Map Notes -- SPD1ARM.txt

	Map Notes


	COATS OF ARMS
	The coats of arms on the Speed map of Hampshire are of Earls of Winchester and of Earls of Southampton. The families have not been traced in any detail - this is not the place - and reliable formal descriptions, blazons, have not been found for every coat of arms. The following descriptions should not be relied upon.
	EARLS OF WINCHESTER
Cliton, a saxon	Blazon, approximate:- gules, six crowns 3,2,1 or Papworth's Ordinary lists Cliton or Clinton, saxon Earl of Winchester with these arms.
Saer Quincy	A blazon for Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, 1264, is given by Longbottom:- gules, seven mascles 3,3,1 or Saer de Quincy was a powerful baron, an enemy of John, but created Earl of Winchester by him. He was one of the 25 barons appointed to enforce the observance of the Magna Carta; he died on pilgrimage in the Holy Land. His arms are described by Portal:- or, a fesse gules, a label of twelve points azure which is quite different! Longbottom confirms this last for Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, 1219.
Hugh Spencer	A blazon for Hugh le Despencer, Earl of Winchester, 1326, is given by Longbottom:- quarterly argent and gules, 2 and 3 a fret or, overall a bend sable Hugh le Despencer was a favourite of Edward II and was created Earl of Winchester 1322 after the de Quincy family had died out. He suffered an ugly death after surrendering Bristol to Queen Isabella, defending it against her for her husband Edward. Isabella had him hung and quartered, his body thrown to the dogs, his head sent to Winchester to be displayed on a pole on the castle gate.
Lodowick Bruget	There is a Louis de Bruges, Earl of Winchester, 1492, whose blazon accoding to Longbottom is:- azure, ten mascles, 4,3,2,1 or, a canton gules a lion passant guardant of the second This is also described by Papworth for Lewis de Bruges, 4th earl of Winchester.
William Paulet	The Pawlets of Amport are a well known Hampshire family whose arms are described by various authorities. Sir Henry St George sitting at the White Hart, Andover, making a Visitation to Hampshire, 21 July 1686, records the following for William 4th Marquess of Winchester:- sable, three swords in pile, points in base, argent hilted gules, a crescent for a difference The description of the coat of arms varies from person to person: the pomels and hilts might be gold (or); and there might be a 'difference around' a bordure ermine. The 1st marquess, William, died 1572. His eldest son was also William.
	EARLS OF SOUTHAMPTON
Bogo or Beavous	Longbottom provides a blazon for Sir Bevis of Hampton:- azure, three lions passant guardant or These are, of course, the arms of England used by Edward I and many others. Portal pictures the lions arranged 2,1 not in the usual arrangement as on Speed's map. Sir Bevois of Southampton was a champion of english Christianity against danish heathenism, a great saxon chief, son of Guy, Earl of Southampton. He is said to have thrown up Bevois' Mount near the town, to bar the river passage to the Danes. ... and other tales ...
William Fitz Willliam	The four quarters of these can be described, approximamtely:- 1 lozengy argent and gules - which Papworth lists for William Fitz William, Earl of Southampton 2 gules, a saltire argent, a label for a difference - unidentified 3 argent, 3 lozenges conjoined in fesse gules - which might br Montacute, following Papworth 4 or an eagle displayed wings elevated gules ... or perhaps ... armed gules - unidentified
Thomas Wriothesley	The Wriothesley arms are described by St George in 1686:- azure, a cross argent between four falcons close or which is in the 1st quarter of the arms on Speed's map. The 2nd quarter of the arms is a bit like those of 'Bill' described by Berry:- or, a fret sable within a bordure engrailed azure, on a canton argent, five martlets in saltier, of the second 3 argent five fusils conjoined in pale gules, a bordure sable charged with seven bezants or (??) - unidentified 4 per pale indented gules and azure, a lion [rampant] or (??) - unidentified
	REFERENCES
	Berry, William: 1833: County Genealogies & Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Hants: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper (London) Longbottom, F W: 1982: Heraldry in the Windows of the Great Hall of Winchester Castle: (unpublished ms in Hampshire Library, Local Studies Collection) Portal, Melville, Sir: 1899: Great Hall at Winchester: Warren (Winchester, Hampshire) St George, Henry, Sir & Squibb, G D (ed): 1686; 1991 (edn): Visitation of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 1686: Harleian Society (London) Wagner, A R: 1961: Papworth's Ordinary of British Armorials: Tabard Publications (London):: which is arranged alphabetically by pictorial elements

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COATS OF ARMS

EARLS OF WINCHESTER

EARLS OF SOUTHAMPTON

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