THE TOWNSEND'S. C01'1PILED BY Co~1PILER or · 'C. S. "-An Index tu Curious Facts in r nited Sta tc :-; History. Historical, Geographical and Political. "Candle and Lamp Lore." Historical. Ecclesiastical and Legendary. "Kumbers, 1, z, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9." Mystical, His­ torical, Ecclesiastical, :.la thema ti cal, including ProYerbs and Maxims. 1895. PRESS OF" MOONEY & CO., 61 CORTLANDT ST., NEW YORK. TOWNSEND. TOWNSHEND. MOTTO: HfEC GENERI INCREMENTA FIDES. Faith ga,e these honors to our raee, or Ennobled for our fidelity. CREST. A Stag-. passant: prop2r. ARMS. Azure; A clienon ermine, between three escallops argent. [on a blue shield, a chevron ermine between three s11,er escallops.] In B·uke's description of the Arms. he includes the Crest. TOWNSEND. TOWNSHEND. -__ ;;..,, 0- - .» I From · • Memorial to the From ·' 'l'he Townshend Townsend Brothers." Family of Lynn, in Old and New England .. , To those of the family interested in the '· Coat of Arms" the two illustrations on the preceding page and the following material are inserted. It is noticed that the Oyster Bny branch assume the Supporters, with a slight change in the :Mantling. The Scallop or Escallop sheJI ls an old and popular charge, of honorable bearing, haYJng been assumecl by the Pilgrims on their rerurn from the Holy Land, 1t was adupt~cl a, tb,· pll[riH,', lmclge lll their expeditlons tu and trow the holy places, tile silells oelng orig-in ally used as articles to dip water from streams, subseq11entl, worn ou tl1i'ir hats and iloods In worked or sketchecl reliefs. soor1 becuu1i11g a (li::it1l.1\.:"Uh1d11g 11iar1:. Pope Alexander the Fourth rorbade the use of them to all except the p!Jgrlms who were truly noble. The Escallop Is the emblem of St. James of Compostella, ;1hlch led to its being the sign of a p1!grlrn. "Gi,e mP m.Y scall0p shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon."-Sir Tl"alter Raleigh. For what purpose SrPP0RTERS were orlgtnally Intended to serve lt ls Im­ possible to determine. Austis, In a manuscript preserved ID the Brltlsh­ l\Iuseum attrilJutes them tu tl.le fancy of seal engra;-ers, "who, In cutting on seals, shields or arms. which were1u a trlang-ular rorm, and placed 1n a circle, finding a vacant space at each side, tlwug-ht It an ornament to fill up the spaces with vine-branches, gar!Js, or some animal, according to their fancy.'' t:!upporters caLnot b~ considered as hereditary, they are arbltrar!ly assumed. The Townsends and Townshends exhibited in BurkP's En­ cyclopedia of Heraldry. using the ESCALLOP are as follows:· Tow11sExD. (Hem. and TreYallyn Co. DenlJ!gh.) aesce11ded rrom Sir Robert Townshend, Knt. Gentleman 01 the PriYY Counc11 to King Charles II. Az. a chev. engr. erm. betw. three escallops, ar. CREST. A roebuck's heacl attired or, gorged With a collar, az. charged with three escallops, ar. TowNSE~D. (Hanington Ball, Co. Warwick, a brancll or Ralnham.) Az, on a cllev. engr benY. three escallops erm. a cross crosslet tlltchw betw. two amulets or the field, quartering gore. CREST. A stag ppr. supporting with Ills rorepa w two amulets lnterlp.ced or gored with a wreath or oak, and balding In tile mouth a cross crosslet tltcbre as In the arms. MOTTO. Vita posse priore rrul. Tow,-;sE,;D. [Co. Cork, branch of Norfolk.] Arms and Crest same as Mar­ quess Townshend. llloTTu. Deum cc,Je, regem seno. TowNSEEND. [Ralnham. Marquess Townshend .J Az. a cliev. erm. betw. three escallops ar. CREST. A stag ppr. Supporters, Dext.er a stag sa. ::'Holster a greyhound ar. Mo:rro. HmogeJ:Jerl lncrementa fides. Tow;,;suE,;D, [Viscount Sydney.] 8ame Arms and Crest as the one pre­ cedin;;. Supporters, Dexter a lion, or, collared, chained and charged on tile shoulder Wltil a pheon az ; 8inlster a buck sa. attired or collared, chained and charged oIJ tl1e ,boulder wltl! an escallop ar. l\IOT'l'0. Drolt et avant. TOWNSHEND. [Coggeshall, Magna co. Essex, grantt'd June 5, 177S.J Az. on a Chev. betw. three escallops, az. as many etolles or the first. CREST. On a mount Yert a buc-k sejeant, ppr. attired, or, supporting \'l'ltil the dexter root a lance erect, gu headed or the third. TOWNSHEND. [Huckley Co. Leicester.] Az. a chev. engr. erm. betw. two escallops lo Cl.lier or the last, and a paschal lamb !n base ppr. l't<EST. A stag ppr. resting Its torepa-,· on an escallop erm. betw. the at­ tires a. cross crosslet fltchee a.r. MOT!'0. B~c generl lncrementa fides. Various spellings of TOWNSEND. Atte To\\·s'eml. Tounshend. de Haute,i!Je, t:\'nrman '· atte-Towus-End. To"·nshernJ. 1580. Ad-Finem Yilln,. Tmnw,-liend<c. Townesenrle. 1600. Ad Exitum Yilla-'. 1200 To,YJJ,011. Ton-nesend. Add-Caput-Yilht·. Tonsnn. To\\·nend. Ate Tunesende. Tounson. Town'send. Ate Ttrne.send. Atte-Towneshende, 1319. Towneshencl. 1630. ate Tuneshende. Tunishend. Townshende. ate Touneshend. Towneshende, 1367. Towns Eud. ate Tunishe11de. atte-Tov,nsend. 13il. Towneshende. atte-Tunueshende. 12li. Attounsend. Towen'shende. Atte-Townes-head. de Boute,ille. Towenshend. Atte-Tune'sende. 12n2. de Ja Townshende. Tm,·uneyshende. a tte Tunne·s-enc1. de TownshE-ml. 1400. Towne;;emle. atte Town-end. de Townsendt'. Townsin. Atte Townes-end de To,n1shell(le. Townesiml A tte Tu11ishe1Jll<c. atte Towns'heade. Towneshf'ad. Townsend. 1660. Attt'-Tunnesende. Tounesl1encl. Townrnnd. Jil:<4. Tllf- abo-e ani autllrnttc, tlH· complier llns sren encll spellint; Ill print. Referring to the different modes of spelling the name, the prefix Atte, appears to ha ,·e ceased in the fourteenth century, from which time the word seems to ha,e been mainly ,aria1le on the second syllable. About the sixteenth cPntury, the e in the first syllable disappears, shortly followed by thP h and final e of the second syllable; the abridged form ToWNSE'.\D, being generally adopted by the different families. About 1580, the family at Raynham, N orfolkshire, Jin ding the spelling as TOWNSEND ga,e a wrong signification to their name, owing to their being land-holders. stadt or tou·n-liolders of that part of the country, they again adopted the use of the letter 7, in the second syllable, claiming its application to be more correct, thf-reby introducing the spelling as Tow:,;,;HE:-D. The spelling of the name to-day is between TOWJ':SEND and Tow:--sHEND. The latter form if in,estigatPd will be found. i11 this country. to bP entirely an affectation. Se,eral family names so spelled or adopted. that the compiler has examined into. ha ,e thus re~ulted; the father and all ge11erati011s i11 America preced­ ing. used the spelling TOWNSEND, the son of to-day adding the 7, hy no inherited authority. \Yith th€ adnnce of orthography. the elision of superfluous letters. all of the name will e,Pntuall:, adopt thP one spelling. as Tcnn,sE:-;D. l\Iartin I Townsend in his English Townsend's, (q. ,.) dates the spelling as Tu1c11sewl, in 1100 A.D. lt is uudouutedly 80 spelled from personal motive of the writPr, probably in the sens., of a translation of the Latin. Burke says. in his .. Landed Gentry;• that previous to the ennobling ·· of the Norfolk family. we find the name as frequently spelt without the 7, as with. and according to Rlomfield, the or­ thography of the old Townshend JllonumentR at Raynham is similar. Spelling, howe,er, in those days, was not considered a matter of much importance, and it seems not improbable that Townshend is most correct, "liend ·· bl'ing deriYed from 111111(/ (Saxon'· henden ";." On the use of the aspirate l, is quoted a reply to an inquiry made of Mr. Charles Heney Townshend, compiler of "To\\·nshencl family of Lynn, in Old arnl ~e,,· England.'' "The name I find in early times writien de Hauteville, Alta Yille. Ad. Caput-Yille. Ad Exitum ville. Finam villl', Atte Towneshende, now Townshend, Townsend and To,vnend. I have an early will with the name written Towneshead, and Dr. Jessopp of King Edward's YI. school, Norwid1, England, informs me the name might ha,e at one time been spelled Towns-head, as the upper end of the Town could have been the Towns-head, as well as the Townes-end or Towne-hold. Webster says, lteud means, to seize: to lay hold on, to occupy. Burke says, '· It seems not improbable that Townshend is the more correct, hend, being deri,ed from hand (Saxon, hew/en) or the Latin root lienclcre, • to take to hold.' PreviouR to A.D. moo. the Towneshends. of Ha,ille or Haute­ ville Raynham, sealed with a che,ron between three escallop shells, and the earliest parchment I have seen of the family signed, bears date of 41 Eclirnrcl III., (1367) written T0wnes­ hende, and every Lord of the Manors of Raynham (one Manor bears 1he name of Towneshend), have written their names since with the 7, : even the Pre~byterian Baronet, Sir Roger Townsliend used it. This Sir Roger Townshend was a Puritan hut a Monarchist." "The Townsend's claim descent from the Norfolk house 01 that name, originating with one Gulielmus (temp, Edward I. 1~90,) designated as li,ing "ad exitum ,illR.· ,. (i. f. at tJ,,~ town's endi in Berdwell, manor of Herling Thorpe, Norfolk. The appellation was subsequently Anglicized, and the name is found written in old deeds, "\Villiam atte Tunne·s-end. and ultimately, simply \Yilliam Town'senJ. Members or immf'di: ,,. descendants of this family were considerable owners of lands in difft>reut parts of Norfolk County, and sealed with tli\' pre;:ent arms of the fa,- ily.