_Arms of De Turneham._--Can any of your readers inform me what were the
armorial bearings of Sir Stephen de Turneham, who in the year 1192 was
employed by Richard I. to escort his queen Berengaria from Acre to Naples?
The writer would also be glad to obtain any particulars of the family and
history of this brave knight, who seems to have possessed the entire
confidence of his sovereign, the redoubtable "Coeur de Lion." Probably he
belonged to the same family as Michael de Turneham, the owner of estates at
Brockley, near Deptford, and at Begeham (the modern Bayham), on the borders
of Sussex, in the reign of Henry II., whose nephew, Sir Robert de Turneham,
appears to have been distinguished in the Crusade under Richard I. Might
not _Stephen_ and _Robert_ be brothers? Did they leave descendants? And, if
so, when did the family become extinct? Was it this Robert de Turneham
whose wife was Joanna Fossard, who, about the year 1200, founded the Priory
of Grosmont, near Whitby, in Yorkshire? {262}
John Thornholme, of Gowthorpe, near York, to whom arms were granted Sept.
11, 1563, was probably not of the same family? These arms are--On a shield
argent, three thorn-trees vert. Crest: On a mount vert, a tower argent.
Motto: "Probitas verus honos."
Any particulars as to the early and subsequent history of this last-named
family would also be valuable.
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_Poisons._--What are supposed to have been the _poisons_ used for bouquets,
gloves, &c., in the time of Catherine de Medici, and her friend René?