The Heraldry Gazette

ISSN 0437 2980

THE HERALDRY GAZETTE

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE HERALDRY SOCIETY

REGISTERED AT STATIONERS HALL

NEW SERIES 119 March 2011

The Royal Wedding

May we wish the joyous couple our heartfelt hopes for a long, healthy and happy life together.

The Arms of HRH Prince William.

The escallop on the label comes via his mother’s Spencer arms.

At the time of going to press we were awaiting an announcement from the College of Arms reference a Grant of Arms to Mr. Middleton.

The big question is, What will “Princess Kate’s” Arms look like?

Deadline for contributions to the next issue is 1st May 2011

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The Anniversary Lunch will be reported in the June issue.

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A New Member of Council

Annual General Meeting Wednesday 19th January 2011

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he Society’s Annual General Meeting that had to be postponed from Tuesday, 7th December 2010 due to uncertain weather conditions was reconvened at St George’s German Lutheran Church, Whitechapel, London, E1 on Wednesday, 19th January 2011. Some forty members were in attendance to hear our outgoing Chairman of the Council, David Krause, present his report and on behalf of our retiring Treasurer, Peter Esslemont, a resume of the Society’s accounts and financial health.

At this AGM, both David Krause and Patrick CracroftBrennan retire from the Council having served their full term as members of Council. At the same time, we welcomed three new members of Council who were duly proposed and elected at the meeting. They were Clive Alexander, Steven Ashley and Dr Andrew Gray. We wish them well in their future deliberations and endeavours on behalf of the Society.

Our new Chairman of the Council will be Tony Sims, who will be installed at the first Council Meeting of 2011 on Monday, 7th February.

Our new Hon. Treasurer is David Broomfield who now becomes an ex officio member of Council.

John J. Tunesi of Liongam - Hon Secretary [A short biography of the remaining newly-elected members of Council will appear in the June Gazette. - Ed.].

Jill Bedells It is with great regret that the Society notes the death of Jill Bedells after a short illness at Christmas. As many members will know, Jill was the widow of Lt Cdr John Bedells, RN, quondam Howard Pursuivant of Arms. Both John and Jill were stalwart members of the society since its very inception, supporting the society at its many events over the years. Jill ably supported John during his service as a member of Council. I, myself, shall remember Jill with great affection for her friendship whenever we met at some society function or another.

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Clive Alexander.

live was born in 1944, was brought up in Wanstead and later lived and worked for many years in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. He is married and is retired, and now lives in South Woodford, all of which are parts of Greater London. He trained as a History teacher, then later re-trained and gained a Post Graduate Certificate in Craft Design & Technology. He took early retirement and then studied and achieved a City and Guilds in Electrical Installations.

His interest in Heraldry was first inspired in 1953 when all of the school children in Essex were given, as souvenir, a colorful book ‘Royalty in Essex’.

Since becoming a member of the Heraldry Society he has taken on the management of the annual Photographic Competition. He is currently involved with the production of a ‘Welcome Pack’ for new members and has been instrumental in the revision update and publication of the ‘Walthamstow Armorial’ which was first produced in 1932 by the Walthamstow Antiquarian Society as their Monograph No26.

He petitioned for a grant of arms, which was granted in January 2004. His agent was Robert Noel, Lancaster Herald. His arms are:- Per Pale Argent and Sable In chief two Strakes of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers in base a Rose, all counterchanged.

The society sends its condolences to Jill’s family at this sad time.

John J. Tunesi of Liongam Hon Secretary 2

[With apologies for the quality of the illustrations but which were the best available at the time of going to press.]

To contact the Membership Secretary, Ingrid Phillips, write to: PO Box 772, GUILDFORD, GU3 3ZX

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A Little Bit of This - But Not Much of The Other .

little bit of this and a little bit of another can be seen from the arms of the General Hospital and those of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital both in Birmingham. The former,

granted in 1933, bore, “Argent two chevronels Sable on a pale Ermines a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper between two trefoils also Gules.” Crest, on a wreath of the colours; “Between two mullets Or a cockatrice Gules holding in the dexter claw a trefoil Gold”; Motto, “Flectas Sed Resiliet”. Granted 20th June 1933.

of the third stringed Gold”. Crest, on a wreath of the colours; “A demi-lion rampant Azure holding in the sinister paw a bow erect Gules stringed Or”. Granted 29th April 1939. After the mergers of the General, Women’s, Nerve, Children’s and the Queen Elizabeth Hospitals to become the United Birmingham Hospitals they bore;”Or a bend lozengy between seven crosses (4 and 3) Gules” Crest, on a wreath of the colours, “A two headed demi lion rampant Azure holding between the paws a torch enflamed Proper.” Motto; “Heal.Teach.Learn” The merger which, rather like the amalgamation of Regiments, was not entirely popular resulted in some nurses describing the shield as “covered in sticking plaster!”

[My especial thanks to Lynne Symon of the Lord Mayor’s Parlour, Birmingham for her help in tracking down an example of the old General Hospital arms and to the Archive Department at Birmingham Central Reference Library (especially to Elizabeth M. Palmer) for finding it.

Even greater thanks to all at the old General Hospital, Birmingham, now taken over by the Children’s Hospital and particularly to Mike Hammond, Chief Executive, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, who immediately sent me four examples of the Letters Patent (without any strings attached) from which to choose. The result is shown at the beginning of the article. The others are my photographs of my wife’s nursing badges.- Ed.]

Gremlins again!

Because of last minute changes to pages 4 and 5 of the December issue there was a mysterious reference to “p.4” on page 6. The article on Sands-Cox will appear in the June issue. There was also a missing “t” in “illustration” on p.16, a spurious “ on p.10, Mr. Wyand’s name is Tony (not Tom) and the “new” fur is Erminois, correctly spelt in the footnote. Furthermore Mr Copping reminds us that his shield is, “per bend sinister” and his crest is of a demi male griffin.

Don’t forget that the Third Birmingham International Heraldry Conference will be The latter bore ; “Per pale indented Or and Azure (reflecting the arms of the City) to the dexter a cockatrice Gules grasping in the dexter claw a trefoil of the second and to the sinister a garb of the first on a chief Ermine a dolphin naiant between two lions rampant also of the second each holding in the sinister claw a bow erect

held on the Monday and Tuesday, 1st and 2nd August 2011 (over St. Alphonse and St. Julien’s Days), the theme being; “THE HERALDRY OF JOHN BROOKELITTLE.” Details may be obtained from Adrian de Redman, Hon. F.H.S. at adrianderedman@hotmail.co.uk. Further details will be announced later.

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News from across, “The Pond” U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry

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his is the superb, illuminated scroll originally seen in the December issue and in greater detail. This is a U.S. Army photograph and was supplied courtesy of Charles V. Mugno, Director, The Institute of Heraldry, Department of the Army

More from Joseph McMillan

To refresh the memory, the large achievement is the arms of The Institute of Heraldry: Or a chevron Gules on a chief Sable a label of the first. Crest - a griffin segreant Or. The shield flanked by two banners, dexter Or a mullet Argent fimbriated Azure; sinister Or a Tudor rose proper. Motto, Aegis fortissima honos.

The arms in the upper left corner of the scroll are those of the American Heraldry Society, Gules an American bald eagle displayed proper, on a chief Azure three escutcheons Argent.

The small shields down the left margin of the scroll are those of the members of the Board of Governors of the American Heraldry Society. From top to bottom: Rev. William B. Henry, Jr, president: Azure a fess wavy cotised between three Celtic crosses formée alisée and a castle of two towers Argent.

Philip D. Blanton, vice president: Argent, a sword point to base winged expanded sable Hugh L. Brady, secretary: Per bend sinister Gules and Or in the sinister base a dexter hand couped at the wrist the index finger pointing at the sun in splendor in dexter chief the whole within a bordure all counterchanged.

Kenneth F. Mansfield, treasurer: Vert a Barrulet dancetty throughout Argent on a chief Gules a Celtic Cross between two Mullets of seven points inverted Argent.

Kimon Andreou, governor-at-large: Per fess Azure and Argent a Saltire counterchanged between in chief an Athenian Owl (Athene noctua) contourné Argent in base an Oak Tree eradicated Azure.

Joseph McMillan, governor-at-large: Or a lion passant Sable between in chief three stars Azure voided Argent and in base a bar wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Silver.

Rev. Guy Selvester, governor-at-large: Or a cross flory Gules a chief sapiné Vert

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uane LCM Galles, JCD Minneapolis, MN writes: “Anent Fr Turnham-Elvins’s “Return of the Tiara” piece p. 9 of the September, 2010, Heraldry Gazette, you may find of interest the referenced photo as further evidence of same.

The triple-tiara made another appearance in the papal coat of arms.

The new tapestry that draped from the window of the Apostolic Palace for the Angelus has a tri regno above the Pope’s shield, rather than the miter.

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (“Fr. Z”) has pictures 4

on wdtprs.com/blog/2010/10/ stemma-papale , supplied by Rinascimento sacro.

It was made by the same outfit that earlier made a set of papal Mass vestments that used a similar triple-crowned Benedictine coat of arms. Ars Regia at www.ars-regia.com.”

(Additional information supplied via Greg Smisek 3526 Grand Ave S, Apt 106 Minneapolis, MN

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