Hatchments in Movies/Films

A couple of years ago I was watching the film Nanny McPhee with my children. To my delight and their horror I spotted some hatchments. Initially I did a lot of stop & freeze frame on my TV to try to put together a blazon. A year later I found the hatchment listed in Volume 10 of the Hatchments in Britain series in the Miscellaneous section – location unknown.

A year further on again, thanks to my eldest son, I have been able to capture a screenshot from my PC of the hatchment in question;

 

Blazon from Hatchments in Britain;

Barry of eight ermine and azure three annulets Or (Harries)

In pretence Quarterly of Six 1st & 6th Vert three eagles close Argent (Smithman)
2nd Chequy Argent and Sable
3rd Argent a chevron Gules between three chapeaux gules turned up ermine
4th Gules a talbot passant Argent (Comberford)
5th Azure a lion rampant an orle of fleur-de-lis Or (Beaumont)

 

Edited to add my own attempt at an enblazonment;

Hatchment Harries

Recent Additions to the Armorial

After a bit of a hiatus on the heraldry front, I have recently added few new armorials (see below). I have, at last, completed the emblazons for the Hardy Armorial.

The recent additions are:

Dallaway

Gallini

Galpin

Garfit

Garrod

Partington

Pope

The emblazons are “in progress”.

AIKENHEAD of Otterington Hall

Robert Aikenhead JP of Otterington Hall, Yorks. B.1822 d.1895

Argent three acorns slipped and leaved Vert two flauches gules each charged with a thistle leaved and slipped Or
Sources;

Grantees of Arms
Armorial Families 1899 & 1929

His family (not necessarily complete)

Robert Aikenhead JP (b.1822 m.1864 Frances Annie Davison d.1895)

1. Lt Col Frank Aikenhead (b.22 Mar 1867 m.1891 Mabel Louise Wylde)

a. Robert Aikenhead (b. 22 Apr 1892 KIA 24 Apr 1915 Pte Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment))
b. Brig David Francis Aikenhead DSO MC (b.29 Jun 1895 m.1917 Margaret Bayne)

i. Maj Robert Charles Aikenhead (b.1920 m.1943 Mary Ryland Gibb)

1. Helen Mary Aikenhead (b.1944 m.1965 Michael William Whitbread)
2. Lt Charles Aikenhead (m. Penelope Hall)

ii. Margaret Jane Aikenhead

 

2. Caroline Aikenhead (b.1866)

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk
London Gazette
Times Archives Online

VAISEY of Stratton, Gloucestershire

Thomas VAISEYof Stratton, Cirencester

b.1825 d.1903

 

Gules a cross double parted in the first and fourth quarters a garb Or.

 

Source:

A C Fox-Davies’ Armorial Families 1929

 

His family (not necessarily complete) :

 

Thomas VAISEY b.1825 m.1851 Emma Dent d.1903

1. Arthur William Vaisey b.1852 m.1876 Esther Bevir d.

1.1 Harry Bevir Vaisey b.1877 m.1903 Eleonora Mary Quennell

1.1.1 Arthur William Vaisey b.1905

1.1.2 Juliana Margaret Vaisey

1.2 Capt. Roland Maddison Vaisey b.1886 m.1911 Violet Landon KIA 1918

1.2.1 Sgt John Roland Maddison Vaisey RAFVR b.1916 KIA 1941

1.2.2 Margaret

1.2.3 Violet Vaisey m.1907 John Brooke

1.2.4 Lilian

1.2.5 Veronica

1.2.6 May Vaisey m.1913 Rev D F Slemeck

1.2.7 Olive

1.2.8 Iris m.1921 Allan McVie

2. John Ernest Dent Vaisey b.1853 m.1880 Judith Bevir d.1928

2.1 John Clere Vaisey b.1880

2.2 Thomas Lionel Vaisey b.1883

2.3 Rev Francis Dent Vaisey b.1885

3. Charles Thomas St Clare Vaisey b.1857 m.1888 Emily Jessie Sparke

3.1 2^nd Lt Guy Madison Vaisey b.1889 m. Elizabeth Jessie KIA 1918

3.2 Monica Vaisey b.1891

 

Sources:

A C Fox-Davies’ Armorial Families 1929

Ancestry.co.uk

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Sir Thomas Masterman HARDY GCB Bt

I have been looking into the Arms of Sir Thomas Masterman HARDY (of HMS Victory fame) and have found a variety of blazons;

1815 – Debrett’s Baronetage “Pheon [sic] on a chevron between three escallops Argent as many griffins’ heads erased of the field langued Gules.”

1838 – Debrett’s Baronetage “Peaon on a chevron Or between three escallops Argent as many griffins’ heads erased of the field.”

1841 – Burke’s Extinct Baronetcies “Pean on a chevron between three escallops Argent as many griffins’ heads erased of the field.”

1884 – Burke’s General Armory “Pean on a chevron between three escallops Argent as many dragons’ heads proper.”

Who to believe?

OGG of Oakfield, Dulwich

Sir William Anderson OGG Kt DL JP of Oakfield, Dulwich

b.1823 d.1902

Azure a saltire between two towers triple towered one in chief and one in base and as many stags’ heads couped in fesse all Or.

Sources;

Grantees of Arms
Armorial Families 1902
BGA

His family (not necessarily complete) :

Sir William Anderson OGG b.1823 m1.1851 Annie Anderson Smith (d.1895) m2. Hannah Brown [d.1898.] d.1902

1) Easton Mackie Ogg b.1857 m1.1883 Lizzie Jane Thomas m2.1908 Agnes Hopkinson Robertson

a) Easton Lewis Ogg b.1884 m.1908 Helen Lauder Macpherson

i) Easton Hugh Graeme Ogg b.1911 d.2005

2) Cornelia Blanche Ogg b.1858
3) Agnes Hopkinson Ogg b.1860
4) Gordon Campbell Ogg b.1863 m1.1902 Phoebe Agnes Robb (d.1905) m2.1908 d.1911

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk

London Gazette

Times Archives Online

COHAM of Coham, co. Devon

Whilst on the hunt for suitable candidates for a “One Name” armorial I came across Coham of Coham, Devon. The various bits I have “gleaned” so far are: (in date order)

1) BLG 1836 Vol I – Rev William Bickford Coham. The Arms, as illustrated, appears to be those of Holland – Semee of fleur-de-lys a lion rampant. The Arms, as in the text, Azure a lion rampant between three fleur-de-lys.

2) Grantees of Arms – William H B Coham (son of above) 1845 Vol XLVII fol 313

3) Heraldic Illustrations 1846 – William Holland Bickford Coham – Quarterly 1^st Per chevron engrailed Gules and ermine in chief five fleur-de-lis three and two and in base a lion rampant Or (for Coham) 2^nd Azure semee of fleur-de-lys a lion rampant guardant argent langued and armed Gules (for Holland) 3^rd Argent a chevron engrailed Sable between three martlets of the second (for Bickford of Dunsland) 4^th Per chevron Azure and Ermine two stags’heads cabossed Or (for Arscott of Arscott).

4) Armorial Families 1902 – John Blyth Coham-Fleming – husband of Eleanor Mary Bickford Coham, daughter & heir of W H B Coham. Assumed by Royal Licence the Name & Arms of Coham to be borne quarterly with Fleming. Quarterly 1^st & 4^th quarterly I & IV Gules on a chevron Argent three fraises Azure (for Fleming) II & III Per chevron engrailed Gules and ermine in chief five fleur-de-lis three and two and in base a lion rampant Or (for Coham) 2^nd Gules on a chevron Argent three fraises Azure (for Fleming) 3^rd Argent on a fesse indented between three crescents Gules as many garbs Or (for Blyth).

The narrative from various BLGs and Heraldic Illustrations show that the Cohams married heraldic heiresses for Holland and Bickford & Arscott. Looking at the Arms granted to Coham it would appear that they are a composition of various components from the Arms of the heiresses.

Unlike in Scotland, in England (as I understand) the Arms of an heiress that are not passed on to her children cannot be “resurrected” by a descendant later becoming armigerous. I presume, therefore, that W H B Coham could not petition for Arms in memory of either his grandfather or his great great grandfather so as to “pick up” the Bickford & Arscott and the Holland quarters respectively – even if both gentlemen could have qualified for Arms in their own right. The illustration in Heraldic Illustrations was probably a bit of heraldic puff by Burke’s and/or the Cohams.

LAFONE of Hansworth Park, co. Middlesex

Alfred LAFONE MP JP of Hansworth Park, co. Middlesex

Azure within two chevronels Or two lions passant counter-passant of the last supporting a fleur-de-lis Argent the whole between three mullets Argent pierced of the field.

Sources:

Grantees of Arms
Armorial Families 1902

His family (not necessarily complete) :
1. Alfred LAFONE b.1821 m.1852 Jane Boutcher d.1911

a. Alfred William Lafone b.1853 m.1876 Harriet Lawrence

• i. Capt Claude Alexander Lafone DSO b.1877 KIA 1915
• ii. Harold Carlisle Lafone b.1880 m.1908 Katherine Mary Druce (nee Pilling) d.1938

a. Lawrence Alexander Lafone b.1909 m.1933 Beryl Hume Huth d.1985

A) Richard Noel Alexander b.m.Barbara Muriel Pile

i. Mark Alexander Lafone
ii. Kate Alison Lafone

b. Peter Lafone b.1914 d.1940

b. Harold Lafone b.1857 d.1942

c. Maurice Lafone b.1859 d.1886

d. Capt William Boutcher Lafone b.1860 KIA.1900

e. Rear Admiral Albert Sumner Lafone RN b.1863 d.1933

f. Capt Herbert Arthur Lafone b.1865 d.1897

g. Maj Edgar Mortimore Lafone b.1867 d.1938

• i. Michael Lafone
• ii. Linnet Lafone

h. Mary Elizabeth Lafone m. Arnold Hills

i. Jane Lafone m. William Ainslie

Sources:

Armorial Families

Ancestry.co.uk

Times Archives Online

LAFONE Armorial

TYTLER Quarterings

The progression of the quarters of Tytler is as follows;

Tytler of Woodhouselee;

Gules a lion’s head erased Argent between three crescents Or within a bordure of the last.

William Tytler of Woodhouselee married Anne Craig, daughter of James Craig of Dalnair (2^nd Quarter)

1st & 4th Gules a lion’s head erased Argent between three crescents Or within a bordure of the last 2nd & 3rd Erminois on a fess parted per fess embattled Gules and Azure three crescents Argent (for Craig of Dalnair).

 

His son

Alexander Tytler of Woodhouselee married Anne Fraser daughter & heiress of William Fraser of Belnain (3^rd Quarter) {became Fraser-Tytler of Woodhouselee & Belnain}

Quarterly 1^st & 4^th Gules a lion’s head erased Argent between three crescents Or within a bordure of the last 2^nd Erminois on a fess parted per fess embattled Gules and Azure three crescents Argent (for Craig of Dalnair) 3^rd counter quartered i & iv Azure a bend engrailed between three cinquefoils Argent ii & iii Argent three antique crowns Gules all within a bordure ermine.

 

His sons;

1) Alexander Fraser Tytler of Belnain married Margaret Cussams only daughter & heiress of George Grant of Burds Yards (4th Quarter Fraser Tytler)

Quarterly 1st Gules a lion’s head erased Argent between three crescents Or with a bordure of the last (for Tytler) 2nd Erminois on a fess parted per fess embattled Gules and Azure three crescents Argent (for Craig of Dalnair) 3rd Counter quartered I & IV Azure a bend engrailed between three fraises Argent II & III Argent three antique crowns Gules all within a bordure Argent. 4th Gules three antique crowns Or within a bordure parted per pale of the last and Azure (for Grant of Balnain)

2) James Tytler of Woodhouselee

Quarterly 1^st & 4^th Gules a lion’s head erased Argent between three crescents Or within a bordure of the last 2^nd Erminois on a fess parted per fess embattled Gules and Azure three crescents Argent (for Craig of Dalnair) 3^rd counter quartered i & iv Azure a bend engrailed between three cinquefoils Argent ii & iii Argent three antique crowns Gules all within a bordure ermine.

TYTLER Armorial 

Edington Priory Church, Wiltshire

Over the weekend of the 8th/9th March I visited Edington Priory Church. A selection of the pictures taken in the Church can be viewed in a slide show linked below;

Edington Priory Church slideshow

Edington Armorial