Grant of Arms & Badge: George Elkington, 1922

eBay vendor, GalleryOFF5th, is offering for sale the 1922 Grant of Arms & Badge to George Elkington (b.1851 d.1939) of St Aubyn’s, Woodborough Road, Putney & of Norfolk House, Laurence Pountney Hill, City of London.

Offer price USD 1,499.96

Arms: Per chevron Sable and Or in chief two towers and in base an elk’s head caboshed counterchanged.
Crest: An elk Sable antlers Or resting the dexter foreleg upon a tun gold.
Motto: Arte Et Labore

Badge: Upon an Ionic column Or an Elk’s head affronte couped at the neck Dable.

Dated: 13th November 1922

Garter: Sir Henry Farnham Burke
Clarenceux: Charles Harold Athill

• The tun in the crest might be a nod to the fact that George was a member of the Worshipful Company of Coopers.

Grant of Arms: Harold Bradburn, 1924

eBay vendor, GalleryOFF5th, is offering for sale the 1924 Grant of Arms to Harold Bradburn (b.1873 d.1961) of High Bank, Didsbury, Lancashire.
His son, John Bradburn, was a Barrister at law and died in 2005, aged 90.

The offer price is USD 1,999.95

Arms: Gules on a bend Argent between two cross crosslets fitchee Or three roses of the field barbed and seeded proper.
Crest: In front of a pine tree eradicated and fructed proper two cross crosslets fitchee saltirewise Or.

Dated: 24th June 1924

Garter: Sir Henry Farnham Burke
Norroy: Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee

Fox-Davies Armorial Families

Grant of Arms: Peter Arthur Beck, 1889

eBay vendor, galleryoff5th, is offering for sale the 1889 Grant of Arms to Peter Arthur Beck of Ashorne Hill, Warwickshire and to other descendants of his father, John Beck.

Offer price USD 1,749.95.

Arms: Or two bars nebuly Sable gutte d’eau on a chief Azure a peacock’s head couped between two annulets of the first.
Crest: A peacock’s head couped Azure holding in the beak an annulet Or between two wings of the last seme of annulets Azure.
Motto: Spem Pretio Non Emam

Dated: 9th February 1889

Garter: Sir Albert William Woods
Clarenceux: Walter Aston Blount

Grant of Arms: Reginald Laidlaw Davies of Sydney, 1929

eBay vendor, galleryoff5th, is offering for sale the 1929 Grant of Arms to Reginald Laidlaw Davies of Beresford Road, Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales.

The offer price is USD 2,499.95.

Arms: Azure a Rod of Aesculapius and a sword in saltire proper on a chief embattled Or a lion passant guardant between two ram’s heads erased of the field.
Crest: In front of two stock whips saltirewise a Merino statant guardant all proper.
Motto: Strive Hard hold Firm

Dated: 11th December 1929

Garter: Sir Henry Farnham Burke
Clarenceux: Arthur William Steuart Cochrane
Norroy: Gerald Woods Wollaston

Grant of Arms: John Robinson Kay, 1855

In November 2023 Dominic Winter Auctions sold the 1855 Grant of Arms to John Robinson Kay of Bass Lane House, in the Parish of Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

Hammer price: GBP 160

Arms: Azure two bendlets Argent between as many stags trippant Or.
Crest: A demi stag supporting a cornucopia proper and gorged with a collar double gemelle Azure.
Motto: In Via Recta Celeriter

Dated: 11th December 1855

Garter: Sir Charles George Young
Norroy: Robert Laurie

Grant of Arms: Thomas Scott-Jackson, 1803

In November 2023, Forum Auctions sold the 1803 Grant of arms to Thomas Scott-Jackson of the City of London and also to the descendants of his father, Thomas Scott-Jackson.

Hammer Price: £100.00

Arms: Erminois on a chevron between three gryphons heads erased all per pale Azure and Gules as many cinquefoils Ermine.
Crest: On a mount Vert a horse courant per pale indented Argent and Sable mained and hoofed Or charged on the shoulder with three crescents bendwise Azure and on the body as many estoiles also bendwise Gold.

Dated: 15th September 1803

Garter: Sir Isaac Heard
Clarenceux: Thomas Lock

Grant of Arms: Thomas Cheffinch, 1644

In March 2024 auctioneers Chorley’s sold the 1644 Grant of Arms to Thomas Cheffinch (b.1600- d.1666). Cheffinch, or Chiffinch, was one of King Charles II pages of the bedchamber from the King’s infancy, exile and return.

The sale price as GBP 1,000

Arms: Or on a chief embattled Gules three leopards heads Or langued Azure.
Crest: A demi dragon Gules holding in the dexter paw a key erected Argent.

Dated: 14th December 1644

Garter: Sir Edward Walker

Grant of Arms: George Frederick Jackson 1917

Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers recently offered for sale the 1917 Grant of Arms to George Frederick Jackson (b.1868 d.1948) of Springfield House in Knowle, Warwickshire.

The auctioneer’s estimate was GBP200-300 but was not sold.

Arms: Per chevron Azure and Argent in chief two pheons Or and in base a jackdaw Sable.
Crest: A lion rampant Sable holding in the forepaws a scythe Or.
Motto: Thy Care I share

Dated: 10th February 1917

Garter: Sir Alfred Scott Scott Gatty
Clarenceux: William Henry Weldon

Confirmation of Arms: George Houghton Gason 1935

Lay’s Auctioneers of Penzance, Cornwall are offering for sale various effects of the late Jennifer May Gason (b.1943 d.2019).  One of the items is a copy of the 1935 Confirmation of Arms to her grandfather, George Houghton Gason (b.1867 d.1941), by the last Ulster King of Arms, Major Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson.  The copy was exemplified in 2008 by Thomas Woodcock, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, from the College of Arms’ copies of the records of the Ulster King of Arms.  Neither the original nor the copy actually exemplify the Arms.

Arms: Azure a fesse ermine cotised Argent between three goat’s heads erased proper.

Crest: On a chapeau Azure a goat’s head couped proper.

Motto: Fama Semper Vivit

Original:

Dated: 19th July 1935

Ulster: Major Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson

Copy:

Dated: MMVIII

Norroy and Ulster: Thomas Woodcock

National Library of Ireland

Grants and Confirmation of Arms Vol, N.147

https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000529329

Grant of Arms: Alan Stevenson 1865

Auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull have recently sold the 1865 Grant of Arms to the famous lighthouse engineer, Alan Stevenson of Pitt Street, Portobello.

The sale price was GBP 9,072 (inclusive of the buyer’s premium).

Arms: Argent on a chevron between two fleurs de lys in chief Azure and a lighthouse in base proper three mullets of the field.

Crest: A dexter hand holding a wreath of laurel proper.

Motto: Ceolum Non Solum

Dated: 7^th April 1865

Lyon Depute: George Burnett

From the Scottish Ordinary

Grant of Arms: John Bonney Dewhurst 1883

Tennants Auctioneers offered for the sale the 1883 Grant of Arms to John Bonney Dewhurst of Aireville in Skipton in the West Riding of Yorkshire.  The sale price was GBP 300

Arms: Or gutte-de-poix three saltires couped fesswise Gules between as many escallops of the last.

Crest: In front of a wolf’s head erased Or gutte-de-poix three saltires as in the Arms.

Motto: Spes Mea In Deo

Dated: 16^th August 1883

Garter: Sir Albert William Woods

Norroy: George Edward Cokayne

Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1929

Matriculation of Arms: John Houblon Forbes 1899

eBay vendor, smkwx, is offering for sale the 1899 Matriculation of Arms of John Houblon Forbes DL JP of Medwyn, Peebles.

Arms: Quarterly 1st & 4th Azure on a chevron Argent between three bears heads couped of the last, muzzled Gules a heart proper (for Forbes) 2nd & 3rd grand quarters counter quartered first & fourth Azure three bears heads couped Argent muzzled Gules second and third Azure three frasiers Argent (for Pitsligo) in the centre of the grand quarters a crescent Or for difference.
Crest: A hand issuing out of a baron’s coronet holding a scimitar in bend all proper.
Motto: Nec Timide Nec Temere

Dated: 15th May 1899

Lyon Clerk: Francis J Grant

Royal Licence: Beauchamp Kerr Warren Pearse 1891

In November 2023, auctioneers Reeman Dansie offered for sale the 1891 Royal Licence for the Rev’d Beauchamp Kerr Warren Pearse, Rector of Ascot, to “use the surname Kerr in addition to and before that of Pearse” and “that they may quarter the Arms of Kerr with those of his”.

Arms: Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent two bars engrailed Sable goutte d’eau between five estoiles Gules three two one (for Pearse) 2nd & 3rd Quarterly i & iv Azure the sun in his splendour proper ii & iii Gules on a chevron Argent three mullets of the field all within a bordure quarterly Argent and Or (for Kerr).

Motto: Cadenti Porrigo Dextram

Crests: 1) A dexter arm embowed in armour the hand grasping a tilting spear in bend sinister all proper between two estoiles Gules (for Pearse)
2) The Sun in his splendour proper (for Kerr)

Dated: 14th September 1891

Garter: Sir Albert William Woods
Clarenceux: Walter Aston Blount

Grant of Arms: Sir James Ellison Haggas 1926

In December auctioneers, Chilcotts of Honiton, Devon, offered for sale the 1926 Grant of Arms to Sir James Ellison Haggas (1849-1939) of Woodville in the Borough of Keighley, Yorkshire.

Arms: Azure on a fesse wavy between in chief two cinquefoils and base a rose Argent barbed and seeded proper a dolphin naiant also proper.
Crest: In front of a dexter arm embowed in armour couped resting on the elbow the hand gauntleted grasping a battleaxe all proper two roses Argent barbed seeded leaved and slipped in saltire also proper.
Motto: Non Sibi Sed Patriae.

Dated: 28th July 1926

Garter: Sir Henry Farnham Burke
Norroy: Gordon Ambrose de Liste Lee

Grant of Arms: Betty Boothroyd 1993

Auctioneers, Special Auction Services of Newbury, Berkshire, are offering for sale various items from the estate of the late Baroness Boothroyd, better known as Betty Boothroyd a former Speaker of the House of Commons. One of the items for sale is her 1993 Grant of Arms.

Auction Date: 23rd January 2024 at 10:00. Auctioneer’s estimate GBP200 – GBP300.

Arms: Gules, a representation of the mace of the Speaker of the House of Commons palewise Or surmounted in base by a rose Argent barbed and seeded Proper over all on a fess Gold an owl guardant Proper between two millrinds Sable.
Motto: I Speak To Serve

Dated: 8th October 1993

Garter: Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan

Armorial Update: Pringle

The Pringle Armorial has been updated to include ten new entries & two re-matriculation listed in Dr Bruce Durie’s “An Ordinary of Arms Volume III 1971-2017”.

Updated Armorial: Nesbitt & Nisbet

The Nesbitt & Nisbet Armorial has been updated to include two new entries listed in Dr Bruce Durie’s “An Ordinary of Arms Volume III 1971-2017”.

Royal Licence: Sir William Adams 1825

eBay vendor, collectoriam33, is offering for sale the 1825 exemplification of the Royal License permitting Sir William Adams of Albemarle Street, Middlesex, to use the surname of Rawson in lieu of that of Adams and that he may bear the Arms of Rawson quarterly in the first quarter with the Arms of Adams.

Sir William’s wife, Jane-Eliza, was the youngest surviving daughter of Lt Col George Rawson of Belmont, Co. Wicklow.

Arms: Quarterly 1^st & 4^th Per fess Sable and Azure a quadrangular castle with four turrets Argent and in base two bars wavy of the last and (for distinction) a canton Ermine (for Rawson)

2^nd & 3^rd Per fess Azure and Sable on a pale between two mullets in chief Argent a mullet between two crescents of the second (For Adams)

Crests: 1) Issuant out of clouds proper a cubit arm vested Gules the hand in glove Azure holding an anchor fesswise the flukes towards dexter Or the arms charged (for distinction) with a rose Argent (for Rawson)

2) On a mount Vert an eagle standing reverse way and reguardant wings expanded proper beak and legs Or holding in the mouth a mullet Sable the sinister claw resting on a crescent reversed gold. (for Adams)

Motto: Arx Et Anchora Mihi Deus

Dated: 11^th April 1825

Garter:  Sir George Nayler

Clarenceux: Ralph Bigland

The offspring of Sir William and his wife could bear the Arms without the distinctions. However, that does not seem to be the case in the entry in Fox-Davies’ Armorial Families.

An Ordinary of Arms Volume III 1971-2017

I am ashamed to say that I have only recently obtained a copy of Dr Bruce Durie’s “An Ordinary of Arms Volume III 1971-2017” published last year, in 2022. I have no idea how I could have missed any of the announcements about the publication of this excellent volume.

Volume III covers volumes 55 to 91 of the Lyon Court’s Public Register of All Arms and Bearings and part of volume 92. Unfortunately, it seems that my own matriculation is in the other bit of volume 92. I just hope it will not take another 45 years until Volume IV is published.

The upshot is that I am now revisiting my various Scottish “One Name” armorials. The first ones updated were Tweedie/Tweedy and Fraser. These two were the genesis of my online armorial project.

Tweedie/Tweedy:

Fraser:

Those two done, I started at A and will proceed as time permits. Those updated so far:

Alves/Alvis:

Arbuthnot:

Baxter:

Confirmation of Arms: Lt Gen John Pratt 1814

Tennants Auctioneers are offering for sale the 1814 Confirmation of Arms to Lt Gen John Pratt, the Rev’d James Pratt, Rector of Kilnaglory, co, Cork and Colonel Charles Pratt and other descendants of their grandfather, James Pratt of Youghal, County Cork by Sir William Betham, Ulster King of Arms.

Live Auction: 22 Mar 2023 10:30 GMT Auctioneer’s estimate 150 GBP – 250 GBP

Arms: Gules on a fess Or three mullets Sable between as many elephants heads erased of the second tusked Argent.
Crest: An elephant’s head Sable tusked Or.

Dated: 15th December 1814

Ulster: Sir William Betham

Ref: Ireland. Genealogical Office. Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. D. 1810. (Images 138 & 139 or page 80)

Fox-Davies’ 1929 edition Armorial Families