Armorial bindings; Bookplates, English; Heraldry -- Great Britain
_Supporter._--A bear collared and chained ppr.
_Legend._--VINCENTI AVGVSTA.
[CHASSENEUX. _Catalogus Gloriae Mundi._
Francofurti, 1603.]
Augustine Vincent (born circ. 1584, died 11th January 1625)
was the son of William Vincent. He showed antiquarian and
heraldic tastes at an early age, and in 1615 was made Rouge
Rose Pursuivant, and in 1624 Windsor Herald. Vincent collected
valuable material concerning heraldic and genealogical matter,
and his manuscripts are chiefly to be found either at the
College of Arms or the Bodleian Library at Oxford.
In Vincent's time it was the custom to carry out the heraldic
visitations by deputy. These visitations should have been made
by the Heralds in person, and in 1619 there was much trouble
about the matter, and strong complaints were made to the Earl
Marshal by both Garter and Norroy. The difficulty was brought
to a head by the appointment of Vincent, then Rouge Rose
Pursuivant, to carry out the visitations of Northamptonshire
and Rutlandshire as deputy for William Camden, Clarencieux
Herald.
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WALDEGRAVE, JAMES, SECOND EARL WALDEGRAVE
_Arms._--Per pale, arg. and gu. _Waldegrave._
_Supporters._--Two talbots sa., eared or, each gorged with a mural
crown, arg.
_Coronet._--That of an Earl.
[PREVOST D'EXILES. _Memoirs d'un Homme de Qualité._
Paris, 1732.]
James Waldegrave (born 4th March 1714, died 13th April 1763)
was the son of James, first Earl Waldegrave, and succeeded his
father in the Earldom in 1741. In 1752 Lord Waldegrave was
Governor and Keeper of the Privy Purse to George, Prince of
Wales. In 1757 he was made a Knight of the Garter and a Teller
of the Exchequer. Lord Waldegrave wrote a book of Historical
Memoirs from 1754 to 1757. He married a daughter of Sir Edward
Walpole but had no son, and at his death the family honours
devolved upon his brother John.
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WALKER, SIR EDWARD, KNIGHT
_Arms._--Quarterly.
1st and 4th; arg., on a cross of St. George gu., 5 leopards'
faces or. _Coat of Augmentation._
2nd and 3rd; arg., a chevron between 3 crescents sa., an
annulet for difference. _Walker._
_Supporter._--A greyhound, collared.
_Motto._--LOYAVTE MON HONNEVR.
[_Indentures of Military Service, Edw. III.-Hen. VII._
Stowe MS. 440.]
Edward Walker (born 24th January 1611, died 19th February
1676) was the son of Edward Walker of Roobers, Nether Stowey,
Somerset. He joined the College of Arms as an official, and in
1635 he was made Blanch Lion Pursuivant, filling successively
the positions of Rouge Croix Pursuivant and Chester Herald.
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