I believe was not compiled upon such strict lines of demarcation between the "authoritative" and the "bogus" as I have laid down for myself, and I trust properly carried out, in these pages. But the ' General Armory ' has acquired a world- wide reputation which other books might envy : and it is so frequently accepted as an authority that I have thought it desirable (in the few cases where I have found errors to have crept in) in the interests of accuracy to draw attention thereto and prevent the perpetuation of mistakes. But I have been the less inclined to do so owing to the death of Sir Bernard Burke; and as it may seem but a sorry proceeding to cavil at his own work in return for the great assistance which he rendered to me in the recent revision of Fairbairn's ' Book of Crests.' But it must stand to reason that dealing with a work of the size of his 'Armory,' it was a sheer impossibility to submit every coat-of-arms to the rigid scrutiny to which the comparatively few comprising this book have been subjected. I have also, in one or two places throughout my book, inserted old legends attached to or explaining the Arms which I describe simply as "newspaper cuttings." The old proverb requires you to "give every man his due," and I suppose, to evade the strict spirit of the law of piracy, I should acknowledge the writer I am quoting. I do not know. They are taken from an article which I cut out years ago which is unsigned. Let no one ran away with the idea that this is a collection of the seals of the Corporate Towns. It most decidedly is not. Where a town has or uses Arms, whether good or bad, I have not taken any account of its seal (except in one or two exceptional cases which will readily explain themselves) I have simply inserted the seal where it has seemed to me that it did duty for Armorial Insignia. I have INTRODUCTION. adhered to no set rule as to the most ancient or most modern seal, but have used my own discretion and considered each case upon its own merits. It is the right and proper thing, and I cannot urge it too strongly, for a body of persons when erected into a Corporation having the power to use a Common Seal, to petition the Officers of Arms under whose jurisdiction they may be for a grant of Armorial Bearings. It is far better to do it at once and " start fair" than (as was the case of Birmingham), to start with bogus arms and then, when matters have been put right, to have to either alter the coat upon everything or let it remain a standing reminder of the ignorance or the folly of a former-day Corporation. As I say, it is the right and proper thing for a Corporation to obtain a grant of Arms at an early opportunity of its existence, for as it is a pretty sure thing that it cannot inherit such insignia it has no other way in which to obtain them. And in all seriousness may I offer one word of advice to Corpora- tions (or those acting for them) when obtaining arms? It is this, — Leave the designing of the Arms and Crest entirely to the Officers of Arms. The Officers usually try to introduce in the Arms, charges that are wished, and represent trades which have developed the town, but don't hamper them by asking, as sometimes seems to be the case, that the trade or employment of every Alderman of the Town for the time being shall be introduced. There are laws of the College and laws of Arms which must be com- plied with, which an ordinary outsider does not understand : and if the Officers are hampered there is but one result, and that is a complicated and intricate coat : which is an example of a school of heraldry to be deprecated. Many tattlers say that all modern coats are very complicated, but in con- tradiction I should like to refer to the arms of Ttjnbridge Wells, Thornaby-on-Tees, Nelson, and Darwen. But there is no law, and I think more is the pity, which requires any Corporation to obtain a grant of Arms: there is no law, and I will go further and say there is no custom, which requires a Corporation to use Arms : consequently there is no excuse for a coat-of-arms being invented by a seal engraver, there is no excuse for the smallest display of a bogus escutcheon, and as emphatically as I am able I must protest against the unauthorised manufacture of bogus Arms. A Town Hall, though it may not look so well, need not of necessity have its facade adorned with Armorial Insignia ; a policeman's helmet and buttons, though they may not look so well, answer their purpose just as effectively without a coat-of-arms thereupon; the seal of the corporation, though it may not look so well, will render a document every whit as valid whether the impression it makes be of heraldic design or not, the Menu of the Annual Corporation Dinner, or the Programme of the Municipal Fancy Dress Ball, though they will not look so well, will serve their end no less properly without a coat-of-arms ; and a presentation casket, though it will not look so well will hold its contents as securely without a single coat-of-arms as if the outside boasted fifty escutcheons ; so I repeat there is no excuse for a bogus coat. As for the design upon your seal, you can make it after any fashion you please, you may draw and engrave anything you can imagine without breaking any law written or unwritten so long as you refrain from placing your design or any part of it upon an escutcheon, or displaying it as Armorial Insignia. With every other conceivable form of ornament and decoration to choose from, that escutcheon seems to be a standing temptation to which few do not succumb. Was a better argument ever wanted or suggested as to the decorative character of Armorial Bearings ? But I have some little remark to make as to the bogus "things" in use at the moment. A very common planis apparently to take the whole or a portion of the achievement of the local "big-wig." (I have nothing to say against allusion being made in a properly granted coat, to the Arms of the owners past or present of the soil. It is one of the most commendable practices in existence, but there must be no chance of the Arms of the Town being confused with the Arms of the person.) I may mention as instances Altrincham, Newton, Longton, Wolverhampton (one of its three escutcheons), Glossop, Ashton- UNDER-LYNE,'and Stockport. Wolverhampton states that it supports its own so called coat with an escutcheon of the Leveson-Gower Arms surmounted by a ducal coronet "by his Grace's permission." Is it not known that no person can give, sell, or bequeath his coat-of-arms to another person? It is not his absolute property. He is simply supposed to have the preferential right to these Arms, which right is vested in his descendants or in those whom the Patent may recite. And to go outside the limits of that Patent a fresh grant is required to which the sign-manual of the Sovereign is frequently necessary. Then how can 1NTR0D UCTION. any man give a Corporation a right to take and use his Arms or a part of them as their own ? And to take them without permission, — has nobody ever read Exodus xx. 15 ? I should very much like to know, and I daresay others would, who was responsible for the landscape painting and the designing upon the escutcheons of Crewe, Blackpool, and Southend-on-Sea. I am indebted to the wit of a lady for the apt description of them which I have affixed to their several detailed accounts, to which I would refer my readers— namely, "Illustrated Bits." I cannot conceive any right- minded person lending their assistance to such an exhibition of bad taste or countenancing such a display of ignorance. Was there no one in either Crewe, Southend, or Blackpool who knew sufficient of Heraldry to object? is there no one sufficiently interested in the matter to bring forward a suggestion that a grant of Arms be obtained in the proper manner, or to propose that the device in use at the moment should be dropped? for Canal Boats, Esplanades and Bathing Machines are not heraldic charges. And are Middles- brough, Southport, Wolverhampton, Tynemouth, South Shields, Stoke-on-Trent, Longton, Altrincham, Newton, Glossop, Ashton-under-Lyne, Stockport, Darlington, Dudley, Cardiff, Newport (Mon.), Cirencester, Clitheroe, Deal, Eastbourne, Gateshead, Halifax, Hanley, Llanfyllin, Rotherham, St. Ives (Hants.), Shaftesbury, Southwark, Stockbridge, Sunderland, Swansea, Tavistock, Wakefield, Walsall, Warrington, Welshpool, and Worthing, all too Radical to obtain a grant of Arms in the usual manner? For they are not too — is the word "snobbish" allowable?— to make use of Arms to which they have no legal right. Truly, they have all fallen victims to the aristocratic escutcheon ! And if Bath, Norwich, St. Albans, and Leeds " fancy " supporters, they ought to get them from the official sources, not make them up. In England the fees payable upon a Patent of Arms amount to ^7 6 , 10s. In Scotland there were no Visitations, as there were in England. Consequently some Towns use Arms which are of ancient origin, and which would be perfectly valid had they been matriculated at the proper time. Lyon King of Arms informs me that he "would still allow any of the Old Royal Boroughs not upon record to now register their Arms on payment of the matriculation fees — about p£i6." Won't this induce Peebles, Kilmarnock, Forfar, Airdrie, Lanark, and some of the others to do the correct thing ? "Other Scottish Towns (Lyon adds) would require a new Grant, and might have supporters if they were willing to pay for them. The fees for a new Patent without supporters amount to about ^44, with supporters about ,£64." In Ireland it is still more different. Ulster King of Arms is entitled to confirm Arms. Owing to the loss of many early records in Ulster's Office, Arms are admitted when the proof of their having existed, and been authoritatively borne, can be brought forward. It would be necessary for a Confirmation that it should be shown that certain Arms had been in use for about a century. The fees for a Confirmation amount to ,£12, and for a Grant ,£40. And can't a few more of the County Councils see their way to obtain legitimate Arms? London, for instance? A coat-of-arms will be wanted to place on the front of this wonderful new County Hall that is to be built. But perhaps they are waiting for the "unification of London," and hope to get the City Arms along with the City revenues, for which they seem to hanker. But it may be interesting to them to know that, as matters stand, they will not have the slightest right to the Arms unless they become a part of the City Corporation, and one hardly fancies that is what is advocated. Unless I am greatly mistaken, however, the County Council stationery already exhibits inter alia the City Arms. It was a very fitting inauguration of " Progressive " policy, the chief article of which seems to be appropriation. And there is another very objectionable practice which I wish to refer to : and that is the display of bogus private Arms in municipal matters, such as invitation cards, State carriages, and presentation portraits. It seems a very usual practice to introduce into such matters the personal insignia of the Mayor or Aldermen, and it seems to me peculiar, judging by the publicity thereby given to them, that it should be the exception rather than the rule that such personal insignia should be of any authority. I will give one example to illustrate my meaning. At the time of the visit of the German Emperor to England in 1891, as most people will remember, there was a Reception organised by the Corporation of the City of London. One of the invitation cards has come into my hands. Of its general get-up and artistic merits I do not feel competent to express an opinion : and they do not concern my argument. Of the four personal achievements which INTRODUCTION. appear upon the posters — I mean the invitation cards — one only — that of Sir William Farmer— is correct and genuine. The Arms for the then Lord Mayor certainly belong to a family of his name, but a different, and presumably a new, coat now figures above his pedigree in the Baronetage. The Arms and Crest used by the other Sheriff neither belong to each other nor to him, nor have either one or other ever appertained to anybody bearing either his real or his assumed name : and the Chairman of the Reception Committee, who places a crest (upon a wreath) as a charge upon an escutcheon, frankly owns up that his insignia were invented for the occasion. If Mayors, Lord Mayors, and Aldermen wish their Arms to be en evidence may I suggest that they should ascertain whether or not they have a legitimate right to those to which they lay claim. Another practice which is growing rapidly is also objectionable. I refer to the habit of trades- men (usually the smaller their business the more frequent and flagrant their offence) appropriating for business purposes the Armorial Bearings of the Town in which they reside. Some even have gone the length of registering such Arms as " Trade-marks." A certain firm in Birmingham make perambulators, and upon each perambulator they send out they paint in its gorgeous colours — I presume as their Trade- mark — the Escutcheon which used to do bogus duty as the Arms of Birmingham. It is really, I believe, the coat of the old Birmingham family, one of whom, Lord Birmingham, was summoned to Parliament i Edward III. 1326, though the colours are not uniformly quoted the same. Now, I know of no reason, and can see none, why every proud possessor of such a perambulator could not be mulcted in a heavy fine for using Armorial Bearings without a licence if the Inland Revenue authorities chose to move in the matter. I append the extracts from the Act of Parliament which concern the matter : — 32 & 33 Vict. : Customs and Inland Revenue Duties: Ch. 14, sec. 18. On and after the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy, there shall be granted, charged, levied and paid, for the use of Her Majesty, her heirs and successors in and throughout Great Britain, under and subject to the provisions and regulations in this Act contained, the following duties, that is to say : . . . For Armorial Bearings : — If such Armorial Bearings shall be painted, marked, or affixed on or to any carriage. £2 2 o If such Armorial Bearings shall not be so painted, marked, or affixed, but shall be otherwise worn or used ........... 1 1 o Ch. 14, sec. 19 (1). It shall not be necessary for any member of the Royal Family to make any declaration or to take out any licence under this Act, nor shall it be necessary for the sheriff of any county, or mayor or other officer in any corporation or royal burgh serving an annual office therein, to take out a licence for any servants, carriages, or horses employed or kept by him for the purposes of his office during his year of service, nor for any person who shall by right of office wear or use any of the Arms or Insignia of any member of the Royal Family, or of any corporation or royal burgh, to take out a licence in respect of the use of such Arms or Insignia. Ch. 14, sec. 19 (13). "Armorial Bearings" means and includes any Armorial Bearing, Crest, or Ensign, by whatever name the same shall be called, and whether such Armorial Bearing, Crest, or Ensign shall be registered in the College of Arms or not. Ch. 14, sec. 19 (14). Any person who shall keep any carriage, whether owned or hired by him, shall be deemed to wear and use any Armorial Bearings painted or marked thereon or affixed thereto. Ch. 14, sec. 19 (15). It shall not be necessary for a licence to be taken out by any person duly licensed by proper authority to keep or use any public stage or hackney-carriage for any Armorial Bearings painted or marked on such stage or hackney-carriage. But apart from all this, unless a tradesman's establishment is under the actual control (the patronage won't do) and a constituent part of the Corporation, he ought not to display their insignia. Municipal Arms exist and are granted not to adorn Mrs. Smith's perambulator, nor to decorate Mr. Brown's sugar- bags, but, " to be borne and used for ever hereafter by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the said Tow ' n of ' ; and their successors in office in their corporate capacity, on Shields, Banners, Seals, or INTR OD UC TION. otherwise according to the laws of Arms, without the let or interruption of any person or persons whatsoever." And every tradesman who puts the Royal Arms (perhaps only known to him as "the Lion and the Unicorn ") upon his invoices and paper-bags is liable to a fine * if he possesses no Warrant of appoint- ment. Is this generally known ? And, moreover, can nothing be done to limit this prostitution of the Royal Arms by the wholesale manner they are made use of for trading purposes. The only tradespeople entitled to make any display of them are those holding Royal Warrants of appointment, and the list of these, as recently published in the London Gazette, is contained in two or three pages — and yet the firms who abuse the Royal Arms can be numbered by the thousand— and one almost wishes for the drastic measures employed by the Court of Berlin to put an end to a very similar grievance. So frequently are they wanted, that most printers keep a supply of blocks of the Royal Coat ready for use at any moment. I have several times even been assured that every Patentee has a right to use them. It is, of course, quite wrong, but the majority do this. Half the entertainments given in London find some opportunity of breaking the eighth commandment over the matter. Has Mr. Augustin Daly, for instance, any authority for heading his Theatre Bills with the Royal Achievement ? Beyond the fact of its juxtaposition one cares nothing about the screeching American fowl he places beneath— for that picture belongs to nobody— but, as to the former, does he think the Royal Arms of Her Majesty are raffled for every week ? And has some hansom cab proprietor registered the Prince of Wales' badge as a trademark, that we see it in the streets alternating in almost mechanical regularity with the coronet of My Lord of Shrewsbury, Waterford, and Talbot ? And of all the Clubs which display travesties, more or less inaccu- rate, of the three ostrich feathers of His Royal Highness, has any single one of them ever received the vestige of a sanction for such a presumption ? Can the larger half of the shopkeepers whose invoices and shop-fronts degrade this ancient symbol show any Royal Warrant of appointment ? for one might well fancy that anybody who has ever had the good fortune to sell anything to any one from Marl- borough House considers himself entitled to say "I serve " in the German tongue. Verily this badge of the "three ostrich feathers argent, encircled by the coronet composed of crosses patee and fleurs-de-lis or," has fallen upon evil days ; and now its motto seems but to be translated, " I serve anybody's purpose : across anybody's counter." And to which shareholder in the "Gordon Hotels Company, Limited," belongs "the lion rampant, holding between its paws an Imperial Crown," which decorates the plate and the stationery of the Hotel Me'tropole in Northumberland Avenue ? Municipal achievements in appearance differ not at all from personal Arms, consisting of one or more of the following, a coat-of-arms (upon the shield), crest, supporters, and motto : the first being essential, the others not. The possession of a crest in the case of a Town or City depends to a certain extent on its antiquity, or in the case of more modern Arms upon the option of those instrumental in obtaining the grant. Nowadays a grant usually includes the full achievement, but such is not always so — for example, Chorley, which has no crest. In England no county has a crest — though in Scotland it is not so — e.g., Perth and Renfrew. To me, a crest for a municipality seems an anomaly. Many of the older Towns and Cities have no crest, and those which have one can usually show that the coat-of-arms is a good deal more ancient. Mottoes in Scotland and Ireland are mentioned in the grants and are unchangeable. It is not so always in England, but it is questionable if the English law of Arms, which allowed a man to change his motto at his pleasure, would hold valid in relation to a municipal coat. Some of the Scottish mottoes are stated to be borne over the Arms, some vice versa ; but the usual Scottish practice is to place them above. In England and Ireland they are usually placed below. As to Supporters, in Scotland any Town which cares to pay for them may have them. In Ireland, * 46 & 47 Vict. (Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883), Ch. 57, sec. 106. Any person who, without the authority of Her Majesty or any of the Royal Family, or of any Government Department, assumes or uses in connection with any trade, business, calling, or profession, the Royal Arms, or Arms so nearly resembling the same as to be calculated to deceive, in such a manner as to be calculated to lead other persons to believe that he is carrying on his trade, business, calling, or profession by or under such authority as aforesaid, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds. INTRODUCE ION. Ulster writes me, "he reserves the right of refusing to grant them as it may seem advisable." In England it is otherwise. Here the rule at present is that Supporters can only be granted to Cities; ordinary Towns not being entitled to bear them. How long this rule has been in force I do not know, but that it is a modern regulation is evident from the case of Liverpool, which had a grant of Supporters in 1797 and was not created a City until the year 1880 : though this may have been an exceptional case. As to the right of Counties to bear Arms, though it is a popular belief to the contrary, until the passing of the County Council Acts no Counties in England had the right to possess or did possess Arms. Some few have always been so credited in the popular imagination, and moreover have been quoted in works of authority as having them. Berry mentions Arms, which however are all bogus, for Derbyshire, Kent, Middlesex, Rutland, and Staffordshire, and adds a plaintive note, "It seems that no Armorial Bearings have yet been assigned to the other counties of England, the Arms of the principal city, county, town, or borough have been generally used as the county-seal." Yet some one had the ignorance or the audacity a short time ago to publish a coloured lithographic sheet, headed " The Arms of the Counties of England and Wales." I was informed who was responsible for its production ; but I have forgotten the name. I am sorry, as I should have much liked to give him a gratuitous advertisement ; for, apart from the fact that no Counties had a right to Arms, and for the moment only taking the foregoing extract from Berry as a sufficient warrant for assuming the Arms of the County Town to be the Arms of the County, I believe I am correct in saying that there was but one single coat upon the sheet without some mistake. In Scotland the regulations have been different. In 1800 a grant of Arms was made to the "County of Perth," and a Record of a prior date exists for the County of Roxburgh, and later grants have since been issued to the Commissioners of Supply for the County of Renfrew, &c. Personally I know of no Irish Counties either possessing arms or having such in any way assigned to them with the exception of County Down, and the coat in this case is quite bogus. As to helmets, I preface my remarks by saying that a bogus coat may be found surmounted by anything; but an English Grant at the present day in the case of a County I believe has no helmet, and in the case of a Town or City shows an Esquire's helmet. London, for some reason best known to itself, always uses a Peer's helmet, but this, which seems to be quite exceptional, I have discussed more fully under the heading of London. In Scotland the rule at present is, that a City or Town shall have a Knight's helmet, and a County an Esquire's. How long this rule has been in force I cannot say. The original grant to Perth which I have seen has no helmet at all, the wreath (which by the way is only painted with five coils) being placed to rest upon the Escutcheon. In Ireland I do not know what the rule has been. Neither Belfast nor Queenstown (the only two recent Grants of the kind) had any helmet painted upon them, and the latter had no crest. The present Ulster King would not give a helmet at all to a Corporate body. Consequently, as there is no uniformity, I have omitted the helmets and the mantlings in all cases. One other failing of municipal designers I wish to record my protest against : though in doing so I am aware that I am quarrelling with my good friend Mr. John Vinycomb. I protest against a mural or any other coronet being placed " in the manner and after the fashion " of a coronet of rank and degree over Municipal Insignia. The London County Council [on their policemen's (!) helmets], Walsall, Crewe, and Wolverhampton, to my knowledge, are all offenders in this respect. I wish to acknowledge the extracts I have taken from, and the use I have made of, the following Books — namely, Burke's ' General Armory,' Berry's ' Encyclopaedia Heraldica,' Lewis's 'Topographical Dictionary,' 'The Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland,' Debrett's ' House of Commons,' ' The Catalogue of the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh,' and several small pamphlets mentioned under the headings where extracts taken from them have been quoted. The Illustrations in nearly every case where they are of authoritative Arms are taken from the original records, and in the cases of the Irish and Scottish towns from actual tracings taken therefrom. In the earlier Scottish matriculations no paintings are inserted, and consequently there were none to trace : but the deficiency is partly supplied by an unofficial collection of drawings of these Arms, sketched from seals and various sources under the supervision of the late Dr. Burnett, Lyon King of Arms, and which are now in the possession of J. W. Mitchell, Esquire, Lyon Clerk. The bogus coats have been taken from such sources as have been available. I give no list of contractions, for the simple reason that I personally have used none ; I object to them as a fruitful source of confusion and error. I give no general treatise herewith INTRODUCTION. on Heraldry as a science, I give no glossary of heraldic terms, and I would refer inquirers on general heraldic matters to a recognised Hand-book on Heraldry. 'Berry' is my favourite, or Planche's ' Pursuivant of Arms,' or his Edition of ' Clarke's Heraldry.' In accordance with a good old custom I conclude my Introduction with my apologies. They shall be brief. I am responsible for the whole of this book from its title-page to its end. Faithfully and honestly, to the best of the knowledge I possess, and to the extent of my ability, and of the information I could get hold of, I have compiled, written, and edited its pages ; my first endeavour, almost my sole object, has been to produce a book absolutely, scrupulously accurate in all the garrulous minuteness which my subject requires. That my book, the result of human labour, should pass through all its stages of compilation and printing without error, and that no mistake should have crept in, in all the various copyings and transcribings which its production has necessitated, is too perfect a result to hope for, and such an end can hardly be realised. Mistakes somewhere are almost bound to have slipped in. For these, whatever they may prove to be, I plead no excuse, I ask no indulgence. I have not been particularly lenient with the inaccuracies of others, and I have remembered " For with what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged ; and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again." So all I ask is that everybody who may detect the slightest mistake in my volume will at once make it public, for far and away beyond any personal feelings I may have in the matter, any amour propre of mine that may be wounded, far beyond any repu- tation I may have to make or to lose, is the necessity and the importance of a book of this character being in all particulars essentially and absolutely accurate. In an old book I remember the following words — I quote them from memory — " And as to such errors as may be found, will my reader mark them with his pen ? " Just so ; will my readers do likewise, and moreover will they please advise me of the mistake as well? ARTHUR CHARLES FOX-DAVIES. Granville House, Arundel Street, London, W.C. March 1894. THE BOOK OF PUBLIC ARMS. ABB AND ABERA VON (Glamorganshire) — Lias no Arms. " four lions rampant two and two " have been attributed to the Town, but the Editor is not aware of the least autliorily for them, and does not know from what source they have been derived. 39 ABERDEEN — The Council of the County of, — has for EllSfgns Btmorial the following, vizt, Quarterly FIRST AZURE, THREE GARBS OR, FOR BuCHAN ; SECOND AZURE, A BEND BETWEEN SIX CROSS CROSSLETS FITCHEE OR, FOR MAR ; THIRD OR, A FESS CHEQUY ARGENT AND AZURE BETWEEN THREE OPEN CROWNS GULES, FOR GARIOCH; FOURTH AZURE, THREE BOARS' HEADS COUPED or, for Gordon. Matriculated in Lyon Office the nth day of July 1890. 46 ABERDEEN— The City of. The entry in Lyon Register is as follows : — " The Royall Burgh of Aberdein gives for his jEnsfgnes Jltnioriall Gules, three towers, triple- towered WITHIN A DOUBLE TRESSURE COUNTER- FLOWERED ARGENT SUPPORTED BY TWO LEOPARDS PROPER. The jflftOttO in ane escroll Bon-Accord. And upon the reverse of ye Seall of ye said Burgh is insculped In a field azur a Temple argent St. Michaell standing in ye porch mytred & Vested proper with his dexter hand lifted up to heaven praying over three Children in a boiyling caldron of the first and holding in ye sinister a Crosier Or." (A pencil note in the margin says, "St. Nicholas: v. origi- nal patent by Sir C. Erskine, Lyon, in possession of the Corporation of A.") Burke in his ' General Armory ' adds, " The honourable augmentation of the double tressure was granted as a recompense for the loyalty of the citizens of Aberdeen, in their sei-vices against the English." 3S ABERDEEN— University of. See University of Aberdeen. ABERSYCHAN (Monmouthshire'] — Has no Armorial Bear- ings; and to its credit has not invented any, though the accessories of its landscape design " sail rather near the wind." ABER YSTW1TH ( Cardiganshire)— Has no Arms. The Seal represents a castle with the legend " Corporation of Aberyst- with." Another Seal represents " a lion rampant regardant ," and by some this is stated to be the Arms oftlie Town. I01 ABINGDON (Berkshire)— Vert, a cross patonce or, BETWEEN FOUR CROSSES PATTEE ARGENT. Confirmed to the Borough at the Visitation of the Countv in the year 1623. fc 16 ACCRINGTON (Lancashire)— Gules, on a fesse argent, A SHUTTLE FESSEWISE PROPER, IN BASE TWO PRINTING CYLINDERS, ISSUANT THEREFROM A PIECE OF CALICO (PARSLEY PATTERN) ALSO PROPER, ON A CHIEF PER PALE OR AND VERT, A LION RAMPANT PURPURE, AND A STAG current or ; and for the (Jcest, On a wreath of the COLOURS, AN OAK BRANCH BENT FROM THE SINISTER CHEVRONWISE, SPROUTING AND LEAVED PROPER, FRUCTED OR; with the /IfcOttO, Industry and prudence conquer. Granted August 26, 1879, by Sir Albert William Woods, Garter Principal King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Clarenceux King of Arms, and Walter Aston Blount, Norroy King of Arms. 36 AIRDRIE (Lanarkshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. Those used are for ARMS, Argent, an eagle dis- played with two heads, , in chief a crescent between two mullets pierced. CREST, A cock MOTTO, Vigilanlibus. 88 ALBANS, ST. See St. Albans. ALDEBVRGH (Suffolk)— Has no Armorial Bearings ; but William Hetvey, Clarenceux King of Arms, granted Octo- ber 20, 1 56 1 , to the Corporation for a Seal the following, namely, A ship of three masts in full sail on the waves of the sea, the mainsail charged with a lion rampant. 1 10 ALDERNEY— Refer to Channel Islands. ALDERSHOT (Hampshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. _ The Arms attributed to it are, Azure, an alder-tree eradicated proper, on a chief gules, three heaps of shot. Lt is a bogus coat, and very bad heraldry, but a very good pun. ALLOA (Clackmannanshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. ALNWLCK (Northumberland)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of the County Council of Northumberland (118) displays as the Arms of Alnwick St. Michael overcoming the Dragon. The shield of St. Michael is charged with a cross clechie instead of the ordinary cross similar to that of St. George. ALTRLNCHAM (or Altringham, Cheshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Those used are, Quarterly gules and or, in the first quarter a lion passant argent. Tlie Editor suggests t/iat these are the Arms of the Cheshire family of Massy. MOTTO, Pax et abundantia. 9 1 ANDOVER (Hampshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Lis Seal, recorded in the College of Arms, represents upon a mount a lion statant guardant, in front of a tree. The legend is " Sigill. commvne ville de Andever," and this is all that appears to be claimed for the said town in Debretfs ' House of Commons; but Burke's ' General Armory ' quotes it as a Coat-ofArms, namely, " At: on a mount vert a lion statant guard, gu. against a tree ppr." 69 ANDREWS, ST. See St. Andrews. ANDREWS, ST. — University of. See University of St. Andrews. C ANG [ >4 ] AUC ANGLESEY — County of. Has no Armorial Bearings, but the Seal of the County Council exhibits the following : — Gules, a chevron between three lions rampant or. MOTTO, Mon viam Cymru. The Arms are quoted in Burke's ' General Armory' as those of Awf a ap Cynddelw, Founder of the I Noble T?-ibe. The legend upon the Seal is " Cynghor Sirol Mon, 1889." 33 ANNAN (County of Dumfries) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal, of which an illustration is given, shows an escutcheon charged with a saltier within a bordure. These Arms are described in the Catalogue of the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh as the Arms of Annan- dale. The Arms of Annand, Lord of Annandale, are quoted in Burke's ' General Armory,' " Ar. a saltire and a chief gu.," but the Arms of Johnstone, Marquess of Annandale, a title dormant since 1792, and now claimed by Sir F. J. W. Johnstone, Baronet, of Westerhall, are quoted, " Ar. a saltire sa. on a chief gu. three cushions or." The Seal shows no tinctures, so it appears to be doubtful what they actually are. 1 19 ANSTRUTHER-EASTER (Fifeshire)—LLas not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents an anchor with the legend " Virtute resparve cresevnt Anstrvther Easter." 127 ANSTRUTHER- WESTER (Ffesliire)—iias not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents three fishes interlaced in a triangle with the legend " Anstrvther Vaster. " 100 A NTR TM— Comity of. Has no Arms. APPLEBY (Westmorland) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of the Corporation at present in use, copied from the obverse of the ancient Seal, represents an apple-tree over- spreading the field and surmounted by an escutcheon, thereon three lions passant guardanl in pale, with the legend "Sigillum commuuitatis burgii de Appilbi," and a representa- tion of this is all that is given in Debrett's 'House of Com- mons.' Burke's ' General Armory' quotes " Az. three lions pass, guard. i?i pale or, ducally crowned of the last." But as they are supplied to me by the Town-Clerk of the Borough, and as they are used, the ARMS appear to be Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or, crowned with ducal coro- nets of the last. CREST, On a ducal coronet, a salamander in flames of fire all proper. S UPPOR TEA'S on either side, a dragon with wings inverted gules. MOTTO, Nee ferro nee igni. Dugdale's Visitation in 1665 simply gives drawings of the Seals, and does not credit the town with any Arms. Berry, who simply gives as Arms, " Azure three lions pas- sant guardant in pale or, crowned with ducal coronets of the last," gives the following note: — ' ' These A rms are engraved on the Corporation Seal, round which is this legend, ' Sigillum commuuitatis burgii de Appilbi. ' On the reverse is the figure of St. Laurence laid on a gridiron, placed over a fire, and at each end thereof are figures not to be perfectly defined ; above them, near to the dexter side, is a banner with the Arms of the borough, and below them three estoiles ; and near to the sinister is an angel, holding a cope to receive the soul of the saint. Round the reverse is this legend, ' Hie facet Laurentius in craticula posilus. ' This identical Seal zuas given to the burghers of Appleby by King John, whose original charter is still preserved in the tenon chest. The parochial church is dedicated to St. Laurence, and a fair is annually kept within the borough on St. Laurence's Day. A tradition prevails in the borough that the lions in the Arms were crowned with ducal coronets in memory of some signal service per- formed by the burghers against the Scots." 27 ARBROATH (Forfarshire, anciently called Absrbrotheck or Aberbrothock) — Lias not matriculated any Arms. The Seal represents an escutcheon within two branches of laurel. Lt is surmounted by a helmet in profile, and is charged with a portcullis, chains pendent. Burke's ' General Armory' quotes " Ar. a portcullis gu. chains az. " The legend upon the Seal is " Sigillum Aberbrolhici." ' 102 ARGYLL — County of Has no Anns. ARM A GH— County of. Has no Arms. ARMAGH— City of. Lias no Arms. Debrett's 'House of Commons ' gives an illustration of a Seal showing a harp or on a field azure, with the legend " The Seal of the bvrgh of Armagh." On a sheet of irish Armorial Bearings published by Marcus Ward &-> Co., Arms are given, namely, "Azure, a harp or." [For an illustration of this Coat refer to the Arms of inland.] ARUNDEL (Sussex) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a swallow volant. (Evidently a pun upon the word " hirondelle, Anglice, swallow.") Legend, "Sigil- lum burginsim de Arundel." Burke's ' General Armory' gives this as a Coat-of-Arms, namely, " Ar. a swallow volant in ben a sinister sable." 1 01 ASAPH, ST. See Asaph. ASHBURTON (Devonshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents upon a mount a chapel with a spire between a branch of teazle on the dexter side, and a saltire couped on the sinister side, in the dexter chief a sun in splendour, and in the sinister chief a crescent: with the legend " Sigillvm Bvrgi de Ayshebertou." This has been quoted to the Editor as a Coat-of-Arms, the follcnaiug colours being assigned : — The field azure, the mount vert, the chapel, sun, crescent, and saltire argent, the teazle proper, with the motto " Fides probata coronat." The saltire is allusive of St. Andrew, the patron Saint of the Parish Church. The sun and moon arc supposed to be old Phoenician symbols, and are therefore used to indicate the Stannary rights ; the teazle calls attention to the woollen industry, and the chapel represents that of St. Lawrence, which was the Guild Chantry, built by Bishop Stapeldon, 13 14, and given to the Portreeve and Burgesses. 123 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE (Lancashire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Those used are taken from the family of Ashlou or Asshetou, and are Argent a mullet pierced sable, in the dexter chief a crescent gules. CREST, On a mural coronet proper, a griffin's head erased gules gorged with a ducal coronet or. MOTTO, Labor omnia vincit. 88 Al'HENRY (Co. Galway) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Lewis's ' Topographical Dictionary ' represents upon an escut- cheon an embattled gateway and from the battlements rising three toivers domed. This design is presumably taken from the Seal. 76 A THERTON (Lancashire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Those attributed to it are the Arms of the family of Powys, namely, Or, a lion's gamb erased in bend dexter between two cross crosslels fichee gules ; and upon an escutcheon of pretence the Arms of the family of Atherton of Atherton, namely, Gules, three sparrow-hawks argent, beaked, be/led, and jessed or. CRESTS. — 1. A lion's gamb erased and erect gules, holding a sceptre in bend sinister, headed with a fleur-de-lis or (for ( Powys). 2. A swan azure, ducally gorged and lined, or. The Right Hon. Thomas i'envys, 2nd Baron Lilford, married, Dec. 5, 1797, Henrietta Maria, eldest daughter and coheir of Robert Atherton, Esquire, of Atherton Hall, in the county of Cumberland. 57 ATHLONE (Cos. Westmeath and Roscommon) — Has no Armorial Bearings recorded in Ulster's Office, but the fol- lowing are used: — Gules, a lion passant guardant or, on a chief of the last tioo roses of the field slipped and leaved vert. MOTTO, Urbes slant legibus. These duly appear upon the Seal of the Town, but without the tinctures, which are con- jectural. The legend upon the Seal is " Sigillum oppidi Alouiensis, 1663." 75 A THY (Co. Kildare) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Lewis's ' Topographical Dictionary' gives upon an escutcheon a bridge of three arches over water, from the centreofthe bridge rising a tower between two escutcheons, each surmounted by a coronet, that on the dexter side charged with a saltire, that on the sinister charged with a f esse and thereon three 26 AUCHTERMUCLITY (Fifeshire)—Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a man scattering seed and has the motto " Dum sero sfiero," with the legend " Sig. Auchtermuchty." 122 AXB [ >5 ] BAT AXBRIDGE {Somersetshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seals each represent a Paschal Lamb, one within the legend " Sigillum communitatis burgi Axbridg." 101 A YLESBUR Y {Buckinghamshire') — Has no Armorial Bearings. AYR — The County Council for the County of. Or, a saltire GULES, ON A CHIEF OF THE SECOND A HOLY LAMIS, CROSS, STAFF, AND BANNER OF ST. ANDREW PROPER BETWEEN TWO LYRES OF THE FIRST, STRINGED ARGENT. Matriculated in Lyon Office 8th day of July 1890. 78 AYR — The Town of. The entry in Lyon Register is as fol- lows : — " The Royall Burgh of Aire bears Gules a castle TRIPLE - TOWERED ARGENT BETWIXT A HOLY LAMB, CROSS, STAFF, AND BANNER OF St. ANDREW ON THE dexter, and on the sinister the head of john the Baptist in a charger proper, in the base the sea azur. " 5th Sep. 1673. 44 The Arms as usually used are the same as shown in the illustration, and this form appears npon the Seal at present in use, but npon another Seal the lamb is placed in the centre chief point above the middle tower, and a St. John the Baptists head in a charger is placed on both sides of the castle. Tht blazon by a distorted reading could be made to describe such a representation of the Arms. BACUP (Lancashire) — Azure on a fesse between two bales of cotton in chief or, and a block of stone with Lewis attached in base proper, a fleece sable between two bees volant of the third, in the centre chief point a squirrel sejant of the second. cl'e5t, on a wreath of the colours, in front of a bale of cotton or, a stag gorged with a collar vair, and resting the dexter forefoot on a tre- FOIL SLIPPED GOLD. /IliOttO, HONOR ET 1NDUSTRIA. Granted March 13, 1SS3 by Sir Albert William Woods, Garter Principal King of Arms, Walter Aston Blount, Clarenceux King of Arms, and George E. Cockayne, Norroy King of Arms. [The above is the official blazon, which omits the tincture of the stag. Burke gives it "proper" in the 'Armory,' which the Editor fancies is correct.] 74 BALLYMENA {Co. Antrim) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Those in use are, Azure a representation of the Castle of Ballymenagh within an orle of six towers all proper. MOTTO, " Post praelia praemia " {spelled so upon the Town Seal). The foregoing Arms are taken from a sculptured stone over the gateway of Lord Waver.ey's Castle, Bally meua, and are there shown upon an escutcheon within the legend " Bally- menagh of the Seven Towers." 18 BANBRLDGE {Co. Down) — Has no Armorial Bearings, but makes use of the following, namely, Party per fesse the chief per pale or and purpure, and the base azure, on a fesse argent between in chief on the dexter side a pearl, on the sinister side a garb, and in base a spinning-wheel, a shuttle fesseiuise all proper. MO TTO, ' ' Per Deum et indnstriam." J F 18 BANBURY {Oxfordshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal which was recorded at the Visitation of the County of Oxford represents the branch of a tree with flowers and fruit and underneath the letters B A. The present Seal represents upon an escutcheon a sun in splendour. This design is now used as the Arms of 'the borough, the field being quoted as azure and the sun or. The MOTTO is " Dominus nobis sol &■= scutum." l ° BANDON (Co. Cork)— Has no Armorial Bearings recorded in Ulster's Office. Upon a sheet of Lrish Arms published by Messrs. Marcus Ward & Company, Ltd., it is credited with the following (taken from the Seal), namely, Azure, over water in base proper, a bridge of seven arches, thereon at either end an embattled gateway domed, argent, in thecentre chief point an escutcheon parted per bend embattled of the last and gules, surmounted by an Earl's coronet proper. (The Arms of Boyle, Earls of Cork and Orrery. ) BANFF— County of. Has no Arms. BANFF (Banffshire)— Town of. The entry in Lyon Register is as follows : — " The Royall Burgh of Banff gives for Ensfgnee avmociall Gules the Virgine-Mary with her Babe in her Armes or." 68 BANGOR ( Carnarvonshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Burke's ' General Armory' quotes the Arms as the same as those of the See of Bangor, which are " Gules, a bend or, guttee-de-poix between two mullets pierced argent." The Seal of the Corporation, hcnuever, Jias an escutcheon Gules, on a bend or, gutte'e-de-poix, a bend wavy azure, thereon a repre- sentation of a mace , all between two mullets argent. CREST', A griffin couchant. The Corporation note- paper shows (presumably) a copy of the Seal minus its legend, but the colours of the escutcheon are there changed ; but as they become " -metal upon metal," and this is therefore a breach of heraldic law, little attention need be paid to it. 65 BARNSLEY (Yorkshire)— Argent, on a chevron gules between two shuttles fessewise in chief, and in base as many pickaxes in saltire proper, a falcon wings elevated and holding in the dexter claw a padlock or between two boars' heads couped of the last, each holding in the mouth a cross pattee fitchee in pale of the first, a chief sable, thereon a cross pattee between two covered cups also or. grebt, a gryphon argent, wings elevated sable, resting the dexter claw on an escocheon also argent charged with a shuttle palevvise also sable. AOttO, Spectemur agendo. Granted by Sir Albert William Woods, Knt, Garter Principal King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Clarenceux King of Arms, Waller Aston Blount, Norroy King of Arms, November 12, 1869. 32 BARNSTAPLE (Devonshire)— Gules, a castle argent. Recorded in the College of Arms. 3 2 BARROW-IN-FURNESS (Lancashire)— Gules on a bend BETWEEN A SERPENT NOWED IN CHIEF AND A STAG TRIPPANT IN BASE OR, AN ARROW POINTING UPWARDS TO A BEE VOLANT PROPER, UPON A CHIEF ARGENT ON WAVES OF THE SEA A PADDLE-WHEEL STEAMSHIP UNDER STEAM AND CANVAS ALSO PROPER. 7 ] BOO coat quarterly I and 4 an eagle displayed, ducally crowned 2 and 3 three bars wavy and in chief a castor-beaver with its head turned biting off the castor. Burke and Berry give a coat which agrees with none of the foregoing, namely, Quarterly I and 4 or, an eagle displayed azure, 2 and 3 argent, three bars wavy azure, on a chief of the last a castor-beaver with his head turned biting off the castor, all or. BEWDLEY (Worcestershire) — Argent, an anchor in pale AZURE, THE ANCHOR SURMOUNTED WITH A FETTERLOCK OR, ON THE DEXTER SIDE OF THE ANCHOR A SWORD ERECT OF THE SECOND, HILT AND POMMEL ALSO OR, ON THE SINISTER SIDE OF THE ANCHOR, A ROSE GULES. Recorded in the College of Arms. 61 BIDEFORD {Devonshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a bridge consisting of one arch and two demi- arches over a river. On the river is a single-masted vessel, one half of which appears to have passed through the bridge, but with the mast and round top on the other side. 1 00 BIRKENHEAD (Cheshire) — Quarterly or and argent ON A CROSS GULES BETWEEN A LION PASSANT OF THE LAST IN THE FIRST QUARTER, AN OAK TREE ISSUANT FROM A MOUNT PROPER IN THE SECOND, AN ESTOILE AZURE IN THE THIRD, AND TWO LIONS PASSANT OF THE THIRD IN THE FOURTH, A CROSIER IN PALE OF THE FIRST, AND TWO CRESCENTS IN FESSE OF THE SECOND. Cl'eSt, ON A WREATH OF THE COLOURS, UPON A ROCK PROPER IN FRONT OF A CROSIER ERECT OR, A LION AZURE RESTING THE DEXTER PAW ON AN ANCHOR ALSO OR. /DiOttO, DEI FIDES 1BI LUX ET ROBUR. 77 The Arms used prior to the date of the above grant were quarterly gules and or, in the first quarter a lion passant, in pale a pastoral staff. [Probably of the same origin as Altrin- cham, to which refer. ] BIRMINGHAM (Warwickshire) — Quarterly first and FOURTH AZURE A BEND OF FIVE LOZENGES OR, SECOND AND THIRD PER PALE INDENTED OF THE LAST AND GULES. OVER ALL A FESSE ERMINE, THEREON A MURAL CROWN OF THE SECOND, AND FOR THE CfeSt, On A WREATH OF THE COLOURS A MURAL CROWN ISSUANT THEREFROM A DEXTER ARM EMBOWED, THE HAND HOLD- ING A hammer all PROPER, together with the /llbOttO Forward. Supporters, On the dexter side a man HABITED AS A SMITH (REPRESENTING INDUSTRY) HOLDING IN THE DEXTER HAND A HAMMER RESTING ON AN ANVIL ALL PROPER, AND ON THE SINISTER SIDE A FEMALE FIGURE (REPRESENTING Art) PROPER VESTED ARGENT, WREATHED ROUND THE TEMPLES WITH LAUREL VERT, TIED BY A RIBAND GULES HOLDING IN THE DEXTER HAND RESTING ON THE SHIELD A BOOK BOUND, ALSO GULES, AND IN THE SINISTER A PAINTER'S PALLETTE OR, with two brushes proper. The Arms were granted April 3, 1SS9, and the Supporters April 4, 1SS9. 38 Prior to the grant in 1889, Arms without crest or suppor- ters were used, and these were as quoted above, but without the f esse. They were really the Arms, I believe, of the old family of Bermingham. [See Introduction.} BISHOPS CASTLE (Shropshire) — Has no Armorial Bear- ings. The Seal represents a domed castle with the letters I.R. (James Rex) in chief, and in base the date 1609. 121 BLACKBURN (Lancashire)— Argent a fesse wavy sable BETWEEN THREE BEES VOLANT PROPER ON A CHIEF VERT A BUGLE STRINGED ARGENT BETWEEN TWO FUSILS OR. Cre6t, A SHUTTLE OR, THEREON A DOVE WINGS ELEVATED ARGENT AND HOLDING IN ITS BEAK THE THREAD OF THE SHUTTLE REFLEXED OVER THE BACK AND AN OLIVE BRANCH PROPER. /IftOttO, ARTE ET LABORE. Granted by Sir Charles Geoige Young, Knt. , Garter Principal King of Arms, J. Pulman, Clarenceux King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Norroy King of Arms, February 14, 1852. 12 BLACKPOOL (Lancashire)— It is difficult to know whether to be amused at the ludicrous idiotcy of the "design " which has been assumed, or amazed at the ignorance which has allowed such an aboitiou to be put into currency. The design is placed upon an escutcheon, but after saying it is quarterly, all further attempt at heraldic blazon must perforce be dropped. Each quarter contains a separate landscape, each viewed from a different angle, each with a different high-water mark. The first quarter shows a view of ( presumably) the esplanade and pier, in the possession of which Blackpool rejoices, a yacht appears in the distance, and the sea is just rippled. The second quarter shows a sea very nearly calm and thereon a boat, all the occupants of which are rowing upon. the same side of the boat. (Is this how they manage at Blackpool ?) The third quarter has the sea at a dead calm, and upon the beach in the foreground is above all other things a Bathing Machine ! ! ! (not quite large enough, however, for the Beechaiu's Pills advertisement to be decipherable). The fourth quarter shows upon a choppy sea a three-masted ship going along before a clipping breeze. Hanging oner the escutcheon in mid-space is a swallow in full flight, which the Editor fancies may be intended for a crest. Below in an escrol is inscribed the word " Progress " in the place of a motto. Had the ribbon been made use of to label the foregoing concoction as " A present from Blackpool," it would have been a fitting sequence to the rest of the absurdity. 86 BLANDFORD (Dorsetshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal, which is remarkably well cut, shows an escutcheon of England, viz. (gules) three lions passant guardant in pale (or), a label of three points throughout ermine ; on either side of the escutcheon and entwined with the scroll-work of its design is an ostrich feather erect, and all between the letters D.L. The legend runs, " Sigillvm Bvrgentivm Villae de Blanford Forvm." 106 BODMIN (Cornwall) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a King crowned and holding in his dexter hand a sceptre and seated under a canopy. The legend is " Sigill. comune burgensium Bodminie." 129 BOLTON (Lancashire)— Gules, two bendlets or, a shuttle WITH WEFT PENDENT BETWEEN AN ARROW POINT UPWARDS AND A MULE SPINNING SPINDLE IN CHIEF PALEWISE ALL OF THE LAST, AND AN ESCOCHEON IN BASE OF THE SECOND, THEREON A ROSE OF THE FIRST, EARBED AND SEEDED PROPER. (IrCSt, UPON A ROCKY MOOR, AN ELEPHANT STATANT PROPER, ON ITS BACK A CASTLE OR, AND THEREON A ROSE, AS IN THE ARMS, THE TRAPPING PER PALE GULES AND VERT AND CHARGED WITH A MITRE ALSO OR. /IftOttO, Supera MORAS. Granted by Sir Albert William Woods, Knt., Garter Principal King of Arms, Walter Aston Blount, Clarenceux King of Arms, George E. Cokayne, Norroy King of Anns, June 5, 1S90. 64 The Arms as used prior to the date of the grant, and as quoted in the ' General Armory,'' but which were of no authority, were " Gu. two bendlets or. Crest, An elephant pass, ppr., on his back a tower or, trappings gu. and gold." BOMBAY — Azure three ships under sail lateen rigged PROPER, A CHIEF OR THEREON A LION PASSANT GUARDANT, GULES BETWEEN TWO PALLETS SABLE EACH CHARGED WITH AN OSTRICH FEATHER ERECT ARGENT. And for a Cre6t, Upon a wreath of the colours, a lion PASSANT GUARDANT GULES, CROWNED WITH AN EASTERN CROWN GOLD, SUPPORTING WITH THE DEXTER FOREPAW AN ESCUTCHEON OR, CHARGED WITH A SPRKi OF THE COTTON-TREE SLIPPED AND FRUCTED PROPER. And for SUPPOrterB, ON THE DEXTER SIDE A LION OR AND ON THE SINISTER SIDE A LEOPARD PROPER, EACH GORGED WITH AN EASTERN CROWN AND PENDENT THEREFROM AN ESCUTCHEON AZURE, CHARGED WITH A MULLET ARGENT. /KbOttO, Urbs Prima in Indis. Arms and Crest granted Sept. 20, 1877, and Supporters, Oct. 2, 1877. 41 The Editor trusts that no apology is needed for introducing this Coat among oilier British Arms. BOOTLE-CUM-LINACRE (Lancashire) —Argent on a CHEVRON BETWEEN THREE FLEURS-DE-LIS AZURE AS MANY STAGS' HEADS CABOSHED OR ON A CHIEF SABLE THREE MURAL CROWNS OF THE FIELD. GreSt, UPON A ROCK A LIGHTHOUSE PROPER. ^DbOttO, RESPICE ASPICE prospice. Granted by Sir Albert William Woods, Knt. , BOS [ 18 ] BRI Garter Principal King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Clarenceux King of Arms, Walter Aston Blount, Norroy King of Arms, November 4, 1869. 77 BOSNEY (Cornwall), — Burke in his 'General Armory'' says, " The Seal represents a easlle with three towers embattled and domed and joined to each other by a circular wall, all 011 a mount ; in the base, water." BOSTON (Lincolnshire) — Sable, three coronets composed OF CROSSES PATTEE AND FLEURS-DE-LIS IN PALE OR. CtCSt, A WOOLPACK CHARGED WITH A RAM COUCHANT ALL PROPER. SUPPOrtCrS, ON EITHER SIDE A MERMAID proper, ducally crowned azure. The Arms, Crest, and Supporters were allowed and confirmed December I, 1568, by Robert Cook, Clarenceux King of Arms. For some unaccountable reason both Burke and Berry blazon the Sup- porters as part of the Ci'est, and quote the coronets upon the escutcheon as ducal. Debrett makes this latter mistake, and in addition puts the ram to sit upon the woolpack. 17 BOURNEMOUTH (Hants)— Quarterly or and azure a cross flory between a lion rampant, holding between the paws a rose in the first and fourth quarters, six martlets two two and two in the second, and four salmons naiant and in pale in the third, all counterchanged. (jrcst, ufon a mount vert a pine tree proper, in front four roses fesse- WISE OR. /IftOttO, PULCHRITUDO ET SALUBRITAS. Granted by Sir Albert William Woods, Knt., Garter Principal King of Arms, Walter Aston Bount, Clarenceux King of Arms, George E. Cokayne, Norroy King of Arms, March 24, 1S91. " . ^ BRA CKLE Y (Northamptonshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Arms of Egertou and Stanley have, however, been appro- priated, and are borne quarterly, namely, I and ^argent, a lion rampant gules between three pheons sable (for Egerton), 2 and 3, argent on a bend azure three stags' heads cabosscd or (for Stanley). CRESTS — I. A lion rampant gules, sup- porting an arrow proper, barbed and plumed argent (for Egerton). 2. On achapeau gules, turned up ermine, an eagle with tvings endorsed or, standing on a child proper, siaaddled gules, banded argent (for Stanley). The Arms are so given in Burke's ' General Armory,' and appear upon the Seal, and tlie Seal is duly recorded in the Visitation Books, but with the note added thereto — " This Seal was presented to the Corpora- tion by fohn, Earl of Bridgwater, Lord of the Manor, soon after the Restoration." 7 he above Arms were of course his own, but J doubt if the entering of them as upon the Seal at the Visitation, particularly as the note above quoted was added, conferred them upon the Corporation. 5 7 BRADFORD (Yorkshire) — Per pale gules and azure on a CHEVRON ENGRAILED BETWEEN THREE BUGLE-HORNS STRINGED OR, A WELL SABLE. CreSt, A BOAR'S HEAD ERASED OR IN FRONT OF THE TRUNK OF A TREE SPROUT- ING proper. /HiOttO, Labor omnia vincit. Granted by Sir Charles George Young, Knt., Garter Principal King of Arms, Francis Martin, Clarenceux King of Arms, J. Pulman, Norroy King of Arms, October 18, 1847. 50 The following description of the Common Seal has been kindly supplied to the Editor : — The Seal consists of an ornamental quarterfoil within a circular legend, the four triangular compartments, between the quarterfoil and the legend, being ornamented with repetitions of the Union Badge, viz., The Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock, issuing from the same stem. In the centre the arms and crest, as above. Below the shield and within the lower compartment of the quarterfoil is the motto, also as above, upon an escrol entwined with a branch of Palm, and another of Olive, and pendent therefrom a Golden Fleece. In the upper com- partment, and over the Crest, a representation of Bishop Blaize holding in his right hand a wool comb, and in the left his crozier, beneath his feet the Cornucopia, or Horn of Plenty. In the compartment on the left of the shield, a representation of Justice, with scales and sword, and seated upon a wool-pack, and at her feet an Alpaca. In the back- ground a mill. In the compartment to the right of the shield, a representation of Mercury, the Patron of Com- merce, holding the Caduceus, and seated upon a bale of goods, and at his feet a Ram. In the distance, a ship upon the sea. The whole encircled by the legend " The Seal of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Bradford, 1847." BRECHIN (Forfarshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a Saint seated beneath a canopy and supporting in his lap with his sinister hand a crucifix, and with the right raised in the act of benediction. Below is an escutcheon charged with the Arms of Wishart of Brechin, namely, Argent, three piles gules. The legend is " Sig. civitatis dc Brechin." This is sometimes quoted as a Coat-of-Arms namely, Azure, in the porch of a Gothic church, its lower extremities terminating in the nombril point argent, a Saint silting proper, habited of tlie field, in base an escutcheon of tlie second charged with three piles issuing from tlie chief and meeting in the base point gules. 122 BRECKNOCKSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings, but the following are used and appear on the seal of tlie County Council, namely, Quarterly 1 and 4 sable a fesse or, bchveeu two swords, that in chief point upwards, ami that in base point downwards proper ; 2 and 3 or, three eagles displayed nriiittn [In an article on the County Council Seals in the ' County and Local Government Magazine' by Allan Wyon, these are termed rere-mice (bats)]. MOTTO, " Uudeb liedd llwyddiant " ( Unity, peace, prosperity). 1 5 BRECON (Brecknockshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. A kind of badge is used, namely, A mantle or parliament robe of estate azure, lined ermine, the collar tied with a string and tassels attached or. In the examples which the Editor lias no escutcheon is used, nor does Burke in his ' General Armory ' quote it as a Coat. BRENTFORD (Middlesex)— Has not yet obtained Arms. BRIDGNORTH (Shropshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Two Seals are recorded in the Visitation Books of the College of Arms, one showing simply issuing from battlements an embattled gateway with portcullis surmounted by three towers, tlie centre one taller than the others and triple-towered, all within the legend li Sigill. commuuitaiis de Bruges." The other Seal shows upon a mount (or this may be intended to represent waves) an embattled gateway with portcullis, and rising in the centre from the battlements a tower pyramidieally domed on the dexter side of the tower an Escutcheon of St. George and on the sinister side an Escutcheon of France and England quarterly : all within the legend ' ' Sigillum offcij ballivor libertatis ville de bruges." The device upon this last Seal, though in this case the castle is plainly on a mount, is usually used as the Arms of the Town with the MOTTO ' ' Fidelitas urbis salus Regis," which of course refers to the part played by the town in the Civil Wars. Burke and Berry, whilst both giving a note saying that the Seal [evidently referring to the former of the two~\ sliows a castle only, quote a Coat, "Azure, a castle argent, a canton of the last." How this originated one is at a loss to understand, and the Editor can answer from considerable personal knowledge of the town that such a Coat is never made use of. " 100 In the Visitation Books rather an interesting note is added to the drawings of the Seals, as follows : — " These are the seales now used by towne of Bruges in the countie of Salop aunciently so called, but of late times corruptly nominated Bruge-uorth or Brugge-north, when indeed that attribute of North ought to be Morfie, as standing upon the side of the forest of Morfe in the said countie." BRIDGWATER (Somersetshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The^ Seal represents a castle upon a bridge, within the legend Sigillum RIaioris et ballorum burgi ac villa; de Bridgwater." 99 Burke in his ' General Armory,' however, ascribes Arms to the town as follows : — " Bridgewater, Town of, (Somersetshire)— Gu. aeastle with three towers ar. , the dexter and sinister tower domed, the castle standing on a bridge in base over a river, all ppr., on the dexter side of the centre tower an estoile, and on the sinister a fleur-de-lis, both or. The Cor- poration Seal is very ancient, and represents a castle surmounted by two others placed pyramidieally and embattled. The castle stands on a bridge of Gothic BRI [ 19 ] BUR work, with water underneath ; on each side of the first castle a domed tower surmounted with a ball, the grand entrance portcullised at the top, and against the door a man's head couped close in chief, on the dexter side an estoile, on the sinister a fleur-de-lis. '■'Bridgwater, Town of ( Somerset). — Ar. an arch of a bridge, extended and triple-towered gu. in base water with three ships therein, all ppr." Debrett gives Burke's first selection. BRIDPORT (Dorsetshire) — Gules, a castle with two TOWERS ARGENT, OVER EACH A FLEUR-DE-LIS OR, IN CHIEF A LION PASSANT GUARDANT CROWNED OF THE LAST, THE BASE BARRY WAVY OF EIGHT OF THE SECOND and azure: in the portway three Recorded in the College of Arms. 69 BRIGHOUSE (Yorkshire) — Or, on A pale sable, between in chief two roses gules, barbed and seeded proper, and in base two crescents of the second, a lion rampant of the field. And for the Q,KCSt, On a wreath of the colours, upon the battlements of a tower argent, charged with two crescents fesse- wise sable, a leopard's face of the first, between two roses gules, barbed, slipped and seeded proper. /IBOttO, Labore et prudentia. Granted 1 894. 73 BRIGHTON {Sussex) — Has no Armorial Bearings, but the fol- lowing are used as such upon the Tenon- Clerk's notepaper, namely, Argent, two dolphins naiant in pale proper. The escutcheon is surmounted by a Royal (! !) helmet {i.e., affrontee and with grills), and thereupon, though without wreath or lambrequin, is placed for crest a seven-pointed mullet argent ; with the motto " In Deo fidemus." 'I he Seal shows the same escutcheon, hit without helmet, crest, or motto, and is stir-mounted by the letters ' ' Svx." The legend is " In sigilum de Brighthelmston." 86 BRISTOL (Gloucestershire) — Gules, on the sinister side a castle with two towers domed all argent, on each dome a banner charged with the cross of St. George, the castle on a mount vert, the dexter base water proper, thereon a ship of three masts or, sailing from a port in the dexter tower, her fore and main masts being visible sable, the rigging of the last, and on each a round-top of the fifth, on the fore-mast a sail set, and on the main-mast a sail furled of the second. And for a QtCBt, Upon a wreath of the colours, two arms embowed and interlaced in saltire, issuing from clouds, the dexter hand holding a snake all proper, and the sinister holding a pair of scales or. suppott£r0 on either side, On a mount vert, a unicorn sejant or, ARMED MANED AND UNGULED SABLE. /HbOttO, VlRTUTE ET INDUSTRIA. 49 Berry and Burke blazon the arms, Gules on the sinister side, a castle with two towers domed, on each a pennon all argent, the castle on a mount in the sinister base vert, the dexter base barry wavy of six argent and azure, thereon a ship with three masts, sailing from behind the castle or, the fore and main masts in sight sable on each two sails of the second. CREST, On a wreath two arms embowed and inter- laced in saltire issuing from clouds all proper, in the dexter a snake vert, in the sinister a pair of scales or balance or. SUPPOR TERS, Two unicorns sejant or, on a mount vert, maned and armed sable. MO TTO, Virtule et industria. But Berry gives a note: — " The above blazon is taken from a drawing sent by the Corporation. This drawing differs in the following particulars from that of the Arms, Supporters, etc. , of the city of Bristol as entered in tlie Visitation of the County of Gloucester, taken in 1623, viz. — In tlie Visitation Book, the dexter base is water ppr. , in the tower near the centre is a large port, from whence the ship is sailing, and on each tower is a banner ar. charged with a Cross of St. George gu." BUCKINGHAMSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. But upon a coloured sheet of the Armorial Bearings of the Counties of England and Wales it is credited with something or other suggested by the Arms of the town of Buckingham, which appear to be generally used, and to which refer. BUCKINGHAM (Buckinghamshire) — Party per pale sable AND GULES, A SWAN WITH WINGS EXPANDED AND IN- VERTED ARGENT, DUCALLY GORGED OR. 24 (No. 5). The swan is almost universally quoted as chained, but it does not so appear in the Visitation Books, though Vincent gives it with the chain. Moreover, the colours are usually quoted gules and sable, and the swan is shown with the wings endorsed. As 24 (No. 4I. B URFORD { Oxfordshire) — A drawing appears in the Visitation Books at the College of Arms of a lion rampant guardanl, but it is difficult to say whether it be a Seal or a Coat-of Arms. It has no tinctures, but likewise no legend. 1 28 BURNLEY (Lancashire) — Or, a chevron engrailed gules BETWEEN IN CHIEF TWO FUSILS AND IN BASE A LION RAMPANT SABLE, A CHIEF WAVY OF THE LAST, THEREON A DEXTER HAND ERECT COUPED AT THE WRIST ARGENT, BETWEEN TWO BEES VOLANT OF THE FIRST. QtC8t, ON A WREATH OF THE COLOURS, ON A MOUNT VERT, A STORK ARGENT BEAKED AND MEMEERED GULES, HOLDING IN THE DEXTER FOOT A STONE, AND IN THE BEAK A COTTON- FLOWER SLIPPED BOTH PROPER. /IfoOttO, PRETIUMQUE ET CAUSA LABORIS. 72 The engraving in Debrett' 's ' House of Commons ' can only be described as " fearful and wonderful.''' 1 BURNTISIAND {Fifeshire) — Has not matriculated any Arms. The Seal at present in use represents a three-masted ship with sails furled upon waves of the sea. The legend is " Sigillum burgi de Burntisland." This is sometimes quoted as a Coat-of-Arms, with the field azure and the ship argent. Another Seal represents a fish within the legend " Success to the Herring Fishing.'" 103 BURSLEM (Staffordshire) — Quarterly or and gules, a cross parted and fretty counterchanged between a Portland vase proper in the first and fourth quarters, a scythe the handle of the first, the blade proper in the second, and a fret couped ARGENT IN THE THIRD. And for a GtCSt, On A WREATH OF THE COLOURS IN FRONT OF A GARB OR, A FLEUR-DE- LIS GULES BETWEEN TWO BRANCLIES OF LAUREL IN ORLE PROPER. /IftOttO, Ready. Granted by Sir Albert William Woods Knt., Garter Principal King of Arms- Robert Laurie, Esquire, Clarenceux King of Anns, Walter Aston Blount, Norroy King of Arms, October 8, 1878. 4 S BUR TON UPON- TRENT {Staffordshire)— Has no Arms. Ihose claimed for the Town and given in Burke's ' General Armory' and in Debrett's 'House of Commons' are "Barry wavy of six argent and azure, on a chief gules an eagle dis- played between tioo fleurs-de-lis or." Upon the Corporation notepaper a motto is added, namely, ' ' Honor alit artes, " but the Arms are there engraved "Azure three bars wavy argent, on a chief gules, &C, &c." This of com se is colour upon colour and a breach of heraldic law. The escutcheon is also surmounted by a mural coronet, borne after the manner of a coronet of rank. This is a piece of absurdity zvhich can- not be too highly deprecated. In some MS. collections in the College of Arms, which not being Records, are not considered authoritative, a Coat is given for Burton, namely, ' ' Barry wavy of eight argent and azure, on a chief gules a peacock in his pride proper, between two fieurs-de-lys or," but this, which is almost identical with the Coal of Newark, has never been off daily recognised as of any authority. The Tenon-Clerk, writing to the Editor, adds, ' ' The Seal does not represent the Arms of the Borough, as tlie Town Council did not care to go to the expense of taking them out. " Apparently Burton does not rise to the occasion. Can't somebody gel up a sub- scription ? 15 BURY (Lancashire) — Quarterly argent and azure a CROSS PARTY AND FRETTY COUNTERCHANGED BETWEEN AN ANVIL SABLE IN THE FIRST QUARTER, A FLEECE OR IN THE SECOND, TWO SHUTTLES IN SALTIRE THREADS PENDENT PROPER IN THE THIRD, AND THREE CULMS OF THE PAPYRUS PLANT ISSUING FROM A MOUNT ALSO PROPER IN THE FOURTH. QlCSt, UPON A MOUNT A BEE VOLANT, BETWEEN TWO FLOWERS OF THE COTTON-TREE SLIPPED ALL PROPER. /IftOttO, VlNCIT OMNIA INDUSTRIA. BUR [ 20 ] OAR Granted by Sir Albert William Woods, Knt., Garter Prin- cipal King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Clarenceux King of Arms, Walter Aston Blount, Norroy King of Arms, February 28, 1877. " 9 BURY-ST-EDMUNDS (Suffolk)— Azure, three pairs of ARROWS IN SALTIRE OR, EACH PAIR ENFILED WITH A DUCAL CORONET OF THE LAST. QVCSt, On A WREATH OF THE COLOURS, A WOLF SEJANT PROPER, AND RESTING UPON THE WREATH BETWEEN ITS PAWS THE HEAD OF A MAN, COUPED AT THE NECK OF THE LAST, DUCALLY crowned OR. Recorded in the College of Arms. /IftOttO, SACRARIUM REGIS CUNABULA LEG1S. The Seal simply shows the Crest, but the wolf is there placed in a peculiar position, neither sejant nor couchant, and holding the head in the dexter forepaw apparently by the hair, as in the additional illustration. " 28 BUTESHIRE — Has jio Armorial Bearings. T/wse which have been invented and are used by the County are very similar to the Arms used by the Town of Rothesay, and are party per pale, the dexter side party per fesse gules and argent in chief three cinquefoils two and one and in base a lymphad; the sinister side or, a fesse chequy azure and argent. ' n CAITHNESS — County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of the County Council exhibits the Crest (a cock proper) and the Motto ("Commit thy work to God") of the Earl of Caithness. The Arms of the old Earldom of Caithness, which form a part of Lord Caithness's achievement, are " Azure a ship under sail or. " 113 CALNE (or Cawne, Wiltshire) — (Sable), a tower towered AND DOMED (ARGENT), BETWEEN TWO FEATHERS (OF THE LAST) EACH FEATHER IN AN ESCROL (OR), AND A LIKE FEATHER IN THE GATEWAY OF THE TOWER. Recorded at the Visitation, but the entry in the books thereof at the College shows no tinctures. 29 CAMBRIDGESHIRE — Has no Armorial Bearings, but those of the Tenon of Cambridge sometimes appear to be made use of. CAMBRIDGE (Cambridgeshire) — Gules, a bridge through- out FESSEWAYS SURMOUNTED BY THREE TOWERS IN CHIEF A FLEUR-DE-LIS OR, BETWEEN TWO ROSES ARGENT, THE BASE BARRY WAVY ARGENT AND AZURE, THEREON THREE SHIPS EACH WITH ONE MAST AND YARDARM AND SAIL FURLED SABLE. CCCBt, ON A MOUNT VERT, A BRIDGE (?) ARGENT. SUPPOttCtS, ON EITHER SIDE A SEA-HORSE, THE UPPER PART GULES, THE LOWER PART proper, finned or. In the Visitation of the County in the year 1684 it is stated that the Arms, Crest, and Sup porters were granted by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, June 7, 1575. The record retained in the College of Arms of the said grant starts "A crcast with Supporters confirmed to the auncient armes of the Towne & broughe of Cambridge," blazons the achievement as follows, " Gules a bridge in chief a flower de luce gold between two roses silver on a poynt wave three botes sables the- creast on a mounte verte a bridge silver. The Supporters two neptunes horses, the upper part gules, the nether part proper fyned gold." _ 7 g The drawing of the Crest, of which the illustration is an exact representation, is not very like a bridge. Burke in his ' General Armory ' makes several mistakes in blazoning the Arms. CAMBRIDGE — University of. See University of Cambridge. CAMELFORD (Cornwall) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Berry gives, Argent a camel passing through a ford of water all proper. 76 CAMPBELTOWN (Argyllshire)— Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. J lie Seal shows an escutcheon quarterly of four. In the first quarter is a tower on a mount, the second is gyronuy of eight or and sable, in the third quarter is a lymphad, and in the fourth a fret. ( The second and third quarter are evidently taken from the arms of Campbell, Dukes of Argyll. ) The Motto surrounding the escutcheon is "Ignavis precibus fortuna repugual," and the Legend, " Sigillum comune burgi de Campbeltn." 130 CANTERBURY (Kent) — Argent three Cornish choughs TWO AND ONE SABLE, BEAKED AND LEGGED GULES, ON A CHIEF OF THE LAST A LION PASSANT GUARDANT OR. Recorded in the College of Arms. 42 For some reason, Debretl's ' House of Commons ' makes the lion re-guardant. CARDIFF (Glamorganshire) — The Armorial Bearings of Car- diff, as quoted in Burke's ' General Armory,' are : — " Gu. three chev. or." On some of the Corporation notepaper the tinctures are reversed, and the coat appears " Or, three chevrons gules," which appear to be the more usual version. The Editor has seen the arms used with the addition of two dragons as supporters and a leek as a crest, but it was only a Cardiff tradesman's usage, and was probably the outcome of his imagination rather than of any more authentic source. n The portrait of the Most Honourable the Marquess of Bute, painted as Mayor of the Town, and exhibited in last year's (1S93) Academy, displays a Mayoral Badge of no mean pro- portions showing the aforesaid bogus coat. It would be inter- esting to know if his Lordship was aware of its character when he thus became a consenting party to perpetuating the unauthorised concoction which does duty in Cardiff. CARDIGANSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of the County Council represents a view of the University College, Aberystwith, with the Motto " Goreu arf, arfdysc." This, the Editor is informed, is the Welsh for " The best weapon is the weapon of knowledge," another rendering, per- haps, of the ancient proverb " Knowledge is power." 125 CARDIGAN ( Cardiganshire) — Has hg Armorial Bearings. The Seal is described in Burke's ' General Armory ' as repre- senting an antique castle triple-towered and embattled, and on the reverse a ship under sail. The Seal in use at present, according to an impression which has been forwarded to me, is divided into two compartments, that on the dexter side having a castle therein, and a ship occupying the sinister division. The Seal has the motto, " Auchora spei cereticoe est in te Domine." The legend is " Sigillum commune btirgen- sium de Cardigan." But the Mayors notepaper represents an escutcheon party per pale, on the dexter side a triangular castle, and on the sinister side a ship at sea in full sail. 1 1 5 CARLINGFORD (Co. Louth) — Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulster's Office. Those attributed to the Cor- poration in Lewis's ' Topographical Dictionary ' are decidedly unique. They represent a man armed cap-a-pie brandish- ing in his dexter hand a sword, and between in chief an eagle rising from a demi-globe and in base a tower, on the dexter side are three birds, two and one, and on the sinister side a ship of three masts. 67 CARLISLE (Cumberland) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Corporation Seal represents a peculiar kind of cross couped (differing greatly from the form now made use of), closely resembling a cross potent, charged in the centre with a rose, and between four others. Burke, in his ' General Armory,' quotes the Arms — " Vert the base wavy of six (sic) ar. and as., thereon a castle between two roses or, on a chief gu. a lion pass, guard, of the fourth" Two escutcheons are now, however, invariably made use of. The dexter one, the tinctures of which are unknown, shows a cross path (?) charged in the centre with a rose and between four others. The sinister one is " vert the base bai-ry wavy of six argent and azure, and issuing therefrom a castle between two roses or, on a chief gules (this is palpably bad heraldry) a lion passant guardant of the fourth," -with the motto, " Be just and fear not." 02 CARLOW— County. Has no Armorial Bearings. CARLOW — Town of (County Carlow) — Has no Armorial Bearings, but Burke's ' General Armory ' quotes the follow- ing: — " Ar. a castle triple-towered ppr., on the centre tower a staff, thereon a flag per pale or and vert, charged with a lion rampant gules." n 2 CARMARTHENSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. CARMARTHEN (Carmarthenshire) — Has no Armorial Bear- ings. The Seal displays the following ARMS, Gules, a castle triple-tozuered, between two ostrich feathers a-ect a? gent, CAR [ 2! ] CHE on each of the outer towers a Cornish chough respecting the centre tower, and in base a lion passant guardant or. MOTTO, " Rhydd did hedd a Llwyddiant." Sometimes the lion is depicted regardant, sometimes couchant, and sometimes in the portivay of the castle. CARRAIL. See Crail. CARNARVONSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings, but a design as shown in the illustration is sent by the Clerk to the County Council " of what generally heads papers, &c." 120 CARNAR VON ( Carnarvonshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Burke gives " Three eagles displayed in fesse" and Debrett illustrates Arms as " Vert three eagles displayed in fesse or," but in his ' House of Commons' for some reason best kncrwu to himself, he prints the eagles upside down. The Arms are of course those of Owen Givynedd, King of North Wales. 6 7 CARRICKFERGUS(Co. Antrim)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of the Port and Customs of Carrickfergus shows an ■ escutcheon charged with three harps, two and one. But the Seal of the Tozon represents upon water a castle triple-towered, the port open, hi chief two birds, and on either side of the castle foliage. The Legend is " Sigillum comune de Cragferg." The Editor is indebted to a pamphlet published by Mr. John Vinycomb for the foregoing information. 120 CARRICK-ON-SUIR (Co. Tipperary)—Has no Armorial Bearings, and the Seal simply exhibits the Legend " Carrick- ou-Suir Town Commissioners." CARRICK-ON-SHANNON (Co. Leitrim)—Has no Armorial Bearings. CASHEL (Co. Tipperary) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Burke's ' General Armory' quotes, however, " Vert a castle triple-towered ar. on the centre tower a double-tongued pennant on a staff or." 54 CASTLE MARTYR (Co. Cork)— Has no Armorial Bearings. CASTLEBAR (Co. Mayo) — Has no Armorial Bearings. CASTLE-RISING (Norfolk) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a castle with three tozoers domed, on each a pennon, in the centre over the gateway a latticed window. CASTLETOWN (Isle of Man)— Has no Armorial Bearings. CA VAN— County. Has no Armorial Bearings. CA VAN — Town of ( Co. Cavan). Has no Armorial Bearings. CAWNE. See Calne. CHANNEL ISLANDS — Gui.es, three lions passant GUARDANT IN PALE OR. 2 The Channel Islands, the sole remaining portion of the Dukedom of Normandy still appertaining to the English Crown, are not a portion of the United Kingdom, of which they are simply a dependency, and consequently, upon the coinage and elsewhere, the Arms of Scotland and Ireland are not introduced. One instance has come under the Editor's notice in which the charges are distinctly leopards. Whether such a practice is strictly legal is certainly open to question. Refer to " Great Britain." CHARD (Somerset)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal, which is of a pointed oval shape, represents hoo peacocks (?) of most wonderful and amazing construction, one on either side of a centre floriated ornament adorned with two acorns. The legend is " Sigillum burgi de Chard, 1570." 129 CHARLEMONT (Co. Armagh)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The device of a Royal Crown within rays of the sun is some- times attributed to the Town. 47 CHARLEVILLE (Co, Cork)— Has no Armorial Bearings. " The Seal of the Mayoralty of the Staple of Borrough of Charleville" exhibits an embattled gateway. This placed upon an escutcheon appears to do duty for the Tenon. 67 CHATHAM (Kent)— Argent, a fesse chequy gules and or, between in chief two ancient ships with three masts and sails proper, colours flying of the second, and in base a sword of the fourth, POMMEL AND HILT OF THE THIRD SURMOUNTED BY A TRIDENT IN SALTIRE AND ENTWINED WITH A WREATH OF LAUREL ALSO PROPER. QtCSt, OUT OF A NAVAL CROWN OR, A TRIDENT ERECT, ENFILED WITH A WREATH OF LAUREL PROPER. ^OttO, LOYAL AND TRUE. Granted August 1, 1891. 39 CHELMSFORD (Essex) — Argent, a bridge of three ARCHES PROPER, IN CHIEF TWO CROZIERS IN SALTIRE BETWEEN AS MANY LIONS RAMPANT AZURE, IN BASE TWO BARS WAVY OF THE LAST. CtCSt, UPON A ROCK PROPER, A CROZIER IN PALE OR, SURMOUNTED BY TWO SWORDS IN SALTIRE POINTS UPWARDS PROPER, POMMELS AND HILTS OR, INTERLACED BY A WREATH OF OAK VERT. /IftOttO, Many minds one heart. Granted February 6, 1889. 54 CHELTENHAM (Gloucestershire) — Or, a chevron en- grailed GULES BETWEEN TWO PIGEONS IN CHIEF AND AN OAK TREE ERADICATED IN BASE PROPER, ON A CHIEF AZURE A CROSS FLORY ARGENT BETWEEN TWO OPEN BOOKS ALSO PROPER, BINDING AND CLASPS OF THE FIRST. And for the CvCSt, On a wreath of the colours, upon A MOUNT BETWEEN TWO BRANCHES OF OAK A FOUNTAIN, THEREON A PIGEON ALL PROPER. /IftOttO, SALUBRITAS et eruditio. Granted February 26, 1887. 68 CHESTER — County Palatine of. Has no Armorial Bearings, but the following appear to be in general use, namely, Azure, three garbs, two and one or {being the Arms of the old Earls of Chester and the Arms of the Earldom of Chester), within a garter, and surmounted by an Earl's coronet. SUP- PORTERS, Two dragons sejant addorsed gules (i.e., with their backs to the escutcheon), each holding in its exterior claw an ostrich feather argent affixed to a scroll. MOTTO, " Antiqui colant antiquum dierum." The garter, coronet, dragons, and ostrich feathers, of course, have palpable refer- ence to H.R. H. the Prince of Wales being Earl of Chester. The Arms of the Earldom of Chester appear upon the second great seal of Henry IV. ; and upon the Seal of the County Council of Cheshire the same Arms appear, though in this case flanked on either side by an ostrich feather and sur- mounted by an open coronet composed of crosses patth and fleurs-de-lis. 20 CHESTER — City of. Gules, three lions passant guard- ant in pale OR, being the Arms of England, dimidiated with those of Randolph de Meschines, Earl of Chester — namely, Azure three garbs two and one or. Greet, A SWORD IN PALE, SHEATHED, ENCIRCLED BY A FILLET ADORNED THROUGHOUT WITH GOLD. SliPPOCtCl'S, On the dexter side a lion proper gorged with a ducal coronet argent, and on the sinister side A wolf argent, ducally gorged or. /IftottO, Antiqui colant anti- quum dierum. Wreath or, gules, and azure. Mantling ' ' partly red and partly azure, on the inside lined with silver. " The helmet, which appears always to be used with the Arms of Chester, is affrontee but with the visor closed. The follow- ing extract from a translation of the original grant, which is dated September 3, 15S0, is worthy of quotation. 87 Therefore I the aforesaid Norrey King of Arms not only having performed that which belongs to my office in the reformation of errors of former times have restored to the said City fully and entirely by (these) presents the ancient arms or insignia distinguished by red and azure or blue of which the first part (which can be truly stiled Royal) displays as splendidly as possible three dimidiated lions passant and regardient or, but the other part borrowed from Earls palatine them- selves bears one entire garb and another dimidiated garb or, before it — And moreover having been earnestly entreated that I would not fail the aforesaid City on this part, but that rather so far as in me lies I should gratify a city and society so illustrious and so well deserv- ing of our prince and country, for the greater and more ample dignity of the said City I have assigned for crest over the helmet an upright sword sheathed, the emblem of Majesty and Justice, encircled by a fillet adorned throughout with gold situated over a collar distinguished by gold, red, and azure colours, together with mantlings and appendages folded partly red and partly azure, on the inside lined with silver. And furthermore I have appointed for the support of the buckler or shield on the dexter a Lion crowned about the neck with a silver crown, and on the sinister a Wolf argent in like manner girt about the neck with a golden crown, even as for the more full and clear understanding of these I have caused them to be illuminated, delineated, and painted more to life in their proper metals and colours in the margin of these presents. The which ancient insignia of the shield, together with the apex or crest of a helmet placed upon it, and also the aforesaid collateral D CHE [ 22 ] COL animals sustaining and supporting the said shield. I the before named Norrey King of Arms by virtue and authority of my function and office granted to me by the Queens Majesty in this behalf that I might will- ingly give honour to the Honourable the said Mayor and citizens of the aforesaid City of Chester and to their successors to the greater increase of honour and dignity and perpetual ornament of the said City have given delivered and by these presents have confirmed in perpetuity. CHESTERFIELD {Derbyshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The late Seal showed an escutcheon charged with a /esse and thereon a lozenge. No tinctures were shown, but upon the Corporation notepaper the /esse was engraved ' ' or. " The field and lozenge being left argent, this, of course, was bad heraldry. The legend is " Burg de Chesterfield." 47 But the Town- Clerk lias been good enough to forward me a printed notice (as under) relating to a Resolution of the Council Only the device upon the Seal is officially made use op, but the subjoined notice seems to contemplate armorial usage; and therefore it cannot be too widely known that as Arms the design is bogus and not of the least authority. It is a pity that when the matter was under consideration and a change contemplated, a proper and formal Grant of Arms was not obtained. The notice runs : — " The Arms on the small silver Seal of seventeenth century date, enlarged about 18 1 8 for the Seal lately in use, are, as often has been pointed out, bad heraldry, namely, metal on metal — a mistake that probably arose through the blunder of an uneducated engraver. " The seventeenth century Arms, according to the College of Arms, were those lately used, but tinctured 'gules on a Jesse or a lozenge azure? " These Arms were never formally granted. There is no explanation forthcoming why they were ever adopted and used, and they are certainly no older than the seventeenth century. There was no reason why they should not be dis- carded. On the contrary, there is abundant proof of the old Arms (or badge) on the Corporate Seal of the Borough, -which were in use for some centuries bejore the seventeenth century Arms were used, and there was every reason to assume the old, or proper, Arms without alteration, particularly as they are unique and highly interesting. ' ' From the nature of the art shown in the impression of the old Borough Seal attached to the Charier of Elizabethan dale, and from the style of lettering, it is certain that the Seal prom which this impression was taken was of thirteenth century date, and hence, in all probability, was the first Seal designed after the granting to the Borough of Hem y Ill's Charter. Heraldically the Arms of the Elizabethan Seal may be described as a pomegranate Tree, eradicated and fructed. By 'eradi- cated ' is meant showing its roots ; by 'fructed,' in a state of fruition. Then as to colours, this can only be surmised ; but if used as Arms as well as a Seal, they will be needed. Dr. Cox suggests that the field should be 'gules ' or red, and the tree 'proper,' that is, according to nature. The descrip- tion would then read, ' Gules a pomegranate tree eradicated and fructed proper.' 'Proper' would give the colours of the tree dark-green ; of the roots brown ; of the fruit yellow. The fruit is intended to be represented ' seeded,' that is, burst in the centre and showing the seeds, which was usual in the heraldic Pomegranates ; the seeds would be ' gules' or red. " It may be added that the town of Tregony, Cornwall, has for its Arms a single Pomegranate ; so too has the Kingdom of Granada — but Chesterfield is the only instance in heraldry, private or corporate, of a Pomegranate Tiee, though other trees occur rarely as Arms. The emblematic meaning of Pomegranate is 'good.' "The Coutuil, on the I 3th June 1 893, unanimously resolved ' that the Arms of the Borough be resumed and used, and a Seal engraved with a Pomegranate tree eradicated and fructed be, and the same was adopted as and for the Cor- porate Common Seal of the Borough, and that the Arms and Seal of the Borough then in use be disavouched, and the Seal destroyed in the presence of the Mayor and Town- Clerk. ' "Herewith is sent a wax impression of the new Corporate Seal referred to in the resolution." 108 CHICHESTER (Sussex)— Argent, guttee-de-poix, on a CHIEF INDENTED GULES, A LION PASSANT GUARDANT OR. Recorded in the College of Aims. 52 A manuscript in Ulster's Office shows the Arms as per /esse argent and chequy or and gules, in chief a tower triple- towered azure. It would be ititeresting to know the origin of this. CHIPPENHAM (Wiltshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal recorded in the Visitations of the County represents a tree, and suspended therefrom two escutcheons. Burke, in his ' General Armory,' blazons the whole as a Coat-of-Arms as follows : — "Argent, a tree of three large branches vert, between two escutcheons — viz. , that on the dexter azure ten billets argent, in chief a label of five points of the last, the sinister escutcheon or, three legs in armour proper, garnished or, couped at the middle of the thigh tivo and one, on each a spur of the last. Motto, ' Unity and loyalty.' " CHIPPING NORTON (Oxfordshire) —Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents upon a mount a castle, the two towers each surmounted by a cupola and flag, and above the centre battlements the letters I. R. The legend is ' ' Sigil. Burg, de Chippiugtiortou. Feby. 1606." 126 CHIPPING SODBURY (Gloucestershire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal recorded in the Visitation Boohs shows an escutcheon without tinctures charged with three lions passant guardant in pale. This is probably simply the Royal Coat. The legend is " The hurough of Chipping Sodbury, 16S0." 112 CHIPPING-WYCOMBE (Buckinghamshire). See Wycombe. CHORLEY (Lancashire) — Or, on a chevron gules three ESCOCHEONS ARGENT, EACH CHARGED WITH A BLUE- BOTTLE SLIPPED AND LEAVED PROPER, ON A CHIEF OF THE SECOND A CROWN VALLARY OF THE FIRST. /HbOttO, Beware. Granted July 3, 18S2. 25 CHRISTCHURCH (Hants) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a saint seated beneath a canopy. The legend is ' ' Sj comune ville xpi ecclie de Twinham. " 109 CIRENCESTER ( Gloucestershire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The arms used and mentioned by Berry as erroneous are Argent (?) a phoenix in flames proper. Debrett's 'House of Commons ' gives them. 43 CLA CA'MANNANSH/RE—Hat no Armorial Bearings; nor are any claimed. The Seal of the County Council represents the old Tower on Clackmannan Hill, Clackmannan being the County Tcnun. The Legend is ' ' Seal of the County Council of Clackmannan." 113 CLARE — County. Has no Armorial Bearings. CLITHEROE (Lancashire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Burke's ' General Armory' quotes " Az. oil a mount vert a castle embattled, with three towers domed, on each a pennon all or. " 72 CLONMEL (Co. Tipperary) — Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulster's Office. Those used are as follows — namely, "Argenlover water, therein three ftslies naiant, two and one, a bridge of five arches and thereon a stag in full course pursued by a greyhound all proper. CREST, A raven proper. SUPI'OR TERS, On either side a greyhound proper, gorged with a collar MO TTO, "Fidelis in a ternum. " The Common Seal of the Town of Cloumcl represents upon a wreath a sword erect point upwards, the blade enfiled by two branches {J of laurel) in salt ire, with the motto " lia-c inde." The Mayor's Seal represents a figure of Justice which is some- times quoted as the Arms. Is it simply a coincidence that the dexter supporter of Lord Clonmel's achievement is also a figure of Justice'! D2 COATBRIDGE (Lanarkshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Common Seal defies a concise verbal description. Refer to illustration. 102 COCKERMOUTH (Cumberland) — Has no Armorial Bearings. COLCHESTER (Essex)— Gules, two staves raguly and COUPED ARGENTINE IN PALE, SURMOUNTED BY ANOTHER IN FESSE BETWEEN TWO DUCAL CORONETS IN CHIEF OR, THE BOTTOM PART OF THE STAFF ENFILED WITH A DUCAL coronet OF the last. Recorded in the College of Aims. - Is it simply a coincidence that these Arms are identical with those of the Town of Nottingham (except that in the latter case the staves are vert) or is there some connection? The arms of Colchester are fre- quently quoted wrongly as "gules two staves raguly and couped COL [ 23 ] ORE argent one in pale surmounted by another in fesse between four ducal coronets or." — The following newspaper cutting records a legend which has evidently been accepted in the designing of the present Seal of the Corporation. I give it for what it is worth : — " Colchester offers us a remarkable escutcheon ; no less remarkable is the story attaching to it. We shall at once recognise the cross with branches or enragled, as heralds term it [they don't; they call it 'raguled' or 'raguly' — Ed.] with four crowns in the angles. This is a token of the discovery of the true cross by the Empress Helena, who was a native of Britain, and is said to have been the daughter of Coel, a British chieftain whose territory was ad- jacent to Colchester. St. Helena married Constantius, and was the mother of the great Christian Emperor Constantine, who caused her to be proclaimed Empress. She was not converted to the Christian faith till she was about sixty years old. At this age she undertook a journey to the Holy Land, and on her arrival at Jerusalem she was seized with the desire of finding the true cross. She was informed that she would be able to do this if she could dis- cover the holy sepulchre where Christ had been laid, as the Jews were accustomed to bury the instruments of punishment near the grave of the person who had suffered Now the heathens had, out of aversion to the Christian religion, raised a mound over the place of our Saviour's entombment, and had built a temple to Venus upon it, so that those who visited the holy places out of devotion to Christ might appear to be paying homage to a pagan deity. The Empress, however ordered excavations, and the result was that three crosses were found. It was, however, quite uncertain still which cross was the one upon which the Saviour had been crucified. An ancient legend tells how this was determined. There happened to be at the time in Jerusalem a lady who was lying dangerously ill. It was decided to ask a sign from heaven by which the true cross of Christ might be recognised, and all the Christian community of Jerusalem joined in prayer for this object. One of the crosses was allowed to touch the sick lady. Nothing, however ensued. Another cross was applied to her with a similar result. At last the remaining cross was brought to her bedside, and the invalid had scarcely touched it ere she was completely restored to health and strength. The last cross was therefore immediately recognised as the real cross, and was by the Empress's order enclosed in a case of silver and preserved in a magnificent church built to receive it." COLERAINE (Co. Antrim) — Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Olstei-'s Office. Those represented upon the Seal which appear to be in general use are " Argent a cross gules, in the first quarter a sword erect of the last, in the second quarter a fish naiant proper." [Probably founded upon the Arms of the City of London.] 67 CONGLETON [Cheshire]— Has no Armorial Bearings. The follovjing are, however, claimed and used: — " Sable, a clievrou between three tuns argent." CREST, Upon water proper and between two lucies or (?) conger-eels haurient and issuant therefrom a tun floating proper, thereon a lion statant guardant gules. MO TTO, ' ' Sit tibi sancta cohors comitum." The colours of the shield are also quoted vice versa (S5). The Crest is the design taken bodily from the older Seal belonging to the Borough. The Seal itself is of brass, and is supposed to date from the thirteenth century. The Town-Clerk, in a most courteous letter, informs me that an impression of the Seal is attached to the first charter {circa 1286) by Henry de Lacy, Earl of Chester, as Commissary of K. Henry LLI. Another Seal of a later date (1624) shows a rose surmounted by a Royal Crown between the letters I.R. This is of silver. 107 CONNATJGHT— Province of (Ireland)— Per pale argent AND AZURE ON THE DEXTER A DIMIDIATED EAGLE DIS- PLAYED SABLE, AND ON THE SINISTER CONJOINED THERE- WITH AT THE SHOULDER A SINISTER ARM EMBOWED PROPER ; SLEEVED OF THE FIRST, HOLDING A SWORD erect also proper. Recorded in Ulster's Office. Refer to illustration of arms of the University of Ireland. CONWAY {Carnarvonshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a castle triple- towered issuing from water. The Legend is ' ' Sip. Provestri e de Conewey. " 115 CORBRLDGE (Northumberland)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Upon the Seal of the County Council of Northumberland (118) the following are displayed as those appertaining to Corbridge a cross flory between four human heads couped at the neck and facing each other. CORK— County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. CORK, City of (Co. Cork)— Has no Armorial Bearings registered in 'ulster's Office. Those attributed to the City and generally used are— Or, on waves of the sea a ship of three masts in full sail ppr., between two towers gules, upon rocks, also proper. MOTTO, " Statio bene fide carinis." Burke, in his ' General Armory ,' blazons the coat " Or, an ancient ship between two castles in f esse gti/es. " 3° CORFE CASTLE (Dorsetshire)— Berry says:— "Hath notany armorial ensign. The Seal, which is very ancient, is on a ground diapered with martlets and fleurs-de-lis, a castle with two towers, surmounted with a tower in the centre, over each tower an ostrich feather.'" CORNWALL — Sable, fifteen bezants, five, four, three, two, AND one. /IftOttO, One and all. These Arms are recorded in the Heralds' College as the Arms of the Duchy of Cornwall. The Seal of the County Council also displays them. Many derivations and meanings have been hung on the foregoing, and Planche (in his 'Pursuivant of Arms'), who was seldom at fault, gives the following explanation. 1 1 " But to begin with the Golden Roundel, which is called a Bezant, from a coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, whence the popular conclu- sion that this charge was introduced into Armory during the Crusades, although its being called after something it resembled, does not^ quite prove the source of its adoption, as it was sometimes called a Talent, from the coin of that name. Upton blazons the arms of the Duke of Cornwall with a ' bordure de sable Talentee.' The border Bezantee or Talentee of Richard King of the Romans also is no representation of coins, but of Peas (Poix), being the arms of Poitiers or Poictou (Mcnestrier, Orig. p. 147), of which he was Earl, and not of his other Earldom of Cornwall, as imagined by Sandford and others. The adoption of the Bezants as the arms of Cornwall, and by so many Cornish families on that account, are all subsequent assumptions, derived from the arms of Earl Richard aforesaid, the Peas having been promoted into Bezants by being gilt, and become identified with the Cornish Escutcheon, as the Garbs of Blundeville are with that of Chester, or the coat of Cantelupe with that of the See of Hereford. It has been pointed out to me that the arms of Poitiers given by Menest- rier refer to the family of that name, and not to the city or the province of Poictou. This was not apparent in the edition 1 possess. But, conceding this point, I still adhere to my poix, as, with the exception of Edmond, son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, who bore the whole arms of his father, I do not find the Earls of Cornwall, who were not Earls of Poictou, bearing bezants in any way. John of Ellham, Earl of Cornwall, as the son of Edward II. , might prefer to bear England with a border of France; but the arrogant favourite Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, who we might naturally suppose would have gloried in the display of the ancient coat of his earldom, presents us only with three or six eagles. The fact of roundlets being borne by the family of Poitiers is still valuable as collateral evidence, if, on the other side, we are to attach any importance to the bearing of bezants by Cornish families, the family of Cornwall continue to bear the arms of the Earl of Poictou, from whom they are illegitimately descended ; and there- fore that coat cannot be brought in support of one opinion more than the other. Otho, Earl of Poictou, it is said, has only a lion on his shield ; but, then, Otho was the son of Henry the Lion, of Brunswick, and that was his paternal coat. We have no proof that he bore it as the arms of his earldom." CO UP A R. See Cupar. COVENTRY (Warwickshire)— Party per pale gules and vert, an elephant statant and on his back a castle triple-towered and domed both or. CfCSt, A leopard (or is it a cat?) statant guardant proper. Recorded in the College of Arms. A /IliOttO is sometimes used — namely, "Camera Principis." For some reason this Coat seems always 10 be drawn, and frequently to be quoted, with the elephant standing on a mount proper. 89 COWBRIDGE (Glamorganshire) — Party per chevron gules and argent, in chief semee of cross cross- lets and two lions rampant of the last, and in base over water a bridge of three arches, thereon a cow passant all proper. Crest, A cow proper, holding in the mouth an ear of wheat leaved and slipped gold, and supporting with the dexter forefoot an escocheon or, charged with three chevronels invected gules. /irotto, awn rhagom. Granted April ,, 1888. 88 COWDENBEATH (Fifeshire)—//as not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents tlie buildings at the mouth of a pit, and has the legend " The Seal of the Burgh of Cowdenbeath." 109 CRAIL (Fifcshire)—Has not matriculated any Armorial Bear- ings. The Seal represents upon waves of the sea an ancient vessel of one mast, the sail furled, and in chief stars and a crescent. The legend is " Sigillum commune burgi de Karale." I2 3 CREWE (Cheshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The "pic- ture" in use is another of these "Illustrated Bits," absur- dities which pass the wit of man to understand. Whoever was responsible for its concoction and conception has raised up a lasting memorial to his own ignorance, to put it mildly; and that any Corporation composed of a Mayor, Aldermen, CRI [ 2* ] DAV and Councillors should contain no one with sufficient heraldic knowledge (and way little would have sufficed), or even artistic taste, which is a much more general commodity, to have objected when such a design was submitted, is difficult to believe. The said design consists of an escutcheon quarterly of four. As the Town-Clerk, in writing, guilelessly puts it, the design of Crewe " represents the present and past means of locomotion, one panel (!) representing the stage-coach, another the canal boat, another the pack-horse, and the last the pillion ; and a locomotive steam-engine at the head." The illustration is a very accurate representation, and to sum it up, I should like to say the shield contains seven horses, ten men, one woman, a stage-coach, and a canal-boat, a canal, a towing-path, a road, two ranges of mountains, four trees, and incidental surroundings. A few of the people arc omitted on the notepaper, presumably for the sake of conveni- ence. Above the shield is placed a mural coronet in the posi- tion of a coronet of rank (!!!) [I have taken upon myself to omit the coronet. — Ed.] And above this is placed upon a wreath showing nine twists a locomotive engine and tender! ( Upon the notepaper a line of rails is placed, which causes the absence of a signal-post to be noticed. ) The MO TTO is " Never behind.'" This, as a delightful piece of sarcasm, will doubtless be appreciated by any one constantly using Crewe Railway Station. 82 CRIEFF (Perthshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings': I quote the folio-wing description of the Seal from a newspaper cutting. I The Seal is supposed to be emblematic ef historic scenes in the district. In pre-historic times tlie Earls of Stratliearn — scions of the Royal Family — had their stronghold or castle situated on Tomachastel, a conical hill some three miles west of Crieff, and on which now stands Sir David Bairds monu- ment, a conspicuous object in the valley of the Earn. Singu- larly enough, too, the title is still held by one of the Royal Family of Great Britain, the Duke of Connaught and Slrathearn. The Earls of Stratliearn, who flourished in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, were succeeded by the Stewards of Slrathearn, and they held courts in afield about a mile south from the town, now part of the estate of Broicli. Down till the beginning of the present century the ' ' stayt " or " sieal" where the Court was held was about twelve yards in diameter, with the centre raised, on which the Earls or Chief Judges sat. In 1850 the then Laird of Broich de- molished the "stayt." The Seal represents the Earl sitting on the mound dispensing justice. On his left is the Cross of Crieff, also a pre-historic relic. In the foreground are the Crieff iron stocks or pillory, which are still seen at tlie door of the Court-House. no CROMARTYSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. Refer to Ross and Cromarty. CROMARTY (Cromartyshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. CROYDON (Surrey) — Quarterly argent and or a cross PARTED AND FRETTED GULES BETWEEN THREE CORNISH CHOUGHS PROPER IN THE FIRST QUARTER, AS MANY CROSSES PATEE FITCHEE SABLE IN THE SECOND, A CROSS FLORY AZURE CHARGED WITH THREE BEZANTS FESSEWISE IN THE THIRD AND A FESSE EMBATTLED OF THE THIRD in the fourth. And for the QtCSt, On a wreath of THE COLOUR UPON A MOUNT VERT A CROSIER FESSEWISE OR, THEREON A FOUNTAIN IN FRONT OF A TILTING-SPEAR IN BEND, SURMOUNTING A SWORD IN BEND SINISTER, THE WHOLE BETWEEN TWO TUFTS OF RYE-GRASS PROPER, BANDED GOLD. ,/lfoOttO, SANITATE CRESCAMUS. Granted August 10, 1886. 29 CULLEN (Banffshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. I he Seal represents the Virgin standing on a hind of throne and holding the infant Jesus ; and below is a dog. The legend is " Sigillum urbis de Cullen" Many Corporate Seals exhibit a great crudeness in the design and in the engraving, but in the opinion of the Editor the Seal of Ctillen is far and away the most lamentable. 126 CULROSS (Perthshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a church (Cat. of Her. Exn. says that of St. Serf), in the doorway of 'which is standing a figure with hands clasped in prayer : above the doorway upon an escrol being the inscription " S. Servanus." The legend is "Sigillum commune burgi de Culros. 125 CUMBERLAND— Has no Armorial Bearings. Some design suggested by the supposed arms of Carlisle is usually made use of. CUPAR or CUPAR-FIFE (Fifes hire)— Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. Three Seals all bearing slightly different achievements have come under the Editor's notice. As to the Arms, it is an open question whether the field be qules or whether it be or. The charges seem to be always shown as three wreaths of laurel, but one Seal adds a double tressure flory and connterflory. There does not appear to be any variation as to the Crest, " a lion rampant," or as to the Motto, " Uuitas," but one of the Seals shows as Sup- porters on either side of the escutcheon an angel, the two interior wings being crossed in sal tire above the escutcheon, and each holding in their exterior hands a palm-branch. 10 DALKEITH (Edinburghshire)— Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Editor believes arms of some kind are made use of, but has been unable to obtain any information regarding them. DARLINGTON (Durham)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Debretfs ' House of Commons ' gives Argent on a chevron gules between a representation of the "Rocket" locomotive attached to a tender and railway waggon in chief and a bulls head cabossed in base, three bales of cotton (?). CREST, A dexter hand couped below the wrist holding a pickaxe in bend sinister. MOTTO, " Floreal industrial 89 DARTMOUTH (Devonshire) — (Gules), the base BARRY wavy (argent and azure), thereon the hulk of a ship, IN THE CENTRE OF WHICH IS A KING ROBED AND CROWNED AND HOLDING IN HIS SINISTER HAND A SCEPTRE, AT EACH END OF THE SHIP A LION SEJANT GUARDANT (all or). 32. The Entry made at the Visitation and retained in the College shows no tinctures, but the foregoing are believed to be correct. The design upon the present Seal is some- what different and more in accordance with the Arms as quoted in Burke's 'General Armory' — namely, Gu. the base wavy of six ar. and az. thereon the hulk of a ship, in the centre of which sits a man representing a king in the robes of majesty, crowned with an open coronet, in his dexter hand a sceptre, in his sinister a mound, on each side a lion ramp, guard, resting their forefeet on the shoulders of the king, all or. Berry adds this Note: — " This seems to be the fancy of some painter, formed on an inspection of the Corporation Seal, wh. is very ancient, and represents the hulk of a ship on waves ; in the centre of the vessel a bust of a man, vested over the shoulder, and crowned with an antique coronet ; on the dexter side in chief a crescent, on the sinister a mullet of six points ; on each side the bust of a demi-lion issuing from the dexter and sinister sides of the seal, and resting his forelegs on the vessel. The legend round the Seal, Sigillum Commune de Cliftone Darte- muthe." ' 98 DARWEN, OVER (Lancashire) — Or, a fesse wavy with COTTICES ALSO WAVY AZURE BETWEEN THREE SPRIGS OF THE COTTON-TREE SLIPPED AND FRUCTED PROPER. And for the Gvest, On a wreath of the colours in front OF A DEMI-MINER HABITED PROPER HOLDING OVER HIS SPIOULDER A PICK OR, A SHUTTLE FESSEWISE OF THE LAST, THREAD PENDENT PROPER. ,/lftOttO, ABSQUE LABORE nihil. Granted August 7, 1878. 63 DAVENTRY (Northamptonshire) — Has no Armorial Bear- ings. The Seal represents a man standing upon a mount between the figures 15 and 95, holding over his dexter shoul- der an axe, and in his sinister hand one of the branches of a tree growing out of the mound. The legend upon the Seal which has been sent to me is ' ' Sigillum com line burgi de Danelre. N.S." Burke and Berry quote spellings of the legend both differing from the foregoing and from each other. y8 DAVID'S, ST. See St. David's. DBA [ 25 ] DOR DEAL {Kent) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal repre- sents party per pale, three demi-lions passant guardant in pale conjoined to as many hulks of ships. On the Corpora- tion notepaper there is the same achievement used as a Coat- of-Arms, with the colours shown as follows : — Per pale gules and azure three demi-lions passant guardant in pale con- joined to as many hulks of ships argent. The Corporation also use as a CREST two towers placed immediately upon or issuing from the top of the shield. The Editor would suggest that if the said towers were placed upon a wreath (see //lus- tration) it would be more in accord with the laws of heraldry, and if the Corporation would obtain a Grant of Arms in the proper manner it would be better still. 60 DENBIGHSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of the County Council shows a lion rampant within the legend " Seal of the Denbighshire County Council. Duw adigon." in DENBIGH (Denbighshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents upon a mount a castle of three tiers, the two towers upon each of the lower tiers being each surmounted by a spire and fane, and in the gateway of the castle being a leopard 's face jessant-de-lis. Upon a smaller mount in front of that upon which is the castle is a greyhound couchant, and upon either side of the castle is an escutcheon each surmounted by a plume of three ostrich feathers issuing from a ducal coronet, that on the dexter bearing the arms of Trance and England qi/arlerly, and that on the sinister being charged with a lion rampant. The legend is " Sigillum communitatis burgi de Denbigh." 117 DERBYSHIRE — Has no Armorial Bearings. Those in use for a long time have been " Argent a rose (? gules) regally crowned (? or)," and these (with lettering enough to stock a type-founder) now appear upon the Seal of the County Council. Berry quoted them in his ' Dictionary of Her- aldry? but as " Argent, a treble rose regally crowned between the letters A and JR." Occasionally the arms attri- buted to the town of Derby (Argent, on a mount vert, a stag lodged within park-pales and gate, all proper) have been used for the County. 58 DERBY (Derbyshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Those usually quoted and in general use are " Argent, on a mount vert, a stag lodged all within park-pales and a gate, all proper." Tlie Seal, which is very ancient, simply represents the stag as lodged in a wood. 78 DERRY. See Londonderry. DEVIZES (Wiltshire)— Party per pale gules and azure, A CASTLE IN PERSPECTIVE, THE WHOLE FORMING A HEXAGON, THE FRONT TRIPLE-TOWERED, AND THE TWO OUTER TOWERS DOMED ALL OR, EACH DOME SURMOUNTED BY AN estoile sable. Recorded in the Visitation Books at the College of Arms. 36 DEVONPORT (Devonshire) — Per fesse azure and argent IN CHIEF A NAVAL CROWN ENCIRCLED BY TWO BRANCHES OF OAK IN SALTIRE SLIPPED OR, AND IN BASE A SHIP IN frame proper, and for the Crest, On a naval crown or, AN ANCHOR BETWEEN TWO DOLPHINS HAURIENT HEADS DOWNWARDS AND RESPECTING EACH OTHER PROPER. /IBOttO, Prorsum semper honeste. Granted November 6, 1876 77 DE VONSHIRE — Has no Armorial Bearings. Those of the City of Exeter have been usually pressed into the service. The Seal of the County Council of Devon shows three escutcheons: I. of Exeter, namely, Party per pale gules and sable, a triangular castle or ; II. of Lord Clinton, Lord Lieutenant of the County and Chairman of the County Council, namely, Quar.erly I and 4 argent a chevron be- tween three spindles sable (for Trefusis) ; 2 azure, three bears' heads couped close argent, muzzled gules, and in chief a cross pattie (for Forbes) ; 3 or, a bend gules, sur- mounted of a fesse chequy azure and argent, in chief a crescent of the third, a canton ermine (for Stuart) ; III. of the Earl of M or ley, Vice-Chairman of the County Council, namely, Sable, a stag's head caboshed within two faunches argent. The legend is " The Common Seal of the County Council of Devon, 1889." r °9 DEWSBURY (Yorkshire)— Chequy or and azure, on a CHIEF ENGRAILED SABLE, A CROSS PATONCE OF THE FIRST, BETWEEN TWO OWLS ARGENT. Q.XZ&X, IN FRONT OF A CROSS PATONC E FITCHEE AZURE, AN OWL ARGENT. MOttO, Deus noster refugium et virtus. Granted February 24, 1893. Th e chequy field is derived from the arms of the ancient Earls of Warren, and the owls from the achievement of the Savile family. 56 Prior to the date of the above grant the following design was made use of, namely, " Chequy or and azure, the original Saxon wheel-cross as planted by Saint Paulinus, and inscribed with the legend ' Paulinus hie prtvdicavit et celebravit, A.D. 627.' CHEST, Pendent from a cloud proper, a fleece argent, charged with the cross patonce azure of St. Edward the Confessor. MO 'I TO as above." DINGWALL (Ross-shire) — Lias not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal, which is of the rudest workmanship, is difficult to describe, and reference should be made to the illustration. 1 10 DONEGAL — County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. DONEGAL (Co. Donegal) — Has no Armorial Bearings. DONCASTER ( Yorkshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. 'The following are in general use, however, and are given in Burke's 'General Armory' — Gules, a castle with loophole, gateway and portcullis, each tower surmounted by a cupola, and thereon a pennon waving argent, in chief a royal crown or. CREST (which is the design upon the Corporation Seal), upon a cushion ermine, a lion sejant erect or, supporting between his forepaws a staff argent, thereon a banner azure, fringed and tasselled also or, charged with a castle as in the Arms, skirted by a river proper, and thereon in capital letters the word DON. MOTTO, Conforl et licsse. (Burke quotes it " Son confort et Hesse.") 73 DORCHESTER (Dorset)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal at present in use represents a castle triple-towered upon a mount, and in front of the castle an escutcheon quarterly 1 and ^ France and England quarterly, 2 Scotland, 3 Ireland. The legend is " The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dorchester, Dorset, 1836." Burke, in his 'General Armory,' quotes this as a Coat-of-Arms, making the field gules and the castle argent, masoned sable upon a rock proper. 108 DORNOCH (Sutherlandshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. Those occasionally quoted are " Argent a horse-shoe azure," but a copy of the Seal is more generally made use of. The Seal, which has for legend simply the word "Dornoch," represents an escutcheon, and thereon within a horse-shoe the Arms, Crest, and Motto of the family of Sutherland — namely, Gules three mullets or. CREST, A mountain cat sejant guardant. MOTTO, " Sans peur." The following extract is taken from the ' Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland' : — " Close outside the town, says Worsaae, there stands the Earl's Cross, a stone pillar in an open field, which is simply the remains of one of those market crosses so often erected in pre-Reformatiou times. As a matter of course, the arms of the Earls of Sutherland are cai'ved on one side of the stone, and on the other are the arms of the town — a horse-shoe. Tradition, however, will have it that the pillar was reared in memory of a battle fouglit towards the middle of the thirteenth century by an Earl of Sutherland against the Danes. Ln the heat of the fray, while the Earl was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Danish chief, his sword broke ; but in this desperate strait, he was lucky enough to lay hold of a horse-shoe (the whole leg of a horse, say some) that accidentally lay near him, with which he succeeded in killing his antagonist. The horseshoe is said to have been adopted in the arms of the town in memory of the feat ; and the name Dornoch is popularly derived from the Gaelic dorn-eich, a horse's hoof, though dor-n-ach, ' field between two waters,' is a far more probable etymon" 130 DORSET — County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. It is usually credited with some design taken with varying accuracy from the Seal of Dorchester, but the Seal of the County Council exhibits (without tinctures) three lions passant gardant in pale. These are probably suggested by the old Seal of Melcome Regis. 114 DOU [ 26 ] DUN DOUGLAS (Isle of Man) — Has no Armorial Bearings. A view of the Truer of Refuge in Douglas Bay frequently does duty. DOVER (Kent) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Burke, in his ' General Armory.' however, quotes " Sable, a cross argent, between four leopards' heads or." 35 DO WX, CO UXTY—Has no Armorial Bearing;. The follow- ing, however, have been lately invented for, and in the neigh- bourhood, namely, "Per fesse vert and azure, on a /esse be- tween two spinning-wheels in chief or, and a ship of three masts in full sad upon the sea, in base a garb between two weavers shuttles fessrways proper" MOTTO, "Industrial 18 DOWXPATRICK (Co. Dr.cn)— Has no Armorial Bearings, but occasionally makes use of those quoted for Co. Down. They are placed rcr the Record Court in the County Court- House at Dmonpatrick. DROGHEDA CO. See Louth and Droglie da. DROGHEDA (Co. Louth) — Has no Armorial Bearings. In Burke's ' Getieral Armory' the following are quoted ' : — "A:, per pale dimidiated, on the dexter side three lions pass, guard, in pate or, on the sinister as many hulls of" ships in pale of the last, surmounted by a castle with two towers triple-towered ar. X.B. — The small sea! of Drogheda exhibits on the shield az. three crescents issuant therefrom as many esloiles all ar." But the Armorial Bearings as they appear to be used and as they are quoted in the ' Dublin Penny Magazine,' May 4, '833> are Azure (upon a mount) an embattled gateway of two towers argent, portcullis sable, surmounted by pennons gules, on the dexter three lions of England issuant or, on the sinister appearing to sail behind the gate, a ship having St. Georges ensign displayed over her stern. CREST, On a wreath a star within the herns of a crescent argent. MOTTO, Dens presidium mereatiira decus. S2 DROITWICH (Worcestershire) — GcLES, A SWORD OF STATE PALEWAY'S POINT DOWNWARDS PROPER, HILT AND POM- MEL OR, SURMOUNTED OF TWO LIONS PASSANT OF THE LAST, IMPALING QUARTERLY I AND 4 CHEQUY ARGENT AND SABLE 2 AND 3 GULES TWO (Berry and Burke both blazon them barrows) in pale argent. Re- corded in the College of Arms. Berry adds a note that originally the Arms of the town were the two last Coats qaar.er'v. 16 DUBLIX— County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. DUBLIN, City of (Co. Dublin) — Azure, three castles argent, flammaxt proper. ifcottO, Obedientia ciyium urbis felicitas. Recorded in Ulster's Office in the Visitation of Dublin. The Anns are almost invariably surmounted by the fur cap of office (worn by the sword- bearer), and behind the shield are usually placed in saltire representations of the sword and mace of the Corporation. The Town- Clerk forwards a drawing of the Arms sup- ported on en'ier side by a female figure vested, each holding in their interior hands a branch of oliz e, that on the dexter side representing ' : Law," and holding in her dexter hand a sword erect ; that on the minister side representing "Justice:' and holding in her sinister hand a pair of scales. The Editor beiiezes that no very extensive use is made of the Supporters, which, so far as he can ascertain, are of no authority. DUBLIX— University of. ?ee University of Dublin. ■ Has DUDLEY (Worcestershire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Debretfs 'House cf Corn mens' sizes an illustration of the i following, which appear upon :he Seal :—" Gules on a fesse I engrailed argent between in chief a representation of Duller ' Castle, and in base a salamander inflames, a bas-iet of coal's i (? a lump of iron ore) between, on the dexter side an anchor, and on the sinister side a miners safety lamp." CREST, A lion's head. 5q 1 DUMBARTOXSHIRE—Has no Armorial Bearings. The | elephant f rem the Arms of the Town of Dumbarton appears, hozeez :r, to have been placed upon a wreath and used as a CREST below the Town motto. DUMBARTON (Dumbartonshire) — The entryin Lyon Register is as follows : — " The Royall Burgh of Dumbritaine gives for Ensfgnes armoriall azur ane eliphaxt passant ARGENT TUSKED OR, BEARING ON HIS BACK A TOWER proper. The .flftOttO in ane Escroll is Fortitudo et FlDELITAS.'' 37 DUMFRIESSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. Tlu Seal of the County Council exhibits two escutcheons — 1. Gules an orleargent (being the Arms attributed to John Balioll); and 2. Argent, a saltire and a chief gules (being those intended for Robert Bruce) — above is an open crown and below is a heart piles. 96 D UMERIES (Dumfriesshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents the fig lire of a saint mitred, a wing attached to his dexter shoulder and holding in his sinister hand a crosier with the legend " Sigillum burgi de Dumfreis." The following blazon has, however, been supplied to the Editor as the Arms of Dumfries : — " Argent, the Archangel Michael proper, zested in long garments azure, in his dexter hand a crosier, on his head a mitre, belrw his feet a serpent nowed both proper." Xo illustration of this has been available, and as the Editor is not familiar with St. Michael in this disguise he must be excused from any emblazonment thereof. The ' Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland' simply gives tie seal. 121 DUXBAR (Haddingtonshire) — Has not matriculated any Ar- morial Bearings. The Seal represents a castle triple-towered. But a rather dfierent design from I 'lis is made use of 95 Burke, in his ' General Armory,' blazons this as a Coat- of-Arms as follros 1 — "Az. a castle ar. masoned sa., windows and portcullis closed gu." DUXBLAXE \Ferih shire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The design upon the Burgh Seal is suggested by an old Ecclesi- astical Seal. On I ic dexter side is St. Laurence, and on the sinister siie is a bishop (? St. Blare', mitred and robed, his dexter hand raised in the action of benediction, and his sinister holding his crosier. 109 D UXDA LR~ ( Co. Louth ) — Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulsters Office. Upon a sheet of Irish Arms published by Messrs. Marcus Ward esr Co., Ltd., it is credited with the following : — "Azure, three falcons belled or." 32 DUXDEE (Forfarshire) — The entry in Lyon Register is as follows : — " The Royall Burgh of Dundie gives for £l\s signes armoriall azure a pott of growing lillies argent. The escutcheon being supported by two dragons THEIR TAILLS SOWED TOGETHER UNDERNEATH VERT, WITH THIS WORD IN ANE ESCROLL ABOVE A LILLIE GROW- ING OUT OF THE TOP OF THE SHIELD AS THE FORMER. Dei Donum." Confirmed to the Royal Burgh of Dundee by Sir Charles Araskine of Cambo, Lyon King of Arms, July 30, 1673. The deed of confirmation is still in the possession of the Corporation, but thig has no painting upon it. 20 The olazon as in the Lyon Register shows sezeral discrep- ancies. In the first place, the supporters are termed dragons, whereas they are always represented as wyverns, and secondly the motto also is quoted "Dei Domum," whilst there can be Utile doubt that it is intended for Dei Donum, and as no official painting accompanies the blazon in the records, it is doubtful in what manner the Crest is intended to be used. The usual method of depicting it is issuing from a wreath in the ordinary manner as shown in the plo.re. A second motto, "Prudentia et candore," appears to be frequently made use of belrw the Arms, but, so far as the Baiter is aware, without any authority. DUXFERMLIXE (Fifcshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents upon four grieces or steps a trier surmounted by a cupola and supported by two liens rampant. The motto is •• Esio rufes inaccessa," and the legend " Sigillum ciziiatis Eermiloduni." The Catalogue er the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh mentions another cecal representing a full-length figure of Si. Margaret. 102 DUXGAXXOX (G. Tyrone)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a castle, and rising from the battlements tnereoj another. Below is the date of 1 -60. DUN [ 27 ] BNN DUNGARVAN (Co. Waterford) — Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulster's Office. The " Common Seal of the advisers of Dungarvan" represents a number of figures, five of whom are crowned, around a table upon which are a number of maps, within an Irish motto (see illustration of the Arms) the literal translation of which is " Not a mariner until a helmsman.'" The Arms in use at the present time are, however, "Argent, on waves of the sea a two-masted ship sailing to the sinister between on either side on rocks a square tower all proper" CREST, An anchor sans beam, entwined by a dolphin haurieut head downwards, all proper. SUP- PORTERS, On the dexter side a warrior vested in a cloak and kilt, in his belt a sword, in his dexter hand a lance, and in his sinister a bow unstrung. On the sinister side a warrior habited in knee-breeches and a short cloak, his dexter hand supporting a battle-axe head downwards, and on his sinister arm a shield. MOTTO, in ancient Irish characters, for which see illustration. The Town-Clerk, in a very courteous letter, informs me that the Arms were designed (!!!) about 30 years ago after a very exhaustive search had failed to discover the least trace of any insignia which had belonged to or been used by the ancient and extinct Corporation of Dungarvan. 62 D UNHE FED. See Launceston. DUNSTABLE (Bedfordshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Those at present in use upon the Seal and elsewhere are "Argent a within a bordure engrailed sable." MOTTO, "Justitia omnibus fiet." 8 DUNWICH (Suffolk)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a ship of three masts upon the waves, the mainmast ensigned with a flag of St. George, the sails furled, the other two masts broken off at the round top, on the water four fish swimming to the dexter. DURHAM— County Palatine of . Has no Armorial Bearings. Versions and perversions of the Arms of the City or of the See of Durham have been variously made rise of. The Seal of the County Council has favoured and displays the latter, namely, "Azure, a cross between four lions rampant or?' 16 DURHAM— City of (Durham)— Sable, a cross gules fim- briated argent. Recorded in the College of Arms. 32 DURHAM — University of. See University of Durham. DYSART (Fifeshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal, the workmanship of which is wretched, represents a tree eradicated, within the legend " Sigil. de Dysert." The ' General Armory,' however, blazons this as a Coat-of-Arms, with the field argent and the tree proper. 112 EALING (Middlesex)— Has no Armorial Bearings. EARLSFERRY (Fifeshire) — Has not matriculated any Armo- rial Bearings. The Seal represents an ancient one-masted ship in full sail upon the sea within the legend " Sig. comune burgide Earles Ferri." 12 ° EAST GRINSTEAD (Sussex)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a double rose imperially crcauned, on the dexter side " Sus," and on the sinister " Sex." EAST LOOE (Cornwall)— Burke says, " Has no Armorial Ensign. The Seal represents an antique one-mast vessel, in it a man and a boy, against the side of the hulk three escut- cheons each charged with three bends. " EAST RETFORD (Nottinghamshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal, which is very ancient and of very crude workmanship, represents, to quote Berry and Burke, two eagles with wings inverted and endorsed, the inner feet conjoined, with the 'legend " Sigillu de Este Rettfurthe istut" Berry adds a note—" It is not unlikely that the charges thereon were originally assigned to the Corporation as Arms the colours are unknown." Burke adds a note — '" A rose with a lion of England upon a chief is engraved as the Arms of this town upon some of the oldest plate belonging to the Corporation." n 4 EAST RIDING of the County of Yorkshire. See Yorkshire. EAST SUFFOLK. See Suffolk. EAST SUSSEX. See Sussex. EASTBOURNE (Sussex)— Has no Armorial Bearings. On the Corporation Seal is a representation of a bogus Coat-of-Arms, which also appears on the notepaper as follows : — ■ " Argent on a fesse between four bars gules, a rose between two stags' heads caboshed" (evidently taken from the Cavendish Arms). For a CREST, appears a sea-horse presumably proper, though the Corporation of Eastbourne evidently consider that a wreath to support the crest is a bygone and undesirable appendage. MO'lTO, " Meliora seqiiimur." 86 ECCLES (Lancashire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. EDINBURGH— The entry in Lyon Register is as follows:— " The Royall Burgh of Edinburgh bears Argent a castle TRIPLE-TOWERED AND EMBATTLED, SABLE MASONED OF THE FIRST AND TOPPED WITH THREE FANS GULES, WIN- DOWS AND PORTCULLIS SHUT OF THE LAST, SITUATE on A rock proper. And on a wreath of the colours is set for ClXSt, An anchor wreathed about with a cable all proper. ^IfiOttO, in an escrol above, Nisi Dominus Frustra. Supported on the dexter by A MAID richly ATTIR'D WITH HER HAIR HANGING DOWN OVER HER shoulders, and on the sinister by A doe proper." The patent granting these Arms, which was presented for regis- tration on the 23rd day of November 1774, is dated the 21st day of April 1732, and signed Alex. Brodie Lyon. 6 No painting of the Arms exists in the Lyon Register. The patent mentioned cannot be found, and as a " maid richly attir'd with her hair hanging down over her shoul- ders" is slightly indefinite, it is with no great sense of security that the accompanying illustration is put forward. The varying styles of "fashion, form, and feature" sug- gested to answer the requirements of the blazon are many and wonderful. The following legend, which the Editor takes from a newspaper cutting, may or may not have reference to the Arms of the town : — " The historians of that city cannot be accused of indifference to the antiquity of their town, for some of them maintain that its foundation dates as far back as 989 B.C., when, according to these fabulous accounts, Ebranke was King of Britain, as well as of Albanye or Scot- land. Now King Ebranke seems to have been a thoroughgoing Bluebeard, having as many as twenty-one wives and half a hundred children. For his twenty-five daughters he built the Castle of May- dens, which is Edinburgh Castle, and which appears on the Arms of the town. Here he kept them until they were grown up, when he packed them all off to Italy to be married. Whether they all lived happy ever afterwards we cannot say. As to the Castle, we know that the early history of Edinburgh is chiefly confined to accounts of that stronghold. King David I. seems the first of the real kings who made it his residence. There is a picturesque story about his having gone out to hunt deer, and how he became separated from the rest of the party, and thrown from his horse near the castle gate. Here a white hart was rushing upon him to gore him, when a cross marvellously slipped into his hand, and the hart being frightened at seeing this, turned away and left him unharmed. The words of the motto are from Psalm c.xxvii. and imply the vanity of human effort unless blessed by Heaven." EDINBURGH— University of. See University of Edinburgh. ELGIN or MORAY— County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. ELGIN (Elginshire)— The entry in Lyon Register is as fol- lows : _ " The Royall Burgh of Elgine bears Argent, Sanctus ^Egidius habited in his rores and mytred, holding in his dexter hand a pastoral staff, and in his left hand a clasped book, all PROPER. Sup- ported by two angels proper, winged or volant upwards, and the /Ifo0tt0, ' Sic itur ad astra' upon ane compartment suitabill to A Burgh Royal, and for their colours red and white. Recorded in terms of an Interlocutor of Lyon King of Arms of 28th November 18S8, and agreeably to the blazon of James Skeen, Lyon Depute, of date 9th October 1678.— (Signed) J. Lorimer, Lyon Clerk." 7 1 ELY (Cambridgeshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Berry adds a note : — " This city is not a corporation, and therefore hath not any Arms." Those of the Deanery, viz., "gu. three ducal coronets, two and one or," are by many persons, although erroneously, said to be the Arms of the city. 36 ENGLAND— Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or. Refer to Great Britain and Ireland. 2 ENNIS (Co. Clare)— Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulster's Office. ENN [ 28 ] FOR ENNISCORTHY (Co. Wexford)— Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulster's Office. Upon a sheet of Irish Arms published by Marcus Ward dr» Co., Ltd., the following are given : — "Azure, on a mount vert, a castle or, and from the battlements an eagle issuant argent. " ENNISKILLEN {Co. Fermanagh) — Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulster's Office. The Seal represents a castle triple-towered, each tower domed and flagged. EREMUE, alias YARMOUTH (Isle of 'Wight). See Yarmouth. ESSEX— Has no Armorial Bearings. Gules, three seaxes fesseways proper (identically as claimed by Middlesex) are sometimes quoted as the Arms. EVESHAM (Worcestershire)— Azure, a prince's coronet j (that is, composed of crosses patee and fleurs-de-lis) OR, BETWEEN TWO OSTRICH FEATHERS IN CHIEF ARGENT, THE QUILLS BEZANTEE, AND A GARB IN BASE OF THE SECOND, ALL WITHIN A BORDURE SABLE, ALSO BEZANTEE. Re- corded in the College of Anns. Henry, Prince of Wales, son of James I., obtained for Evesham its Charter of In- corporation, hence the coronet and ostrich feathers of the Prince of Wales, the garb of the Earl of Chester, and the bordure sable bezantee of the Duke of Cornwall. 7 EXETER (Devonshire)— Party per pale gules and sable A TRIANGULAR CASTLE WITH THREE TOWERS OR. CfC6t, ON A WREATH OR AND SABLE, A DEMI-LION RAMPANT GULES, CROWNED OR, HOLDING BETWEEN THE PAWS A MOUND OF THE LAST BANDED AZURE AND SUR- MOUNTED WITH A CROSS BOTONNEE GOLD. SliPPOrtefS, ON EITHER SIDE A PEGASUS WITH WINGS INVERTED ARGENT, MANED AND UNGULED OR, CHARGED ON THE WING WITH THREE BARS WAVY AZURE. /IftOttO, SEMPER FIDELIS. The coat-of-arms was ratified and confirmed, and the crest and supporters were granted, August 6, 1564, by Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms, at the Visitation of Devonshire. The helmet is stated to be "manteled azur, dubled argent." 53 EYE (Suffolk) — Azure, a cross patonce between four MARTLETS OR, IN CHIEF TWO BRANCHES OF IN SALTIRE VERT, FLOWERED ARGENT, THEREON AN EAGLE PERCHED WITH WINGS EXPANDED OF THE LAST, DUCAI.LY CROWNED OF THE SECOND. And for the ClTCSt, Upon the royal crown or, the cap gules, AN ESTOILE IRRADIATED AND CHARGED WITH A HUMAN eye OF the FIRST. Recorded in the College of Arms. /DiOttO, Oculus in coelum (sic), 64 The Seal represents the word Eye surmounted by an antique ducal coronet, with the legend, " Sigillum Comune Burgi de Eye." (97) FALKIRK (Stirlingshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal (a representation of which usually answers the purpose of heraldic insignia) represents a High- lander fully equipped with sword and target, and above is the Motto " Touch ane touch a'." But an engraving pur- porting to be of the Arms of Falkirk has been forwarded to the Editor, and is as follows : — Quarterly of four : 1. 1 he Royal Arms of Scotland, being or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory and counter/lory gules. 2. Argent a Highlander fully equipped with sword and target proper. 3. Argent a soldier holding in his dexter hand a spear, and 011 his sinister arm a target. 4. Argent three swords in pile, points downwards proper. CA'EST, A deini- bird erased, with wings endorsed. SUPPORTERS, Two youths vested (presumably "bairns 0' Fa kirk "), each holding in his exterior hand, and in a decidedly threatening altitude, a club all propei\ MOTTOES, over the crest, " Tanciteumtm tancite omnes ; " under the arms, " Better middle wi' the deil than the bairns o' Falkirk." 103 FALKLAND (Hfeshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. Tfie Seal, which is of very 7-ude workmanship, represents upon a mount, ami in front of a tree growing therefrom, a stag lodged regardant. The legend is " Discite fustitiam moniti temnere Christum." 123 FALMOUTH (Corn-wall) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents an eagle displayed with two heads charged on the breast and on each wing with a tower. FAVERSHAM (Kent) — Lias no Armorial Bearings. But Burke's 'General Armory' quotes " Gu. three lions pass, guard, in pale per pale or and ar.," and these Arms appeal- upon the Seal. 4 FENTON (Staffordshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings, and, moreover, not yet having risen above the dignity of a Local Board, is not entitled to bear them. Still the following have very extensive use :— Argent, a cross diapered (of a lozenge pattern), between, in the first quarter, a vase (or soup-tureen) ; in the second, upon a mount two pottery kilns; in the third, upon a mount a representation of a pit-mouth (?) ; in the fourth, upon a mount a garb in front of a plough, presum- ably all profer. CREST, A goat's head erased proper. MOTTO, " Onward and upward." The goat's head is said to be the crest of a family named Baker, who have for a long time resided in Fenton. It would be interesting to know if they had established any right to it themselves before passing it on to the Fenton Local Board, who assuredly can have none. 44 FERMANAGH, County— Has no Armorial Bearings. FETHARD (Co. Tipperary)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal, an impression of which has come under the Editor s notice, is quadrilateral in shape, simply showing upon a mount a stag trippant within the legend " The Corpora- tion of Fethard Seal." But Burke in his ' General Armory ' says, " The Seal is a stag standing before a tree ppr.," and quotes as the Armorial Bearings of the Town, " Gu. Mars with a plume on his head, in his dexter hand a sword mounted above his shoulder, in his sinister hand a shield, thereon the cross of St. George, all ppr. standing between two lions pass, guard, or." MOTTO, " Fidelis adfdem " (sic). 129 FEVERSHAM. See Faversham. F1FESHIRE — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents the crest of His Grace the Duke of Fife. 112 FLINTSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. FLLNT (Flintshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents water in base, and thereon on the sinister side a three-masted ship partly under sail. Rising from the water on the dexter side is a rock, and thereupon a castle. 115 FOLKESTONE (Kent)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents upon waves of the sea an antique ship of one mast, the sail furled, towered at each end, a man's head appearing above the battlements of each, and at the masthead a turret, and a man in the body of the boat, and another in the stern turret. FORFARSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. FORFAR (Forfarshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. Those used are as according to the annexed blazon, which is quoted as it has been supplied to the Editor, though it exhibits several heraldic errors : — ARMS, Azure a square castle embattled above the gate and on the top of the walls. Triple towered, the centre one largest, all pyra- midically roofed argent, masoned sable, the portcullis and windows gules. The middle tower ensigned with a staff and banner charged with the Royal Arms of Scotland. On a chief wavy or, a fir-tree proper, between a bull's head and stag's head, both caboshed, argent. CREST, On a wreath, a lion rampant azure. SUPPOA'TERS, Two warriors in Roman costume. The one on the dexter having a bow in his right hand with a quiver of arrows strung on his shoulder. The one on the sinister having a target (charged with a thistle) on his left arm, ami a sivord or sabre hung by a belt at his side, propel-. MOTTO, " Ut quocunque paratns." 13 FORD WICH (Kent) — Has no Armorial Bearings. FORRES (Elginshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal, which is of remarkably fine workman- ship, represents the figure of St. Laurence crowned with a nimbus, holding a book (sic. in the Cat. of Her. Exn., but query a casket) in his right hand, his left resting on a grid- iron. In the field are a crescent, a star of six points, and two branches of foliage. Legend, " Sigillam commune burgi de Fores." \2\ FOR [ 29 ] GLO FORTROSE (Ross-shire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal at present in use, which is circular, represents the figures of St. Peter and St. Boniface, to whom the Cathedral Church is dedicated. St. Peter on the dexter side has a halo, and is holding his keys over his dexter shoulder. St. Boniface on the sinister side is wearing a mitre and holding a crosier in his sinister hand. A more ancient Seal, which is oval in shape, represents St. Peter only, though this time in a mitre. 1 18 FRANVILLE (Hants). See Neivtown, Hants. FOWEY (Cornwall) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Berry in his ' Dictionary of Heraldry' says, " The Seal seems to be originally intended for an armorial ensign, viz., on a shield a ship of three masts on the sea, her topsail furled. The legend round it, ' Sigilluiu oppidi de Fowy, Anno Dom. 1702.' " GALASHIELS (Selkirkshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents upon a mount a vine-tree fructed proper and seated upon either side a fox gazing at the fruit, all within the legend, " The Corporation of the Burgh of Galashiels." [Does the fruit typify a Coat of Arms which the Borough can't afford?] ' 93 GALLO WA Y. See New Galloway. GAL WA Y— County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. GAL WAY (Co. Galway)—Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of the Town Commissioners represents upon waves of the sea an ancient ship of one mast, in front thereof an escutcheon of France and England quarterly, the field of the Seal semee of five-pointed mullets pierced, all within the legend, " S : comunitatis : wille : de : Galve : in : Conaicia : de." For some reason the Seal credits France with five fleurs-de-lis in the first quarter. Burke in his ' General Armory' blazons the Seal as a Coat-of-Arms as follows: "Ar. waves of the sea, in base ppr., thereon a galley or ancient warship charged on the rigging with two mullets all sa., on an escutcheon of pretence the Royal Arms, as borne by the later Plantagenet and the Tudor sovereigns, viz., quarterly 1st and \th, France, az. three fleurs-de-lis or, 2nd and yd, England, gu. three lions pass, guard, in pale or. 105 GATESHEAD (Durham) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Those used, and which appear upon the Corporation Seal, are as follows, namely, Argent on a mount an embattled gateway all proper, and for a CREST, A goat 's head erased. 70 GATTON (Surrey) — Has no Armorial Bearings. GERMAINS, ST. See St. Germains. GLAMORGANSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Clerk of the County Council informs me that " the Seal adopts the Arms of De Clare, who were (sic) Lords of Glamorgan. " These are, of course, the Arms Cardiff has assumed. It's a pity they cotddn'tfinda belter example to copy. GLASGOW, PORT. See Port Glasgow. GLASGOW — Argent, on a mount in ease vert an oak- tree PROPER, THE STEM AT THE BASE THEREOF SUR- MOUNTED BY A SALMON ON ITS BACK ALSO PROPER, WITH A SIGNET-RING IN ITS MOUTH OR, ON THE TOP OF THE TREE A REDBREAST, AND IN THE SINISTER FESS POINT AN ANCIENT HAND-BELL, BOTH ALSO PRO- PER. Above the shield is placed a suitable helmet with a mantling gules doubled argent, and issuing from a wreath of the proper liveries is set for QtCSt, The hali-length figure of Saint Kentigern affronts, vested and mitred, his right hand raised in the act of benediction, and having in his left hand a crozier, all proper. On a compartment below the shield are placed for Supporters, Two salmon proper, each HOLDING IN ITS MOUTH A SIGNET- RING OR, and in an escroll entwined with the compartment this AOttO, "Let Glasgow Flourish." Matriculated the 25th day of October 1866. " 6 The following legends, taken from a newspaper cutting, are quoted for what they may be worth : — The armorial insignia of Glasgow are richly storied, the different emblems referring to several legends in the life of St. Kentigern, otherwise called Mungo, who was the first Bishop of Glasgow, and died about A.D. 602. The tree represents the bough which, according to an old story, St. Kentigern kindled by his word into a blaze in order to relight the church lights, which some of his enemies had put °"u : J\t e T b "' d P" ched U P°" the tree is a robin, the pet of St. Serf, which St. Kentigern restored to life, as the tradition goes. The bell which hangs from the tree signifies the Church and See of Glasgow, founded by St. Kentigern. [Another account gives a more probable explanation as follows: "The bell is the consecrated one that was brought from Rome by St. Mungo when he visited the sacred city in his later years, and which was placed in the College buildings, and preserved in Glasgow till ihe Reformation, or perhaps to a later date. It was called St. Mungo's Bell, and was tolled through the city to warn the inhabitants to pray for the repose of a departed soul."] But the most romantic legend of all is associated with the salmon bearing the ring in its mouth. It happened that the Queen of Cadzow had given away a ring which she had received as a present from the King, her husband, to a certain knight. The King suspecting this, and being very much angered at such conduct, considered how he might best punish it. One day when they were all out for a hunt- ing party along the banks of the Clyde, the knight to whom the Queen had given the ring, overcome with fatigue, fell asleep under the shelter of a tree. The King seized the opportunity to look into the knight's pouch, and there, as he had expected, he found the ring. Wroth beyond measure that the Queen should so have treated the ring he had given her, he flung it into the river. Returning home, he demanded the ring of the Queen, and said she should be put to death if she did not give it him. She immediately sent her maid to the knight to ask for it, but, of course, he could no longer find it. The Queen knew not which way to turn. At last, she bethought herself of the good Bishop Kentigern. She avowed her fault to him, and con- vinced him that she was deeply sorry for it, and asked his advice and help. The good man believed in her sincerity and took compassion upon her. ^ He immediately sent one of bis people to fish in the river and to bring him the first fish he should catch. The angler soon returned, and laid a huge salmon at the feet of the bishop, who took from its mouth the very ring which the King had flung into the Clyde. The Queen, receiving ihe ring from the bishop, together with his blessing, hastened to take it home to her husband, and thus her life was saved by the good Bishop Kentigern. Before the matriculation above mentioned the Arms were frequently to be found with the field ' 'party per fesse argent and gules." The ' Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland! referring to the Arms, says : ' ' These tokens appear on the Seals of the Bishops of Glasgow in the 12th and 13th centuries, from which they were transferred to the Common Seal of the city in the beginning of the li,th." GLASGOW UNLVERSLTY. See University of Glasgow. GLASTONBURY (Somerset) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Corporation notepaper represents upon an escutcheon a mitre labelled in front cf two croziers in saltire. No colours are shown. MOTTO, " Florcat Ecclesia Anglicana." 40 GLOSSOP (Derbyshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of the Corporation represents upon a chapeau proper a lion slatant guardant with tail extended, and underneath ihe MOTTO, "Virtus Veritas libertas." The above Crest is, of course, that of Lord Howard of Glossop ; it would be inter- esting to know if any member of the Howard family sanc- tioned this appropriation. 122 GLOUCESTERSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. GLOUCESTER (Gloucestershire) — OR, three chevrons gules, between ten torteauxes, three, three, three, and one. Cre6t, Out of a mural coronet issuant a lion guardant gules, holding in his dexter gamb a broad- sword erect proper, and in the sinister gamb a trowel. SuppOrtCTB, On both the dexter and sinister sides a lion rampant gules, each holding in his dexter gamb a broad- sword erect proper. /IftottO, Fides invicta trium- phat. 23 The Coat-of-Arms is said to have been confirmed, and the Supporters and Crest granted, August 14, 1652, by Sir Edward Bish, Garter Principal King of Arms, but neither the Crest nor the Supporters are recorded in the College of Arms. This is probably due to the fact that the grant was made during the time of the Commonwealth, and all grants made during that time were subsequently declared void and of none effect. The chevronels were probably taken from the Arms of the Earls of Gloucester, and the torteaux from the Arms of the See of Worcester. These appear to have been the Arms used by the City of Gloucester from a very remote period. But Sir Thomas Bell, Knight, Alderman of the City of Gloucester, obtained for the Corporation in the reign of Henry VIII. the follow- ing Coat-of-Arms : " Vert, on a pale or, between two horse- E GOD [ 30 ] GRE shoes, each horse-shoe between three nails, two in chief and one in base, all meeting with their points to the shoe argent, a sword in a scabbard azure, hilt, pommel, and stud- ding of the scabbard or, on the point of the sword a cap of maintenance gules, turned up ermine, on a chief per pale or and gules, a boar's head couped argent between two demi- roses, the dexter gules barbed vert, the sinister of the third also barbed vert, each issuing rays from its centre pointing to the boar's head or." This is the Coat which (though tinctured wrongly) Burke and Berry give. Both Coats (the former, of course, without crest or supporters) are recorded in the 'Visitation' with the following note, 'The auntient and moderne Coates of Armes belonging to the Cittie and Countie of the Cittie of Gloucester, the former taken in imitation of the illustrious family of the Clares, Earles of Gloucester, their bountiful benefactors. The latter procured by Sr. Thomas Bell, Knight and Alderman there in the tyme of Henry the eighth.' " GODALM1NG (Surrey) — Party per pale gules and SABLE, A "WOOLPACK ARGENT, ON A CHIEF OF THE LAST A ROSE OF THE FIRST, BARBED AND SEEDED PROPER, BETWEEN TWO ESCOCHEONS ALSO GULES, THAT ON THE DEXTER CHARGED WITH A FESSE DANCETTEE BETWEEN TWO CROSSES PATEE IN TALE OF THE THIRD, AND THAT ON THE SINISTER CHARGED WITH THREE PEARS IN BEND LEAVED AND SLIPPED proper. GCCSt, On a wreath of the colours, a mound, thereon a ram statant holding in the mouth a pear leaved and slipped all pro- per, SUSPENDED FROM THE NECK BY A RIBAND GULES AN ESCOCHEON OR, CHARGED WITH A PAIR OF SHEARS ERECT POINTS UPWARDS, ALSO PROPER. tfliOttO, LIBERA deinde fidelis. Granted June 12, 1S93. 63 GODMANCHESTER {Huntingdonshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. GOREY (Co. Wexford) — Party per saltire argent gules OR AND AZURE, IN CHIEF A CROSS OF THE SECOND, IN BASE A SWAN WITH AN EEL IN ITS BILL OF THE FIRST, IN DEXTER FESSE POINT A LION PASSANT GUARDANT OF THE THIRD, AND IN THE SINISTER A ROSE OF THE SECOND SEEDED PROPER AND BARBED VERT. Granted November 24, 1623, and recorded in Ulster's Office in the Visitation of Wexford taken in the year 1628. 9 The blazon is given wrongly in Burke's ' General Armory.'' GOVAN, Police Burgh of (Lanarkshire)— The following Bn- sfgnes Srmorial: argent, the hull of a ship on THE STOCKS PROPER, ON A CHIEF AZURE TWO MULLETS pierced OF the field. Above the shield is placed a suitable helmet with a mantling gules doubled argent, and on a wreath of the proper liveries is set for GVCSt, A GARB SURMOUNTED BY A SALMON ON ITS BACK PROPER, and in an escroll over the same this ,/lftOttO, Nihil sine labore, and on a compartment below the shield are placed for 5UppOCter0, ON THE DEXTER SIDE, AN ENGINEER HOLDING IN HIS EXTERIOR HAND A PLAN, AND ON THE SINISTER A SHIP-CARPENTER RESTING HIS EXTERIOR HAND ON A MALLET, BOTH HABITED PROPER. Matricu- lated June 7, 1884. 53 GRAMPOUND (Cornwall)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a bridge of two arches over a river, the dexter end in perspective showing the passage over, at the sinister end a tree issuing from the base against the bridge, on the centre an escutcheon of the Arms of the family of Cornwall, namely, Argent, a lion rampant gules within a bordure sable. GRANTHAM (Lincolnshire) — Chequy or AND azure, a BORDURE SABLE, CHARGED WITH EIGHT TREFOILS slipped argent. Recorded in the College of Arms. 44 GRAVESEND (Kent) — Argent, a tower gules, charged WITH A BULL'S HEAD ISSUING FROM A DUCAL CORONET BOTH OR, AND VOMITING FLAMES OF FIRE PROPER, ALL WITHIN A BORDURE AZURE CHARGED WITH FIVE FLEURS-DE-LIS AND AS MANY BUCKLES OR. At the Visitation of Kent in the year 1619, the following Arms are recorded, namely, Vert, upon waves of the sea proper, an ancient one-masted ship, the oars in action and rowers visible or, the mast of the last, the sail argent, the rigging also proper, and standing erect in the stern of the ship a porcupine collared and lined : but William Le Neve, Clarenceux King of Arms, assigned the first-mentioned Coat to the town in the year 1635, to commemorate the connection of the Duke of Lennox therewith. /IftOttO, Decus et tutamen. 15 GREAT B EDWIN (Wiltshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Burke's ' General Armory,' however, quotes, " Az. a towet domed ar." CREST, A griffin passant or. 65 GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, The United King- dom of — Since Her Majesty ascended the throne, the Armorial Bearings have been: QUARTERLY I AND 4 GULES, THREE LIONS PASSANT GUARDANT IN PALE OR (for Eng- land) ; 2 OR, A LION RAMPANT WITHIN A DOUBLE TRES- SURE FLORY AND COUNTERFLORY GULES (for Scotland) ; 3 AZURE, A HARP OR STRINGED ARGENT (for Ireland), the whole encircled by the Garter. CrCSt, Upon the ROYAL HELMET, the lambrequin being of cloth of gold lined with ermine, THE IMPERIAL CROWN PROPER, THEREON A LION STATANT GUARDANT OR, IMPERIALLY crowned, also proper. 5uppOrtCr0, Upon the dexter side, A LION GUARDANT OR, CROWNED AS IN THE CREST, and upon the sinister side, A UNICORN ARGENT, ARMED, CRINED, AND UNGULED OR, GORGED WITH A CORONET COMPOSED OF CROSSES PATEE AND FLEURS-DE-LIS, A CHAIN AFFIXED THERETO PASSING BETWEEN THE FORE- LEGS AND REFLEXED OVER THE BACK OF THE LAST. /IlbOttO, Dieu et MON Droit, in the compartment below the shield, and thereon the Union Badge of the rose, THISTLE, AND SHAMROCK ENGRAFTED ON THE SAME STEM. CtCBt Of SCOtlailD, ON AN IMPERIAL CROWN A LION SEJANT AFFRONTEE GULES, IMPERIALLY CROWNED OR, HOLDING IN THE DEXTER PAW A SWORD AND IN THE SINISTER A SCEPTER ENSIGNED WITH A FLEUR-DE- LIS, BOTH ERECT AND ALSO PROPER. GtCSt Of JCClailC), ON A WREATH OR AND AZURE A TOWER TRIPLE- TOWERED OF THE FIRST, FROM THE PORTAL A HART SPRINGING ARGENT, ATTIRED AND UNGULED, ALSO OR. 3BaOge0 : Of England — The rose of York and Lan- caster ENSIGNED WITH THE IMPERIAL CROWN ; of Scotland — A THISTLE PROPER ENSIGNED WITH THE IMPERIAL CROWN ; of Ireland — A HARP OR, STRINGED ARGENT, ENSIGNED WITH THE IMPERIAL CROWN ; also of Ireland — A TREFOIL SLIPPED VERT, ENSIGNED WITH the imperial crown. the union badge of the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock engrafted upon the same stem, ensigned with an imperial crown : the Union Badge ensigned with the imperial crown, namely, Azure, a saltire per saltire argent and gules, the latter fimbriated of the second, over all a cross of the third, also fimbriated argent (being composed of the crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick). The badge of Wales, namely, On a mount vert a dragon PASSANT WITH WINGS ELEVATED GULES ; the cypher of Her Majesty within the Garter and ensigned with the imperial crown, and the cypher of Her Majesty ensigned with the imperial crown. Wales not being a kingdom, but only a principality, has no imperial crown over its badge. The settlement of the Arms by an Order in Council is one of the earliest acts in the reign of each successive sovereign. 1 GREAT GRIMSBY (Lincolnshire) — Argent, a chevron BETWEEN THREE BOARS' HEADS COUPED SABLE. [Recorded in the College of Arms.] 48 GREAT TORRINGTON (Devonshire)— Argent, in base TWO BARS WAVY, OVER ALL A FLEUR-DE-LIS WITHIN A bordure engrailed, all sable. Confirmed by Harvey, Clarenceux, September 6, 1564, and also recorded at the Visitation of Devonshire, 1620. Berry makes the base barry wavy of six argent and azure, and does not engrail the bordure. The Corporation note- paper shows the fleur-de-lis in chief, and not over all, 51 GRB [ 3i ] HAR GREENOCK [Renfrewshire)— Has not matriculated any Ar- morial Bearings. The Seal represents upon the sea a three- masted ship in full sail between two other ships upon the horizon. In the foreground is a quay, upon which one man is rolling barrels under the directions of another man. 102 GRIMSBY. See Great Grimsby. GUERNSEY. Refer to Channel Islands. GUILDFORD (Surrey) — Sable, on a mount vert a CASTLE WITH TWO TOWERS EMBATTLED, ON EACH TOWER A SPIRE ; FROM THE BATTLEMENTS OF THE CASTLE RISING A TOWER TRIPLE-TOWERED ALL OR, THE WHOLE BETWEEN TWO WOOLFACKS IN FESSE ARGENT, THE BASE BARRY WAVY OF THE LAST AND AZURE, AND OVER ALL IN BASE A LION PASSANT GUARDANT, ALSO OR (see illustration 12). Recorded in the College of Arms. But the Coat as it is frequently made use of, and as it appears upon the Seals of the 1 own and of the County Council of Surrey, differs in several points, agreeing with the blazon of Burke in his ' General Armory,' namely:— "Guilford, or Guldeford, Town of [Co. Surrey).— Sa. on a mount vert a castle with two towers embattled, on each tcrwer a spire, surmounted with a ball from the battlements, between the tcnuers a tower triple-towered all at:, and charged with an escutcheon, quarterly, of France and England ; umier the battlements of the castle two roses in f esse or, the pott ppr. charged on the centre with a key ami portcullised both gold, on the mount bejore the port a lion couchant guard, of the fourth, on each side the castle, in fesse, a woolpack of the third paleways, the base of the field water ppr. (See illustra- tion 12.) 12 GUVAN. See Govan. HADDINGTONSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of tlie County Council consists of a monogram of the letters H.C.C. , and above it upon a mount a goat, all within the legend M.D.C.C.CX.C. 124 HADDINGTON (Haddingtonshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents upon a diapered back-ground a tree growing from a mount, and 011 the dexter side thereof a goat saliant against the tree. The legend is " David D. G. Rex Scot/or. Sig. com. burgi de Hadinglon." Another Seal, within the legend "David Dei Gratia Rex Scottorum. Sigillum commune burgi de Had- ington," represents two escutcheons, the dexter bearing a king crowned and seated under a canopy, resting his dexter hand upon a shield charged with a lion rampant and holding in his sinister hiand a sceptre. The sinister escutcheon is charged with a mount, therefrom issuing a tree, and on the dexter side a goat saliant against the tree. The following blazon has, however, been supplied to me, but it is not authori- tative : — "Azure, on a mount in base vert, a goat statant argent, armed, crined, and ungated or." 97 HALIFAX ( Yorkshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Those in use, which are of some antiquity, are, Chequy or and azure, a man's face with long hair and bearded and dropping blood, and surmounted by a halo all proper, in chief the letters HALEZ and in base the letters FAX. And for a CREST a Paschal Lamb. A MOTTO is sometimes used, " Nisi Dominus custodierit civitalem." The lettering varies, being sometimes HALEG, haley, or haliz. The last form is as used upon the Seal, but the head is not placed upon an escutcheon, simply upon a plain diapered background (not chequy). Upon escrolls on the Seal are the words " Warren " and "Lewes," and the lamb, which here simply separates the beginning and end of the legend, is couchant and has no cross or banner. Appended is a "newspaper cutting" re- lating to the Arms, but the Editor can accept no responsibility for its accuracy, and simply quotes it for what it may be worth : — " Halifax strikes us at once as being what French heralds call ' allusive arms,' or arms which evidently contain an allusion. There is, however, a disagreement among anti- quaries as to what this allusion really is in the present case, Halifax is known to mean holy hair or holy face, but this does not much help to clear up the obscurity. Some maintain that the head represented on the shield is that of John the Baptist, there having been at Halifax ever since the intro- duction of Christianity a chwch dedicated to that saint, and a relic of his head preserved there. The other party have a romantic legend about a damsel of the old time, of renowned virtue, but also so obstinate as to tax the patience of some of her admiring neighbours beyond endurance One of them was so vexed that he cut off her head and flung it into a tree. The maiden was more esteemed in death than she had been in life, for her memory was greatly venerated. A church %oas built in her honour on the spot where she had been killed, and her head was adopted as the arms of the town." " 60 HAISTED (Essex) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Burke's ' General Armory' gives " Az. a coronet composed of one fleur-de-lis and two leaves or." 54 HAMILTON (Lanarkshire)— Gules, three cinquefoils pierced argent. Above the shield is placed a suitable helmet, with a mantling gules doubled argent, and on a wreath of the proper liveries is set for QteSt A cinquefoil pierced as IN THE ARMS, and in an escroll over the same this tfftOttO, " Sola nobilitat virtus." Matriculated in Lyon Office, July 20, 18S6. 88 The entry in the Lyon Register recites, " That the Burgh of Hamilton was Erected into a Burgh of Regality on the first day of June in the year One Thousand Six hundred and Seventy by Charter of Ann Duchess of Hamilton and Lady of the Dutchy and Regality of the same, with consent of her husband William, Duke of Hamilton." HAMPSHIRE, othenvise the County of Southampton, has no Armorial Bearings. Those of the Town of Southampton (to which refer) are frequently quoted and used: frequently with the colours reversed. 61 HANLE Y (Staffordshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. On the Corporation notepater and on the Seal, however, the follow- ing somewhat intricate representation appears : — Party per pale and per chevron, the dexter side barry of six or and ermine, three jugs pi oper (or perhaps azure); the sinister side ermine a cross voided sable between four towers ft amm ant proper, the base gules four mullets, one two and one argent. CA'EST, A camel kneeling, bridled and burdened (or per- haps the burden is intended for an escutcheon of St. George) proper. Around the escutcheon is a cord tied in what one must imagine is the designer's idea of indicating the locality of Hanley by a series of Staffordshire knots. It is decidedly a p'elty idea, but is a striking example of the truth of the old adage, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing" foi' the result has been to surround the so-called Armorial Bear- ings of Hanley with a very close resemblance to the insignia of the Order of the Cordeliere of France, which was confined to widow ladies of noble family. 74 HARROGATE (Yorkshire) — Quarterly argent and gules, a cross counterchanged between, in the first and fourth quarters a fountain proper, and in the second and third a bugle-horn stringed or ; on a chief per pale of the second and azure, A LION PASSANT GUARDANT OF THE FIRST. And for the CrCSt, On a wreath of the colours, OUT OF THE BATTLE- MENTS OF A TOWER A TRUNK OF A TREE ERECT, EN- TWINED BY TWO SERPENTS RESPECTING EACH OTHER PROPER, SURMOUNTED BY A COCK SABLE, COMBED AND WATTLED GULES. /IftOttO, ARX CELEBRIS FONTIBUS. Granted November S, 1SS4. 16 HARROW (Middlesex) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The following are used : — " Azure, a lion rampant argent." Above Die shield is placed a BADGE, two arrows in saltire argent, tied with a ribbon gules, and interlaced with a wreath of laurel or. MOTTO, " Stetfortuna domus." The Vestry Clerk, Mr. William Winckley, F.S.A., in reply to a request for a copy of the Seal, writes : — " In reply to your letter of the 1 1 th inst., I be?- to inform you that t/arrow is not a Corporate Town, and therefore has 710 Corporate Seal. The device of Harrow School is very commonly used by the inhabitants and school tradesmen. The oval-shaped impression [simply showing a lion rampant within the legend " Donorum Dei dispeusatio fldelis" — Ed.~\ is a copy of the Seal of the Governors of the School, and the HAR t 32 ] HER one with crossed arrows over the lion [as the illustration — Ed.~\ is what is now most commonly used. You will observe the arrows are not a crest, but are merely put over the shield in allusion to the ancient practice of archery at the School, which has long since been abolished, [ffas the pal- fable pun not/iing to do with it ? — Ed.] The assumed colour of the shield is blue, and of the lion white." 89 HARTLEPOOL, WEST. See West Hartlepool. HARTLEPOOL (Durham) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal, which is of very crude workmanship, represents a hart standing in a pool towards the sinister, its head regar- dant, and on its back a dog. The legend is " S' communi- tatis de Herterpol." 106 HARWICH (Essex) — Has no Armorial Bearings; but the following, which appear upon the Seal, and are universally made use of are quoted in Burke's 'General Armory' : " Gu. a portcullis with chains pendent or, nailed and pointed az. CREST, An antique ship with one mast or, in water ppr., on the head and stem towers ar., one also fixed near the top of the mast, on the sinister side the sail furled, and on the masthead a split pennon flotant gu." 70 HASLINGDEN (Lancashire) — Quarterly or and argent, on a fesse wavy azure between a lion rampant purpure holding between the paws a quatrefoil ermine in the first quarter, six eagles displayed three two and one gules ; IN the centre chief POINT A ROSE OF THE LAST BARBED AND SEEDED PROPER ; IN THE SECOND, A COGWHEEL SABLE ; IN THE THIRD, A PICKAXE IN BEND SURMOUNTING A SPADE IN BEND SINISTER ENTWINED BY A CHAIN IN ARCH, ALL PROPER ; IN THE FOURTH, A SHUTTLE FESSEWISE OF THE FIRST, TIPPED AND FURNISHED WITH THE THREAD PENDANT OF THE SECOND. QtZ&t, UPON A MOUNT A ROCK, THEREON A MOORCOCK HOLDING IN THE BEAK A SPRIG OF HAZEL BETWEEN TWO BRANCHES OF HAZEL FRUCTED, all proper, yiftotto, Nothing without labour. Granted March 25, 1892. 43 HASTINGS (Sussex)— Party per pale gules and azure, A LION PASSANT GUARDANT OR, BETWEEN IN CHIEF AND IN BASE A LION PASSANT GUARDANT OR, DIMIDIATED with the hulk OF A SHIP argent. Recorded in the College of Arms. , . HAVERFORDWEST (Pembrokeshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Burke in his ' General Armory ' says, " The Arms are generally said to be an old man's head in profile couped at the neck. The Seal represents a castle triple- towered on a mount, from the ce7ilre a man blowing a horn, on each of Hie other towers a flag, the tower supported by two heraldic tigers." Debretfs ' House of Commons ' gives an illustration which would pass for the above, with the legend, ' ' The Seal of Office of the Borough of Haveiford- wesl." But an impression (perhaps of a different Seal) which lias come under the Editor's notice represents a castle of three towers, the centre one very much the tallest, and therefrom a man blowing a horn to the sinister, on each of the miter towers a flag ; on the dexter side of the castle is an heraldic tiger, and on the sinister is an eatfe perched and regardant, its back towards the tower. At the base is a wyvem(i). The legend is " Sigillum comune de Hawer- fordia." HAWICIf (Roxburghshire)— Hasnot matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents an escutcheon charged -with an altar surmounted by a book between, on the dexter side a banner bearing the date 1514, and on the sinister side a heart regally crowned, on a chief sable a lamp. The legend is "Sigillum Burgide Hawick." l0 , HEDON '(Yorkshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The teal represents a ship upon waves of the sea. LEGEND, " Sig. vil. de Hedon Camera Reois.' 117 HELENSBURGH (Dumbartonshire)— Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. Those doing duty upon the Seal are peculiar! ! They consist of an achievement which the Editor understands purports to be that of Colquhoun of Luss impaled with Sutherland, and consequently that of Sir fames Grant or Colquhoun of Luss, first Baronet (of the United Kingdom), who married, April 12, 1740, Helen, daughter of William, Lord Strathnaver, and sister of William, 16th Earl of Sutherland. The Arms are, on the dexter side (for Colquhoun), Argent, a saltire engrailed sable, and on an inescutcheon in chifi the badge of Ulster as a Baronet of the United Kingdom. On the sinister side (for Sutherland), Gules three mullets or, on a bordure of the last a double iressure fiory and counterfiory of the first. Below tlie shield hangs the badge of a Baronet of Nova Scotia II! Perhaps tlie engraver didn't know which Sir James was, so put in both badges to make sure of having t/ie right one somehow. For CREST, A hart's head couped gules, attired argent. For SUPPORTERS, On the dexter side a ratch-hound argent, collared sable (both supporters of Colquhoun of Luss are as this), and on the sinister side a savage wreathed about the head and middle loith leaves and holding over his exterior shoulder a club all proper. MOTTOES (over the crest), " Si je puis," (under the Arms) " Cnoc elachan." A Baronet's helmet and a lambrequin surmount the escutcheon upon the Seal. 34 HELSTON (Cornwall) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents St. Michael, his wings expanded, standing in a gateway, the two towers domed, upon the upturned dragon, impaling it with Ids spear, and bearing upon his left arm an escutcheon of the Arms of England, namely, Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or. The Legend is "Sigillum comuatis ville hcllcslone burgth." HENLE Y- UPON- THAMES( Oxfordshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal at present in use represents the letter H crowned with a five-leaved ducal coronet, above which are rays of the sun issuing from behind clouds, and the Legend "Sigillum Gardiani ville de Henley." Debrett's 'House of Commons ' gives an older Seal showing a lion rampant. As to this the folloiving extract from ' Berry ' may be some explanation : — " Henley-upon- Thames, Berkshire a lion rampant, as appears by a seal pendent to a deed dated 1306. The Corporation-seal, in the year 1624, appears to be the letter H, ducally crowned ; in chief clouds issuing rain : with this impression the money coined at Henley was stamped, as appears by the Visitation of Berks, in which the same is entered as the seal of this corporation, and with this legend round it, Villa de Henley Sigillum." 129 HEREFORDSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. The old Arms of the City of Hereford (to which refer), namely, " Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale argent," have been quoted for the County. HEREFORD, City of (Herefordshire)— Gules, three lions passant guardant in tale argent, on a bordure AZURE TEN SALTIRES OF THE SECOND. CCCgt, A LION PASSANT GUARDANT ARGENT, HOLDING IN THE DEXTER PAW A SWORD ERECT PROPER, HILT AND POMMEL OR. 5UPpOCter0, TWO LIONS RAMPANT GUARDANT ARGENT, EACH GORGED WITH A COLLAR AZURE, CHARGED WITH THREE BUCKLES OR. .flfcOttO, INVICTTE FIDELITATIS PREMIUM. j. The City of Hereford always, for some reason, makes use of a Peer's helmet. The following is a copy of the original draft of the grant, which said draft is for some reason in Ulster s Office : — To all & singular unto whom these presents shall come S' Edward walker kt Garter pr.ncipall King of Amies of lnglish men sendeth greeting whereas it is most ngreable to Justice & reason yt those persons families & Citties that have excell'd in wisdome fidelitie & emient service to ther prince & Countric in ye times of war should have due regard for such ther worth & valiant actions amoungst wtb was ye multitude of barbarous rebells & ther many & traitorious practises against his majesties sacred person the religion lau-es & liberties of his majesties kmgdomes have excelled yo example of former ages & have therby rendered y » duty Courage & loyalltv of those who have valiantly & faithfully adhered to his Majestie ye more perspicuous & deserving esteeme for ther hath not any Citty since thisunnaturall Rebelhon Exprest greater fidelity & Courage then yc Citty of herefford ,n Continuing there alleaganc & resisting yo many attempts of y« rebells but ye greatness of there loyallty Courages & sTAiTl ed , reS0lu '' " did th ™ »°?t eminently appear? whe n be Lg strai gl tly beseiged for y space of 5 weeks by a powerfull army of Kebelhous Scotts & having noe hopes of releife they Toyning with ganson & doeing y» duty of souldieis then defended themselves and HER [ 33 ] HYD repelled ther fury and assaults with such singular constansy & resolu- tion & with soe great distructon of y c beseidges that they ate therby become yc wonder of ther Neighboring garisonsS: may be an Example to all other Citties & therfore doe justly deserve such caracters of honor as may be certified to posterity know y" therfore y* I y e s d S r Edw. Walker K fc . Gar*, princip 1 . King at (sic) Arm- s of Inglish by y° power & authority anext to my office of garter & Confirmed to me by his Majesties letters pattents under y° great Seale of England & like- wise his Majesties speciall Comand & directions have devisd & sett forth such an adition S: augmentation of armes with Crest supporters & motto unto and for y° s d Citty by whom it was besidged viz. about y c anntient armes of y* Citty being gules 3 lions passant gard. ; argent 011 a border azure 10 saltiers or Scottish Crosses argent supported by two lions ramp. gard. arg. each collerd azure and one each Coller 3 buckels or in reference to y e armes of y c Rebellious generall Leisly Earle of Leuen & for y e Crest on a helme & torse of y e Coller mantled guls doubled argent a lion pass. gard. argent holding in y° dexter paw a sword erect proper hilt & pomelled or & in a scrowle underneath this Motto Invicta; fidelitatis premium w cl > augmentation of armes Crest supporters & motto I doe hereby give grant & assign unto y c now maior aldermen & Corporation of y G Citty of hereford to be by them & their successors for ever sett forth upon all occasion as y° proper armes of that Citty In wittness whereof I have herunto sub- scribd my name & affixt y c Seale of my office y° 16 day of 7 ll 'ber in yo 21 yeare of y° raign of our souvraigne l d Charles by y e grace of god king Ing. Scott, fr. & Ir. defender of y c f th & In y° year of our LA 1645. HERTFORDSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. Those most generally employed are "Argent on a mount vert, a hart lodged gules," but a hart trippant [sometimes statant) in a ford are also in me. 68 HERTFORD, Town of (Hertfordshire)— Argent, a hart lodged resting ON water proper. Recorded in the College of Arms. 47 Burke's ' General Armory ' gives the Arms with which the town is generally credited, namely, " Argent on a mount vert a hart lodged gules." (68.) As is the case with the County the hart is sometimes placed in a ford, and trippant or statant. The Seal, licavever, represents a hart statant in a ford in /rant of a tree, and a castle triple-towered and domed in the background. 100 HEXHAM (Northumberland)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of the County Council of Northumberland, how- ever, exhibits an escutcheon for Hexham showing a sallire. [See illustration of Northumberland, 118.] HE YD ON. See Hedon. HEYTESBURY {Wiltshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal [according to Burke and Berry) shows the follow- in" Arms a long cross mounted on three degrees, ensigned on the top with a fleur-de-lis, on each side of the cross an escutcheon, thereon a chief and two chevrons. Berry adds a note, " The colours are not known." IIEYWOOD (Lancashire)— Or, five pellets between two bendlets engrailed, the whole between as many mascles sable; and for the CrCBt, On a wreath of the colours in front of the trunk of a tree eradicated fessewise, and sprouting to the dexter a falcon rising proper, each wing charged with a PELLET, AND HOLDING IN THE BEAK A SPRIG OF OAK ALSO PROPER, THREE MASCLES INTERLACED OR. flROttO, Alte volo. Granted by Sir Albert William Woods, Garter Principal King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Clarenceux King of Arms, Walter Aston Blount, Norroy King of Arms, May 14, 1881. 5 s HIGH WYCOMBE (Buckinghamshire). See Wycombe. HIGHAM FERRERS (Northamptonshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Corporation Seal, which is very ancient, represents in chief a dexter hand couped at the wrist, the little finger and the next doubled in, the others pointing to the dexter side, under the hand nine men's heads in profile couped at the neck, five in the upper row, the centre head looking to the dexter side, all the other eight looking to the centre of the Seal. HILLSBOROUGH (Co. Down)— Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulsters Office. The Seal represents a castle, and from the dexter tower a banner of St. George flying 1 his device has been used as a Coat-ofArms. MOTTO, " Semper floreat." ° HOLYWOOD (Co. Down) — Has iu> Armorial Bearings. The Seal of the Town Commissioners represents the gable end op a church, surromided by a wood. HONITON (Devonshire) — Has not any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents on the dexter side a branch of honey- suckle below a human figure, ajfeonlce erased at the waist, holding its dexter hand towards a female three-quarter length figure in profile vested. In chief is a dexter hand fesseways, couped at the wrist, the third and fourth fingers doubled down. The Legend is " I'he Common Seal of the Borough oj Honiton, Devon, 1846." 120 HORSHAM (Sussex) — Has no Armorial Bearings. '/ he fol- lowing are given in Burke's ' General Armory : ' — " Az. a lion ramp, ar., resting the dexter hind-foot on the letter H." 48 HUDDERSFIELD (Yorkshire)— Or, on a chevron be- tween THREE RAMS PASSANT SABLE AS MANY TOWERS ARGENT. QtCBtt A RAM'S HEAD COUPED ARGENT, ARMED OR, GORGED WITH A COLLAR SABLE, HOLDING IN THE MOUTH A SPRIG OF THE COTTON-TREE, SLIPPED AND FRUCTED PROPER. /l&OttO, JUVAT IMPIGROS DEUS. Granted by Sir Charles George Young, Knt., Garter Prin- cipal King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Clarenceux King of Arms, William Aston Blount, Norroy King of Arms, October 12, 1868. 81 The rams upon the escutcheon and the ram's head in the crest are, of course, an allusion to the fact that the freehold of the town of Huddersfield has almost exclusively belonged to the Ramsden family. The legend runs that at one time a former Sir John Ramsden was the possessor of the whole of the town, with the exception of a small house and smithy belonging to a labouring blacksmith of Quaker persuasion. Wishing to purchase this land, and thus possess the whole of the town, the Baronet called on the Quaker and asked if the latter were willing to sell? The blacksmith asked what price was offered? " I will cover this kitchen floor with sovrreigns," answered the Baronet. "Wilt thee lay them edge upwards?" " No, I will cover your floor with them, but I will lay them flat." This was refused, the Quaker ending the conversation by saying, "Ah, well then, Sir John, Huddersfield belongs to thee and to me." It always seems to me a pity to discredit a good tale, but the occa- sion sometimes arises. In order to obtain an authentic confirmation or denial of the story, the present Sir John Ramsden, Baronet, was written to, and the letter brought the following reply :— "As regards the subject of your letter, I am directed to say that Sir John is sorry he can give no information as to_ the legend, often repeated with variations, and often appearing in print ; but Sir John never heard it from any member of his own family, even as a tradi- tion, and an old Quaker gentleman, ihe descendant and heir of the Quaker who figures in the story, and from whom Sir John himself bought the land in question many years ago, assured him there was no truth in it whatever." HULL, or more properly KINGSTON-UPON-HULL (York- shire)— Azure, THREE DUCAL CORONETS IN PALE OR. Recorded in the College of Arms. 7 The origin of the coronets is said to be due to a company of " Merchant Adventurers," who, likening themselves lo the three merchant kings of the East, who presented them- selves with offerings at Bethlehem of old, assumed their three crowns as a device for the Seal of the company, and this design being subsequently adopted by the town. My only authority for the foregoing tradition is a newspaper cutting. HUNTINGDONSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of the County Council adopts a design identical with that upon the Seal of the Corporation of the Town of Hunting- don (to which refer), substituting for its legend" Hunting- donshire County Council, 1889." HUNTINGDON, Town of (Huntingdonshire)— Has no Ar- morial Bearings. The Seal represents a landscape, in the centre of which is a tree, on the dexter side of which is a bird perched, on the sinister side of the tree is a huntsman (sup- posed to represent Robin Hood) blowing a horn, in his sinister hand a bow and arrow, on the dexter side a stag couranl pursued by two dogs, all proper. The legend is " Sigillnm communitatis dc Huntirisoune, 1628." 114 HYDE (Cheshire)— Azure, a chevron nebuly argent, BFTWEEN THREE LOZENGES OR, ON A CHIEF OF THE SECOND A FLAKE ERECT SURMOUNTED BY A HATTEli's BOW IN BEND SINISTER BETWEEN A COG-WHEEL AND TWO MINERS' PICKS IN SALTIRE, THEREFROM SUSPENDED A Davy lamp all proper ; and for the CtCSt, On a WREATH OF THE COLOURS, UPON A PACK OF COTTON PRINTS AZURE, BANDED AND SEMEE OF MASCLES OR, A SPRIG OF THE COTTON-TREE SLIPPED AND FRUCTED IN HYT [ 34 ] ISL BEND SINISTER, SURMOUNTED BY A SHUTTLE FURNISHED IN BEND PROTER. /IftOttO, Onward. Granted July 18, 1882. 93 HYTHE {Kent) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal repre- sents upon the sea a one-masted ship, thereon two men, the sail furled, and two men lying on the yard-arm. In the sea are fish swimming. The legend is " Sigilhim commune bar onum de Hethe." 108 ILCHESTER (Somerset) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The following are quoted in Burke's ' General Armory,' though with no colours mentioned : — " In a crescent an esloile of sixteen points." 91 ILKESTON (Derbyshire)— Argent, on a saltire sabi.e between two cotton hanks in pale and as many sinister gloves in eesse proper, 1 he astronomical sign of Mars or, on a chief azure a representation of a piece of Maltese lace fessewise argent ; and for the Crest, Upon a wreath of the colours, A bear's HEAD COUPED PROPER, CHARGED ON THE NECK WITH THE ASTRONOMICAL SIGN OF MARS SABLE, SUSPENDED FROM THE MOUTH A SAFETY-LAMP PROPER. flliOttO, Labor omnia vincit. Granted August 24, 1S87. 80 INVERARA Y (Argyllshire)— Has not matriculated any Ar- morial Beat ings. The Seal represents an escutcheon charged with Jive fishes in divers and most miscellaneous positions. The HIO TTO upon the Seal is " Semper tibi pendeat halec. " To have blazoned the A rms as shown upon the escutcheon appearing on the Seal correctly would have appeared almost impossible, but the attempt has been made by some one, with the following most remarkable result : — ' ' The field of the coat, the sea proper, a net argent suspended from the dexter chief point and the sinister fesse points to the base, in chief two and m base tliree herrings entangled in the net." 130 IN VERBER VIE. See Bei-vie. INVERKEITH1NG (lifeshire)-Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. It has several Seals, but the one which seems to do diily represents upon waves of the sea an ancient one-masted vessel, the sail furled, and within the legend, " S' commune Burgi de Invirkethyn." 104 INVERNESS-SHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. I he Seal of the County Council displays upon a trefoil a stag's head and a bull's head, both erased, and a lymphad. MOTTO, "Air son math na siorrachd." LEGEND, "Seal of t lie County Council of Inverness-shire." 95 INVERNESS (Inverness-shire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bea> ings. Those in use, and which appear upon the Seal, are, Gules, a crucifix CREST, A cornucopia. SUPPORTERS, Dexter a camel, sinister an elephant. MO I TO, " Concordia etfidelitas. " ( The Supporters in all representations of the Arms which have come under the Editors notice are simply placed upon the compartment in the ordinary position of " statant," are not touching the escutcheon, and cannot literally be said to support it. ) 3 1 INVERURIE (Aberdeenshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. In reply to an inquiry upon the matter the Editor received the following letter : — " / was favoured with your letter as to the Armorial Bearings of the Burgh of Inverurie. I have to explain that the Arms of the Burgh were never matriculated, and that my Town Council do not think it advisable to have them published as if they were." [H'm, would they have been ? — Ed.] IPSWICH (Suffolk) — Party per pale gules and azure, ON THE DEXTER SIDE, A LION RAMPANT GUARDANT OR, AND ON THE SINISTER THREE DEMI-HULKS OF SHIPS OF THE SAME CONJOINED TO THE EMI'AI.EMENT LINE. CCCBt, A DEMI-LION RAMPANT OR, HOLDING IN THE PAWS A SHIP OF THREE MASTS, THE SAILS ALL FURLED proper. Supporters, On either side A sea-horse PROPER, FINNED AND MANED OR. [Arms confirmed and Crest and Supporters granted by Wm. Harvey, Clarenceux, August 20, 1 561.] 27 IRELAND — Azure, a harp or, stringed argent. Crest, On a wreath of the colours (or and azure) a tower triple-towered or, from the portal a hart SPRINGING ARGENT, ATTIRED AND UNGULED, ALSO OR. (Refer to Great Britain and Ireland.) 4 At the present time the Crest is universally quoted with the hart "springing," and it was so blazoned in the Royal Warrant of King George III. The earliest record in the College of Arms, however, distinctly shows the hart "lodged," and it is interesting to trace through the different drawings how, through "indifferent drawing," the position of the animal has been altered. The following is taken intact from Burke's ' General Armory' : — " Ireland, Kingdom of — Az. a harp or, stringed ar. The ancient arms of the kingdom after the invasion of n 72 were, ' Az. three crowns or.' [These are now the arms of the Province of Munster. — Ed ] This was the coat of St. Edmund, and it is possible the Anglo-Norman invaders, who were arrayed und r the banners of St. George and St. Edmund, introduced the bearings of the latter saint as the ensigns of their new conquest. When Richard II. created Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Duke of Ireland, he gave him as a coat of augmen- tation the arms of Ireland, viz., ' Az. three crowns or.' Henry VIII. relinquished the old arms for the 'harp' when he declared himself King of Ireland, from an apprehension, it is said, that the three crowns might be taken for the triple tiara of the Pope. Since James I. introduced the arms of Ireland among the quartenngs of the Royal achievement, the bearing has been ' Az. a harp or, stringed ar.' From a MS. in the handwriting of Sir William Le Neve, Clarenceux, it appears, on the authority of Sir William Segar, Garter, that ' Ye three crowns are ye antient arms of Ireland, the harp but an ancient bad'^e.' and ' In ye tyme of Edward ye IVth a commission being to enquire the arms of Ireland, it was returned yt ye 3 crownes were the armes.' 'The same bearing appears on the reverse of ancient Irish coins. Another ancient coat, as recorded in Ulster's Office, is, Sa. a king sitting on his throne cross-legged, holding in his right hand a lily or. Crest — A tower triple- towered or, from the portal a hart springing ar. attired and hoofed gold. The badge, as settled at the Union with Great Britain, is the harpensigned with the imperial crown. A MS. in the Bri ish Museum, Add. MSS. 4814, f. 8, exhibits a banner on either side of the shield, viz., dexter, sa. a king enthroned in his chuur of state with a sceptre in his right hand and his left leaning on a cushion all ar. ; sinister, gu. ahouse iriple-chimneyed, smoke issuant or, a stag in the port of the first, and a tree on the dexter side of the second." For the following two paragraphs I am indebted to a small pam- phlet published by Mr. John Vinycomb : — "At the accession of King James I. to the English throne, when the change in the Royal Arms was made, Sir William Secar relates that the Earl of Northampton, then Deputy Earl Marshal, observed that ' he had no affection for the change ; that for the adoption of the harp the best reason he could assign was that it resembled Ireland in being such an instrument that it required more cost to keep it in tune than it was worth.' " Sir Arthur Chichester was re-appointed to the government of Ireland as Lord Deputy, July 1613 ; it is stated that it was at his instigation the Harp of Ireland was first marshalled with the Arms of the sister kingdoms upon the Irish currency, and in one form or another it has ever since continued to be impressed upon the coin of the realm. Someof the copper coins of Henry VIII. and Queen Elizabeth have, it is said, the three harps for Ireland upon the shield, as if undetermined whether to follow the triple or single representation of the device. A curious old seal of the port of Carrickfergus, dated 1605, has upon the shield three harps of the Brian Born type." A great deal of fuss has been made lately about "the uncrowned harp " of Irish notoriety, which is credited with some subtle connection with the "uncrowned king," or at any rate with that suppositious and clamoured-for state of things in Ireland which is the " odds " of Her Majesty and her executive. The ordinary harp of Ireland, as a moment's glance at a florin or half-crown will show, is not crowned ; the crown being simply added when the harp does duty off the shield as a " badge," as is or should be the case with alt the national badges, save in the case of the dragon of Wales ; Wales being only a Principality. The mistake probably occurs because the harp does duty both as a charge upon the escutcheon and as a badge. The " uncrowned harp upon a green flag " (which seems so very recently to have been made the subject of diplomatic (?) inquiries in the House of Commons, in other words " Vert, an Irish harp or, stringed argent," is simply the perfectly legitimate, authentic, and well-known Coat of Arms of the Province of Leinster. So that the so-called Irish Republican party must invent a design very original and different if they want anything distinctive from the authorised emblems. Even the shamrock (undcr^ the name of the trefoil) is ranked among the "legitimist "and legitimate signs. Might I suggest as something widely distinct from the Irish regulation symbols, and yet appropriate, the fol- lowing : Sable, two bones in saltire, surmounted by a morthead argent ? IRELAND, Royal University of. See University of Ireland. IRVINE (Ayrshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal at present in use, which is of exquisite workmanship, appears to be an amalgamation of the designs upon three older Seals, and represents as resting upon a mount an escutcheon charged with the Royal Crest of Scot- land. Upon the dexter side of the escutcheon seated under a canopy is the Holy Virgin and Child, and on the sinister side a lion sejant guardant erect, royally crowned and holding between its forepaws a tree eradicated proper ; and upon an escroll above the escutcheon the MOTTO, " Tandem bona causa triumphat." The Legend is " Sigillo commune Burgi de Irvine." i 2 i ISLANDS, CHANNEL. See Channel Islands. ISL [ 35 ] KIN ISLE OF MAN — Gules, three legs in armour flexed AT THE KNEE AND CONJOINED AT THE THIGH, ALL PROPER, GARNISHED AND SPURRED OR. Recorded in the College of Arms. In a collection of Crests by Le Neve a Crest is assigned to this Coat, namely, two arms embowed in armour argent, holding in the hands a gem-ring or, stoned sable, but this is hardly of authority, and I believe is never made use of. MOTTO, " Stabit quocunque jeceris." The Jsle of Man ' ' Kneels to England, kicks at Scotland, and spurns Ireland." 42 ISLE OF WIGHT— Has no Armorial Bearings. IVES. See St. Ives. JARROW-ON- TYNE {Durham)— Has no Armorial Bearings. JEDBURGH (Roxburghshire) — The entry in Lyon Register is as follows: — "The Royall Burgh of Jedburgh gives for jEnsignea annoriall Gules on a horse saliant ARGENT FURNISHED AZURE, A CHEVALIER ARMED AT ALL POINTS, GRASPING IN HIS RIGHT HAND A KVNDE OF LAUNCE (CALLED THE JEDBURGH STAFF) PROPER. The /IftOttO iu ane escroll, 'Strenue et prospere.' " 25 JERSEY. Refer to Channel Islands. KEIGHLEY (Yorkshire) — Argent, on a fesse sable be- tween THREE STAGS' HEADS CABOSHED A FOUNTAIN PROPER, ALL WITHIN A BORDURE EMBATTLED AZURE. And for the CfCSt, On a wreath of the colours in FRONT OF A DRAGON'S HEAD ERASED GULES, ENTWINED BY A SERPENT OR, A FOUNTAIN PROPER. /IlbOttO, BY WORTH. Granted February 7, 1883. 76 Burke's 'General Armory' adds a description of the Arms as follows : — " The Crest (a red dragon) was that of the ancient family of De Kighley, for many generations Lords of the Manor, whose last repre- rentative (a female) married the then head of the house of Cavendish in the time of Queen Elizabeth, and thereby carried the Keighley estate into that noble house, of which the Duke of Devonshire is the head. His Grace still retains the estate, which has belonged to his family for nearly 700 years. The serpent twined round the head of the dragon is the Cavendish Crest. The circle with the wavy blue lines at the bottom of the Crest, and also repeated in the shield, is the heraldic emblem of water technically called a fountain, and refers to the situation of Keighley in a well-watered valley, the streams of which have greatly tended towards the progress of the town, being of great value for manufacturing purposes. This idea is also borne out by the motto ' By Worth,' that being the name of the principal stream on the banks of which Keighley is situate. The shield is a combination of the Keighley and Cavendish Arms. The silver shield and black bar being those of the former family, while the three stags' heads are the cognizance of the Cavendishes. The blue embattled border surrounding the shield shows that the arms are those of an ancient town, which is the case, Keighley having obtained its original market charter in the reign of Edward I." KELTS (Co. Meath), a7iciently Kenlis — Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulster's Office. The Seal represents a castle, and this does duty when required. KENDAL ( Westmoreland) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents presumably (?) a view of the town, the only inscription being 15KK76. A Coat of Arms has been sent to me, but it defies description. It is quarterly gu. and az. in the first and fourth quarters three and in the second and third three all or. MOTTO, " Pannus mihi panis." no KENT— Has no Armorial Bearings. Berry gives, " Gules a horse saliant argent." This with the horse rampant is generally accepted as the insignia of Kent, and very frequent use is made of it. It is of course the horse of Hengist and Horsa, but a rather curious point crops up. In some parts of Kent it is used as " Argent a horse rampant sable," and the Crest and Supporters of Sir Edward Dcring, Baronet, of Surrendeu Bering, in the county of Kent, are all three black horses, which are said to bear reference to these Saxon brothers. Both the names Hengist and Horsa have been taken from Saxon words, one meaning a stallion, and the other a horse. Is it that the badge of one brother was the white horse and of the other the black horse ? In a coloured sheet published under the title of The Arms of the Counties of England and Wales,' the Arms of Canterbury are im- paled with " Gules, a horse rampant argent," and that on the sinister side!! Had they impaled this latter with "Argent, a horse rampant sable," they would have been less open to ridicule. 35 KERR Y— County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. KIDDERMINSTER— Has no Armorial Bearings. Those in regular use, which are given in Debrelt's ' House of Commons! are, Azure, on two chevronels or, between three bezants, eight pellets. MOTIO, "Deo jtivante arte et industria floret." 30 KIDSGKOVE (Staffordshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. A landscape showing three kids in a grove of trees has been placed upon an escutcheon and attributed to the town. KID 1VELL Y ( Carmarthenshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. 'The Seal represents upon an escutcheon a cat passant towards the sinister, with the Legend " The Common Seal of the Borough of Kidwelly." 107 KILDARE — County. Has no Armorial Beatings. KILDAKE — Town of (Co. Kildare). Has no Armorial Bearings. KILKENNY— County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. KILKENNY— City of (Co. Kilkenny). Has no Armorial Bearings. But Burke in his ' General Armory ' quotes the follovjing as a coat: — Argent, a castle of three towers, the centre one the tallest, and topped with a spire, on each of the others a man issuant, shooting an arrow from a bow, all proper, in base 011 a mount vert, a lion passant guardant gules. In a sheet of ' Irish Arms ' published by Messrs. Marcus Ward eV Co., Limited, a design Somewhat similar is shown, but the Editor has been unable to obtain any authentic drawing of the Coat. KILMARNOCK (Ayrshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. Those in use at the present time are as follows : — Azure, a fesse chequy gules and argent. CREST, Upon a wreath of the colours, a dexter hand erect and apau- me'e, couped at the wrist, the third and fourth fingers folded down proper. SUPPORTERS, On either side a squirrel proper. MOTTOES, over the crest, " Confido," and under the Arms " Virtute et industria," or " Gold Berry." 75 KILRENNY (Fifeshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. Burke in his ' General Armory,' however, quotes the following : — " Az. an open boat in the sea rowed by four mar iuers on each side, the pilot at the helm, a hook suspended (by a chain — Ed) from the side of the boat near the stern, the rays of the sun issuing from a cloud in chief all ppr. Motto, Semper tibi pendeat (sic, but the Seal has it "pendiat" — Ed.) hamus." I he foregoing is a good descrip- tion of the Seal where the motto with the addition of the word " Kilrenny" takes the place of any other legend. 124 KIL WINNING (Ayrshire) — Has not matriculated any Ar- morial Bearings. Tfie Seal represents under a Gothic canopy a figure of St. Winning (a Scottish Saint of the eighth century), holding in his dexter hand a crozier, and in his sinister a closed book LEGEND, "Burgh of Kilwinning. Sine Te Domine cuncta nil." 127 KINCARDINESHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. KINGHORN (Fifeshire) — Has not matriculated any Ar- morial Bearings. I he Seal which has been fonvarded to me represents a triple-towered castle, each tower domed and the centre tower ensigned with a cross path, and on either side of the castle a mullet of five points. The Editor thinks there may be some connection between this Seal and the Arms of Kirkcaldy (to which refer). The Catalogue of the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh mentions three Seals, two as described above, and another representing a full-length figure of St. Leonard. 105 KING'S COUNTY— Has no Armorial Bearings. KING'S LYNN or LYNN REGIS (Norfolk)— Azure, THREE DRAGONS' HEADS ERASED AND ERECT OR, IN THE MOUTH OF EACH A CROSS CROSSLET FITCHEE ALSO ERECT OF THE last. These are quoted by Burke, and are usually drawn as conger eels' heads, but they should be dragons according to the Visitation Books. A crest is made use of, namely, a pelican vulning herself, but this is of no autho- rity. 57 The dragons' heads from which issue the crosses are said to typify St. Margaret, the patron saint of the town, KIN [ 36 ] LAN The old legend respecting this saint may or may not be familiar. In her early youth being converted into the modes of thought and habit then current under the guise of Christianity, she was compelled to fly from her home. She became a shepherdess in far-off lands, when the wicked lord of the country being enamoured of her beauty, sought, against the lady's wish, to obtain possession of her. St. Margaret being obstreperous, was cast into the inevitable dungeon, in which she had the company, more or less invit- ing, of the equally inevitable dragon. Being greatly terrified, she became an easy prey to the beast, who seems to have been in the habit of bolting its food, for St. Margaret only recovered her wits in her new quarters inside the dragon. She commenced to pray, making the sign of the cross, when immediately the creature burst open and St. Margaret was, according to history, little the worse for her adventure. KINGSTON (Co. Dublin) — Has no Armorial Bearings. KINGSTON-ON-THAMES (Surrey)— Azure, three sal- mon naiant in pale proper. Recorded in the College of Arms. The Seal shows this escutcheon, but in base the letter R (? for Regis or Royal), and it so appears upon the Seal of the County Council of Surrey. Burke's ' General Armory ' quotes the salmon as haurient, and mentions a Seal repre- senting a tun, and over it a Saxon K, the whole encircled by two olive branches. 76 KINGSTON-UPON-HULL. See Hull. KINROSS — County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. KINSALE (Co. Cork) — Chequy argent and sable. Tliese Arms are not registered in Ulster's Office, but appear upon a Seal of the Corporation which has the legend, " The Armcs of the Corporation of Kinsale." A tree, and a bird perched on a dexter branch thereof, appears to be growing from the top of the escutcheon. This may perhaps be intended for a Crest ; but in another Seal it simply appears as a foliated ornament. 50 KINTORE (Aberdeenshire) — Has not matriculated any Ar- morial Bearings. The Seal, zohich is a pointed oral, shows a design of a botanical character. LEGEND, " S' communi de Kintor." 93 KIRKCALDY (Fifeshire) — The entry in Lyon Register is as follows : — " The Royall Burgh of Kirkaldie gives for 3£fl= &\Q\\C& Jlnnorfall azur ane Abbay of three Pyra- mids ARGENT EACH ENSIGNED WITH A CROSS PATEE OR. And on the reverse of the Seall is Insculped in a field azur the figure of St. Bryse with long garments, on his head a mytre, in the dexter a flower-de-lis, The sinister laid upon his brest all proper. Standing in y e porch of the church or Abbay. Ensigned on the top as before all betwixt a decrescent & a star in fess or. The ^IBottO is Vigilando munio. And round the Escutcheon of both sydes these words, Sigillum Civitatis Kirkaldie." 37 KIRKCUDBRIGHT — County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. KIRKCUDBRIGHT (County of Kirkcudbright)— Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal at present in use represents a three-masted ship with sails furled. [See illustration.] But a copy of a more ancient one, which represents upon an escutcheon an antique one-masted ship, and seated therein the Virgin and Child, apparently does duly for Armorial Insignia, being embossed upon the Town Clerk's notepaper. [See illustration.] 104 KIRKWALL (Orkney) — Party per fesse wavy or and AZURE, AN ANCIENT THREE-MASTED SHIP OF THE FIRST, SAILS FURLED, MASTS AND RIGGING PROPER, FLAGS AND PENNONS GULES, EACH HAVING A CANTON OF THE SECOND CHARGED WITH A St. ANDREW'S CROSS ARGENT. In an escroll below the Shield is placed this /IROttO, Si Deus nobiscum. Matriculated in Lyon Register, November 11, 1886. 30 The Seal represents, upon waves of the sea, a three- masted ship, with sails furled and flags flying, with the MOttO, "Si Deus nobiscum." The legend is, " 14S6, Sigillum commone civitatis Kirkualensis, 1675." 96 KNARESBO ROUGH (Yorkshire)— Has no Armorial Bear- in onct of rank, in which guise it appears, being placed belmu the helmet. 103 PETERSFLELD {Hampshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings, but the following are quoted by Burke's ' General Armory : ' " Ar. on a rose gu. barbed vert, an escutcheon of the first, charged with an annulet sa. betw. four pellets." Si PITTENWEEM (Fifeshire)— The entry in the Lyon Register is as follows : — "The Royall Burgh of Pittenweeme gives for jSnstgnes Urmoriall. Azur in the sea a gallie with her oars in action argent, and therein standing the figure of saint adrian with long garments close girt, and a mytre on ii is head trorer, holding in his sinister hand a crosier or. On the stern a flag disveloped argent, charged with the Royall Armes of Scotland, with this word 'DeoDuce.' 2nd August 1673." -5 PLYMOUTH (Devonshire) — Argent, a SALTIRE VERT between four towers sable. Recorded in the College of Arms ; as is a'.so an older Coat, namely, Gules, on waves of the sea proper, a three-masted ship or, on each mast a sail furled argent and a banner of St. George, on the main-mast a round top. The saltire is supposed to be in allusion to St. Andrew, the patron saint of the principal church of Plymouth. Upon the Seal recorded in the Visita- tion containing the first-mentioned Arms the escutcheon is surmounted by a coronet composed of fleurs-de-lis and strawberry leaves. This coronet appears to always be made use of, though usually drawn a< of fleurs-de-lis only (perhaps because Burke so quotes it as of eight). Likewise two supporters (tree lions rampant guardant or) seem to have been appropriated without any authority, together with the Motto, " Turris fortissimo est uomen Jehova." As it is in- variably so used, an illustration is given of the whole, but it should be clearly understood that the escutcheon only is of any authority. C1 " TONTEFRACT (Yorkshire) — Sable, A QUADRANGULAR CASTLE WITH FOUR TOWERS IN PERSPECTIVE ARGENT, MASONED PROPER, THE BASE OF THE ESCUTCHEON WATER azure. Recorded in Glover's 'Visitation of Yorkshire,' taken in the year 15S4. 43 POOLE (Dorsetshire)— Barry wavy of ten a dolphin embowed, and in chief three escallops. In the Visitation Books no colours are given, and the bars are of unequal width. The Editor lias thought it better in this case, therefore, to adhere to the more generally quoted blazon, " Gules, three bars wavy or (sometimes argent, three bars wavy azure), over- all a dolphin naiant embowed argent, in chief three escallops gold." CREST, -which is not recorded, but which appears on the Seal, a mermaid holding in her dexter hand an anchor in pale cabled, without a beam, her sinister hand extended, holding a ball all proper. MOTTO, " Admorcm vilhc de Poole." 61 PORT-GLASGOW (Renfrewshire)— Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. 'The Seal represents a ship of three masts under full sail upon the sea, the mainsail charged with a tree, a fish, a bell, and a bird, being the Arms of the City of Glasgow. From the main-mast flies the Union Jack, and at the stern the banner of St. Andrew. Below is the inscription, " Ter et quater anno revisens eequor Atlanticum impiiuc," all within the Legend, "Common Seal of the Towns of Port- Glasgoio and Newark." 1 1 9 PORT-PIG HAM, otherwise West Looe. See West Looc. PORTADOWN (Co. Armagh)— Has no Armorial Bearings, and none are claimed except on the Seal, which, within the legend tl Portadown Ttnvn Commissioners, 1883," displays the Armorial Bearings of His Grace the Duke of Manchester, as follows : — "Quarterly 1 ana's, argent three lozenges con- joined in /'esse gules, within a borduic sable (for Montagu') ; 2 and 3, or an eagle displayed vert, beaked and membered gules (for Monthermer). Over a ducal coronet is placed for CRES7', A griffin's head or, between two wings sable. ( This should be gorged with a collar argent, charged with three lozenges gules.) SUPPOKTERS, Dexter an heraldic antelope or, armed, uugulcd, and tufted argent, sinister a griffin with wings elevated or. (This should be cellared as the Crest.) MOTTO, " Disponendo me non mutando me." 110 PORTARLINGTON (Queen's County) — Has no Armorial Bearings. PORTOBELLO— Parliamentary Burgh of (Edinburghshire). Quarterly first and fourth, azure, a three-masted vessel under sail or ; second and third, argent, a CANNON MOUNTED ON ITS CARRIAGE SABLE. Above the shield is placed a suitable helmet with a mantling gules doubled argent, ami on a wreath of the proper liveries is set for (JCCSt, A TOWER ARGENT MASONED SABLE, and on an escroll over the same this /TfiOttO, " OrE ET CONSILIO." Matriculated iSth March 1SS6. [The portcullis in the Crest is painted gules in the Lyon Register.] So PORTRUSH (Co. Antrim)— Has no Armorial Bearings regis- tered in Ulster's Office. Lewis's ' Topographical Dictionary' gives " Gules, an anchor in pale cabled all proper." PORTSMOUTH (Hants) — Azure, a crescent or, sur- mounted by an estoile of the last. Recorded in the College of Arms. 69 PRESTON (Lancashire)— (Azure), apaschal lamb couchant, WITH THE BANNER (all argent). ROUND THE HEAD A NIMBUS (or), AND IN THE BASE THE LETTERS P.T. (of the last). No colours are given in the Visitation Books, but the foregoing are believed to be correct. The legend is that P.P. stands for " Proud Preston." 72 PlI'LLHEI.k (Carnarvonshire) — Has 110 Armorial Bearings. The following is, however, attributed to the Town : " On a mount an elephant passant, on his back a castle, his trunk extended bet-ween two palm-trees all proper." This, of course, is taken from the Common Seal, which shows this design, with the' Legend " Sigillum commuui/ts vilie de Porthe/y." »° QUEEA r BOROUo'U (Rent) — Has no Armorial Bearings. 'The Seal represents upon a mount a double castle, and from the upper battlements the bust of a -woman aff'routee, the hair dishevelled, and dueally crowned. 97 QUEE.VS COUNTY— Has no Armorial Bearings. OU EENSFERRY (Linlithgowshire) — " The Royall Burgh of " Qucnslcnie gives for JEllSUIllC;? HnnCrUlll, ARGENT in y° sea a/air a gali ie wl i'll her s.ml1.s trussed up sable, on v° midle pari' thereof queen margaret ok Scotland standing richlie apparrelled and crowned proper. holding in her den per hand a Scepter Ensigned with a flower de lis or, and in her Sinister, lying on her breast, a book folded PURPURE with these words in ane Escroll underneath. Insignia Burgi passagii Regin.f.'' -i G QUE [ 46 ] ROC QUEENSTOWN (Town Commissioners of), Co. Cork— Ar- gent, A SHIP OF WAR IN FULL SAIL ; FROM THE MAST- head the royal standard of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, all proper ; in the centre chief point a harp ensigned with the im- perial crown also proper, between in fesse two TREFOILS SLIPPED VERT. ^lfoOttO, NOMINE REGIN^E statio Fidissima classi. Granted 1870 by Sir J. Ber- nard Burke, Ulster King of Arms. The foregoing is his blazon, but the Editor suggests as a better (for the latter part), " In chief a harp ensigned with the imperial crown also proper, between two trefoils slipped vert." 21 RADNORSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. RADNOR [Radnorshire] — Has no Armorial Bearings, but the following are quoted by Burke' 's ' General Armory' ': — " Barry 0/ six or and az. on a chief of the last, two palets betw. as many gyrons of the first." This Coat is probably taken from that of Mortimer, which, as blazoned in Woodward and Burnetts ' Treatise on Heraldry,' is as follows : — "Barry of six or and azure on a chief of the first l7vo pallets between two gyrons of the second, over all an inescutcheon ardent." 9 RAMSE Y (Isle of Man) — Has no Armorial Bmrings. RAMSGATE (Kent) — Quarterly gules and azure, a CROSS PARTED AND FRETTY ARGENT BETWEEN A HORSE RAMPANT OF THE LAST IN THE FIRST QUARTER, A DEMI- LION PASSANT GUARDANT OF THE THIRD CONJOINED TO THE HULK OF A SHIP OR IN THE SECOND, A DOLPHIN NAIANT PROPER IN THE THIRD, AND A LYMPHAD ALSO OR IN THE FOURTH. And for the CreSt, ISSUANT FROM A NAVAL CROWN OR, A PIER-HEAD, THEREON A LIGHT- HOUSE, BOTH PROPER, /IliOttO, SALUS NAUFRAGIS salus ^:gris. Granted July 23, 18S4. 64 RAWTENSTALL (Lancashire) — Or, on a fesse gules be- tween two stags trippant at gaze in chief proper and a mound in base vert, thereon two cows graz- ing and respecting each other sable, a wolf cur- rant of the first between two bales of wool of the third, in the chief point a sinister hand COUPED AT THE WRIST OF THE SECOND. CtCSt, On A WREATH OF THE COLOURS, UPON A MOUNT A SQUIRREL SEJANT CRACKING A NUT BETWEEN TWO SPRIGS OF THE COTTON-TREE, SLIPPED, LEAVED, AND FRUCTED, ALL proper. /IftOttO, Floret qui laborat. Granted July 16, 1891. 84 READING (Berkshire) — (Azure), five heads in saltire COUPED at the neck (proper crined or), THE CENTRE HEAD DUCALLY CROWNED (of the last). 29 According to Berry, these Arms were granted by Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms, in the year 1566, and subse-. quently confirmed by Hervey, Clarenceux King of Arms ; but Berry states that the centre head is between the letters R and E, and Debrett's 'House of Commons' so gives it. The entry made at the time of Visitations is simply a draw- ing of the Seal, which shows the five heads in saltire with- out any tinctures being marked, and having the Legend, "Communitatis Radingie," but the said drawing is dis- tinctly labelled, " These are the Armes apperteyninge," &c. The Arms, "Azure, three escallop-sliells or" have fre- quently been attributed to the Town, but these are the Arms of Reading Abbey. The escallop-shell in the remote ages was the peculiar badge of a "palmer," and it is a curious coincidence that to a family of the name of " Palmer" Reading should owe so much of its present prosperity. REDFORD. See East Redford. REIGATE (Surrey) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal, the design upon which is sometimes quoted as the " Arms " of the Town, represents in front of a tree an embattled gale- way with portcullis, and below is the MOTTO, "Never wonne ne never shall." In the gateway below the portcullis are the letters REI. Over the battlements is an escutcheon chequy, and on either side is an escutcheon bearing a mono- gram. I 20 RENFREW, Commissioners of Supply for the County of. Ensigns Armorial : Azure, a lympiiad sails furled ARGENT, ON A SHIELD OR PENDENT THEREFROM A FESS chequy of the first and second. Above the shield is placed an esquire's helmet with a mantling gules doubled argent, and issuing out of a wreath of the proper liveries is set for Crest, A demi-lion rampant gules armed and langued AZURE, and in an Escroll over the same this ^IftOttO, Avito viret honore. Matriculated the nth day of March 1889. 85 RENFREW (Renfrewshire)— The Royall Burgh of Renfrew gives, In the sea proper a ship with her sailes TRUSSED UP AND MAST AND TACKLINGS, THE PROW ENSIGN'D WITH THE SUN AND THE STARNE WITH THE MOON CRESCENT, ALL ARGENT, BETWIXTTWO ESCUTCHEONS IN THE HONOUR POINT AND THAT ON THE DEXTER CHARGED WITH A LYON RAMPANT WITH A DOUBLE 'PRESSURE AND COUNTER-FLOWERED GULES, BEING THE ROYALL COAT, THAT ON THE SINISTER WITH A FESS CHEQUE AZUR AND ARGENT AS THE COAT OF STEWART, AND BETWIXT ALSE MANY CROSS CROSLETS FITCHED OF THE SECOND. The /IfcOttO, DEUS GUBERNAT NAVEM. The colour of the field is not stated in Lyon Register. 21 RE TFORD, EAST. See East Retford. RICHMOND (Surrey) — Borough of. Per fesse gules and azure, on a fesse ermine a representation of the ancient Palace of Richmond proper, between two roses of the first, barbed and seeded of the fourth ; in chief a lion passant guardant between two portcullises or, and in base upon water proper A SWAN ARGENT. QVCBt, On A WREATH OF THE COLOURS, UPON A MOUNT A STAG REGARDANT PROPER, HOLDING IN THE MOUTH A SPRIG OF TWO ROSES, ONE ARGENT AND THE OTFIER GULES, LEAVED AND SLIPPED PROPER, REST- ING THE DEXTER FORE-LEG ON AN ESCOCHEON OR, CHARGED WITH A CHAPLET OF OAK VERT. /IftOttO, A DEO ET REGE. Granted by Sir Albert William Woods, Knt., Garter Principal King of Arms, Walter Aston Blount, Clarenceux King of Arms, George E. Cokayne, Norroy King of Arms, June 19, 1891. 63 RICHMOND (Yorkshire) — Gules, an orle argent, over all A bend ermine. Recorded in the College of Arms. Upon the Seal bearing the above Coat the escutcheon is surmounted by a crowned rose. This is frequently quoted as a Crest, the rose gules crowned or, and is so given in Burke's 'General Armory.' For the following very in- teresting description of the Common Seal I am indebted to the Town-Clerk : — "The Common Seal, which is doubtless the oldest of all, and which can be traced back as far as the earliest giants, is the effigy of a venerable old man, with a long beard and a glory round his head, placed in a canopied shrine or tabernacle of Gothic structure, his cloak closed at the neck but thrown open before by his hands, which disclose a crucifix hanging from his neck. On the dexter side of the tabernacle-work in which he is enshrined are the Arms of France and England quartered, and on the sinister those of John I., Earl of Richmond, chequers or and azure, a canton ermine ; which seems to fix the time of its being first used as a badge of incorporation to the year 1268, when John confirmed their privileges. Round it in black letter, ' Sigillum . Co'e . Burgensiu' . Richmond.' " 70 RIDINGS, East, West, and North, of the County of Yorkshire. See Yorkshire. RIPON (Yorkshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a bugle-horn stringed, the mouthpiece to the dexter, with the letters RIPPON arranged within and about the loops of the string. Burke in his ' General Armory ' blazons this as a Coat, making the field gules and the bugle-horn and letters or. The Town-Clerk 's notepaper shows a Coat- of-Arms, "Argent, a bugle-horn chained?' 128 ROCHDALE (Lancashire)— Argent, a wool-pack en- circled BY TWO BRANCHES OF THE COTTON-TREE FLOWERED AND CONJOINED PROPER, A BORDURE SABLE CHARGED WITH EIGHT MARTLETS OF THE FIELD. CreSt, Upon a wreath of the colours, a mill-rind sable, AND ABOVE A FLEECE ARGENT BANDED OR. .flftOttO, Crede Signo. Granted by Sir Charles George Young, Knt., Garter Principal King of Arms, J. Pulman, Claren- ceux King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Norroy King of Arms, February 20, 1857. 69 ROC [ 47 ] SAL ROCHESTER (Kent)— Or, on a cross gules, a text R OF THE FIELD, ON A CHIEF OF THE SECOND A LION OF England. Recorded in the College of Arms. 46 ROMNEY (Kent) — Azure, three lions passant guardant in pale OR. Recorded in the College of Arms. 36 ROMSEY (Hants)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a portcullis chained within the Legend ' ' Borough ofRomsey, 1578." 126 ROSCOMMON— County. Has no Armorial Bearings. ROSS and CROMARTY — Counties. Have 110 Armorial Bearings. ROSS. See New Ross. ROSMARKIE (Ross-shire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. Refer to Fortrose. ROTHERHAM (Yorkshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings, but a device appears to be made use of. It consists of a bridge supporting two escutcheons, namely, on the dexter side, "Azure, three cannon mounted on their carriages in pale ..." and on the sinister side, " Vert, three stags trippaut, two and one" MOTTO, " Sic virescit indastria." ROTHESA Y (Buteshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. Those in use are party per pale, the dexter side argent, a castle triple-towered between in chief, on the dexter a crescent and on the sinister a mullet, and in base a lym- phad, sail furled, the sinister side being the Arms of Stewart or, a f esse chequy azure and argent." The Seal represents the foregoing Arms within the Legend " Libertas, datur, Villa: de Rothisea per Robertum Stuart, Regem Scotlor." 117 ROXBURGH, County of. The County of Roxburgh bears Azure, an unicorn saliant argent, horned, maned, and unguled or, the tail tufted of the last on a chief of the second, a hunting-horn sable stringed and viroled gules, between two esquires' helmets of the field. qtcst, a dexter arm from the shoulder vambraced and brandishing a scymitar aloft proper, the last hilted and pommelled or. .ilBOttO, below the shield, Ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito. Matriculated July 9, 1 798. 24 RUTHERGLEN (Lanarkshire) — Argent, in a sea PROPER AN ANCIENT GALLEY SABLE, FLAGGED GULES, THEREIN' TWO MEN PROPER, ONE ROWING, THE OTHER FURLING THE SAIL. Above the shield is placed a suitable helmet, with a mantling gules doubled argent, and on a wreath of the proper liveries is set for GreSt, A demi-figure of the Virgin Mary with the Infant Saviour in HER ARMS PROPER, and on a compartment below the shield, on which is an escroll containing this yiftOttO, "Ex fumo fama," are placed for Supporters, Two angels proper winged or. Arms matriculated in Lyon Office, and the Supporters granted April 4, 18S9. Wm, Mitchell, Esquire, Provost. 75 RUTHIN (Denbighshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal, which is quadrilateral, represents a triangular castle slightly in perspective, with the Legend, " Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Ruthin ." 129 RUTLAND — County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. Berry in his ' Dictionary of Heraldry ' quotes, " Gules, a fret or" and a lithographed sheet, published under the title of ' The Arms of the Counties of England and Wales,' gives, " Or, a horse-shoe sable, nailed argent." Both of course are with- out authority, the latter being tlie "reputed" Arms of the Town of Oakham. The Seal of the County Council exhibits upon an architectural background a horse-shoe. 29 RYDE (Isle of Wight) — Argent, in base on waves of the SEA A SCHOONER YACHT UNDER SAIL PROPER WITHIN A BORDURE AZURE CHARGED WITH EIGHT ESTOILES OR. GrCSt, Upon a wreath of the colours, upon a rock A SEA-HORSE PROPER, CHARGED ON THE BODY WITH TWO ESTOILES OR. /IftOttO, AMCENITAS SALUBRITAS URBANITAS. Granted by Sir Charles George Young, Knt., Garter Principal King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Clarenceux King of Arms, Walter Aston Blount, Norroy King of Arms, February 18, 1869. 19 R YE (Sussex)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Those used are Parly per ^ pale gules and azure, three demi-lions passant guardant in pale or, conjoined to the hulks of as many ships argent. 52 SAFFRON WALD EN (Essex)— Has no Armorial Bearings. It represents a castle in base, and in fesse tzoo towers all joined with a circular wall embattled, and in the centre of the Seal three saffron flowers slipped and leaved, with the Legend, " Sigi/lu/u Comuuis Villa: de Walden in Comitatu Essex." IO g ST. ALBANS (Hertfordshire) — Azure, a saltire or. Re- corded in the College of Arms. 7 ST. ANDREWS— University of. See University of St. A ndrews. ST. ANDREWS (Fifeshire) — Has not matriculated any Armo- rial Bearings. The various Seals represent an escutcheon azure, and upon a saltire argent the figure of St. Andrew extended. The base of the escutc/ieon is surmounted by an oval compartment extending from the bottom of the Seal, and exhibiting upon a wreath a boar passant in front of a tree, with the Motto, ' ' Dum spiro spcro, " and all within the Legend, " Sigillum commune civitatis St. Andree." 117 ST. ASAPH (Cornwall) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The following are quoted in Burke's ' General Armory ' : — " Sa. two keys in saltire endorsed ar." ( These are, of course, the Arms of the See of St. Asaph.) 51 ST. DA VIDS (Pembrokeshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The following are quoted in Burke's ' General Armory' : — " Sa. on a cross or, five cinquefoils of the first." ( These are, of course, the Arms of the See of St. Davids.) 6S ST. GERMANS (Cornwall) — Has no Armorial Bearings. ST. HELENS (Lancashire) — Argent, two bars azure, OVER ALL A CROSS SABLE, IN THE FIRST AND FOURTH QUARTERS A SALTIRE GULES, AND IN THE SECOND AND THIRD A GRYPHON SEGREANT OF THE THIRD. And for the flVCSt, On a wreath of the colours A LION PASSANT GUARDANT PROPER, CHARGED ON THE BODY WITH TWO FLEURS-DE-LIS GULES, RESTING THE DEXTER FORE-PAW ON AN INGOT OF SILVER. /IftOtlO, Ex TERRA LUCEM. Granted January 17, 1876. 77 ST. HELLERS (Jersey) — Has no Armorial Bearings. ST. IVES (Cornwall) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The following are quoted in Burke's ' General Armory ' : — ' ' Ar. an ivy branch overspreading the whole field vert." ST. IVES (Huntingdonshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Those used are peculiar, and show a lamentable ignorance of heraldry on somebody' s part. They are, Quarterly and four bulls' heads. MOTTO, " Sudore non sopore." Though the partition lines are very plainly en evidence, all four quarters are marked gules. The bulls' heads are far from heraldic, being neither couped, erased, nor cabossed, but savouring of all three. They have a remarkable resemblance to Messrs. Caiman's trade-mark. Had the original artist no better copy to guide him than an old mustard-tin ? 97 ST. MAWES (Cornwall)— lias no Armorial Bearings. The following are given in Burke's ' General Armory ' : — " Az. a bend lozengy or, betw. a tower in the sinister chief ar., and a ship with three masts, the sail furled, in the dexter base of the second." 29 SALFORD (Lancashire)— Azure semee of bees volant, A SHUTTLE BETWEEN THREE GARBS OR, ON A CHIEF OF THE LAST A BALE CORDED PPR. BETWEEN TWO MILL- RINDS SABLE. CfCSt, A DEMI-LION ARGENT SUPPORTING A LANCE PROPER, THEREFROM FLOWING TO THE SINISTER A FLAG AZURE CHARGED WITH A SHUTTLE OR. 5liP= POl'tCrS, ON THE DEXTER SIDE A WOLF OR, AROUND THE NECK A CHAIN, AND PENDENT THEREFROM AN ES- COCHEON GULES, CHARGED WITH A MILL-RIND, ALSO OR ; ON THE SINISTER SIDE AN HERALDIC ANTELOPE ARGENT, ARMED, CRINED, AND UNGULED OR, AROUND THE NECK A CHAIN, AND PENDENT THEREFROM AN ESCOCHEON GULES, CHARGED WITH A ROSE, ALSO ARGENT. /IftOttO, Integrity and industry. Arms and Crest granted by SAL [ 4S ] SHE Sir Charles George Young, Kt., Garter Principal King of Anns, T- Hawkes, Clarenceux King of Arms, Francis Martin," Norroy King of Arms, November 5, 1S44. Sup- porters granted by Sir Charles George Young, Kt., Garter Principal King of Arms, November 6, 1844. 23 SALISBURY (Wiltshire)— Barry of eight azure and or. Supporters, On either side an eagle displayed with two heads OR, ducally gorged azure. Recorded in the College of Arms. Givillim gives (and Burke follows him, quoting in addition), "Azure, a sword argent, hilt and pommel or, surmounted by a key of the last, on a chief argent, three lozenges gules." 1 1 SAI.OP. See Shropshire and Shrewsbury. SAL TASH ( Cornwall)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Two Seals are recorded in the Visitation Books — I. A three-masted ship with sails furled at anchor, with the Legend " Sigillum aquate Sa/tasche." 2. An escutcheon charged with a lion rampant within a bordure bezantee resting upon water, sur- mounted by a coronet composed of crosses pa/e'e and fleurs-de-lis, and on cither side an ostrich feather labelled with the Legend "Sigillum Saltashe." Burke in his 'Armory' gives two entries, one quoting the Seals, and in the other blazoning the latter Seal as a Coat-of-Arms as follows :—" Saltash, Town of (co. Cornwall). — Az. the base water ppr. in pale an escutcheon or, thereon a lion ramp. gu. within a border sa. bezantee, eusigned with a prince's coronet of the third, on either side of the escutcheon an ostrich feather ar." Berry also gives it. 1 1 2 SANDWICH (Kent)— Party per pale gules and azure, THREE DEMI-LIONS PASSANT GUARDANT OR, CONJOINED to the hulks of as many slurs argent. Recorded in the College of Arms. H SANQUHAR (Dumfriesshire)— Lias not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents an embattled gate- way approached by five steps, flanked on either side by a tower with cupola and fane, and above the battlements of the gate- way rise three lowers each with a like cupola and fane, the centre tower rising above the outer ones. The Legend is "Sigillum commune Burgi de Sanquhar." 95 SARK. Refer to Channel Islands. SCARBOROUGH (Yorkshire)— Lias no Armorial Bearings. The Arms of Lumley (Earls of Scarborough), "Argent, a fesse gules between three popinjays vert," are sometimes quoted as belonging to the Town, but a copy 0/ the Seal usually answers the purposes of insignia. This, which is very ancient, shows a ship, a watch-tower, and a star. Legend, "Sigillum comune Burgcnsiu de Seardeburg." 98 SCOTLAND— The entry in Lyon Register, dated 1672, is as follows : — The Blason of ihe Atchevement of the King of Scotland. The most high and mighty Monarch Charles the second Gives as the Soveraigne atchivement of his antient King- dome of Scotland, Or, a Lyon rampant gules armed and langued azure within a double tressur flowered and counter-flowered with flowers de lis of the second, encircled with the order of Scotland the same being composed of Rue and thistles having the image of st. andrew with HIS CROSSE ON HIS BREST Y r UNTO PENDENT Above the shield ane Helmet answerable to his Majesties high qualitie and jurisdiction with A mantle or doubled ermine ADORNED WITH ANE IMPERIALL CllOWNE BEAUTIFIED WITH CROSSES PATTEE AND FLOWERS DE LIS surmounted on the top for his Majesties GrCSt of A LYON SEJANT FULL FACED GULES CROWNED OR HOLDING IN HIS DEXTER PAW A NAKED SWORD PROPER AND IN THE sinister a Scepter both erected pai.eways supported be two Unicornes Argent crowned with Imperiall and goakged with open Crownes, to the last chains affixed passing betwixt their fore leggs and reflexed over their backs or, he on the dexter imbracing and bearing up a banner of cloath of gold charged with the royali, armes of Scotland and he on the sinister another Banner azure charged with a St. Andrews Crosse ARGENT, BOTH STANDING ON ANE COMPARTMENT PLACED UNDERNEATH FROM WHICH ISSUE THISTLES ONE TO- WARDS EACH SIDE OF THE ESCUTCHEON, and for his Majisties Royall rtftOttO'S in ane escroll over all In de- fence, and under on the table of the compartment Memo me impune lacessit. [Refer to Great Britain.] 3 The vagaries of the Scottish official mind, added to certain pecu- liarities of the Scottish character, have produced very wonderful mixtures as applied to Scottish purposes. When the above achieve- ment does not find sufficient favour, use is made of a wilful perver- sion of the present Armorial Insignia of our Sovereign Lady Victoria, bv the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen. This [refer to Great Britain] of course, as deter- mined by an Order in Council, places England in the 1st and 4 th quarters and Scotland ill the end, Ireland in the 3rd It appears to be usual north of the Border to place Scotland first and fourth, England in the second, and Ireland in the third. It seems to be forgotten that Her Majesty is Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and not Queen of England in England and Queen of Scot- land in Scotland. The Supporters suffer rather more indignity than the Arms. Occasionally they are only reversed, but more frequently, as is often the case in official representations of them, in addition to this, the banners from the ancient and peculiarly Scottish achieve- ment are placed within their paws. The poor old lion of England looks strange so hampered, and it would appear as if the banners had been given the creatures "in defence "to turn their attention from "fighting for the crown." One official representation before me as I write is worthy of description. It has 1 and 4 Scotland, 2 England, 3 Ireland. Round this is the collar of the Thistle, which in itself is encircled by the Garter. Supporters, on the dexter side a Scottish unicorn (i.e., as above quoted, being crowned and gorged with a Scottish coronet) holding a banner of St. Andrew ; on the sinister side is a lion guardant and royally crowned or, supporting a banner of St. George. Pendent from the collar of the Thistle is a medallion of St. Andrew, and pendent from this is a medallion of St. George. Such is a Scottish official idea of the royal achievement. At one of the more recent coronations the Scottish heralds were supplied with tabards in England, their own being from great usage in a not suffi- ciently pristine condition for such an occasion. These, of course, bore the Royal Arms marshalled correctly, and the Scottish heralds protested in formal style against them. SEAFORD (Sussex)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Two Seals are recorded in the College of Arms. The larger bears upon its obverse a bird regardant with- wings endorsed, and the Legend, "Sigillum burgeusium de Sacfordia ; " and upon the reverse, upon waves of the sea a three-masted ship, the sail on the main-mast set, and on the others furled, and each /laving a pennon, with the Legend " With Suttouif el Chyngton." The smaller Seal has an eagle displayed looking to the sinister, with the Legend, ' ' Sigillum Balivi de Sccford." Berry seems lo have confused the two Seals. SELKIRK— County of. Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. Those claimed, and which appear upon the Seal of Ihe County Council, arc said lo have been suggested by Sir Walter Scott, and are, (Argent?) on a mount in base a stag lodged regardant in front of a tree, all proper. Motto, " Leal to the Border. 33 SELKIRK (Selkirkshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The various Seals all represent Ihe Holy Virgin with her Chill scaled on a throne, trees growing from be- hind tlic throne, and at her feet an escutcheon charged with the Royal Arms of Scotland. Upon the Tenon- Clerk's note- papcr a similar design appears, but clouds are substituted for the trees, ami in place of Ihe Legend is the Motto, "El spre/a ineolvmcm vita eiefendcrc feimaiu." 117 SHAFTESBURY (Dorsetshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The following are quoted by Burke in Jiis ' General A rmory, ' and by Berry: — " Quarterly ar. and az. a cross counter- changed; in the first and fourth quarters a fleur-de-lis oj the second, in the second and third quarters a leopard' s face of the first." Upon the Corporation uotepaper the fore- going Coat-of-Arms appears within the Legend, "Sigillum officii maiora us burgi Shaslou ; " but the leopards' faces are or. 56 SHLFFIELD (Yorkshire) — Per fess azure and vert, in CHIEF EIGHT ARROWS IN SALTIRE BANDED ARGENT, AND in base THREE garbs OR ; and for the Crest, Upon a wreath of the colours, A lion rampant argent, collared GEMEL AZURE, HOLDING AN ANCIENT SHIELD ALSO AZURE, THEREON EIGHT ARROWS AS IN THE ARMS. Supporters, On the dexter side, A FIGURE HABITED AS THOR, RESTING HIS EXTERIOR HAND ON A HAMMER, ALL troper ; and on the sinister side, A figure habited as Vulcan standing in front of an anvil, and in the SHI [ 49 ] SOU DEXTER HAND A PAIR OF PINCERS, ALL ALSO PROPER. ilBottO, Deo adjuvante labor proficit. The Sup- porters were added to the Arms of Sheffield by a giant dated August 31, 1893, consequent upon the elevation of that town to the rank and dignity of a city. 49 SHIELDS. See North Shields and South Shields. SHOREHAM (Sussex)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal of Ihe High Constable represents Party per pale, the dexter side argent crusuly sable, a lion rampant towards the sinister azure; the sinister side gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or. 22 SHREWSBURY, otherwise SALOP — Azure, three leopards' faces or. Recorded in the College of Arms. ^IftOttO, Floreat Salopia. ' 7 SHROPSHIRE, otherwise the County of SALOP— Has no Armorial Bearings. Phase most frequently quoted and used are " Gules, three leopards' faces or," which are, of course, the Arms of Shrewsbury with the tincture of the field altered — though the Shrewsbury Arms without even a change of tincture are frequently to be seen. Phe Motto, "Floreat Salopia," is used for both the County and the Pown. Phe Seal of the County Council is standing evidence of wholesale ignorance. It exhibits upon a diapered back- ground seven escutcheons. In the centre is a large shield of the Shrewsbury Arms labelled "Salop." and around it are six smaller escutcheons. Phe first repeats the Shrews- bury Arms, though here they are labelled as belonging to Shrewsbury ; the next is labelled Bridgnorth, but shows a copy of the design upon, the Seal, and not the Borough Arms, for there are none; in the next, labelled Oswestry, the design upon the Seal again does duty ; and the next shows the Arms of Ludlow correctly (!). Phe next bears three inescutcheons, No. I being charged with a stag trippant, No. 2 -with a chevron between three Moors' heads, and No. 3 with a lion rampant. Phese three inescutcheons form a part of the Seal of Much Wenlock (to which please refer), and the last escutcheon represents a castle, and is labelled Bishop's Castle. Five, therefore, out of the seven escutcheons are incorrect. 118 SLIGO — County. Has no Armorial Bearings. SLIGO — Cityof(Co.Sligo). Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulster's Office. Phe design upon the Seal which does duty represents a ruined building overhung by a tree, and a hare couraut therefrom. Ill SODB UR Y. See Chipping Sodbury. SOMERSEPS HIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. Phe Seal of the County Council simply exhibits the inscription, " Phe Seal of the County Council of Somerset, 1889." Phe Arms of Bath have sometimes done duty for the County, but the "Justices" Seal, which is most beautifully executed, re- presents King Ina in his Palace of Justice, and at his feet is a portcullis, the old Plantagenet badge, evidently allusive to the old Beauforts, Dukes of Somerset. On the dexter side are the Arms of the Somersets, Dukes of Beaufort, balanced 071 the sinister by the Arms of the Seymours, Dukes of Somerset. At the base are the Arms of the See of Bath and Wells, and at the top are the Arms . . . a cross patonce between four martlets. SO UPH MOL PON (Devonshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Phe Seal shows a fleece banded. Above this is a royal crown and below a bishop's mitre, with the Motto, " Fiat justitia." Phe Legend is ' ' Libertas de South Motion." 122 SO UPH SHIELDS— Has no Armorial Bearings. Phe Seal exhibits a wonderful achievement, namely, Argent, on waves of the sea a boat with four rowers, all rowing on the same side, one passenger and a coxswain, all proper, and in chief the -words " Always ready." CRESP, An anchor in pale cabled, all proper. MOPPO, "Courage, humanity, com- merce." SUPPORPERS, On the dexter side a sailor habited and holding in his dexter hand a telescope, all proper, and on the sinister side a female figure vested in long garments, the face, neck, and arms proper, crowned -with a mural coronet, and holding in her exterior hand a rod of Esculapius. Behind the escutcheon upon the seal is a trophy of two flags, that on the dexter side being the Union Jack, that on the sinister the Banner of St. George. 79 SOUPHA M 'PPON— County of, otherwise Hampshire. See Hampshire. SOUTHAMPTON (Hants)— Party per fesse gules and argent, three roses counter-changed. Grest, Upon a mount vert, a double tower or, and issuing from the upper battlements thereof a demy female affrontee proper, vested purpuue, crined and crowned with an eastern coronet also or, holding in her dexter hand a sword erect point upwards argent, pommel and hilt of the second, and in her sinister hand a balance sable, the pans gold. In the Visitation Book, in the drawing of these Arms of Southampton, the escutcheon rests upon a mount vert, issuing from waves of the sea, and thereupon placed on either side of the escutcheon a ship of two masts at anchor, the sails furled all proper, the round top or, and from each mast-head flying a banner of St. George, upon the stern of each vessel a lion rampant also or, supporting the escutcheon exactly as shown in the illus- tration. But I question if the whole of this environment can be justly included under the heading of " Supporters." The Seal simply shows upon waves of the sea a ship of three masts in full sail, the main-sail being charged with the escutcheon only. Legend, " Sigillum commune villas Southamptoniae." The Arms are frequently made use of with the colours reversed. 94 SOUPHEND-ON-SEA (Essex)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Phe best description I can give of the escutcheon doing duty as Armorial Insignia of Southeud-on-Sea is to apply to it a term I have already used in relation to Crewe, namely, "Illustrated Bits," or perhaps "Comic Cuts" might be quite as appropriate, for to blazon it heraldically is im- possible. I must repeat what I have said elsewhere in the volume, that it is difficult to realise the existence of such heraldic, or even artistic taste, and such palpable ignorance, as the design in question exhibits ; and they can only equal the impudence of its designer in producing such an affair for the Corporation, the officers of which for the time being very evidently knew nothing of Armory. Phe design is party per pale, on the dexter side a landscape representing a well, on the sinister side a landscape representing an ecclesiastical building, on a chief a landscape representing a pier and esplanade, over all an iuesculcheon "gules, charged with three seaxes fesseways proper," being the Arms usually attributed to the County of Middlesex ! I ! CRESP, Upon waves of the sea, a ship of three masts in full sail proper. MOPPO, " Forti nihil difficile." 84 SOUPHPORP (Lancashire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. On the Corporation notepaper the following Arms are used, which are quoted by Burke in his ' General Armory' : — " Ar. a fesse dancettie betw. in chief three cross crosslets fltchee sa., and in base a lifeboat with men, sky, and sea all ppr. CRESP, A serpent ppr. entwined about a cross crosslet fitchee sa. MOPPO, ' Salus populi.'" 64 SO UPH WAR K '(Surrey) — Has no Armorial Bearings, but the folio-wing Arms are quoted by Berry, and are also given in Debrett's ' House of Commons ' : — " Az. an annulet ensigned with a cross pal/tie or, interlaced with a saltier conjoined in base of the second." 28 SOUTHWOLD (Suffolk)— (Sable), two arrows in saltire ENFILED WITH A DUCAL CORONET (or). CrCSt, THE BUST OF A MAN COUPED AT THE BREAST, VESTED AND REGALLY CROWNED. Recorded in the College of Arms, but no colours are given. 65 The Seal represents this coat upon an escutcheon, but with the addition of the letter S (reversed) in base; and here the coronet is composed of two cinquefoils and three fleurs-de-lis. The shield is surmounted by an Esquire's helmet and mantling, and has for the Crest the figure of a man couped at the breast and vested, but the head-covering is more like a Mitre than a Regal Crown. The Legend is "They Ryght defend." [The illustration shows the Arms and Crest as they appear upon the Seal, and in the form they are used. At the time it was done the Editor was not aware it was recorded in the College of Arms.] STA [ 50 ] STR STAFFORDSHIRE — Has no Armorial Bearings. The County Council have adopted for the Seal and stationery the Anus "Or, a chevron gules," which are those of the old family of Stafford, now represented by the Rt. Hon. Sir Fitzosbert Edward Stafford-Jerningham, Baron Stafford, who quarters the said Arms. His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, who is Marquess of the County of Stafford — the title being used by h is eldest son — is not connected with the Staf- ford family. The County Council surround the Arms with a continuous succession of Stafford knots, " a la Cordeliere," adorned with four medallions, having allusion to the in- dustries of the County, and bearing : (1.) A garb, I imagine, for Agriculture ; (2.) A jug, presumably for the Tottery trade ; (3.) The astronomical sign of Mars, which is always understood to represent the Iron industry ; and (4) A black lozenge, which I can only suggest may have some allusion to a lump of coal. Burke in his ' General Armory' plants inter alia on the long-suffering Town of Stafford a Coat which he blazons "the base vert, a castle triple-tcavcred ppr. between four lions passant guardant or, in base a lion of the last.''' This is the Coat which, on the " twopenny coloured" sheet of County Arms frequently alluded to, appears in all its gorgeous colouring. Berry takes "from an entry in the Office of Arms in 1778" the real Coat of the Town of Stafford, and gives that : but the County of Staffordshire is usually represented by the badge of the Stafford knot, as witness its appropriation by the North Staffordshire Railway. STAFFORD (Staffordshire) — Gules, A QUADRANGULAR CASTLE IN PERSPECTIVE, THE FOUR TOWERS DOMED ARGENT, AND EACH SURMOUNTED BY A PENNON OR, BETWEEN, IN CHIEF, TWO STAFFORD KNOTS, AND IN BASE A LION PASSANT GUARDANT OF THE LAST. Re- Corded in the College of Arms. 50 Burke quotes two Coats as follows : — " Stafford, Town of (Co. Stafford). — Or, on a chief gu. a serpent nowed of the first. Another Coat — The base vert, a castle triple- towered ppr. betw. four lions pass, guard, or, in base a lion of the last." Though one cannot help fancying a "serpent nowed" is much like a " Stafford Knot. " Berry contents himself with the latter. Perhaps owing to the fact that so many versions are quoted, the Town Clerk's stationery has no Arms upon it, simply exhibiting a copy of the Seal. The Legend is "Sigillum communitatis villa; Staffordice," and represents in base water, and therein a fish naiant. Upon the water is a castle triple-towered, between four lions passant guardant, and on either side a (fleur-de-lis?) in fesse. STALYBRIDGE (Cheshire) — Argent, a chevron en- grailed GULES, BETWEEN TWO CROSSES POINTED VOIDED IN CHIEF SABLE, AND A MULLET IN BASE ALSO SABLE, AND PIERCED OF THE FIELD WITH TWO FLANCHES AZURE, EACH CHARGED WITH A CINQUEFOII. OF THE FIELD. ClXSt, A GARB OR, IN FRONT THEREOF A WOLF STATANT argent. /IftOttO, Absque labore nihil. Granted by Sir Charles George Young, Kt,, Gaiter Principal King of Arms, L. Pulman, Esq., Clarenceux King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Esq., Norroy King of Arms, June iS, 1S57. So STAMFORD (Lincolnshire) — Party per pale, the dexter SIDE GULES, THREE LIONS PASSANT GUARDANT IN PALE OR, AND THE SINISTER CHEQUY OR AND AZURE. Re- corded in the College of Arms. Upon the Seal and upon the Corporation notepaper two "somethings" appear in the position usually appropriated in an achievement to Supporters; but they be neither "fish, flesh, fowl, nor good red herring," nor could they answer to any known form of an "heraldic beast. " 5S STIRLING — Council of the County of. Azure, on a saltire BETWEEN TWO CAI.TRAPS IN CHIEF AND BASE, AND AS MANY SPUR-ROWELS IN THE FLANKS ARGENT, A LION RAMPANT GULES ARMED AND LANGUED OF THE FIRST. Matriculated the 29th day of September 1S90. 56 STIRLING (Stirlingshire) — The Entry in Lyon Register is as follows : — " The Royall Burgh of Slriveling bears, Azure, ON A MOUND, OR BASEMENT, A CASTLE TRIPLE-TOWERED WITHOUT WINDOWS ARGENT, MASONED SABLE, THE CATE CLOSED GULES, SURROUNDED WITH FOUR OAK-TREES DISPOSED IN ORLE OF THE SECOND, THE INTERSTICES OF THE FIELD BEING SEMEE OF STARS OF SIX RAYS OF THE last. All surrounded with this Inscription, CONTINET hoc in se Nemus ET Castrum Strivelinse. (Signed) James Lorimer, Interim Lyon Clerk. 33 "Lyon Office, Edinburgh, 25th April 1S49 — There was presented, of this date, a distinct Impression of the Common Seal of the Royal Burgh of Stirling, from which the above Arms have now been herein recorded." STO C KB R I D G E (Hampshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings, but the following are quoted in Burke's ' General Armory' : — "Gu., three lions pass, in pale per pale or and ar.," as illustration to which refer; whilst Berry gives, " Gu. three lions pass, guardant in pale ar." 36 STOCKPORT (Cheshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Those used, however, and which are given in Debrett's ' House of Commons,' are those which appear to Jiave belonged to the ancient family of Stafford, Stopforl, or Stockport, Barons of Stockport, namely, "Azure, three lozenges, two and one, between nine cross crosslets or," or, as sometimes quoted, " Azure crusuly, three lozenges or." Debrett's ' House of Commons' adds, presumably by way of ornament, for no other reason is apparent, on the dexter side the head and forepart of a lion issuing from behind the escutcheon, and as a sinister sup- porter the figure of Britannia. At the base is the Union badge of the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock, and above an cscroll bearing the words " Corporate Reform, fan. 1838," and surmounting all a mural coronet. What special claim Stockport may have for appropriating the National emblems the Editor would be glad to know, and he would suggest a reform in the Arms as well as in the Corporation. 16 STOCKTON-ON- TEES (Durham)— Has no Armorial Bear- ings. A castle in front of and charged upon the stem of an anchor cabled is used as a kind of badge, and sometimes painted sable upon an argent field is displayed as a Coat-of- Arms. The Motto used is " Fortitude et spes." The badge and motto appear upon the Corporation Seal with the legend " Sig. Corf, de Stockton sup. Tisam. in. Com. pal. Dun- elm ; " but upon the Seal the anchor is not cabled. 1 1 5 STOKE- UPON- TRENT (Staffordshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Upon application to the Town- Clerk for a copy of the Corporation Seal, a polite note was returned stating that "there would be objection" to such a proceeding, but referring to the achievement upon the stationery for parti- culars of t/ie Arms in use. The said Armorial Bearings exhibit a considerable ignorance of Heraldry, and very much greater ingenuity in compilation, for no other word can fitly describe its manufacture. The blazon, to the best of the Editor's knowledge, would probably run somewhat as follows : — Party per pale, the dexter side argent, a beehive (or perhaps a pottery kiln) between three jugs ; on a chief azure a representation of certain complicated machinery, presum- ably all proper ; the sinister side, parly per pale and per chevron, on the dexter side argent, on a bend azure cofised three cinquejbils, on the sinister side, vert between two bars, argent, three ermine spots (in another representation three garbs), all between two lions passant guardant, the base or, two bars gules, in chief three trefoils slipped ; over all on a bend azure, three boars' heads. Crest, Upon a wreath of the colours a boar's head erased close (presumably ppr.). Motto, which for some reason unknown to the Editor is borne upon an cscroll belioeen the escutcheon and the Crest, "E terris dare artem." .y STR ABA NE (Co. Tyrone)— Has no Armorial Bearings re- gistered in Ulster's Office. Those in use are "Argent, on water proper a man sculling in an open boat, in chief a triple- tower all proper." MOTTO, " Concordia crcscit." 40 STRANRAER (Wigtonshire)—" The Royall Burgh of Stran- rawer gives Argent, in the sea proper a ship with THREE MASTS RYDING AT ANCHOR SABLE. The /IftOttO, Tutissima STATIC" aq STRATFORD-UPON-AVON (Warwickshire) A CHEVRON BETWEEN THREE LEOPARDS' FACES Recorded in the College of Arms. No colours are given in the Visitation Books ; none are known, and none are used. 5S SUD [ 5i ] TEN SUDBURY (Suffolk)— Sable, a talbot sejant argent, ON A CHIEF GULES, A LION PASSANT GUARDANT BETWEEN TWO FLEURS-DE-LIS OR. CtCSt, On a wreath of the colours, a talbot's head erased or, between two ostrich feathers erect argent. Granted in the year 1596, by Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, the original grant (according to Berry) being still among the archives of Sudbury. Burke and Berry both quote the talbot's head as gules, and it has been wrongly so engraved herein, but the records in the College of Arms all show it to be "or." 65 SUFFOLK— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Arms of Ipswich have frequently done duty for the County insignia. The Seal of the County Council of West Suffolk shows the Arms of King Edward the Confessor, namely, (azure) a cross patonce between five martlets or, within the legend " West Suffolk County Council." That of East Suffolk represents a castle domed, and on each dome a pennon, and above the battlements upon a wreath is a lion rampant, the legend being " East Suffolk County Council." 113 SUNDERLAND (Durham)— Has no Arms. In Debrelt's 'House of Commons,' however, a certain design is given, evidently intended for an heraldic achievement, namely, Argent, a sextant (1) proper. CREST, A terrestrial globe. MOTTO, " Nil desperandum auspice Deo." S2 SURREY— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Arms of Guild- ford, or some travesty thereon, are often used for the County, but for some County purposes the Arms azure, six martlets three, two, and one, and in chief a crescent (see Sussex), were made use of. Thefolloiuing description of the Seal of the County Council has been supplied to me:—" The Seal is circular, and measures two inches in diameter. The three trefoils are symbolical of the Deity ; the three lions of England within the spandrils, of our country; they are typical of the allegiance due to God and to our country. In chief is a shield with the arms of Warren, Earls of Surrey, ' chequy or and azure: William de Warren, the first holder of the title, was created Earl of Surrey by William Rufts. In base on the dexter side is a shield with the Arms of the ancient Borough of Kingsten-upon- Thames, ' Az. thm salmons hauriant in pale ar., and below the letter R (probably for royal). The first charter to the Borough of Kingston bears 'date 26th April 1200. On the sinister side is a shield with the Arms of the Borough of Guildford, Set. on a mount vert a castle with two lowers embattled, on the mount a lion couchant guardaut.' The first charter to the Borough of Guildford bears date at Westminster, ,th January 1256-7. Thecusps of the trefoils terminateiu three fleurs-de-lis, which are charges from the Coat of Arms of Mr. Leycester Penrhyn, the first Chairman of the County Council of Surrey. The Arms of Leycester are 'Azure a fess between three fleurs-de-lis or. The figures 1889 give the date of the first introduction of County Councils. 1 1 3 SUSSEX, WEST— County Council of. Azure, six martlets, THREE, TWO, AND ONE, AND A CHIEF OR. Granted May 18, 1889. 22 SUSSEX— As such has no Armorial Bearings. Trior to the passing of the Local Government Bill in 1SS9 many versions and perversions of the Arms and of the Seal of Chichester were quoted and did duty for the County insignia ; but the fustices of the Peace for the County" made use of a Coat sheaving six martlets, three, two, and one. Upon the forma- tion of the County Councils the County Council of West Sussex obtained, through the munificence of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, K G. (who is a member of the Council) a orant of Arms, as quoted above in the previous paragraph ; but the County Council of East Sussex invented a Coat which does duty upon the Seal and notefaper, and is as follows .— Quarterly I. Six martlets, three, two, and one; 2. chequy or and azure; 3. an eagle displayed; 4. three demi-hons passant guardaut conjoined to the hulls of as many ships. 96 SUTHERLANDSHIRE—Has no Armorial Bearings. SUTTON COLDFIELD (Warwickshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a double heraldic rose within the Legend, "Sigill. gardiani et societatis de Sutton Lole- fyld." 1 11 SWANSEA (Glamorganshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. Those in use represent an embattled gateway, and from each tower a flagstaff, thereon a banner, that on the dexter charged with a lion rampant, and that on /he sinister with an eagle displayed. Upon an inescutcheon in the centre chief point a bird regardant, with wings displayed and inverted, holding in the beak a fish or scroll of paper. No colours are ascer- tainable, and sometimes the inescutcheon alone is made use of. The Seal of the Corporation represents a portcullis chained within the Legend, " The Scale of the Corporation of Swanscy." 26 SYDNEY (New South Wales) — Has no Armorial Bearings, but a Coat has been invented, and appears upon the Seal, namely, Azure, a ship with all sails set proper, on a chief argent, a beehive surrounded by bees volant all proper. CREST, On a mural coronet two arrows in saltire points downwards (? or arrow-heads), ensigned by an eight-poinled star all proper. SUPPORTERS, On the dexter side a Maori, about his loins a waist-cloth, and holding in his exterior hand in bend sinister a lance all proper, and on the sinister side an English sailor, habited all proper. MOTTO, " I take, but I surrender." [These details were not obtained in sufficient time before publication for an engraving thereof to be inserted. — A. C. F. D.] TAIN (Ross and Cromarty)— The entry in Lyon Register is as follows :— " The Royall Burgh of Tayne gives for En= Sfgnes Srmortall, Gules, Saint Duthacus in long GARMENTS ARGENT, HOLDING IN HIS DEXTER HAND A STAFF GARNISHED WITH IVIE ; IN THE SINISTER, LAID ON HIS BREST, A BOOK EXPANDED PROPER." 56 TAMWORTH (Staffordshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal, which is of most exquisite workmanship, represents a fleur-de-lis, diapered all over with a minute floral design, within the Legend " Sig. burgi de Tamworth in comitat. Warwic. et St'afi" Engraven round the edge of the Seal, " Ex dono Thoma Thynnc de maneris de Drayton, Armi- geri, anno Dom. 1679." I2 4 TA UNTON (Somersetshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a castle or abbey, and below a fleur-de-lis between two peacocks respecting each other, within the Legend " Sigillum commune burgi Tantonie." Another Seal repre- sents a regal crown, surmounted by a cherub with wings expanded, and under the crown upon an escroll the word " Defendamus." The Legend being "Sigillum burgi de Taunton." 98 TA VISTOCK (Devonshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The following are given in Burke's 'General Armory': — " Per pale gules and azure a fleece, round the body a collar and ring, in chief a lion passant guardaut between two fleurs-de-lis, all or." See illustration. In Debrett's ' House of Commons' the Arms of Tavistock are shown differently, "Per pale gules and azure a fleece, in the dexter chief a lion passant, and in the sinister chief a fleur-de-lis, all or." 28 TENBY (Pembrokeshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a building of some kind, and above is an escutcheon, the chief barry of four chargedwith three martlets, two and one, and in base a like number of cinquefoils, also two and one, with the Legend "Sigillum comune burgen- sium ville tenebie." Appended is a copy of a letter which I have received from the Town-Clerk in relation to the matter. "As requested, I send herewith impression from the Tenby Borough Seal, also a sketch of the original Seal, which has been lost for some years. The small Brass Common Seal of the Borough ( ) has also been missing for some years, so that the only Seal noio in use is the Mayor's Seal, and a smaller size of same for small documents" 106 TENTEKDEN (Kent)— Gules, in base waves of the sea PROPER, AND THEREON A SHIP OF THREE MASTS OR, THE SAIL ON THE FORE-MAST FURLED, THE MAIN-SAIL SET, AND BEARING THE ARMS OF SANDWICH, NAMELY, PARTY PER PALE GULES AND AZURE, THREE DEMI-LIONS PAS- SANT GUARDANT OR, CONJOINED TO AS MANY HULKS OF SHIPS ARGENT, THE MIZZEN CHARGED WITH THE ARMS, Argent, on a bend sable between four lion's heads ERASED GULES, THREE MULLETS OR. Recorded in the College of Arms. 43 TEW [ 52 ] UNI TEWKESBURY(Gloucestershire)—Hasno Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a castle, with the Legend, " Comune sigillum Ballivor burgens et eoiat btirgi de Tewkesbury." 101 THAXTED (Essex) — Gui.es, two swords in saltire ARGENT, IN CHIEF A ROSE OF THE LAST WITHIN A fetterlock OR. Recorded in the College of Arms. 5S THETFORD (Norfolk)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a quadrangular castle embattled and sur- mounted with a tower, and from this a flag. From each of the outer towers issues a demi-man, that on the dexter side holding a sword, and that on the sinister blowing a horn, all proper. 116 THIRSKE (Yorkshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. THORNABY-ON-TEES (Yorkshire)— Barry of twelve GULES AND ARGENT, ON A PALE ERMINE, A LION- RAMPANT AZURE, A CHIEF ENGRAILED OF THE SECOND, THEREON THREE TORTEAUX. And for the GCCSt, On a wreath of the colours, IN FRONT OF TWO ANCHORS IN SALTIRE OR, THE STERN OF A SHIP WITH A RUDDER proper. ,/UiOttO, Always advancing. Granted January 23, 1S93. 73 THURSO (Caithness)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents the figure of St. Peter holding the keys in his right hand, and a patriarchal staff in his left. The Legend is " Sigillum burgi dc Thurso in Caitues." 129 T1PPERARY— County. Flas no Armorial Bearings. TIPPERARY (Co. Tipperary) — Has no Armorial Bearings. TIVERTON (Devonshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal, which shows a most curious designing, exhibits the Castle, Church, and Town of Tiverton with Bowman's and Exc bridges, and beneath a woolpack. Berry to his description adds the almost needless remark: "The whole seems to be- au invention of some engraver.''' The Legend is " Sigillum oppidi de Tyvertou." 116 TODMORDEN( 1 ~erhshirc)—Has not yet obtained any Armorial Bearings. TORQUAY (Devonshire) — Ermine, three rendlets azure, A SHIP IN FULL SAIL PROPER, COLOURS FLYING GULES, A CHIEF WAVY OF THE LAST, THEREON A PALE ARGENT, CHARGED WITH A CASTELLATED GATEWAY ON A MOUNT PROPER, THE VANE OF THE FOURTH BETWEEN TWO WINGS OF THE FIFTH. And for the Gl'CSt on a wreath of the colours, UPON A ROCK A GULL PROPER, SUPPORT- ING WITH THE DEXTER I EG AN ANCHOR ERECT SABLE, CABLED OR. /IftOttO, SALUS ET FELICITAS. Granted May 29, 1S93. 73 TORRINGTON. See Great Torrington. TOTNES (Devonshire) — Sable, a castle triple towered ARGENT, BETWEEN TWO KEYS ERECT, WARDS IN CHIEF of the last, the base water azure. Recorded in the College of Arms. (51.) The Seal differs slightly. See illustration. 97 TRALEE (Co. Kerry) — Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulster's Office. The Seal represents a castle, and above it a royal crcnon between the letters J and R. Below is the word" Truly '." TREGONY (Cornwall) — Burke in his 'General Armory' gives " a pomegranate slipped and leaved CREST, A Cornish chough's head and neck erased sable, holding in the beak a chaplet ermine and sable." The Arms are informally recorded in the College of Arms, but no colours are marked and no Crest is given. 65 TRIM (Co. Meath) — Has no Armorial Bearings. But in Lewis's ' Topographical Dictionary' the following design is given: " Upon a mount inscribed ' Trim' a double tower, and from the upper battlements a demi-man issuaut blowing a Iwrn." TRURO (Cornwall) — Gules, a representation of an ANCIENT SHIP OF THREE MASTS UNDER SAIL OR, IN THE SEA PROPER, AND IN BASE TWO FISH NAIANT IN PALE, ALSO proper. SupporteCS, On the dexter side, A miner, HABITED, AND HOLDING IN THE EXTERIOR HAND A PICK, HANDLE DOWNWARDS, ALL PROPER, and on the sinister side A FISHERMAN HABITED AND HOLDING IN THE EX- TERIOR HAND A COIL OF ROPE, ALL PROPER. /IfoOttO, Exultum cornu in Deo. The Arms used upon the Common Seal were duly entered as appertaining to the Borough of Truro in the Visitations of Cornwall in the years ^73 and 1620. On its elevation to a city, the Sup- porters were granted November 3, 1S77, by Sir Albert William Woods, Garter Principal Ring of Arms. S7 The Arms are quoted both by Burke and Berry as having the base barry wavy argent and azure ; but in the painting issued with the Grant of Supporters the water is represented as proper. TUAM ( Co. Galway)—Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a Cross Calvary, which is sometimes taken as the Arms. TUNBRIDGE WELLS (Rent)— Gules, guttee d'eau on a PILE OR BETWEEN TWO FOUNTAINS, IN BASE A LION- RAMPANT GULES. CrCSt, A WELL PROPER, ISSUANT THEREFROM A DEMI-LION GULES HOLDING BETWEEN THE PAWS A FOUNTAIN. iTftOttO, Do WELL, DOUBT NOT. Granted July 19, 1889. 86 TYNEMOUTH (Northumberland)— Has no Armorial Bear- ings. Those in use are as follows: — Gules, three ducal coronets two and one or. CREST, A three-masted ship with sails set, all proper. S UPTORTERS, On the dexter side a miner habited, and holding over his dexter shoulder a pick all proper, and on the sinister side a mariner habited all proper. MOTTO, " Mcssis ab altis." 90 TYRONE— County. Has no Armorial Bearings. TYRONE ( Co. Tyrone) — I/as no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulster's Office. ULSTER, Province of (Ireland)— OR, A CROSS gules, on an INESCUTCHEON ARGENT A DEXTER HAND COUPED, ALSO GULES. Burke, in his ' General Armory,' adds a note — " There are two other Coats on record in Ulster's Office as the Arms of the Province, viz., Or, a lion rampant double queued gules ; and Argent, a dexter hand couped gules." This is peculiar, for the Baronets of Ireland always carry a sinister hand ; but Sir Bernard Burke certainly quoted the Anns of Ulster as showing a dexter hand, and in the Grant of Arms to the Royal University of Ireland they are so quoted. [See illustration of the Royal University of Ire- land.] 39 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRE- LAND. See Great Britain and Ireland. UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN— Has EltStgitS BrmO= rial, Quarterly first azure, a bough pot or, charged WITH THREE SALMON FISHES IN FRET PROPER, AND CONTAINING AS MANY LILIES OF THE GARDEN, THE DEXTER IN BUD, THE CENTRE FULL BLOWN, AND TFIE SINISTER HALF BLOWN ALSO PROrER, FLOWERED ARGENT, ISSUANT FROM THE MIDDLE CHIEF AMID RAYS OF THE SUN, A DEXTER HAND HOLDING AN OPEN BOOK LIKEWISE PROPER ; SECOND ARGENT, A CHIEF PALY OF SIX OR AND GULES; THIRD ARGENT, A CHEVRON SABLE BETWEEN THREE BOARS' HEADS ERASED GULES, ARMED OF THE FIELD AND I.ANGUED AZURE, FOURTH GULES, A TOWER TRIPLE-TOWERED ARGENT, MASONED, SABLE WINDOWS and port OF THE last. In an escroll below the shield is placed this ZilbOttO, Initium sapienti.e timor Domini. Matriculated 26th day of September 1SS8. The Grant recites " that long prior to the passing of the Act 1672, c. 21, Ensigns Armorial were borne by the University and King's College of Aberdeen and by the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, but that neither Ensigns Armorial were matriculated ; that the said two Universities and Colleges of Aberdeen were united into one University called the University of Aberdeen, &c." The pot of lilies charged with three fishes are sometimes spoken of as the old Arms of Aberdeen ; the second quarter are the Arms of Keith, Earl Marischal, the third quarter are the Arms of Elphinstone, which family now represents the Keith family ; and the fourth quarter is probably taken from the Arms of the City, to wdiich refer. 21 UNI [ 53 ] WAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE— Gules, on a cross ermine between four lions passant guardant or, a Bible lying fesseways of the field, clasped and garnished of the third, the clasps in base. yiROttO, Hinc lucem et pocula sacra. Arms recorded in the College of Arms. 26 UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN— Quarterly azure and ERMINE, IN THE FIRST QUARTER A BOOK OPEN PROPER CLASPED OR, AND IN THE FOURTH QUARTER A CASTLE OF TWO TOWERS FLAMMANT PROPER; OVER ALL IN THE CENTRE POINT THE HARP OF IRELAND ENSIGNED WITH the Royal Crown. Granted by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, March 28, 1862. 39 UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM— Argent a cross pattee GULES, ON A CANTON AZURE, A CHEVRON OR, BETWEEN THREE LIONS RAMPANT ARGENT. /IftOttO, FUNDAMENTA EJUS super montibus SANCTIS. These Arms are recorded in the College of Arms. The cross as used is by no means a true cross pattee, but I know of no better heraldic descrip- tion for it ; though I believe it is known as the cross of St. Cuthbert. The Arms upon the canton are those of Bishop Hatfield. Bishop Hatfield's Hall makes use of the Arms as upon the canton with the Motto, " Vel primus vel cum primis." 8 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH— Argent on a saltire AZURE, BETWEEN A THISTLE PROPER IN CHIEF AND A CASTLE ON A ROCK SABLE IN BASE, A BOOK EXPANDED OR. Matriculated in Lyon Office, 1789. 19 UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW— Has no Armorial Bearings. The present Seal of Ihe University shows the mitred head of St. Kentigern between on the dexter side a salmon haurient head upwards holding in its mouth a ring, and on the sinister side a bell, and perched thereon a robin redbreast, all encircled by a branch of olive. Legend, "S commune curia: nniversitatis Glasgnensis." The old Seal used prior to the Act of 1889, showed a full-length figure of Saint Kentigern in his canonicals between, on the dexter side a cubit arm vested, holding in the hand an open book, and on the sinister side a salmon hanrient, head upwards, holding in its mouth a ring. An impression of the design as stamped upon the University envelopes has been sent to me by the authorities,^ and in the accompanying letter it is described as the " Crest" of the University. {Ye Gods ! and this from a seatof learn- ing!) It exhibits a mace in pale between, in chief an open book, and in base a salmon lying on its back and holding in its mouth a ring ; on the dexter side is a tree growing from a mount and perched thereon a robin, and on the sinister side is a bell. The MOTTO is " Via Veritas vita." UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, ROYAL— Per saltire ERMINE AND ERMINES AN OPEN BOOK PROPER, CLASPED AND SURMOUNTED BY THE ROYAL CROWN OR, BETWEEN FOUR ESCUTCHEONS, TWO IN PALE AND TWO IN FESS, THE ESCUTCHEONS IN PALE REPRESENTING RESPECTIVELY THE ARMS OF THE PROVINCES OF LEINSTER AND MUNSTER VIZ., LEINSTER VERT AN IRISH HARP OR, STRINGED ARGENT ; AND MUNSTER, AZURE THREE ANTIQUE CROWNS OR, THE ESCUTCHEONS IN FESS REPRE- SENTING RESPECTIVELY THE ARMS OF THE PROVINCES of Ulster and Connaught, viz., Ulster or, a cross GULES ON AN ESCUTCHEON ARGENT, A DEXTER HAND COUPED ALSO GULES, AND CONNAUGHT PER PALE ARGENT AND AZURE ON THE DEXTER A DIMIDIATED EAGLE DISPLAYED SABLE, AND ON THE SINISTER CON- JOINED THEREWITH AT THE SHOULDER A SINISTER ARM EMBOWED PROPER ; SLEEVED OF THE FIRST, HOLDING A SWORD erect ALSO proper. Granted by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, October 1 1, 1881. 39 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON— Argent, on a cross gules, THE UNION ROSE IRRADIATED AND ENSIGNED WITH THE IMPERIAL CROWN PROPER, A CHIEF AZURE, THEREON AN OPEN BOOK ALSO PROPER, THE CLASPS GOLD. Granted April 10, 1838, by Ralph Bigland, Garter, William Woods, Clarenceux, and Edmund Lodge, Norroy. 24 UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Australia)— Azure, a FIGURE INTENDED TO REPRESENT VICTORY, ROBED AND ATTIRED PROPER, THE DEXTER HAND EXTENDED HOLD- ING A WREATH OF LAUREL OR, BETWEEN FOUR STARS OF EIGHT TOINTS, TWO IN PALE AND TWO IN FESSE ARGENT, with this MOttO, POSTERA CRESCAM W LAUDE. Granted January 15, 1863, by Sir Charles George Young, Garter, Robert Laurie, Clarenceux, and W. A. Blount, Norroy. 8 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD— Azure, on a book open PROPER, GARNISHED OR, ON THE DEXTER SIDE THEREOF SEVEN SEALS OF THE LAST, BETWEEN THREE OPEN CROWNS OF THE SAME THE WORDS " IN P'NCIPIA ERAT VERBU. ET VERBU. ERAT APUD DEU." These words have been frequently changed for "Dominus illuminatio mea" or for " Sapientia felicitas." Recorded in the College of Arms. 24 UNIVERSITY, QUEEN'S (Ireland)— Argent, a saltire GULES CHARGED WITH A ROYAL CROWN OF ENGLAND, BETWEEN AN OPEN ANTIENT BOOK IN CHIEF AND THE Irish harp in base, all proper. Granted by Sir W. Betham, Ulster King of Arms, September 15, 1851. 46 UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS— Has not matriculated any Armorial Hearings. The Common Seal of the University shows a figure of St. Andrew displayed upon a saltire between three escutcheons (i) in chief or, on a chief a (2) on the dexter side, the Royal Arms of Scotland (3) on the sinister side, azure, on a fesse or, between three mascles a Legend, " Sig. Universitalis Doctorum Magis- trorum et scolarium Saudi Andree." The "design" upon the notepaper shows four escutcheons, and these quite a dif- ferent assortment. UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, NEW SOUTFI WALES— Argent, on a cross azure, an open book proper, the clasps gold, BETWEEN FOUR stars of eicht POINTS OR, ON A CHIEF GULES, A LION PASSANT GUARDANT ALSO OR. MOttO, Sidere mens eadem mutato. Re- corded in the College of Arms. 37 UNIVERSITY, The VICTORIA (Manchester)— Party per PALE ARGENT AND GULES, A ROSE COUNTER-CHANGED BETWEEN IN CHIEF A TERRESTRIAL GLOBE SEMEE OF BEES VOLANT AND A. GOLDEN FLEECE, AND IN BASE A COKMORANT HOLDING IN THE BEAK A BRANCH OF SEA- WEED called laver, all proper, together with this /IliOttO, Olim armis nunc studiis. 8 The rose is, of course, that of Lancaster and York con- joined, the globe is the Crest of Manchester, the cormorant of Liverpool, and the fleece is taken from the Arms of Leeds ; the three principal Colleges of the University being situated in those towns. VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. See University, Victoria. WALDEN, SAFFRON. See Saffron Walden. WAKEFIELD (Yorkshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings, but Burke's 'General Armory' gives "Ax. a fleur-de-lis or" which Armorial Bearings duly appear on the Corporation Seal. 6l WALES (Principality of)— No Armorial Bearings exist for Wales as a whole. Different Royal Arms borne by the various rulers are of course in existence and well known, notably those of North Wales, South Wales, and Powysland. Those of the first, 20/iich are those borne in the thirteenth century by Iorwerth Drwyudwh and by the Princes of Wales till the last Prince Llewellyn, are however almost universally used and quoted, when Wales as a principality requires to be heraldically represented, and are quarterly or and gules four . lions passant couuterchanged. 2 WALLINGFORD (Berkshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents (according to the ' General Armory ') a man on horseback at full speed armed cap-a-pie, and bearing on his left arm his shield, charged with the Arms of France and England quarterly, on his helmet a cap of maintenance, thereon a lion statant guardant ducally crowned, his dexter arm extended and holding a sword erect, the pommel whereof is fastened to a chain zohich passes from the gorget: the horse fully caparisoned. Legend, " Sigillum commune de Walingford." II2 WALSALL (Staffordshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Those in use constitute a decidedly peculiar achievement. The Arms of France and England quarterly answer the purpose WAR [ 54 ] WEX of an escutcheon. This is surmounted by a coronet, com- posed of jive fieurs-de-lys, and therein a mount surmounted by a bear sejant erect, collared and chained, and holding between his forepaws a ragged staff. For SUPPORTERS, Two lions sejant guardant, addorsed {i.e., with the escutcheon resting upon their backs), the tails interlaced below the escutcheon. The Corporation Seal shows the foregoing Arms and Supporters surmounted by an open coronet, the run surmounted by five fleurs-de-lys. 66 WAREHAM (Dorset) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The fol- lowing Arms are quoted in Burke's ' General Armory' : — " Gu. a crescent surmounted of an estoile of six points or, betw. three fleurs-de-lis reversed of the last." 69 WARRINGTON (Lancashire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The following are quoted in Burke s ' General Armory ' : — " Ar. six lioncels, three, two, and one gu., being the Arms of Vilars, the first Lords of Warrington." 116 The Corporation generally make use of the design upon the Seal, which represents the above Arms, and bediind them in saltire two banners, that on the dexter side gules, charged with three lions passant guardant in pale or, and a label of three points argent, being intended for the Arms of the County Palatine of Lancaster ; that on the sinister side azure charged with three garbs or, being intended for the Arms of the County Palatine of Chester. In place of the Crest, the Seal shows a sword and a mace in saltire, the sruord enfiled with a wreath of laurel, both surmounted by a scroll bearing the inscription, " Anno Deciiuo Victoria: Regime." Debrett gives a motto (which appears to be used in the Town), " Deus dat inere- mentum." WARWICKSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. The fol- lowing are, however, given on a sheet published under the title 1,1 Arms of tlie Counties of England and Wales," namely, Gules, a tower between on the dexter side a sun in splendour or, and on the sinister a crescent argent. This is, of course, a travesty on the Seal of Warwick. WARWICK (Warwickshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal, which is recorded in the Visitation Books of the College of Anns, represents upon a sable field, and issuing from battlements in base, a castle triple-towered argent, from eacdi of the outer towers issues a demi-hiuntsmau winding his horn (? all proper), and on the centre tower is pendent an escutcheon sable charged with a ragged staff in bend argent. On the dexter side of tlie castle is a star, and on the sinister side is a crescent. 121 WATERFORD (County of)— Lias no Armorial Bearings. WATERFORD, City of (Co. Watcrferd)—IIas no Armorial Bearings recorded in Ulster's Of/ice, but Burke gives in his 'General Armory': " Per fess gu. and ar., in chief three lions pass, guard, in pale or, in base on the sea ppr. three barks of the third. CREST, A lion sejant supporting an Irish harp or. SUPPORTERS, Dexter, a lion or; sinister, a dolpliin ar. MOTTO, ' Urbs intacta in and.' " In Debrett' s ' House of Commons ' the illustration of the Arms of Waterford differs slightly. The Shield is shown party per f esse, but the tinctures of both chief and base arc vert, which is obviously wrong, and only one ship is shown in base, and that with two masts. 90 WEDNESBURY (Staffordshire)— Sable, on a fesse between two lions passant argent, crowned or, the emblem of Mars, between two lozenges of the field. And for the dVCSt, On a wreath of the colours, in front of the rising sun or, a tower with flames of fire proper, and charged with the emblem of Mars as in the Arms, with the /IftOttO, " Arte marte vigore. " 22 WELLS (Somersetshire) — The Collections of Vincent, pre- served in the College of Arms, give a Coat upon a field argent a mount in base, therefrom issuing a tree, and at the foot thereof three wells, all of which he labels proper. This within the Legend, " Hoc fonte derivata copia in patriam populumque fluit," is illustrated in Debrett's ' House of Commons' more in the form of a Seal. The Arms as used (see engraving), and as quoted by Burke and Berry are, " Party per fesse argent and vert, a tree proper issuing from the fesse line, in base three wells, two and one, masoned proper," with a Motto as quoted in the foregoing Legend. Berry adds a note, " These Arms are somewhat doubtful, as Mr. Edmondson, upon strict inquiry, and consulting the records of the city, could not find the blazon or description of any Arms belonging to it." The ' General Armory ' gives details of the " Corporation Seal," which "represents a tree from the root, whereof runs a spring of water, on the sinister thereof stands a stork pick- ing up a fish, on the dexter is another bird resembling a Cornish chough. 9 1 WELSHPOOL (Montgomeryshire)— Has no Armorial Bear- ings. The Seal represents an escutcheon charged with an embattled gateway approached by five circular steps, with the Legend, " The Seal of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Pool." 106 WENLOCK. See Much Wenlock. WEST BROMWICH (Staffordshire)— Azure, a stag's head CABOSIIED ARGENT BETWEEN THREE FERS-DE-MOLINE OR, A BORDURE OF THE SECOND CHARGED WITH FOUR MULLETS AND AS MANY FLEURS-DE-LIS ALTERNATELY OF THE FIRST. And for the QXCSt, On a wreath of the colours, IN FRONT OF FOUR FEATHERS ERECT AZURE A STAG LODGED ARGENT, SUrRORTING WITH THE DEXTER FOOT A fer-de-moline sable. Granted October 16, 18S2. The stag's head in the Arms and the ostrich feathers in the Crest are derived from Lord Dartmouth's achievement. 60 WEST HAM (Essex)— Per fesse gules and or, in chief a ship under sail proper, and two hammers in saltire of the second, in base three chevrons of the first, over all a tale ermine, thereon a CROZIER ERECT, ALSO OF THE SECOND. And for the CrCSt, On a wreath of the colours, IN FRONT OF A SWORD IN BEND DEXTER, POINT DOWNWARDS PROPER, POMMEL AND HILT GOLD, SURMOUNTED BY A CROSIER IN BEND SINISTER OR, A SUN RISING IN SPLENDOUR PROPER. /IftOttO, Deo Confidimus. 67 WEST 'HARTLEPOOL (Durham)— Has no Armorial Bear- ings. WEST ME A 7'H (County)— Has no Armorial Bearings. I VEST RIDING of the County of Yorkshire. See Yorkshire. WEST SUFFOLIv'. See Suffolk. WEST SUSSEX. See Sussex, West. WESTBURY (Wiltshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The following are given in Burke's ' General Armory' : — " Quar- terly or and as., a cross patonce, on a border twenty lions rampant, all counterchanged." 19 WESTMINSTER (City ol)— Azure, a tortcullis with chains pendent or, on a chief of the last, on a pale, between two united roses of york and Lancaster, the Arms of King Edward the Con- fessor, namely, Azure, a cross tatonce between five martlets, one in each quarter, and another in basf. all or. Granted October 1, 1601, by Dethick, Garter King of Arms, and Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms. 14 The actual blazon of the Grant runs: — "In a shield azure a portcullis Gould, on a checfe of the second the Arms of the holye Lling Edward the Confessor hetwene towe united roses of Lancaster & York. II m. Dethick, Garter; Wil- liam Camden, Clarenceux." Idie illustration in Debrett's ' House of Commons ' is very incorrect. WESTMORELAND— Has no Armorial Bearings. In the published sheet headed " The Anns of tlie Counties of England and Wales " is a most ludicrous achievement, namely, "Azure, a carbuncle or, on an escutcheon of pre- tence the Arms of England, i.e., gules, three lions passant guardant or." If reference be made to tlie description of tlie Seal of Appleby, which is doubtless the origin, tdie extent of the joke will perhaps be appreciated. WEXFORD ( County of) — Has no Armorial Bearings. WEXFORD, Town of (Co. Wexford) — Argent, three lym- niADS FLAMMANT WITH PENNONS ALL PROPER. .flfoOttO, Per AQUA ET ignem. Granted by Molyneux, Ulster King of Arms, and recorded in the Visitation of Wexford in 1628. 91 WEY [ 55 ] WIN WEYMOUTH and MELCOMBE REGIS, United Towns of (Dorsetshire) — Azure, on waves uf the sea in base PROrER A SHIP OP THREE MASTS TACKLED AND RIGGED ALL OR, ON THE FORE AND MIZZEN MASTS TWO SQUARE BANNERS, THAT ON THE FIRST TARTY PER PALE GULES AND VERT, THREE LIONS PASSANT GUARDANT OR, THAT ON THE LATTER QUARTERLY I AND 4 ARGENT, A LION RAMPANT PURPURE 2 AND 3 GULES A TOWER TRIPLE TOWERED OR, ON THE HULK OF THE SHIP AN ESCUTCHEON PER FESSE OR AND GULES, IN CHIEF THREE CHEVRONS OF THE LAST, IN EASE THREE LIONS PASSANT GUARDANT IN PALE ALSO OR. Berry, in giving the foregoing Coat, adds a note that the two towns were united in one Corporation in the thirteenth year of Queen Elizabeth, in consequence whereof, in the thirty-sixth year of the same reign, the foregoing Arms were granted by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, May 1, 1 59 2 > an< i at the same time he granted a Common Seal, " Azure, a bridge of three arches double embattled argent standing in the sea proper, in chief an escutcheon per fesse or and gules, in the chief thereof three chevrons of the last, and in base three lions passant guardant in pale also or." The curious point is that in the Visitation Records, whilst the design upon the Common Seal appears upon an escutcheon, the drawing of the Arms is not so placed, though the colours are marked in both instances, and the legends are omitted. The illustration of the present Seal is taken from a sheet of facsimiles of the Seals published by Messrs. Sherren & Son, Engravers, of Weymouth. 104 WHITBY (Yorkshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings, but De- bretfs '■House of Commons' gives the following: — "Azure three shells proper." 9 WHITEHAVEN (Cumberland)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The designer of the Seal not being content with one bogus escutcheon, must needs invent two, one showing a ship in full sail passing the pier-head, the other displaying the buildings and outhouses at the mouth of a mine. In the blank space at the Up of the Seal is shown a ^ range of mountains and a railway embankment complete, with signal- box and signal-post, and a railway locomotive and tender, and attached thereto a train of railway waggons. MO TTO, "Vincit omnia persez'erautia." (One wishes a little of the heraldic ignorance could be overcome.) The Legend upon the Seal is " Town of Whitehaven, 1863." The "Seal of the Trustees of the Town and Harbour of Whitehaven " exhibits, with other historical and literary matter, an es- cutcheon decidedly unique. It is evidently suggested by the Arms of Lord Lonsdale, and displays without tinctures six annulets, three, two, and one, and on a chief the word "Persevere." This, however, may certainly be nothing more than a peculiar way of showing a motto. Lord Lons- dale's Arms are, Or, six annulets, three, two, and one sable; so I presume, if colours be wanted, the foregoing blazon would supply them. Whitehaven evidently goes in for variety. It is a pity that, as far as it is concerned, all is so very bogus. l 5 WHITHORN (Wigtownshire)— Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents the figure of St Ninian seated and fully vested with manacles on either side of him. The Legend is " S. commie mutatis burgi candide cast." WICK— County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. WICK (County of Wick)— Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents two men rowing in an open boat, with the figure of the Saviour (?) standing in the stern, with the Motto, "Nisi Dominus frustra." '__ The Legend is " Sigillum commune burgi de Wick, 1589." I02 WICKLOW— County. Has no Armorial Bearings. WICKLOW (Co. Wicklow) — Has 110 Armorial Bearings registered in Ulsters Office. The following are quoted in Burkes 'General Armory' :— " Or, on a staff ppr. a flag gold, a chief indented gu.," but the design upon the Seal is more frequently made use of. I0 5 WICKHAM. See Wycombe. WIDNES (Lancashire) — Quarterly argent and azure, A CROSS PER CROSS COUNTER-CHANGED, IN THE FIRST AND FOURTH QUARTERS A ROSE GULES, BARBED AND SEEDED PROPER, AND IN THE SECOND AND THIRD A BEEHIVE BETWEEN FOUR BEES VOLANT SALTIRE-WISE OR ; and for the Cl'CSt, Upon a wreath of the colours, A FURNACE, THEREON AN ALEMBIC, ALT. OR. .flftOttO, IN- dustria ditat. Granted June 5, 1893. 74 WIGAN (Lancashire) — lias no Armorial Bearings. The present Seal, which is oval in shape, represents a building supported upon columns and surmounted by a belfry. In front of the building is a balcony, and above the roof, upon the dexter side of the belfry, is a sword in pale. The Legend is, "Sigillum commune villa: et burgi de Wigan." Three Seals, very different from the above, were recorded at the Visitation. 93 WIGHT, Isle of. See Isle of Wight. WIGTOWN— County of. Has no Armorial Bearings. Upon the Seal of the County Council, with other heraldic insignia, the following Arms are made use of, namely, Azure, a lion rampant I2 o WIGTOWN (Wigtownshire) — Has not matriculated any Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a three-masted ship at sea, partly under sail, within the Legend " Sigil. commune antiquiss burgi Wigtonieusis." IlS I VIL TON ( Wiltshire) — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal, which is very ancient, represents the figure of a saint in a niche of a shrine of Gothic work, and over it an angel hold- ing an escutcheon of the Arms of England, namely, "Gules, tliree lions passant guardant in pale or." A very different Seal was recorded at the Visitation. WIL TSHIKE—Has no Armorial Bearings. The Arms either of the City or the See of Salisbury have done duty in their turn, also those of the different Lords- Lieutenant for the time being. The present Seal of the County Council repre- sents a view of Stonehenge. WINCHELSEA (Sussex)— Has no Armorial Bearings. Those in use, which are quoted in Burke's ' General Armory,' are Party per pale gules and azure, three demi-lious passant puardanl or, conjoined in pale to the hulks of as many ships argent. Berry gives a note, " This borough hath also a very ancient Seal, representing a ship with a castle at the head and another at the stern, and on one part of the Seal is a small escocheou of the Arms of England, viz., three lions in pale" [See illustration of Sandwich.] 14 WINCHESTER (Hants.)— Gules, five castles in sai.tire ARGENT, THE CENTRE CASTLE SUPPORTED BY TWO LIONS passant guardant OR. Recorded in the College of Arms. In Ulster's Office is a MS. Book of the Armorial Bearings of Towns, and the Arms, "Sable, three lilies argent, leaved vert," are given for Winchester. 14 WINDSOR (Berkshire)— In the Collections of Vincent pre- served in the College of Arms the following Coat-of-Arms is quoted :— " Party per fesse argent and vert, issuing from the base a tower of the first, and in the fesse point a stag s head caboshed of the same attired gules, and between the attires an escutcheon of France and England quarterly. The Arms as they are used differ little save in matters of drawing, except that the field is per fesse vert and gules. The illustration is of the Arms as they are used. Berry frankly says the Town "hath not any Armorial Ensign, and Burke quotes none. The following description of the Seal is taken from the 'General Armory,' as efforts to obtain an impression were not successful :— " Windsor, Town of (Co. Berks)— The Seal represents a castle in base, embattled, and surmounted with three towers the middle tower surmounted of another, in the centre fess point a stag's head cabossed, betw. the attires an escutcheon, charged with the Arms of France and Eng- land quarterly ; on the dexter side of the head the letter W, and on the sinister the letter B ; on the verge betw. the castle in base and the attires of the stag s head the^ Legend, viz. ' Sigillum majoris burgi de Nova Windsore. 12 WIS [ 56 ] WOL WISBECH {Cambridgeshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents two saints standing in canopies {St. Peter and St. Paul), all within the Legend, " Sigillum com- mune inhabitancium ville de WisKche." 116 WITNEY {Oxford)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents a Paschal lamb passant, and in the dexter chief a sun in splendour, and in the sinister fesse a crescent, all within the Legend "Sigillum commune burg et ville de Witney." 123 WOKINGHAM (Berkshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. The Seal represents an acorn slipped and leaved, with the Legend '" Wokingham" ' 99 WOLVERHAMPTON {Staffordshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings ; but not content with the bogus escutcheon which has been perpetrated for it, it also displays two other escutcheons, one of Wessex, the other of Leveson-Gower. But the authorised description, published in the ' Municipal Year Booh,' is too good a joke to be omitted; for such is Heraldry when affected by ignorant amateurs : — "Blazonry and Description in Explanation of the Common Seal of the Municipal Corporation of Wolverhampton, County of Stafford, designed by Alfred Hall Browne, Gentleman, MDCCCXLVIII. The Seal, comprised within the following inscription : — " The Seal of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Wolverhampton," contains within a quatrefoil the Shields, Badges, and Motto blazoned and described below, viz. : — Arms. — The centre Shield {devised for the Borough Arms) is sable, a chevron between II. cressets argent filled with burning coals in chief and the stone column of" Wulfrun- hamptun" in base proper, augmented with an inescutcheon azure, a saltier of the second for Mercia, a canton of St. George for Windsor, charged with the key of St. Peter or. The dexter shield, ensigued with a Saxon crown azure, a cross patouce between IV. martlets or, for Wufriiua. The sinister shield, ensigued ivith the metal of a ducal coronet, quarterly I. and IV. harry of VIII. argent and gules, surtout a cross patonee sable II. and III. tliree laurel leaves or, for Levesou-Gotoer. Badges. — The civic mace and sword in saltier issuing behind the centre shield coupled with a mural crown, the Stafford Knot above, and II. keys erect, their handles interlaced below. MOTTO. — " E tenebris oritur lux." The following notes arein explanation of the charges and devices composing the Seal : — The Hill of Han tu ne, consecrated to the British fire-god " Huam " (the sun), was of old the scene of Beltiue rites, if it were not tlie site of a Druidic temple. The Collegiate Church now crowns the hill, and Wolverhampton lias dis- placed its forest of oaks. A weather-worn stone column of peculiar shape and sculp- ture, combining the characteristics both of Celtic and Saxon workmanship, still stands in the old churchyard ; the form of its shaft, however, has induced some antiquaries to attri- bute its erection to a pre-historic period, whilst others deem it a memorial of Roman civilisation. It is about xx. feet high. The carvings, now almost defaced, are still evidently comprised within four unequal compartments divided by as many bands, of -which the topmost is zigzag and the third of lozenges between two cable string-courses. Some are recorded to have resembled the lozengy scrawlings on British pottery, and others rudely to represent roses and other flowers inter- twined with the hoisted tails of grotesque dragon-like figures. A beast -with a bird's head, resembling the symbol stamped on British coins, is also said to have been traced. Similar designs ornament the initial letters in Saxon manuscripts. In relation to the above, and showing in its devices a con- nection with this County, a monumental pillar at Carew, in Pembrokeshire, referred to the eighth century, but probably of higher antiquity, is noticeable. It is richly cai~vcd in the style usually termed "Saxon kuotwor/c," and surmounted by a cross, in the centre of which appears the knot now known as the "Staffordshire Badge." The neck is charged with small crosses potent, and the cross itself is patee. Both kinds being those borne in the Arms of the Bishop of Lichfield, and characteristic of that See. A copy of this cross decorates the Memorial Stone erected in the Wolverhampton Genaal '"ne'liill remained a " high place " of heathenism till the introduction of the Gosfel, and here the first Wolverhampton Church was founded, probably in the latter half of the seventh century. It was, as it is reasonably conjectured, one of the many primitive churches erected in this district by Wutjere, a Mercian prince, after his conversion by St. Chad, Bishop of Lichfield. In that case the hamlet around it would be called Wulfere Hantune. In 994, however, it is certain that Wulfruna, a princess of the house of Wessex, established a monastery Jure, and annexed it to the church then stand- in". Tlie charter is still extant in the archives of the Deanery of Windsor. It was confirmed by Ethelred II. , and he and his royal kinswoman liberally endowed the establishment with lauds and privileges. The present church toas built on tlie ruins of the Monastery, towards the close of tlie twelfth century. The Seal adopted by the Corporation was designed to com- memorate, as far as lieraldic devices could express, the leading points in its history marked by the above remains and inci- dents. Tlie reading of tlie centre shield chronologically com- mences with tlie first of these memorials. The field is black, emblematical of heathenism, and at tlie base is placed the ancient pillar, as it now appears in outline, it being imprac- ticable to render correctly the defaced sculpture. Immediately above, and spanning the column, a charge is introduced significant of the event next recorded. The chevron represents the rafters of a building, and is employed by Iieralds to denote, according to Gwillim, ' ' the completion of some chargeable or memorable work." The ensign of an argent saltier cross, on an azure field (assigned by heralds, by an ex post facto grant to the Jiouse of Mercia) charged upon the chevron commemorates the "memorable work" of founding the primitive church by Wulfere. Its ecclesiastical character is expressed by argent. The next circumstance noted is the use of tlie Hi'l as a beacon station. Hill fires are a very ancient means of inter- communication, still in use. In the Middle Ages fire-baskets or " cressets " of various shapes were used as beacons. The form figured above the chevron is similar to those still used by the colliers of the South Staffordshire coalfield (of which Wolverhampton is the metropolis) under tlie name of" rodncy fires." Pilled with burning coals may thus have reference to British times, to Medueval Ages, and to their present local application. The last historic incident chosen for heraldic record has again relation to the Church. Originally dedicated to the Virgin, it was subsequently placed (temp. Henry III.) under the patronage of St. Peter, on the occasion of an exempt jurisdiction and oilier immunities being granted by Pope Innocent IV., hence the change of its tutelary guardian. In the reign of Edward IV. the College and Free Chapel were annexed to the Deanery of Windsor. It continued thus united (saving a temporary separation at the Reformation) until the death of the last Dean, mdcccxlv. To commemo- 1 ate the decanal connection the badge of Windsor, charged with that of St. Peter, is placed in a canton. The Seal of the ancient chapter represents a bishop holding a key. In relation to these bearings two lesser Shields are intro- duced, flanking as collateral in position and significance the centre Shield and the facts there noted. On the one ensigued with the Anglo-Saxon crown are blazoned the Arms assigned to the royal family of Wessex, Edgar, Ethelred, and Wul- fruna being amongst the known and notable patrons and benefactors of the early Church. The other, ensigued with the metal of a ducal coronet, contains (by his Grace's per- mission) the paternal Coat of the Duke of Sutherland, who as a Leveson-Gower represents an old and honourable Wol- verhampton family, connected with its history, property, and foundations. As lord of the manor of Slowheath, which, with the deanery manor divides the town, and comprises the adjacent coalfields, his Grace inherits the Leveson possessions and ancient territorial authority. The Motto referring to the past and present likewise anticipates the future. "From darkness arises light," the change from hea'henism to Christianity, as well as the blaze of beacon fires in olden nights, is obviously denoted ; whilst woo [ 57 ] ZBT translated "From dark places, light {or fire) springs forth," reference is made to the local mineral products, their proper- ties and uses ; or by the words figuratively rendered may be signified the rise of the town to greater importance under the auspices of the Corporation. As Badges the Mace and Sword of Office are recognised emblems of municipal authority ; they are aptly coupled by a mural crown taken from the Crest of the first Mayor. The " Stafford Knot" as before intimated, is the device or cognisance of the County, whilst the keys represent the staple manufacture of the town. An authority for thus interlacing them is afforded by an antique Pontifical signet ring." There is a slang name we have for Wolverhampton down in the Midlands. The display affected in the foregoing is much in keping therewith. 9 2 WOODSTOCK (Oxfordshire)— Gules, the stump of a tree COUPED AND ERADICATED ARGENT, AND IN CHIEF THREE STAGS' HEADS CABOSHED OF THE SAME, ALL WITHIN A BORDURE OF THE LAST CHARGED WITH EIGHT OAK LEAVES VERT. QtCSt, OUT OF A DUCAL CORONET OR, AN OAK-TREE PROPER, LEAVED VERT. SliPPOrtCtS, On either side of the escutcheon, a savage proper, wreathed ABOUT THE HEAD AND LOINS WITH OAK LEAVES VERT, AND HOLDING OVER HIS EXTERIOR SHOULDER A CLUB proper. Recorded in the College of Arms. /IftOttO, Ramosa cornua cervi. 55 WORCESTERSHIRE— Has no Armorial Bearings. Owing to the uncertainty -which has existed as to the Arms of the City of Worcester (to which refer), many variations upon the o>te or the other of the Coats, or upon both, have been used, but the Seal of the County Council simply exhibits the Arms, "Argent, a fesse between three pears sable," which now appear (and more is the pity) to be generally accepted as the County Arms— witness the labels on the Wot cestershire sauce bottles. l 9 WORCESTER (Worcestershire)— Has two distinct Coats-of- Arms, both of which are recorded in the Visitation Books in the College of Arms. They are described as " the antient and modern armes " respectively. The former being, "Quar- terly SABLE AND GULES, A TOWER TRIPLE TOWERED argent " (44), and the latter being, " Argent, a fesse between three pears sable " (19). The good people of Worcester usually release themselves from the difficulty of a decision between the relative claims of the two by placing the latter Coat as a dexter canton upon the former ; but beyond long custom, I know of no legal authority for such a proceeding. Berry takes the bull by the horns and blazons the combination as the authentic Coat of the City. I am indebted to Burke's ' General Armory ' for the follow- ing Legend : — " Worcester, City of— Quarterly, sa. and gu. a castle, triple-towered ar. These Arms appear in the Visitation of 1569. A second Coat was subsequently adopted by the City, and there is a local tradition that it was granted by Queen Elizabeth in allusion to a pear-tree in full fruit having been brought into the centre of the city (called ' The Cross ), and there replanted, at the time of her Majesty's visit to Worcester. No grant has been found to confirm this tradi- tion, but the second Coat, which is, Ar. a fess betw. three pears sa., may nevertheless have been adopted in com- memoration of the Queen's visit. It is engraved on Speed s Map of the County, dated 1610, and it appears in the Visita- tions of 1634 and 1682-3, where it is called the ' Modern Arms' of the City, the first-named Coat being described as the ' Ancient Anns.' The City /IfcOttOCS are—' Florate semper fidelis civitas ; ' ' Civitas in bello in pace fidelis;' and ' Semper fidelis, mutare sperno.' " The Seal of the City is of an architectural form, display- ing no Arms at all. WORKINGTON (Cumberland) — Has no Armorial Bearings. WORTHING (Sussex) — Has no Armorial Bearings. WOTTON-BASSETT ( Wiltshire)— Has no Armorial Bear- ings. Burke's 'General Armory' gives, " Gu. a chev. betw. three lozenges ar. " 54 WREXHAM (Denbighshire) — Ermine, two croziers in saltire or on a chief dancette per pale gules and OR, TWO lions passant guardant counterchanged. GlXSt, Upon a wreath of the colours, upon a mount vert a dragon gules, resting the dexter claw upon a shield or, charged with the character of Mars sable. /HbOttO, Fear God, honour the king. Granted by Sir Charles George Young, Knt., Garter Principal King of Arms, J. Pulman, Clarenceux King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Norroy King of Arms, November 6, 1857. 85 WYCOMBE (Buckinghamshire)— Sable, on a mount proper, a swan argent, ducally gorged and chained or. Recorded in the College of Arms. 35 YARMOUTH, Great (Norfolk)— Tarty per pale gules and azure, three demi-lions passant guardant or, conjoined to the bodies of as many herrings ar- gent. /IftOttO, Rex et nostra jura. This Coat-of- Arms (without the Motto) appears in the Visitation Books, and is marked, " The usuall amies of the towne of Greate Yermouthe at this p'sent." Another Coat is also given, namely, " Party per fesse gules and azure, in chief three lions passant guardant in pale or, and in base three herrings naiant argent two and one ; " and this is described as "the owld and auncient armes." Berry says that the original Arms, "as appears by the Seal," were azure three herrings in pale argent. 15 YARMOUTH, LITTLE— Burke gives a Coat, Argent, a chevron bet-ween three seals' feet, erect and erased sable. Berry gives the Coat as Argent, a chevron between three lions' gambs ; but adds a note, that these should most pro- bably be seals' feet. YARMOUTH (Hants), alias Eremite— Has no Armorial Bear- ings. The Seal represents upon waves of the sea a three- masted ship, all within the Legend, " S. commit de Ere- mu." Ii: YEOVIL (Somersetshire)— Has no Armorial Bearings. YORKSHIRE — Has no Armorial Bearings. The Arms of the City of York formerly did duty when County insignia were wanted ; but upon the formation of the County Councils for the different Ridings of the County, the West Riding simply assumed the design of the White Rose of York for its Seal (125). The North Riding invented a Coat-of-Arms for theirs, namely, Argent, a cross gules, on a chief azure three roses of the field. 2 * YORK (Yorkshire)— Argent, on a cross gules, five lions passant guardant or. Recorded in the College of Arms. 5 2 YOUGHAL (Co. Cork)— Has no Armorial Bearings registered in Ulster's Office; but the Arms, "Sable, an ancient one- masted ship with sail furled," are attributed to the Town. Is the ship intended for a " yawl " ? 22 ZETLAND — Has no Armorial Bearings. PRINTED BV BALLANTVNE, HANSON AND CO. EDINBURGH AND LONDON PLATES. Plate 1. G. W. Eve, del The United Kingdom. Plate 2. S$*w-s III J*#yiPSflf ■tort'f V„ England. Wales. Plate 3. Scotland. Plate 4. Ireland. Plate 5. London. Plate 6. Glasgow. 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