Grant of Arms: Joseph Griggs of Loughborough 1898

Auctioneers Dominic Winter Auctions of South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, are offering for sale the 1898 Grant of Arms to Joseph Griggs Alderman and Mayor of the Borough of Loughborough.

Auction date 11th to 12th November 2020, Auctioneer’s estimate GBP200-300.

Arms: Gules on a pale Argent between two ostrich feathers erect as many ostrich feathers also erect counterchanged.
Crest: In front of two ostrich feathers in saltire Gules a sword erect proper pomel and hilt Or the blade transfixed a leopard’s face also proper.
Motto: Secundo Curo

Dated: 27th May 1898

Garter: Sir Albert William Woods
Clarenceux: Walter Aston Blount.

Armorial Achievement: Henry Webb of Harrow on the Hill 1587

Dominic Winter Auctions of Cirencester have listed in their auction of 11th April 2018 an Armorial Achievement of Henry Webb of Harrow on the Hill. It is thought to have been possibly cut from the original Grant of Arms.  The auctioneers estimate is £100-£150.  The hammer price was £130.00.

Arms: Argent a cross wavy Sable in the chief dexter quarter an eagle displayed of the second.
Crest: A demi eagle displayed Argent the wings pellettee gorged with with a coronet Gules.

The entry in Burkes’ General Armory has the field and the Crest as Or.  Another instance of the BGA not being as accurate as one would wish.

 

Grant of Arms: William Burroughs of Berkeley Square 1804

Back in September 2014, the Tunbridge Wells Auction House sold the Grant of Arms to William Burroughs of Berkeley Square dated 12th October 1804.  William was made a Baronet in December 1804.

Arms: Gules a trunk of a tree eradicated therefrom two branches issuant proper on a chief Or an Eastern crown of the field between two annulets Azure.
Crest: Upon an Eastern crown Or a lion passant Gules.
Motto: Audaces Fortuna Juvat

Unfortunately, it appears that many of the heraldry “bucket shops” use William’s Arms as those for Burroughs;

Burke’s Extinct Baronetcies 1841