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Impressions of Armorial Seals of Cheshire Gentry, Made by Elias Ashmole in 1663 IMPRESSIONS OF ARMORIAL SEALS OF CHESHIRE GENTRY, MADE BY ELIAS ASHMOLE IN 1663. By J. Paul Rylands, F.S.A. HEN William Dugdale, Norroy King of W Arms, made his Visitation of Cheshire in the year 1663, he was accompanied by Elias Ash- mole, then Windsor Herald, who records in his diary: 1663. Aug. 3. 9 Hor. ante merid. I began my Journey to accompany Mr. Dugdale in his Visitations of Shropshire and Cheshire. Oct. 10. I returned to London. This Visitation was continued in the following year. Among other evidences some of the Cheshire gentry produced to the heralds their personal seals, and Ashmole, who availed himself of most oppor­ tunities to add to his collections, did not neglect to take wax impressions of a number of these seals, of which about sixty are now preserved at Oxford in the Bodleian Library (MS. Ashmole 1138). Our knowledge of the important Cheshire Visita­ tion of 1663-4 is limited, since there is no known transcript of the pedigrees then entered, other than the official record in the College of Arms. Ormerod, it is true, had access to this manuscript, and used it freely in drafting the pedigrees for his History of Cheshire, but of nearly two hundred pedigrees 58 Impressions of Armorial Seals of Cheshire Gentry 59 recorded by Dugdale very many do not appear at all in Ormerod's work. A few of Dugdale's pedigrees are printed in Dr. Howard's Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica and in the Cheshire Sheaf, and a list of his Disclaimers will be found in our Transactions (double volume xliii. and xliv. p. 81). Anything, therefore, that affords particulars of this Visitation is of especial interest, and in these seals, which are in excellent condition, we have some of the evidence offered by the Cheshire gentry to substantiate their claim to armorial bearings 250 years ago. The drawings given below are reproductions of pen-and-ink sketches of Ashmole's wax impressions, made by Miss E. G. Parker of Oxford for my brother, W. H. Rylands, who has lent the blocks, and has communicated the appended pedigrees, for publication by our Society. He has also contributed many particulars to the annotations. The headings in italics are Ashmole's, but the names have been rearranged in alphabetical order. Besides the seals here reproduced there are in the collection five others, viz. : (i) The seal of the city of Chester, still in use, (2) the seal for recog­ nizances under the statutes merchant, (3) Secretum of the seal of the mayor of Chester, (4) a seal of the arms of Randle Blundeville, Earl of Chester, with the addition of a sword of state erect in pale, which Ormerod says (i. 204) was used by the city officers, but by what authority does not appear, and (5) a seal of John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale. The annotations have been made with the object of identifying the persons named, and it seemed suitable to give references to printed books easy of access rather than to burden the text by making full extracts. The heraldry has, necessarily, been more fully dealt with. Mr. J. H. E. Bennett's 60 Impressions of Armorial Seals of Cheshire Gentry notes in the Cheshire Sheaf on Robert Capper, Thomas Higginson, John Hulton, Randle Oulton, John Sparke, and William Street afford new and interesting particulars of those families. S". John Ardern (f. gi).1 Sir John Arderne, of Harden, knt, was born at Utkinton in May 1630; knighted at Whitehall 9th July 1660; was high sheriff of Cheshire 1666; and died 6th February 1701-2. See Earwaker's JSast Ches. i. 475; Ormerod's Ches. ii. 86; Visitation of Ches. 1613, Harleian Soc. lix. io.2 Arms: Gules, three cross-crosslets fitche and a chief Or. Crest: A plume of five ostrich feathers Argent. (Coll. Arm., C. 6. fo. 48). Edward Bromley of Hampton (f. 89). Edward Bromley, of Hampton, was aged 37 years in 1663. His great-grandfather, Hugh Bromley, of Norbury, married Alice, daughter and heiress of William Egerton, of Hampton. See Ormerod's Ches. ii. 642. Arms: Quarterly: island 4th, quarterly per fesse indented Gules and Or {Bromley}; 2nd and 3rd, Argent, a lion rampant Gules between three pheons Sable \_Egerton\. Crest: A cock-pheasant proper. Sr. Henry Brooks of Norton (i. 89). Sir Henry Brooke, of Norton Priory, bart., was so created in 1662; he had been a colonel in the army of the Parliament, was sometime M.P. for Cheshire, and died in 1664. See Ormerod's Ches. i. 681; G. E. C.'s Complete Baronetage, iii. 268. Arms: Or, a cross engrailed per pale Gules and Sable. Crest: A brock, or badger, proper. 1 The folio numbers after the names refer to MS. Ashmole 1138. 2 The Visitation of 1613 was also printed by the Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, vol. 58. Impressions of Armorial Seals of Cheshire Gentry 61 Jonathan Bruen of Stapleford (f. 86). Jonathan Bruen, of Bruen Stapleford, was aged 54 years in 1663; he was buried at Tarvin nth September 1676. .See Ormerod's Ches. ii. 323. Arms: Argent, an eagle displayed Sable. Crest: A fisherman bare-legged, vested Gules, hat Sable, in dexter hand a fishing-rod (?) Or and on his sinister shoulder a fish-weel of the last. (Coll. Arm., C. 6. f. 12.) Robert Bulkley of Chester (f. 86). Robert Bulkeley, of Chester, was a son of Sir Richard Bulkeley, of Beaumaris, knt.; according to the pedigree in Earwaker's East Ches. (i. 183) he was illegitimate. He died in 1679 and the inscription on his monument in St. John's Church, Chester, is printed by Ormerod (i. 319). See Trans. Hist. Soc. L. and C. Ixii. 124. Arms: Sable, a chevron between three bulls' heads cabossed Argent, a canton Or. These arms were allowed by Dugdale, 3rd September 1663. Henry Bunbury of Bunbury & Stanney (f. 89). Henry Bunbury, of Stanney, was buried at Stoak loth February 1664-5, aged 68. See Trans. Hist. Soc. L. and C. Ivii. 133, Ixii. 123; Ormerod's Ches. ii. 390, 396. Arms: Quarterly: ist, Argent, on a bend Sable three chess-rooks of the ist {.Bunbury] ; 2nd, Argent, a fesse between three pheasants Gules \_Stanney\; 3rd, Gules, on a bend engrailed, between two cinquefoils Argent, three leopards' faces Vert, in chief a mullet Or \Aldersey\; 4th, Or, on a chief Gules three trefoils slipped of the first, in the fesse-point a crescent of the first \Bamville\. Crest: two swords saltierwise, passing through the mouth of a leopard's face Or, the blades proper, hilts gold. These arms and quarterings were allowed by Dugdale, 8th Sep­ tember 1663. 02 Impressions of Armorial Seals of Cheshire Gentry Robert Capper, Alderman of Chester (f. 86). Robert Capper, of Chester, vintner, was sheriff of Chester in 1649. He died gth November 1663 and was buried at St. Peter's Church. He did not enter a pedigree at Dugdale's Visitation. See Ches. Sheaf, 3rd series, xii. 9; Ormerod's Ches. i. 215. Arms: Argent, three caps Sable, banded Or; Burke's General Armory. Crest: A dragon's (?) head couped. Thomas Daniell of Ouer Tabley (f. 89). Thomas Daniell, of Over Tabley, died ist March 1695-6, aged 62. See vellum pedigree, Genealogist, xxxii. 18; Ormerod's Ches. i. 476. Arms: Quarterly, ist and 4th, Argent, a pale fusilly Sable \_Danyers or Daniell} ; 2nd, ... a cross engrailed ...[...]; 3rd, ... on a bend . three garbs ...[...]. An escutcheon of pretence Argent, a panther (?) statant and [rejgardant Sable \_De Tabley'?]. Crest: A unicorn's head couped Argent, armed and maned Or. Jo/in Davenport of Davenport, Esqr. (f. 91). John Davenport, of Davenport, was baptized at Marton 5th April 1630, and buried at Swetten- ham 18th November 1706. He was high sheriff of Cheshire in 1658. See Earwaker's East Ches. ii. 388; Ormerod's Ches. iii. 69. Arms: Argent, a chevron between three cross- crosslets fitch e Sable. Crest: A felon's head couped proper, around the neck a halter Or. Sr. Thomas Dehies of Duddington Barr*. (f. 89). Sir Thomas Delves, of Dodington, 3rd baronet, M.A. Oxon.; was baptized at Dodington 28th August 1630, and died istti May 1713; high sheriff of Cheshire, 1665. See Ormerod's Ches. iii. 523 ; G. E. C.'s Complete Baronetage, i. 164. Arms : Argent, a chevron Gules fretty Or, between three delves or turves Sable. Crest: Out of a crest coronet Or, a demi-heron with wings displayed Argent. Motto: Je dene fortune. Impressions of Armorial Seals of Cheshire Gentry 63 Rich: Maria Dumvill Esqr. (f. 91). Richard Maria Domville, of Lymm, was buried at Lymm Church 2nd September 1667. See Ormerod's Ches. i. 582. Arms : Quarterly : ist and 4th, Azure, a lion rampant Argent collared Gules [Domville] 2nd and 3rd, Gules, a pale fusilly Argent \Lymme\. Crest: A lion rampant. According to the Visitation of Ches. 1580, Harleian Soc. xviii. 82, the crest was two lions' jambs couped and embowed Argent. q. if not W. Donne. W. H. (f. The only Done who entered a pedigree at the Visitation of Ches. 1663-4 was Edward Done, of Duddon. This appears to be a seal of an earlier date and is apparently the one exhibited at the Visitation 1580. In the pedi­ gree in Ormerod's Ches. (ii. 249) there is a William Done, a son of Ralph Done of Flax- yards, mentioned in a settlement dated 23 Hen. VIII. See Visitation of Ches. 1580, Harleian Soc. xviii. 85 ; Burke's General Armory. Arms: Azure, two bars Argent, over all on a bend Gules three arrows of the second ; a crescent for difference.
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