The Noble and Gentle Men of England: or, notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective counties.Shirley, Evelyn Philip
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The Noble and Gentle Men of England: or, notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective counties.
Shirley, Evelyn Philip
Great Britain -- Genealogy; Heraldry -- Great Britain; Nobility -- Great Britain
Younger Branches. Seymour, of Knoyle, in this county, descended from
Francis, next brother of Edward eighth Duke of Somerset, and second
son of Sir Edward Seymour, Baronet, of Maiden-Bradley, who died in
1741. Seymour Marquess of Hertford, (1793,) descended from
Francis, son of Sir Edward Seymour, Bart., who died in 1708, and his
second wife, Letitia, daughter of Francis Popham.
See Brydges's Collins, vol. i. p. 144, vol. ii. p. 560; Westcote's
Devonshire Pedigrees, p. 479; and Wotton's Baronetage, vol. i. p.
86.
ARMS.--_Quarterly,_ 1 _and_ 4, _Or, on a pile gules between six
fleurs-de-lis azure three lions of England;_ 2 _and_ 3, _Gules, two
wings conjoined in lure of the first, the points downwards_. The
wings, the original coat, was borne by Sir Roger de Seimor in the
23rd Henry III., as appears by his seal, with the legend "Sigill'
Rogeri de Seimor." (Collins.) The first quarter was granted by Henry
VIII. as an augmentation in consequence of his marrying Jane,
daughter of Sir John Seymour.
Present Representative, Edward Adolphus Seymour, K.G. 13th Duke of
Somerset.
ARUNDELL OF WARDOUR, BARON ARUNDELL OF WARDOUR 1605.
[Illustration] A Norman family, which for centuries has flourished
in the West of England, traced by Dugdale to "Rogerius Arundel,"
mentioned in Domesday. "The most diligent inspection, however,"
writes Hoare in his Wiltshire, "of an immense collection of ancient
charters, deeds, and instruments of all kinds, and from the earliest
periods of documentary evidence, among the archives of Wardour
Castle, have not enabled us to trace the filiation of this House
from the said Rogerius." Reinfred de Arundell, who lived at the
end of the reign of Henry III. stands therefore at the head of the
pedigree as given by Hoare. Gilbert in his "Survey of Cornwall," is
inclined to believe the name to be derived from Arundel in Sussex,
and refers to "Yorke's Union of Honour." He says the family came
into Cornwall by a match with the heiress of Trembleth about the
middle of the twelfth century. Lanherne, in that county, was in the
fourteenth century their principal seat. The Castle of Wardour was
purchased by Sir Thomas Arundell from Sir Fulke Greville in 1547.
Camden, Carew, and Leland unite in recording the hospitality and
honourable demeanour of this family, in all relations of social
life, and state that from the pre-eminence of their ample
possessions they were popularly designated "The Great Arundells."
See Coll. Topog. et Genealog., vol. iii. p. 389; Leland's Itin.,
vol. iii. fol. 2; Gilbert's Cornwall, vol. i. p. 470; Brydges's
Collins, vol. vii. p. 40; and Hoare's Wiltshire, vol. iii. pt. i. p.
175, &c.
ARMS.--_Sable, six martlets argent_. The martlets, or _hirondelles_,
may be considered an early instance of Canting Heraldry.
Present Representative, John Francis Arundell, 12th Baron Arundell
of Wardour.
WYNDHAM OF DINTON.
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