Armorial bindings; Bookplates, English; Heraldry -- Great Britain
[ENGLAND. _In this volume are conteined the statutes
made ... from the time of King Henry the thirde
unto ... Kyng Henry the VIII._ London, 1564.]
This stamp belonged to a member of the old family of Topsfield,
who owned the estate of Frisingfield, near Harleston in
Norfolk, but I have as yet not been able to find out which
particular member used it.
[Illustration]
TOWNELEY, RICHARD
_Arms._--Arg., a fess sa., in chief 3 mullets of the second.
_Towneley._
_Motto._--TENEZ LE VRAY.
_Date._--1603.
[_The Hystory writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan of the
warre which was betwene the Peloponesians and the
Athenyans._ London, 1550.]
The family of Towneley is one of ancient domicile in
Lancashire. The member of it to whom the accompanying
book-stamp probably belonged was Richard Towneley of Towneley
Hall near Burnley, who lived there from about 1580 till about
1640.
His son Christopher was a well-known antiquary, but the most
distinguished member of the family was Charles Towneley, who
lived in the eighteenth century. He made a very important
collection of ancient statuary and terra-cottas, which were
purchased for the British Museum in 1805, and a member of the
Towneley family is always represented on the Museum Board of
Trustees.
[Illustration]
TREVOR, MARCUS, VISCOUNT DUNGANNON
_Arms._--Per bend sinister erm. and erminois, a lion rampant or.
_Trevor._
[BEAULIEU. _Take heed of both extremes._ London, 1675.]
[Illustration]
_Crest._--A wyvern with wings addorsed, sa.
_Initials._--I. D.
[BEAULIEU. _Take heed of both extremes._ London, 1675.]
Marcus Trevor (born circ. 1620, died circ. 1683) belonged to
the family of Trevor of Brynkinalt in Denbighshire. He was a
strong Royalist, and took part in the struggle between Charles
I. and the Parliamentarians. After the Restoration Charles
II. made Colonel Trevor a peer, and in 1662 created him Baron
Trevor and Viscount Dungannon, both of which peerages became
extinct in 1706 on the death of his grandson Marcus. Lord
Dungannon married twice; his first wife was a daughter of Sir
Marmaduke Whitechurch, and his second wife was a daughter of
John Lewis.
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TREWARTHEN, FAMILY OF
_Arms._--Quarterly.
1. Arg., a boar passant gu. _Trewarthen._
2. Arg., a bend sa. _Blackborne._
3. Az., on a chevron between 3 estoiles or, as many lozenges
sa. _Butts._
4. Chequy, or and az., on a chief arg., gutty de sang.
_Coleshill._
_Crest._--A double plume of 5 ostrich feathers, arg.
[AUSTIN. _Devout Meditations._ London, 1635.]
The family of Trewarthen is an old one belonging to the county
of Cornwall, but to which particular member of the family this
stamp belonged I have been unable to decide at present.
[Illustration]
TUDOR ROSE
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