ep-06 Issue - The Heraldry Society

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THE HERALDRY
GAZETTE
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
OF THE HERALDRY SOCIETY
REGISTERED AT STATIONERS HALL
NEW SERIES 108
June 2008
The arms of the Association of British Neurologists - see page 6
To contact the Membership Secretary, Ingrid Phillips, write to: PO Box 772, Guildford GU3 3ZX
phone: 01483 237373
email: memsec@theheraldrysociety.com
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HERALDRY and
FRANCISCAN ACADEME
by
Mark Turnham Elvins
Robert de Turnham came from a younger branch of
the Turnhams of Thurnham, a village high up on the
North Downs of Kent. The Turnhams were connected
to the infamous Ranulph de Broc who put up the four
knights to murder Thomas Becket in 1170.
Coincidentally the Pilgrims’ Way passed right under
the brow of Thurnham Castle where the head of the
family held court and must have been witness to a
constant stream of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury
to visit the shrine of the martyred Archbishop. In 1224
nine Franciscan friars landed on Dover beach led by
Blessed Agnellus of Pisa they had come at the behest
of St. Francis and walked to Canterbury to found the
first Franciscan friary.
Blessed Agnellus of Pisa went on to Oxford where
he founded the first Oxford house and by 1230 set up
schools in theology. The Franciscan house, known as
Greyfriars, had a formative influence on the new
university attracting such scholars as Roger Bacon,
Duns Scotus, Alexander of Hales and William of
Occam, who all became members of the Order. The
first Warden of the Oxford Greyfriars was William of
Esseby who had travelled there with Blessed Agnellus
of Pisa in 1224. In 1230 the friars having also reached
Cambridge set up schools in theology there as well,
the first Warden being Richard of Ingworth who had
also travelled with Blessed Agnellus of Pisa.
Meanwhile the aforementioned Robert de Turnham
had joined the Order and served as Guardian of Lynn
Friary in Norfolk from 1230 to 1232. In 1232 he was
made the second Warden of the Cambridge Greyfriars
where he remained until 1250. His family arms (fig.1)
were those born by Stephen de Turnham, as Treasurer
to King Richard I on the Third Crusade, who was
probably his uncle.
This Robert devised the first coat of arms for the
Cambridge Greyfriars known as the Arma Christi being
the fabulous arms as ascribed to Christ (fig.2). These
arms depict the symbols of the Passion as found on
the seal of the Cambridge Greyfriars with the kneeling
figure of friar Robert de Turnham in the base. The seal
matrix was found at Cambridge in 1819 and was dated
around 1240 (Archaeologia XXViii.462), although wax
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Fig 1
Fig 2
impressions have been made alas the actual matrix is
now missing. Although the Cambridge Greyfriars was
dissolved along with other religious houses in 1538
the new foundation of Sydney Sussex which occupies
the site bears the arms of the old Cambridge Greyfriars
on its walls.
The Oxford Greyfriars in pre-Reformation times had
a non armorial seal of a lamb, being a pun and the
meaning of the name of Agnellus the founder. This in
turn was dissolved along with the other religious
houses but was revived in 1905 by the Capuchin
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branch of the Franciscan Order. In 1957 Oxford
University conferred the status of a Permanent Private
Hall on the new Greyfriars which was granted arms in
1958. Alas this new Oxford Greyfiars is to be
dissolved, but not before the last Warden, a kinsman of
Robert de Turnham of the Cambridge Greyfriars, has
taken the opportunity of impaling his arms with those
of the University Hall (fig.3.).
Fig 3 Arms of Mark Turnham Elvins as Warden of
Greyfriars Hall
Friar Robert de Turnham from a window in Thurnham
parish church
BATH HERALDRY DAY
30th August 2008
A SPECIAL EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE CITY OF BATH HERALDIC SOCIETY
What better way to celebrate the Society’s Diamond Jubilee than to spend a day enjoying the wealth
of interesting Heraldry to be seen in Bath? Two morning tours will be arranged so that you can choose
to see either the Guildhall and the Civic Heraldry of Bath, or the religious and memorial Heraldry in Bath
Abbey.
In the afternoon there will be two interesting talks which will complement the morning’s activities.
Michael Messer, a Bath resident and long time Society Member, will talk on the arms of the City of Bath,
and Stephen Slater (author of the “The Complete Book of Heraldry”) will talk on the Heraldry of the High
Vault of Bath Abbey.
Coffee on arrival and tea before leaving will be supplied by the Society but visitors are free to lunch in
one of Bath’s many restaurants or to bring sandwiches which can be eaten in our meeting hall at the
Manvers Street Baptist Church, close to Bath Spa station.
The cost of the day will be £10 and places will be limited so please book early. The booking form
can be printed out from the Society’s website:
www.bath-heraldry.org.uk
or, non computer users could telephone Roland Symons on 01225 837308 to request one.
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The GONESTON-CARLELL
HATCHMENT
by
Cecil Humphery-Smith
An invitation some years ago to restore a
hatchment from Whitstable parish church was by no
means the first I had received. It proved to be, perhaps,
the most difficult one. The hatchment is more than
four square feet and some three hundred years old,
painted on heavily worm holed pear wood. Taking it
home for safety, I got down to carefully removing the
grime of centuries and cleaning the board. The frame
had been filled with gesso and gilded. Both were
much decayed. The painting of the arms was flaking,
the lettering perished in poor shape and the boarding
cracked because of prolonged exposure to damp.
Disturbing as little as possible of the original, treating
and filling each hole, touching up the painting with
matching colours, re-gilding, writing over the lettering
and carefully varnishing was a labour of love that took
several months to complete. After varnishing, I came
down next morning to find the whole board looking
like the top of a pepper pot. The varnish had soaked
through the paste that I had used to fill in the wood
worm holes, and I had to start again!
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Here are my findings.
The board records the burial of “Edward Goneston,
Clerk and Margaret, his wife and of Thomas, son of
William Carlell gent. by the same Margaret daughter
of Richard Gaunt gent”. Thomas died 14th June 1686
aged 67.
Edward Goneston was a graduate of Jesus College,
Cambridge, Vicar of Seasalter, Kent in 1611 and priest
in charge of Whitstable in 1643. He does not appear
to have been armigerous though there are some
possibilities in Harleian Manuscripts 1,541 folio 2;
1,542 folio 237b; Additional Manuscript 14,307 folio
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Margaret was evidently an heraldic heiress for Barry
Or and Azure, a Bend Vairy Argent and Gules for
GAUNT of Canterbury is quartered with Or, a Cross
flory Gules for CARLELL. Margaret married William
Carlell at St Peter’s Canterbury on 24th May 1612 and
Thomas Carlell was baptised there on 24th August
1617. William was the son of Jonathan Carlell of
Barham, Kent by his second wife Parnel, daugher of
Edward MARYWETHER. Jonathan had previously been
married to Sir Thomas HONEYWOOD’s sister Margaret,
his father being the Revd Christopher Carlell, a Fellow
of Clare and Master of the Jesus College Grammar
School. Christopher Carlell had become rector of
Hackney in 1571 until his death in 1588 but was living
in Monks Horton, Kent in 1561, his wife being Jane,
daughter of Sir Jacob HALES and widow of Sir Walter
MANTEL of that place. The identity of the wife of
Thomas, represented by Azure, a double-headed Eagle
displayed Or, is not given on the board or elsewhere in
the church at Whitstable and remains a matter for
speculation and, ultimately, genealogical research.
Papworth ‘s Ordinary of British Armorials, 1874,
identifies several possibilities, most easily eliminated.
Possibly the arms can be identified to represent LYDE
whose entry appears in Harleian Manuscript 1476,
folio 280.
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THE ORDER OF THE GARTER
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
following to the Most Noble Order of the Garter:
H R H P R IN C E W I L L I A M A R T H U R P H I L I P L O U I S OF
WALES
ARMS: The Royal Arms of Queen Elizabeth II
differenced by a Label of three points Argent charged
in the centre point with an Escallop Gules.
CREST: Upon a Coronet composed of crosses paty and
strawberry leaves altemating with fleurs de lis a lion
statant gardant crowned with a like coronet and
differenced with a like label.
SUPPORTERS: Dexter a Lion gardant Or crowned as
the lion in the crest and sinister a unicorn Argent
armed crined and unguled Or gorged with a coronet as
in the crest a chain affixed thereto passing between
the forelegs and reflexed over the back of the last both
supporters differenced by a like label.
LORD LUCE (arms granted 29 July 1999)
ARMS: Gules two Lucies naiant in pale and on a Chief
Or a Key fesswise the wards to the dexter Gules
between two Martlets Sable
CREST: Upon a Helm with a Wreath Or and Gules
Within a Circlet of Plumbago flowers (Plumbago
auriculata) a Mute Swan naiant proper gorged with a
Chain pendant therefrom a Portcullis Or
MOTTO: FIAT LUX
SIR THOMAS DUNNE (arms granted 17 July 1996)
ARMS: Sable a Wolf rampant holding between the
forepaws a Bottle Or the Label Sable on a Chief
dancetty of three points downwards Or two Pears
bendwise slipped and leaved Sable
CREST: Upon a Helm with a Wreath of the Colours a
Rose Or the stalk Sable entwining and encircling a
cluster of snakes [the] heads upwards Or
MOTTO: HONORA OMNES
The editor is indebted to Mr Patric Dickinson,
Richmond Herald of Arms and Secretary to the Most
Noble Order of the Garter, for the heraldic information
shewn above.
two tours of the
college of arms
Monday 17 and
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Our Chairman, David White, Somerset Herald, will be
hosting two evening tours of the College of Arms this
autumn in aid of the John Brooke-Little Memorial
Fund. Both tours will start at 6.30 and last until about
7.50, the large majority of the time to be spent looking
at manuscripts in the College’s Record Room. A
reception with finger buffet and wine will be held
after each tour in the College’s Waiting Room. Cost:
£35 per head. Somerset is giving his time free so it is
hoped that these two events will make a significant
contribution to the J B-L Fund. There is a limit of 20
people per tour so they will be open only to Members
with one guest each. It is advisable to book early. For
tickets please send a cheque payable to the Heraldry
Society to the Membership Secretary specifying your
choice of date.
The deadline for contributions to the next Gazette is 1st August
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arms of THE ASSOCIATION OF
BRITISH NEUROLOGISTS
by
Dr Colin Mumford DM FRCP FRCPE
The Association of British Neurologists is the
professional organisation responsible for the delivery
of neurological medicine in the British Isles. Its aim is
to improve the health and well-being of people with
neurological disorders by advancing the knowledge
and practice of neurology. Founded in 1932, it
celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2007, and elected to
mark this point in its history by petitioning the College
of Arms for a grant of armorial bearings.
The arms (illustrated on the front page) were
granted in January 2007, and included all the
components of a full heraldic achievement. Patric
Dickinson, Richmond Herald, attended the spring
meeting of the Association at Homerton College,
Cambridge, on 12th April 2007 and presented the
framed illuminated letters patent.
The blazon is: Per pale glues and azure three
chevronels argent over all a pile throughout or on a
chief per pale azure and gules three chess rooks or.
And for the crest out of a crown rayonny or a demi
unicorn argent armed maned tufted and unguled or.
Supporters were granted: On the dexter a
hippocampus azure and on the sinister a hippocampus
gules each holding with the tail a Rod of Aesculapius
or the serpent vert.
The Association was also assigned a badge: Within
an annulet irradiated a chess rook or.
The symbolism of the arms makes numerous
references to the practice of neurology in Britain. On
the shield itself, the background colours of red, white
and blue are an immediate link to the British Isles.
Superimposed on these colours, the main heraldic
charges are a pile, which overlies three chevronels. This
provides a heraldic allusion to the anatomical
appearance of the lower end of the spinal cord and the
nerve roots which descend from it, said to look like the
tail of a horse, and described anatomically as the
“cauda equina”.
The chief takes the colours of the shield, but
counterchanges them. This makes reference to the
neurological phenomenon of “pyramidal decussation”;
i.e. recognises the fact that the right side of the brain
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controls the left side of the body, and vice versa. The
heraldic chess rooks are used as an allusion to the
intellectual complexity of neurological practice.
The crest is a unicorn. In mythical legend the
unicorn carried healing powers in its horn. This
heraldic beast emerges from a crown rayonny. The
alternating straight and wavy components of the
crown
make
graphic
reference
to
the
electroencephalogram in some types of epilepsy,
which is technically described as having a “spike and
wave” appearance.
For the Association’s badge, the geometrical
pattern of the crown rayonny is extended into an
annulet irradiated. Within this annulet is placed a
single chess rook taken from the arms, so providing an
uncluttered yet striking badge.
Two sea-horses were adopted as supporters for the
arms. On the undersurface of each temporal lobe of
the brain is an area referred to as the “hippocampus”.
The heraldic blazon therefore gives an immediate
reference to this aspect of neuroanatomy. Finally each
sea horse uses its tail to hold a Rod of Aesculapius, the
universal symbol for the practice of medicine in
general.
The motto: “Primum Omnium Cerebrum”, lends
itself to a number of different possible interpretations.
Perhaps the simplest and most appropriate is “Above
all, the brain”.
The badge of the Association
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The new LORD LYON
He qualified as a solicitor in 1966. After two years as
a legal assessor with the Scottish Land Court, he
taught in the Faculty of Law at the University of
Edinburgh. He is now an honorary fellow of the
Faculty. He is joint author of the Saltire Society's
Scottish Legal Tradition (1991), and has written on the
history of various branches of Scots law, including
marriage, divorce, incest, homicide and unjust
enrichment. He has published on the Lordship of the
Isles and on the origins of many Highland families,
including the Campbells, MacDonalds, MacDougalls,
MacLeods, Lamonts, MacNeills and Nicolsons.
He was O'Donnell Lecturer (in Celtic Studies) at
Edinburgh in 1985, Stair Society Lecturer in 1997 and
a Rhind Lecturer in 2000. He has been a Member of
the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland, VicePresident of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland,
The official arms of Lord Lyon Sellar painted by Mark
Literary Director of the Stair Society, Chairman of
Dennis
Council of the Scottish History Society and Chairman
From The Scottish Government 07/03/2008:
of the Conference of Scottish Medievalists. He has also
The Queen has been pleased, on the
served on the Council of the Scottish Genealogy
recommendation of the First Minister, to appoint Mr
Society and of the Heraldry Society of Scotland. He
William David Hamilton Sellar, Solicitor, to be Lord
was appointed Bute Pursuivant of Arms in 2001.
Lyon King of Arms.
The appointment followed public advertisement of
Mr Sellar succeeds Robin Blair, LVO, WS who has
the post and a selection board met to interview a
held the office of Lord Lyon since 2001.
short-list of candidates and provide a recommendation
Her Majesty is also to appoint Mr Sellar to be
to the First Minister.
Secretary of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order
of the Thistle.
Mr Sellar qualified as a solicitor in 1966. After two
years with the Scottish Land Court, he joined the
Faculty of Law at the University of Edinburgh where he
is now an Honorary Fellow.
The Lord Lyon has both administrative and judicial
functions. The administrative functions include the
granting of armorial bearings to individual persons
and corporations. The Lord Lyon's judicial functions
include ruling on who has the right to bear an existing
coat of arms, and the authorisation of matriculations
of differenced Arms. The post is part time - three days
a week, with a salary range of £56,000 - £78,500 pro
rata.
The Lord Lyon is appointed by Her Majesty The
Queen under section 3 of the Lyon King of Arms
(Scotland) Act 1867. The Office of the Lord Lyon is
situated in New Register House, Edinburgh.
David Sellar, aged 67, is a graduate of the
Mr William David Hamilton Sellar
Universities of Oxford (History) and Edinburgh (Law).
Lord Lyon King of Arms
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correspondence
An Exchange of Letters
died in that year, but bears no similarity to the arms of
either of his two wives (from the families Daniel and
Dingley).
Rather than a floppy gauntlet, I thought these
devices looked like sawn-off tree-trunks eradicated. A
friend has suggested they might be lions’ gambs.
Perhaps they are supposed to be whole lions, if one
follows Sir Colin Cole? This particular shield has
suffered in accuracy anyway, perhaps from the original
plasterer and certainly from subsequent painters. The
middle “device” is hard to see at all since it has been
virtually painted out compared to its argent
companions, and the gold raindrops heading in
various directions are best not commented upon
further. The field is more or less black (perhaps
originally vert?) with the central “device” a dark greyblue. The riband is gules.
I am replying to Michael Holmes' Letter in the
March 2008 "Heraldry Gazette" in which he says 'It
is time to stop and consider what should be the proper
purpose in granting Arms at the present day and
whether they should be less easily obtained'. To follow
the injunction here might be economic suicide for the
heralds as they depend for some of their income on
the grants and to reduce the flow of these would
demean both the heralds and the support of their
magnificent building and records.
Further I would cheerfully revert to the days when,
a mere two decades ago, a seal was supposed to be
affixed to all land transactions. While this was more
honoured in the breach than the observance, the
massive expansion in property owners, and tenants
with written leases, in the last century could have led
to a massive expansion in those requiring arms to put
on seals. This exemplifies the principle that arms
belonged to those with estates in land and that, far
from being less easily obtained, they should have been
more easily obtained. The regret, of course, is that the
requirement for seals was abolished around 1990.
I enjoy heraldry; I like the colour and the show and
the modicum of history. I see no reason why others
If anyone has any ideas about what this shield is
should not share this. I am not in favour for one supposed to be in heraldic terms, and even better if
moment of making arms 'less easily obtained'.
they can suggest a possible armiger, I would be
Tim Powys-Lybbe delighted to hear from them.
Melvyn Jeremiah
A strange device
Papal Hatchment?
I was most interested to read the account of the
strange device on a shield in Kempsford Church, which
Sir Colin Cole identified as a lion rampant [Arline
Fisher, Kempsford Church].
A somewhat similar device, though this time in
triplicate, appears on a shield that I have failed to
identify so far. I came across it whilst surveying the
domestic heraldry in Loseley Park, an Elizabethan
house in Guildford, at the request of the present owner
whose ancestor built it. As might be expected, most of
the shields can be traced to his forebears on various
sides of the family. However, this one stumped me.
This letter is accompanied by an admittedly poor
photograph of the shield, which is part of a piece of
plasterwork frieze likely to be pre-1600 in origin. It is
accompanied by a shield belonging to someone who
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On a visit to Menton in the ancient County of Nice
this Winter, I observed hanging outside the Cathedral
of Saint Michel an oval panel which is surely a
hatchment for the late Karol Józef Wojtyłas Pope John
Paul II (1978-2005). It put me in mind of two slides
which I found in Marian Miles' collection showing the
arms of the late Archbishop Michael Gonzi of Malta
(died 1984), evidently in different Maltese locations
but in a similar format. I wonder if this represents a
modern or surviving funerary custom in the Catholic
Church. More examples would be appreciated.
Andrew Gray
Illustrations appear on the opposite page.
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Wrong College
On p. 14 of the Heraldry Gazette new series no. 107
you have the announcement of the degree of MSt for
Jane Tunesi of Liongam. However you say she was at
St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, arms shown
correctly for the real College. As a member of the
intended College I feel I have to point out that we
spell it St. Catharine's with an a! Oxford has a St.
Catherine's, a college which once was the body of
non-collegiate students rather like Fitzwilliam,
Cambridge, but both have in modern times been
raised to full college status. We in St. Catharine's,
Cambridge, however date our foundation to 1473.
True, it was called St. Catherine's Hall at one stage on
some early documents but that spelling has not been
used for a long time I think.
Dr. Martin Stanton
I am sure I will not be the only Oxbridge member to
point out that Jane Tunesi is a graduate of St
Arine's College, Cambridge. The Oxford College
CathA
of which I am a graduate is St CathEErine's. (Sable, a
saltire ermine between four Catherine wheels or).
Martin Perkins
The arms of Pope John Paul II
(Karol Józef Wojtyla)
Apologies from a non-Oxbridge editor
Two representations of the arms of the late Archbishop Michael Gonzi of Malta
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HERALDRY OF NEW LIFE PEERS
by Peter Ll Gwynn-Jones CVO, Garter Principal King of Arms
Baron Truscott (Peter Derek Truscott) cr 2004 (Baron
Truscott, of St James's in the City of Westminster)
Arms: Sable two Pallets nebuly Argent between six pairs of
Keys bows interlaced the three in chief wards downwards
and outwards those in base wards upwards and outwards
Or
Crest: A demi double-headed Eagle displayed Sable
holding in each beak Or a Quill Argent spined Or
Supporters: On the dexter side a Bear Or gorged with a
Coronet Argent in the mouth a Rose Or slipped and leaved
Argent on the sinister a Lion Or gorged with a Coronet
Argent in the mouth a Sprig of Birch also Argent
Badge: A Sailfish embowed Argent issuing from the beak
a Line reflexed across the body Or
The Arms are based on those of
Exeter College, Oxford, which
have been blazoned as Argent two Bends nebuly within a Bordure Sable charged with
eight pairs of Keys endorsed and interlaced in the rings Or. Russia and England are
reflected in the Supporters, the grantee's wife being of Russian origin. Russia is again
reflected with the double-headed eagle and the Caribbean with the sailfish Badge.
Baron Rowe-Beddoe (David Sydney Rowe-Beddoe) cr 2006, Kt 2000, DL 2003 (Baron Rowe-Beddoe, of Kilgetty
in the County of Dyfed)
Arms: Gules Papillonny Or on a Pale Argent a Pallet Gules
Crest: A demi Roebuck Gules attired Or and supporting a
Welsh Triple Harp Or
Supporters: On either side a Dragon reguardant Gules
anciently crowned and gorged with a plain Collar
attached thereto a Chain reflexed over the back Or
Badge: Two Welsh Triple Harps addorsed each front pillar
terminating in a Roebuck's Head Or
The grantee was Chairman of the Royal Welsh College of
Music and Drama. His connection with music and the
theatre is reflected in the Arms where the papillonny
suggests theatre seats, the pale and
pallet forming a central red-carpeted
aisle. The dragons and the Welsh
triple harps are an obvious allusion
to Wales and music with the roebuck
providing a pun on Rowe.
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Baron Clement-Jones (Timothy Francis Clement-Jones) cr 1998, CBE 1988 (Baron Clement-Jones, of Clapham in
the London Borough of Lambeth)
Arms: Sable an Orle fracted and there conjoined to two Chevronels
couped all per pale Or and Argent three Fleurs-de-Lys that in dexter
chief Argent that in sinister chief Or and that in base per pale
Argent and Or the Chevronels enclosing a Chevron couped per pale
Argent and Or
Crest: Upon a Helm with a Wreath Argent and Sable a Lion sejant
Sable grasping in the dexter forepaw a Fleur-de-Lys per pale Argent
and Or
These Armorial Bearings were granted with an extension of
limitation to be placed on a monument or otherwise displayed in
memory of his grandfather and to be borne and used by the
grantee and his descendants and the other descendants of his said
grandfather. The grantee's family had long used a chevron
between three fleurs-de-lys and the Crest of a demi lion rampant.
Being unable to prove entitlement to these Arms and Crest, it was
deemed desirable to have a new grant which demonstrates that the
chevron formation combined with fleurs-de-lys is still possible.
Similarly, the lion and fleurs-de-lys may be considered two charges heavily over used in the past. Nonetheless a
relatively simple Crest, combining these two charges, can be obtained.
Baron Crisp (Edmund Nigel Ramsay Crisp) cr 2006, KCB 2003 (Baron Crisp, of Eaglescliffe in the County of
Durham)
Arms: Argent three Piles issuing in base each per pale Azure
and Gules and terminating in a demi Eagle displayed also per
pale Azure and Gules beaked Or
Crest: Upon a Helm with a Wreath
Argent Gules and Azure a Caladrius
wings elevated and addorsed Argent
beaked and legged and supporting
with the dexter foot a demi Sun in
Splendour Or
Supporters: On the dexter a Dragon
reguardant Gules armed and gorged
with a Crown Rayonny Or on the
sinister a winged Unicorn reguardant Azure armed unguled
and gorged with a Crown Rayonny Or
Mantling: Party Gules and Azure lined Argent
Badge: A demi Dragon displayed Gules and conjoined in base
with a demi Dragon displayed and reversed Azure
The piles terminating in eagles refer to Eaglescliffe. The caladrius, notable for its healing properties, is an
allusion to the grantee's career culminating in his becoming Chief Executive of the National Health Service.
Bestiary writers state that the caladrius drew the sickness out of an invalid with its eyesight before flying up to
the sun where the heat consumed the disease and restored the patient to health. The caladrius is therefore
combined with a sun in the Crest. The unicorn is another creature reputed to have healing properties. The
dragons in the Supporters and Badge are a reference to the grantee's wife who has Welsh ancestry.
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Baron Walker of Aldringham (Michael John Dawson Walker) cr2006, GCB 2000, CMG 1997, CBE 1990 (Baron Walker of Aldringham,
of Aldringham in the County of Suffolk)
Arms: Per pale Azure and Gules an Orle fracted and there
conjoined to two Chevronels couped between four Acorns
slipped Or
Crest: Upon a Helm with a Wreath Or and Gules issuing from a
Mural Crown Or a Cocker Spaniel's Head Azure in the mouth
three Pheasant Feathers Or
Supporters: On either side a Helmeted Guinea Fowl Azure
beaked casqued and semy of Roundels Or the neck and wattles
Gules
Badge: Two Arms in Armour
embowed downwards and conjoined
at the shoulder Argent each hand
gauntleted and grasping a Rose Gules
barbed seeded slipped and leaved Or
The Arms are a variation on the chevronel and fracted orle
theme. They are combined with the acorn, the grantee being Governor of the Royal Chelsea Hospital which was
founded by Charles II and therefore associated with the acorn taken from Charles II's oak tree.
The guinea fowl reflects the grantee's childhood and association with Zimbabwe, formerly Southern Rhodesia.
His interest in shooting features in the Crest with a cocker spaniel's head and the pheasant feathers. The mural
crown is appropriate for a General in the Army.
The grantee's family have hitherto used an arm in armour grasping a rose. Two such arms have been conjoined
in the Badge to suggest the initial "W" for Walker.
Baron Dear (Geoffrey James Dear) cr 2006, Kt 1997, QPM 1982, DL 1985 (Baron Dear, of Willersey in the
County of Gloucestershire)
Arms: Quarterly embattled Argent and Azure in the second and
third quarters two Keys in saltire wards upwards and outwards
Or
Crest: A Stag courant Or attired Azure resting the dexter hind
hoof upon a Martlet wings elevated and addorsed also Azure
Supporters: On either side a Labrador Sable gorged with a plain
Collar attached thereto a Chain reflexed over the back Or
holding in the mouth a Snowdrop Argent slipped and leaved Or
Badge: Two Keys in saltire wards upwards and outwards Or
surmounted by a Labrador's Face Sable
The crossed keys are taken from the Arms of
Peterborough with which the grantee has a
long connection. The embattling, and
hence protection, reflects a career in the
police force. The labradors and snowdrops are personal preferences.
The stag was used as a device by a number of bodies associated with the County of
Huntingdon and has been combined with a martlet as an allusion to the grantee's wife's
maiden name of Martin. The design of this Crest was in some measure inspired by the flying horse and swallow
which was the most celebrated exhibit at the 1973 exhibition at the Royal Academy on "The Genius of China".
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the dering roll
The British Library is making considerable progress
with its campaign to save the Dering Roll. To date the
Library has received grants of £10,000 from both The
Friends of the National Libraries and The Friends of
the British Library along with a recent grant award of
£40,000 from the Art Fund. A further application for
funding has also been submitted to the National
Heritage Memorial Fund for a major grant to help save
this national treasure, on which a decision will be
made towards the end of May. Alongside this the
Library has received numerous individual donations
and pledges towards the appeal, which have made an
invaluable contribution, and provided a huge boost to
the Library’s fundraising efforts, showing the strength
of feeling and support towards the campaign to keep
the Dering Roll in the UK.
The deadline to secure the funding for the Dering
Roll has now been set at 19th July 2008. If you would
like to make a contribution to the Library’s campaign
please contact Gabbie Filmer-Pasco on Email:
gabrielle.filmer-pasco@bl.uk or Tel: 020 7412 7120, or
send your donation to Gabbie Filmer-Pasco at the
British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB,
cheques can be made payable to the British Library.
the society’s
heraldic weekend volunteer wanted
5th/7th September 2008
KNIGHTS and KNIGHTHOOD
The Congress Committee is pleased to announce that
at the time of writing, some 53 delegates have signed
up to attend the Heraldic Weekend at Fitzwilliam
College, Cambridge. The confirmed speakers so far
are: Peter Gwynn-Jones, Garter Principal King of Arms;
Sir Robert Balchin, Cecil Humphery-Smith, Dr Evelyn
Lord and Adrian Ailes.
The committee will be pleased to receive further
applications for attendance from the membership and
guests, although it would be helpful for administrative
purposes to receive any further bookings by Thursday,
31st July 2008.
We look forward to seeing you all at Fitzwilliam.
John and Jane Tunesi of Liongam
Congress Committee
Our Bookstall Manager Steve Coath is now having
to work late on a regular basis, which means he
cannot attend our monthly lecture evenings when
most bookstall activity takes place. We are grateful to
Steve for the great efforts he has made as Bookstall
Manager over the past three years. We are now
looking for a volunteer to replace him. The job consists
of operating the bookstall at lecture evenings and
dealing with orders for books and other merchandise
we offer for sale, primarily to members. We shall
shortly be upgrading this part of our website so that
orders can be placed through it. Steve has found it
essential to keep a small stock of the more frequently
requested items at home, so his successor will be
expected to do the same. He or she should also be
familiar with the internet, with a personal e-mail
address. If you feel you could manage this job and are
willing to do so, please contact the Hon.Secretary.
The deadline for contributions to the next Gazette is 1st August
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almanac of events
july
2 Norfolk
Heraldry from Foreign Parts
Ken Mourin
7 Lancashire
School Arms
Tony Consadine
17 Somerset
Visit to Knightshayes Court
31 Manchester
Visit: Manchester University
august
4 Lancashire
30 Bath
Book Review
All
Bath Heraldry Day
september
1 Lancashire
King Arthur and his Knights
John Mackie
5 Norfolk
Anne Boleyn - Her Family and Heraldry
Ron Fiske
5-7 Heraldry Society
The Heraldry Society Heraldic Weekend
17 Heraldry Society
The Heraldry of St Etheldreda, Ely Place
membership news
We welcome the following new members:
S Forrester
USA
D West
Surrey
G Lucki
Canada
F R Cole
Bristol
D Kenyon
Lancs
J Blundell
London
K D McKay
Scotland
M L Morrill
Cambridge
N Humphreys
Bristol
M Guest
Surrey
C Lane
West Sussex
Rev C Sterry,
Clitheroe
M Reames
Kent
Rt Rev K Routledge-Wilson
Notts
E F Hardy
Middlesex
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Malcolm Golin
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THE IMAGE LIBRARY
The image library gets Bigger and Better.
Anyone with an old printed catalogue of the
Society's Slide Collection should now throw it away!
Over the past few months substantial additions to
the library have been made, including collections from
the late Frank Smith and Marian Miles, and material
donated by John Titterton. The total now approaches
ten thousand items, with much more still to be
examined and catalogued. At the same time, the
classification has been reorganised, and large numbers
of duplicates dumped. The current catalogue is
available to search on the Society's website, under the
tab Resources - Artwork.
Anyone considering a presentation or publication
about heraldry would be well advised to trawl through
these lists. Members and sister societies may borrow
slides at no charge apart from postage costs, and for
any member who needs material for electronic
delivery, high-resolution scans in JPEG format can be
sent at no cost at all. Gradually a parallel electronic
library is being built up, and in due course thumbnail
images can be added to the lists, to reduce the
Orange 0694: Whose banners?
Orange 1064: Tong, Shropshire - whose
arms?
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guesswork in your choices.
A new facet of the collection is digital images taken
direct from camera or scan. There must be thousands
of these out there now, and any member is encouraged
to send their work in for this category. We only ask that
they tell us: What-Where-When. What they know of
the identity of the arms/flag/badge/monument etc;
Where the object is; When it was photographed.
The same is true of the slide collection. Too many of
our uncatalogued slides have no label, or only a
number referring to some vanished index. In the end
they may have to be discarded, which would be a
shame. Here are some recent unidentified or partially
identified pictures:
Andrew Gray, Slide Librarian
By the way, one result of the reorganisation is that I
have many fine but redundant slide storage cases;
several varnished wood boxes and a set of cloth-bound
ones in a range of colours. Anyone who would find
them useful is welcome to them!
Orange 1115: Waltham Abbey - whose
memorial?
Violet 0362:
Golden Fleece
stall plate who and
where?
Orange 1208:
Darley? Who and
where?
White 1728: Who and where?
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