In the _Théâtre de la Noblesse de Brabant_, I find that "François Godin, Secrétaire ordinaire du Roy Philippe II., en grand conseil séant à Malines," was ennobled by letters patent, dated Madrid, 7th January, 1589, and "port les armoiries suivantes, qui sont, _un escu de sinople à une coupe lasalade, ou couverture ouverte d'or; ledit escu sommé d'un heaume d'argent grillé et liséré d'or; aux bourlet et hachements d'or et de sinople: cimier une coupe de l'escu_." This blazoning is corrected in the index, where the arms are stated to be "_un escu de sinople à la coupe couverte d'or_." In the _Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas_, I find that Daniel Godin, Seigneur de Beauvois, was enobled by Philip IV. in 1623, and "les armes sont, _de sinople à une coupe couverte d'or_." In 1642, "Jean-François Godin, Seigneur de Baumez, Baillé et haut Justicier de Reumes" (son of François Godin, who was ennobled by Philip II.), obtained permission from Philip IV. to alter his paternal coat, and to carry "_un écu de sinople à trois coupes couvertes d'or; cet écu timbré d'un casque d'argent, grillé, liséré, et couronné d'or, orné de ses lambrequins d'or et de sinople, et au-dessus en cimier, une tête et col de licorne au naturel_." His son, Jaques-François Godin, appears afterwards to have obtained the title of Baron. The earliest mention I can find of the Godin arms is in 1588, when Christopher Godin carried "_de sinople à une coupe couverte d'or_." He was a son of Jacques Seigneur d'Aubrecicourt and of Françoise Lettin, and brother to the first-named François Godin. There appears to have been another brother, Jaques; and they were all three ennobled by Philip II., probably for their public services, as Christopher was Conseiller et Receveur-général des Domaines et Finances des Pays-Bas; Jacques, Conseiller et Maître de la Chambre des Comptes en Hollande; and François, Secrétaire du Grand Conseil à Malines. I am not aware what connection existed between these Godins and the family of that name in Normandy (now extinct); but the _cup_ in the arms, though borne differently, proves that they were of the same race. J.R.C. May 23, 1850.