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The badges and arms* illustrated are:- Bellerophon - Barry wavy of ten White and Blue: a demi-griffin rampant erased Gold armed and langued Red. Defence- Blue two seaxes in saltire White enfiled by a mural crown Gold and its commander Captain George Hope - Azure a chevron Or between three bezants. Minotaur - White a bull's head couped at the neck Black armed Gold langued Red Orion - Blue a half length figure in semi classical dress White holding a short sword bendwise Gold and its commander Captain Edward Codrington - Argent a fess embattled counter-embattled Sable fretty Gules between three lions passant of the same. Swiftsure - Blue an heraldic tyger rampant winged Gold armed and langued Red. *At a recent talk by Roland Symons he told us that although the Admiralty describe the badges in heraldic terms they steadfastly refuse to use the names of the heraldic tinctures and always describe the colours in ordinary everyday English. We are indebted to Roland for the splendid drawings and blazons of the badges of some of the vessels involved and for the arms of one or two of their commanders all of which appear on his latest colouring sheet of The Battle of Trafalgar. The Ordinary of Arms According to the Oxford English Dictionary the 15th meaning of the word "ordinary" is as follows:in Heraldry - a charge of the earliest, simplest and commonest kind, usually bounded by straight lines, but sometimes engrailed, wavy, indented, etc. The principal charges so classed are the Chief, Pale, Bend, Bend-sinister, Fess, Chevron, Cross and Saltire. Ref. 1610 Guillim - Heraldry - Those Charges which do peculiarly belong to this Art, and are of ordinary use therein, in regard whereof they are called Ordinaries. Hence Ordinary of Arms, [viz Papworth] applied erroneously to a book or a work of reference in which heraldic bearings are arranged in some methodical order and referred to the persons or families who bear them; the converse of an Armoury, [viz Burke], arranged in the order of the names of the persons. This appears to have originated in a misunderstanding (perhaps through a colloquial Ordinary Book) of the appellation Book of Ordinaries properly applied in 1628 by John Withie to the MS work of R. Glover, Somerset Herald 1571-88. R. Glover's own MS, in the British Museum, has no title. Page 6 Another Achievement Robin Clayton tells us that he has postponed visiting churches with hatchments in Kent because, after completing Northamptonshire, he realised that Cambridgeshire and Rutland were not very far away. So he decided to press on in the same area going East but found Rutland disappointing in that the churches had very little to offer except hatchments! Better Late Than Never Discovery of a loophole in regulations banning Roman Catholic dioceses from bearing arms has led the archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh to become the first Roman Catholic see since the Reformation to acquire and display armorial bearings. After much discussion in heraldic circles we understand that some ten years ago the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh decreed that rules governing England and Wales do not apply to Scotland. As a result the archdiocese now has a striking coat of arms:- Azure(?) on a saltire Argent(?) a castle between two crosses formy fitchy of the field(?). The Bath Gallery of Arms Most of our readers are aware that Roland Symons has produced a set of colouring sheets which, incidentally are worth adding to one's heraldic art collection even if one is too lazy or too incompetent to apply colour! However to remind our readers we give below a comprehensive list of the available sheets:- 1. Battles - Bannockburn 1314 Crecy 1346 Agincourt 1415 Bosworth 1485 Lansdown 1643 Amiens 1918 D Day 1944 Arnhem 1944 2. The Heralds - Garter King of Arms Clarenceux King of Arms Norroy & Ulster King of Arms Lord Lyon King of Arms The Badges & Arms of Kings of Arms, Heralds & Pursivants of the UK, Ireland & the Commonwealth The Duke of Norfolk & His Heralds 3. Knights - Garter 1997 Thistle 1997 GCVOs - a Selection 4. Ecclesiastical - Dioceses of England Bishops of Bath & Wells Archbishops of York 1070-1561 & 1561-1997 Bishops of London 5. Bath - City of Bath & its Twinned Cities Bath Abbey Vault: 1490-1525 & Bath Abbey Vault: Stuart Arms Bath Abbey Vault: The Kemble Restoration (2 Sheets) 6. Political - Prime Ministers of Great Britain The Golden Wedding: Arms of H.M. The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh Viceroys of India 1858-1947 Royal Badges and the latest - the Arms of the captains and the Badges of the ships which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar and a separate sheet showing the progression of the Arms of Admiral Lord Nelson after each of his three augmentations. They are all available in A3 size at 50p each from :- R. G. Symons, 5,Weatherly Avenue, Odd Down, Bath. Tel 01225 837308. All profits are for the benefit of the City of Bath Heraldry Society.
The Naval Question The answer to the question on page one is Dreadnought - the first ship of this name, according to Brewer's Phrase & Fable, was in use during the reign of Elizabeth I. The Seamen's Hospital at Greenwich, known as the Dreadnought Hospital, takes its title from the seventh ship of the name, which was first in action in 1809. From 1857 it was anchored off Greenwich as a seamen's hospital until it was broken up in 1875. However the ship which gave its name to the famous class was a 17,900 ton turbine-engined, big-gun battleship built in 1906 greatly influencing subsequent naval construction. The badge is described as:- Per fess wavy Blue and White two bars wavy Blue a dexter gauntlet proper grasping a key in bend sinister ward to the dexter Gold. Heraldry in Glamorgan In what he calls "the final issue" Tony Jones has published No.8 in the series - Cardiff Castle. He says that this volume which has the arms of the City of Cardiff on its front cover is the last in the series and contains a detailed description of the feast of heraldry that awaits the visitor to this wonderful 'three-in-one' castle Roman, Norman and Victorian. Within its 132 pages are over 180 illustrations of coats-of-arms together with pedigree charts of the Marcher Lords of Cardiff Castle and Glamorgan cl093-1901, and of the line of Crichton- Stuart, Marquesses of Bute; all supported by 8 pages of Notes and References. It was published in September 1998 in association with the Heraldry Society of Scotland at £7.00 and can be obtained from the author Anthony L. Jones, 37, Heol Croesty, Pencoed, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan CF35 5LS Tel:01656 860217 or from the Heraldry Society. It is very good value and at this price it is a must for your heraldic shelves. Next Meeting There will be no meeting in January 1999 Rolls of Arms by Leslie Pierson on Thursday, 18th February 1999 All meetings are held in the Library, Ruislip Manor at 8.00pm The Chiltern Heraldry Group Heraldry as Art; a practical viewpoint by David Hubber JP, SHA. [Chairman of The Heraldry Society] on Saturday, 20th February, 1999 in the Parish Hall, White Waltham. Meetings begin at 2.30pm and are followed by a light tea provided by members. Visitors welcome. The Chairman and members of the Committee wish all our readers a Happy Christmas and a Healthy Peaceful New Year brimming with Heraldry and are looking forward to sharing the last year of the present century with friends and colleagues of many years standing. Page 7 V
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