THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. About the year noo, Robert Clements, a Norman, migrated from France to England, and thence to Ire­ land. Later he was appointed Prime Minister and Regent of France during the minority of King Philip. Robert had a son Albert, who was the first Marshal of France (1183-1191) and who lost his life at the siege of Arc, 1191. Henry Clement, or Clements, also a son of Robert, succeeded his brother as Marshal of France in 1191. In 1214, the King gave to Henry Clements the Lordship of Mey, and that of Aquitaine. The present Clement family of France, Henry's de­ scendants, bear the name of Clement du Mey to this day. The French Clements are allied, by intermarriage, with the Houses of Nemour, Bourbon and Mont­ morency. The English and Irish Clement or Clements family branched from the House of du Mey slightly before or during the usurpation of Cromwell. THE ARMS. i. The arms of the Clements, Earls of Leitrim, Viscounts Leitrim and Barons Leitrim of Manor- Hamilton in the Peerage of Ireland is first described. A reproduction of an engraving of this arms printed in 1789 is used as an illustration in this pamphlet. Arms—Argent, two bends wavy sable, on a chief gules, three bezants. Crest—A hawk proper. Supporters—Two bucks proper. Motto—Patriis Virtutibus. (By hereditary vir­ tues.) The lower two-thirds of the shield is of silver and the upper third is of red. The bezants or coins are of gold. The bends wavy are of black and the hawk and bucks are natural color.

2. The arms of the Clement family of Kent is very similar to that of the Irish Clements. The only difference is that leopard's faces take the place of the bezants. Arms—Argent, two bends wavy sable, on a chief gules three leopard's faces or.

3. Another branch of the Clement family of Kent bear a very different arms. Arms—Ermine, three garbs gules within a bordure sable, bezantee, a canton of the arms of Longvill. This shield is of ermine fur. Three red sheaves of wheat occupy the centre of the shield and are sur­ rounded by a black border on which are eight evenly distributed bezants.

4. An arms of the English Clements or Clement family is recorded in "Burke" for which there is no registered place of residence. This arms has been largely used by the American Clements, and has there­ fore been made the subject of the second illustration in this pamphlet. Arms—Per fesse indented argent and gules three garbs counterchanged all within a bordure sable charged with eight cross-crossletts of the first.

Crest—A lion passant argent guile de sang charged on the hip and shoulder with a cross-crosslett gules. Motto—Nil sine Deo. (Nothing without God.) This arms is divided across the middle by an in­ dented line. Above this line the shield is silver and contains two red sheaves of wheat. Below the line the shield is red, with one silver wheat sheaf. The border is black and contains eight silver cross-crossletts. The crest is of silver sprinkled with drops of blood, and is charged on the shoulder and hip with a cross-crosslett of red.

5. The arms of the Clement family of Norfolk. Arms—Gules, three garbs argent within a bordure sable bezantee. Crest—A lion passant argent guttc de sang. The shield is red and charged with three silver sheaves of wheat. The border is black with eight golden coins charged on it. The crest is silver, sprin­ kled with drops of blood.

6. Clement family. No recorded residence. Arms—Gules, three garbs or. Three golden sheaves on a red field. 7. Clement family. No recorded residence. Arms—Paly of six argent and azure, a fesse gules. The shield is composed of six even stripes of silver and blue running vertically. This is crossed by a horizontal belt of red, covering about one-fourth of the shield.

8. Clement family. No recorded residence. Arms—Argent, two bends wavy sable between as many leopard's faces gules within a bordure of the third. The shield is silver and is crossed by two wavy bends as in No. i. Above the upper and below the lower bend is a leopard's face of red. A red border surrounds the shield.

9. Clement family. No recorded residence. Arm—Argent, two bends wavy sable, on a chief gules three leopard's faces or all within a bordure gobony of the first and azure. The shield is silver and is crossed by bends of black as in No. 1. The upper third of the shield is red on which are three leopard's faces of gold. A border of a single row of small silver and blue squares surrounds the shield. FEB 2 iS33

io. Clement family. No recorded residence. Arms—Argent, three bars nebuly and a bend sable on a chief gules as many leopard's faces or. The shield is silver. Three narrow black nebuly bars cross the shield horizontally and these in turn are crossed by a wider strip, also of black, running from the upper left to the lower right-hand corner of the shield. The upper third of the shield is red and is charged with three golden leopard's faces.

n. Clement family. No recorded residence. Arms—Gules, a chevron between three portcullises or. The shield is red. An inverted V occupies the centre of the shield with two portcullises of gold above it and one below. The chevron is also gold.

12. Clement family of Mole, Kent. Arms—A bend nebuly; in chief three-fleurs-de-lys within a bordure also nebuly. The coloring of this coat is not recorded. One hundred book-plates made from illustration, with the name of any member of the family printed under it, for $3.00. An interesting Christmas gift for any member of the family. •}• > \y FEB 2 i933

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/ THE CLEMENT OR CLEMENTS FAMILY

ITS ORIGIN AND ITS ARMS

1910 MARTIN AND ALLARDYCE Frankford, Phila., Pa. "N Genealogies and Heraldic Engravings.

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