should feel most grateful if any librarians or owners of libraries will
send me rubbings of any more coats-of-arms on books that they know of.
To make a rubbing, from which I can make a drawing, is quite easy. A
piece of soft paper should be used, and kept from slipping by a weight.
Put the paper carefully over the stamped part of the book, and then
with the finger gently press the paper down into the stamped leather.
When the design can just be distinguished, rub over the paper, without
letting it slip, with an H.B. pencil cut to a broad round point, and
it will be found that in this way, with a little practice, every line
and dot in a stamp will show quite clearly. The impressed lines on
the leather will show as white on the rubbing. From such a rubbing a
drawing can be made. Besides the rubbing, I should also like a copy of
the title of the book, and the name of the owner or library to which it
belongs.
I am aware that many of my attributions of coats in the following
pages are open to criticism, and I shall be very grateful if any of
my readers can correct any of them with authority. At the end of the
book I have given a short list of the books of reference, heraldic and
biographical, which I have found of most service in the compilation of
this book, and I gratefully record my indebtedness to them all.
I have taken the Royal Titles from the respective Great Seals.
C. D.
BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB,
_September 1908_.
Coats-of-Arms
[Illustration]
ABBOT, GEORGE, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
_Arms._--Impaled.
Dexter: Arg., an archiepiscopal staff, headed with a cross
pattée or, surmounted by a pall arg., charged with four
crosses pattée fitchée sable, fringed and edged or. _The
See of Canterbury._
Sinister: Gules, a chevron between three pears pendent or.
_Abbot._
[Several volumes in the Library at Lambeth Palace.]
George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 29th October 1562,
died 4th August 1633), was a native of Guildford, and took
orders in 1585, afterwards becoming a tutor at Oxford, where
he was also a Fellow of Balliol. He was a strong Puritan and a
popular preacher at St. Mary's.
In 1597, Abbot was elected Master of University College, and
in 1599 he became Dean of Winchester and also Vice-Chancellor
of the University of Oxford. He wrote several treatises on
the religious questions of his time, and enjoyed the personal
esteem of James I., who thought very highly of him as a
theologian and as a politician.
The King's favour showed in the rapid promotion of Dr. Abbot.
In 1609 he was consecrated Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield,
and later in the same year he was translated to London. In
the next year, on the death of Archbishop Bancroft, Abbot
was made Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. Abbot had no sinecure
in his Archbishopric, and his many enemies and the troubled
state of theological matters generally left him but little
peace. In 1621, when shooting with a crossbow at a buck, he
accidentally killed a gamekeeper, and this not only preyed much
upon his mind, but it also offered a handle for his detractors,
especially those among the clergy, many of whom held that
homicide rendered him unfit for his high position.
On the death of James I. Royal favour deserted the Archbishop,
as Charles I. never appears to have thought well of him.
In 1627, on more or less unjust pretexts, he suffered
sequestration of his office, and a commission was appointed to
exercise the Archiepiscopal functions, and Abbot retired to
his native town, Guildford, where he died in 1633. Many of his
books remain in the Library at Lambeth Palace.
[Illustration]
ABROL
_Arms._--Per pale or and gu., three roundels interchanged, a crescent
for difference.
_Motto._--TERES ATQUE ROTUNDUS.
Probably belonged to the Library of a member of the Worcestershire
family of Abrol.
[TUSSER. _Five hundred pointes of good Husbandrie._
1593.]
[Illustration]
ALBERT OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA, PRINCE CONSORT OF QUEEN VICTORIA
The initial "A" within the garter and ensigned with the Ducal Crown of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
[RAPHAEL. Works at Windsor Castle, 1876.]
Prince Albert (born 26th August 1819, died 14th December 1861)
was the second son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He
married Queen Victoria at St. James's, 16th February 1840,
and was all his life a Patron of the Arts and of Literature,
and the International Exhibition of 1851 is said to have been
originally thought of by him.
Prince Albert's books were kept at one or other of the Royal
Palaces, and few of them are anywhere else.
[Illustration]
ANNE (BULLEN), QUEEN CONSORT OF HENRY VIII.
_Arms._--Impaled.
Dexter: Quarterly.
1 and 4. France } All as used by Henry VIII.
2 and 3. England } (q.v.).
Sinister: Quartered.
1. Gu., 3 lions passant guardant or, a label of three points
az., each charged with three Fleur-de-lys or. _Earls of
Lancaster._
2. Az., semée de Fleur-de-lys or, a label of five points gu.
_Angoulême._
3. Gu., a lion passant guardant or. _Guyenne._
4. Quarterly, first and fourth, per fess indented az. and
or. _Butler._ Second and third arg., a lion rampant sa.,
crowned or. _Rochford._
5. Gu., 3 lions passant guardant or, a label of three points
arg. _Brotherton_, Earl of Norfolk.
6. Chequy, or and az. _Warren_, Earl of Warren and Surrey.
The first three of these coats were granted to Anne Bullen by Henry
VIII., when he created her Marchioness of Pembroke. The paternal coat
of Bullen, "Arg., a chevron gules, between three bulls' heads sa.," is
omitted.
The shield is ensigned with the Royal Crown of England, and supported
by two angels.
[WHITTINGTON. _De octo partibus orationis._ Londini
[1521], and other Sixteenth-Century Tracts.]
Anne Bullen, or Boleyn (born 1507, died 19th May 1536), was the
daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde,
of Hever Castle in Kent. She was maid of honour to Catherine of
Aragon, Queen of Henry VIII., and while acting in this capacity
she attracted the attention of the king, who decided that he
would marry her if he could get rid of Queen Catherine.
Consequently, after many difficulties, a divorce was arranged,
and Henry married Anne Bullen in 1532, and she was crowned
Queen in 1533. Queen Elizabeth was her only child.
In 1536 the Queen was indicted of high treason, and on 19th May
of the same year she was beheaded. Some of the books bearing
Queen Anne Bullen's arms form part of the old Royal library in
the British Museum; the stamp is impressed in blind, without
gold, and with it is often associated one or other of the panel
stamps having the coat-of-arms of Henry VIII.
[Illustration]
ANNE OF DENMARK, QUEEN CONSORT OF JAMES I.
_Arms._--A cross gu., surmounted of another arg. _Frederick II._, King
of Denmark and Norway.
Dexter canton: Or, semé of hearts ppr., 3 lions passant
guardant az., crowned or. _Denmark._
Sinister canton: Gu., a lion rampant, crowned or, holding in
his paws a battle-axe arg. _Norway._
Dexter base: Az., 3 crowns ppr. _Sweden._
Sinister base: Or, 9 hearts, 4, 3, and 2, gu., in chief a lion
passant guardant az. _Gothes._
In base: Gu., a wyvern, wings expanded and tail nowed or. _The
Vandals._
An escutcheon of Pretence, quarterly;
1. Or, 2 lions passant guardant az. _Sleswick._
2. Gu., an inescutcheon having a nail fixed in every point
thereof in triangle, between as many holly leaves, all arg.
_Holstein._
3. Gu., a swan, wings close arg. _Stormer._
4. Az., a chevalier armed at all points, brandishing his
sword, his helmet plumed, upon a courser arg., trapped or.
_Ditzmers._
Over the whole an inescutcheon per pale--
Dexter: Az., a cross formée fitchée or. _Dalmenhurst._
Sinister: Or, 2 bars gu. _Oldenburg._
_Motto._--LA MIA GRANDEZZA VIENE DAL ECCELSO.
[PLUTARCH. _Les Œuvres morales de Plutarque._
Paris, 1588.]
Anne of Denmark (born 12th December 1574, died 1619), Queen
Consort of James I., King of England, Scotland, France, and
Ireland, was the daughter of Frederick II., King of Denmark and
Norway. The alliance between the Danish Princess and James VI.
of Scotland was not agreeable to Queen Elizabeth, but in spite
of her opposition the marriage took place in 1589 at Upslo. In
1590 the king and queen returned to Scotland, and in 1603, on
the death of Queen Elizabeth, they came to England.
Queen Anne was a great patron of Progresses, Pageants, and
Masques, and is said to have been a beautiful dancer. She was
very extravagant, and incurred much censure for running into
debt, although her allowances were very liberal. At one period
Queen Anne was suspected of leanings towards the Roman Catholic
religion. She objected to the marriage, ultimately of the
greatest importance, of her daughter Elizabeth to Frederick V.,
Elector Palatine of the Rhine, on the ground that his position
was not high enough, but she attended the marriage in 1612.
Several of her books are among the old Royal collection
presented to the British Museum in 1757.
[Illustration]
ANNE, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND
_First Coat-of-Arms_
1. _Arms._--Within the Garter. Quarterly.
1st and 4th grand quarters; quarterly; France and England.
2nd grand quarter; Scotland.
3rd grand quarter; Ireland.
As used by James I. (q.v.).
Used from 8th March 1702 until 6th March 1706.
[BIANCHINI. _De Kalendario et Cyclo Cæsaris._
Romae, 1703.]
[Illustration]
_Second Coat-of-Arms_
2. _Arms._--Within the Garter. Quarterly.
1st and 4th grand quarters, impaled.
Dexter: England.
Sinister: Scotland.
2nd grand quarter; France.
3rd grand quarter; Ireland.
Colours as used by James I. (q.v.).
Used from 6th March 1706 until 1st August 1714.
_Crest._--A Royal Crown ppr., thereon a lion statant guardant or,
crowned ppr.
_Supporters._--Lion and unicorn.
_Motto._--SEMPER EADEM.
_Badges._--Tudor rose and Thistle.
[ENGLAND. _Laws._ 1702.]
[Illustration]
The Royal name ensigned with a Royal Crown, and the motto "VIVAT
REGINA" upheld by two cherubs.
[EUCLID. _Elements._ Oxford, 1703.]
[Illustration]
The Royal Monogram ensigned with a Royal Crown.
[OVERBECK.
_Reliq. Ant. Romae._
Amst., 1708.]
Queen Anne (born 10th May 1655, died 1st August 1714) was
the second daughter of James II. and Anne Hyde, daughter of
Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon. She succeeded her cousin,
William III., on the throne of England in 1702. Queen Anne was
the last of the Stuart line to occupy the throne of England.
The first coat-of-arms used by Queen Anne was the same as that
generally used by her predecessor, but without the arms of
Nassau, that is to say, first and fourth grand quarters, France
and England quarterly; second grand quarter, Scotland; and
third grand quarter, Ireland. In 1702 a notice was published
in the _London Gazette_ to the effect that "wheresoever there
shall be occasion to embroider, depict, grave, carve, or paint
Her Majesty's Royal Arms with a motto, this Motto following,
_viz_. SEMPER EADEM, is to be used" (23rd December). It will be
remembered that this motto had been previously used by Queen
Elizabeth.
The Legislative Union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland
took place on Thursday, 6th March 1706, when the royal assent
was given to the Act. A change in the Royal coat-of-arms took
place in consequence of this Act, and for the remainder of the
reign of Queen Anne (1706-1714) the first and fourth grand
quarters contained the coats of England and Scotland impaled,
in the manner used to denote husband and wife; the second grand
quarter, France; and the third grand quarter, Ireland. Besides
the coat-of-arms, the crowned initials and name of Queen
Anne were frequently stamped upon her books, and some of her
book-stamps appear to have been designed by foreigners.
Queen Anne's books came to the British Museum with the rest of
the old Royal Library of England in 1757.
[Illustration]
ASTLE, THOMAS
_Arms._--Az., a cinquefoil erm., a bordure engrailed of the second.
_Astle._
_Crest._--On a chapeau, a plume of five feathers in a case arg. banded
gu., and environed with a ducal coronet or.
[Collection of miscellaneous MSS. Stowe, 516.]
Thomas Astle (born 22nd December 1735, died 1st December 1803)
was a book collector and antiquary, and a native of Yoxall in
Staffordshire. In 1783 he was appointed Keeper of the Records
in the Tower of London, where his literary tastes stood him in
good stead, and he edited and indexed the treasures which were
under his care with energy and success; he was also a Trustee
of the British Museum.
Astle wrote several important works; perhaps the most useful
of them are the Catalogue of the MSS. in the Cottonian
Library, and a treatise on the Origin and Progress of Writing.
His printed books now belong to the library of the Royal
Institution, and his collection of Manuscripts is kept at the
British Museum. This important collection belonged successively
to the Marquis of Buckingham at Stowe, and then to the Earl of
Ashburnham, who sold it in 1883 to the Trustees of the British
Museum.
Mr. Astle was a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society
of Antiquaries.
[Illustration]
AYLMER, MATTHEW, 1ST BARON AYLMER
_Arms._--Arg., a cross sa., between four Cornish Choughs of the second.
_Aylmer._
_Coronet._--That of a Baron.
_Motto._--STEADY.
[BURNET. _History of the Reformation._ London, 1681.]
Matthew Aylmer (born 1660 (?), died 18th August 1720) was a
sailor who took part in the Battle of La Hogue. He subsequently
became Rear-Admiral of Great Britain and Governor of Chelsea
Hospital. In 1718 he was created Baron Aylmer of Balrath in
Meath.
[Illustration]
BACON, FRANCIS, BARON VERULAM AND VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS
_Crest._--A boar passant erm., armed and hoofed or, a crescent for
difference. _Bacon._
[BACON. _Novum Organum._ Londini, 1620.]
[University Library, Cambridge.]
Francis Bacon (born 22nd January 1561, died 9th April 1626) was
a son of Sir Nicolas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Seals to Queen
Elizabeth. He went to Cambridge at the age of thirteen and
studied law.
In 1595 he was elected Member of Parliament for Middlesex,
but presently fell upon evil times and, among other troubles,
managed to offend the Queen by some of his writings. James
I., however, restored him to Royal favour. In 1619 he became
Lord Chancellor, and shortly afterwards was created Baron
Verulam and Viscount St. Albans. Bacon's enemies presently
prevailed against him again, and his own malpractices with
regard to various judicial matters gave them the opportunity
of ruining him. In spite of the king's favour and efforts in
his behalf, in 1621 Bacon was ordered to pay a fine of £40,000
for his misdeeds; he was adjudged to be incapable of sitting
in Parliament or to accept any public office under the Crown,
neither was he to be permitted to live in any place where the
Royal Court might be. He was, moreover, condemned to be kept a
prisoner in the Tower of London during the king's pleasure.
In 1625, when Charles I. came to the throne of England, all
these judgments were reversed and Bacon was rehabilitated, but
did not live much longer to enjoy his honours.
[Illustration]
BAGOT, RT. HON. SIR CHARLES, KNIGHT
_Arms._--Erm., two chevrons az. _Bagot._
_Crest._--Out of an heraldic coronet, a goat's head ar., attired or.
_Helmet._--That of a Knight.
_Decoration._--The collar and badge of a Knight Grand Cross (civil) of
the Order of the Bath, with the motto "TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO."
_Legend._--THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR CHARLES BAGOT.
[CARY. _Memoirs._ Edinburgh, 1808.]
Sir Charles Bagot (born 23rd September 1781, died 19th May
1843) was the second son of William, first Baron Bagot, who for
many years represented Stafford in the House of Commons.
Sir Charles had an important political and diplomatic career;
he was a Privy Councillor and a Knight Grand Cross of the
Order of the Bath. In 1807 he was Under-Secretary of State for
Foreign affairs, and acted as Minister Plenipotentiary both to
France and to the United States of America.
In 1841 Sir Charles Bagot was governor of Canada, and at
different times he held the posts of Ambassador to Russia, the
Netherlands, and to Austria.
[Illustration]
BATEMAN, WILLIAM, VISCOUNT BATEMAN
_Arms._--On a fess sa., between three muscovy ducks ppr., a rose of the
field. _Bateman._ All within a fillet bearing the legend "TRIA JUNCTA
IN UNO," being the motto of the Order of the Bath; dependent from the
fillet is the badge of the same Order.
_Coronet._--That of a Viscount.
_Supporters._--Two lions rampant reguardant ppr., collared and chained
or.
_Motto._--NEC PRECE NEC PRETIO.
[MONDONVILLE. _Sonates._]
William Bateman (born circ. 1680, died December 1744) was the
son of Sir James Bateman, Lord Mayor of London in 1717.
Mr. Bateman was twice Member of Parliament for Leominster, and
in 1725 was created Viscount Bateman in the Peerage of Ireland.
In 1731 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Bath.
[Illustration]
BAYNTUN, WILLIAM
_Arms._--Impaled.
Dexter: Sa., a bend lozengy arg. _Bayntun._
Sinister: Gu., a fess dancetty between three cross crosslets
fitchée or. _Gore._
_Crest._--A griffin's head erased sa., beaked or.
_Legend._--SIGIL GUL BAYNTUN.
[ENGLAND. _Statuta in Parlameto, etc._ London, 1504.]
Probably the arms of William Bayntun, who was Consul-General at
Algiers in the latter half of the eighteenth century. His son
Henry became an Admiral and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order
of the Bath in 1839.
[Illustration]
BEATON, JAMES, ARCHBISHOP OF GLASGOW
_Arms._--On a Bishop's cross. Quarterly, first and fourth, arg., a fess
between three mascles or; second and third arg., a chevron sa., charged
with an otter's head erased of the first. _Beaton._ At the base of the
shield, the fish of Glasgow holding a ring in its mouth.
_Motto._--FERENDVM VT VINCAS.
_Legend._--IACOBVS A BETOVN ARCHIEPISCOPVS GLASGVENSIS 1576.
[_Hours of the Diocese of Salisbury._ 1526.]
James Beaton (born 1517, died 1603) was a son of John Beaton of
Balfour, Fife. He was a man of high character and much esteemed
both in Scotland and in France, where circumstances caused
him to spend a considerable portion of his life. Beaton acted
as Ambassador from Scotland at the French Court, and lived in
Paris at the Scots College, an Institution of which he was
very proud, and to which he bequeathed the greater part of his
fortune.
Beaton also took a leading part in the politics of his time,
and was a staunch friend to Mary Queen of Scots. In 1552 he
was, in Paris, consecrated Archbishop of Glasgow, and he also
held several important ecclesiastical preferments in France.
[Illustration]
BENNET, HENRY, EARL OF ARLINGTON
_Arms._--Within the Garter. Gu., a bezant between three demi lions
rampant arg. _Bennet._
_Coronet._--That of an Earl.
[_Hist. del Ministerio del Card. Guilio Mazarino._
Colonia, 1669.]
Henry Bennet (born 1618, died 20th July 1685) was the second
son of Sir John Bennet of Dawley in Middlesex. He was an
excellent scholar and linguist, and a skilled diplomatist,
especially in foreign affairs, but his standard of political
morality does not appear to have been a very high one.
Bennet was a favourite of Charles II. for a long time, and
the king honoured him highly. He was made Keeper of the Privy
Purse, and Secretary of State in 1662; next year he was
created Baron Arlington. In 1672 he was made a Knight of the
Garter and Earl of Arlington, in 1674 Lord Chamberlain of the
Household, and in 1675 a Lord of the Admiralty.
Arlington was a member of the Cabal Ministry; in 1674 he was
impeached for his promotion of popery, breach of trust, and
other misdeeds, but the vote of censure was lost. In 1674 he
sold his secretaryship to Sir Joseph Williamson, and retired,
more or less in disgrace, to his estate at Euston in Suffolk,
where he had built a splendid house. Here he died in 1685.
[Illustration]
BERKELEY, ROBERT
_Arms._--Quarterly.
1st and 4th; gu., a chevron between 10 cinquefoils ar.
_Berkeley._
2nd and 3rd; gu., a lion rampant arg., ducally crowned or.
_Hayward._
_Crest._--A bear's head couped arg., muzzled gu.
_Helmet._--That of an Esquire.
[POLANO. _The Historie of the Council of Trent._
London, 1620.]
Robert Berkeley (born 1713, died 20th December 1804) was a son
of Thomas Berkeley of Spetchley in Worcestershire. He wrote
several anonymous treatises, both political and theological,
on questions of his time. He married three times but left no
issue. Thomas Phillips wrote his _Life of Cardinal Pole_ while
he was chaplain at Spetchley.
[Illustration]
BLUNDELL, HENRY
_Crest._--A squirrel sejant gu., collared and holding a nut or.
_Blundell._
_Motto._--AGE QUOD AGIS.
_Initials._--H. B. (Henry Blundell).
[_Engravings and etchings of the Principal Statues, etc., in the
collection of Henry Blundell, Esq., at Nice._ 1809.]
Henry Blundell (born 1723, died 1810), of Nice-Blundell in
Lancashire, was the son of Robert Blundell of Nice. He was
a noted collector of works of art and an antiquary of some
repute. His contributions to literature are accounts of his own
collections, and are illustrated with fine engravings.
Blundell was a friend of the antiquary and collector Charles
Towneley of Towneley Hall, also in Lancashire, and it is
probable that his archæological tastes were largely fostered by
this friendship. Towneley certainly suggested the production of
Blundell's catalogues.
[Illustration]
BOOTHBY, SIR BROOKE, BART.
_Arms._--Ar., on a canton sa., a lion's gamb erased erect or.
_Boothby._ In the centre of the shield an inescutcheon arg., bearing
the Ulster hand gu.
_Crest._--A lion's gamb erased erect or.
_Helmet._--That of an Esquire.
[WILLIAMS. _Antichrist._ London, 1660.]
[Illustration]
_Crest._--A lion's gamb erased erect or. On an escutcheon arg., pendent
from a branch, the Ulster hand gu., the badge of a Baronet.
[CAMPANELLA. _A discourse touching the Spanish Monarchy._
London.]
Sir Brooke Boothby, 7th Baronet (born 1743, died 1824), was the
eldest son of Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet, of Ashbourne
Hall, Derbyshire.
Sir Brooke was the author of several political treatises and
miscellaneous works, many of which are in verse. He belonged
to the literary circles of his time, and spent some time in
France, where he is said to have enjoyed the friendship of
Rousseau.
[Illustration]
BOSCAWEN, HUGH, VISCOUNT FALMOUTH
_Arms._--Erm., a rose gu., barbed and seeded ppr. _Boscawen._
[SETTLE. _Rebellion display'd._ London, 1715.]
Hugh Boscawen of Tregothnen, Cornwall (born 1680 (?), died 25th
October 1734), was a noted whig politician. He represented
successively, Tregony, Cornwall, Truro, and Penryn, following
in the footsteps of his father, Edward Boscawen, who had also
been a member of Parliament for a long time.
In 1720 Boscawen was created Viscount Falmouth, and he held the
appointments of Comptroller of the Household, Vice-Treasurer of
Ireland, and Warden of the Stanneries, besides others of lesser
note. He was also a member of the Privy Council.
[Illustration]
BOURCHIER, RACHEL, COUNTESS OF BATH
_Arms._--Impaled.
Dexter: Arg., a cross engrailed gu., between four water bougets
sa. _Bourchier._
Sinister: Arg., three dexter gauntlets, backs affrontées or.
_Fane._
_Coronet._--That of an Earl.
_Mottoes._--BON TEMPS VIENDRA.
NE VILE FANO.
NON EST MORTALE QVOD OPTO.
SEMPER EADEM.
_Legend._--EX DONO RACHAEL COMITISSÆ BATHON DOTARE AN. DOM. MDCLXX.
[_Symbolarum in Matthaeum Tom. I., etc._ Tolosae, 1646.]
Rachael Fane (born 1613, died 11th November 1680) was the
daughter of Francis Fane, first Earl of Westmorland. In 1638
she married (1) Henry Bourchier, 6th Earl of Bath, and (2)
Lionel Cranfield, 3rd Earl of Middlesex, retaining, however,
her precedency as Countess of Bath by Royal Warrant.
The earliest English lady's armorial book-plate belonged to
Lady Bath, and was similar to the book-stamp illustrated
herewith.
[Illustration]
BRIDGMAN, SIR ORLANDO, BART.
_Arms._--Sa., ten plates, four, three, two, and one; on a chief arg., a
lion passant erm. _Bridgman._
_Crest._--A demi lion rampant arg., holding between the paws a garland
of laurel ppr.
[LAURI. _Antiquae urbis Splendor._ Romae, 1612.]