the lawes of armes, for ever. In witnes whereof I haue to these presents affixed the seale of myne office and subscribed my name, the thirtieth day of August in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty and eight. William Ryley, Norroy Kinge of Armes.' XIV. GRANT OF ARMS BY THE SAME TO ROBERT BLACKBURN, SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY, 1653.2 1653. Certificate by the same to Robert Blakeborne, Secretary to the right honourable the Commissioners of the Admiralty, and also Secretary to the Commissioners of the Customs in the port of London, son of Blakeborne, of , in the co. of York, in the co. of Lancaster, son of Blakeborne, of "that upon diligent search made amongst the records in the Office of Armes, I doe fynde that the ancestors of the said Rob. Bl:, haue borne, for their coat armour, vizt (omission), and that the said armes are lineally and lawfully descended unto him, the said Rob. Bl:, but, by reason of the antiquity of tyme and the neglect of his ancestors, I doe not fynd any creast vsed with the said armes; I doe therefore adde therevnto the creast hereafter (nothing more). XV. NOTES OF GRANTS OF ARMS MADE IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.3 Hereafter followethe the names of all them that I, William Flower alias Norrey Kinge of Armes, have geven patentes of armes vnto since my creacyon of Norrey, beinge in the fourthe yere of the reigne of our moste dread and soveraigne ladye Elizabethe, by the grace of God qwene of England, France, and Ireland, defendor of the faythe, etc., videlicet: 5 Anno 4°. John Preegle, captayne of footemen at Barwicke. 1 Similar grant, dated September 1, 1658, to Silvester Petty alias Petit, of Bolton-in-Craven, gent., of a mullet for a third difference. Not signed. (Ibid., No. 79.) 2 State Papers Domestic, Interregnum, vol. 182, p. 342. Nicholas Blacborne, of Yorkshire, bore Gules, a lion checky ermine, crowned or. (The Ancestor, v. 189.) In a list of arms, printed by Foster in his edition of The Visitations of Yorkshire Anno predicto. John Thornton, of Hulle, and alderman of the same. Anno predicto. Thomas Dalton, of Hulle, and alderman of the same.' Anno 5o. John Harbart, of Overton-iuxta-Yorke, justyce of the peace. Anno predicto. Robert Southbye, of Brudeshall, in comitatu Eboracensi.2 Anno 6o. Alexander Dawson, in comitatu Eboracensi.3 Anno predicto. Thomas Johnson, in comitatu Eboracensi. Endorsed.-Norrey's bill of arms, gyven duryng ye Q. Mates reign vntill anno 6, 1564. The names of thosse vnto whome I [garter princypall kinge of armes] haue geven armes by the consent of duke of Norff', sence the tyme that he gave commaundement that none should geve any armes without his consent, which was don the xxvijti of Apprell, anno tercio of the quenes maties reigne that nowe is : Robert Swyfte, of Rotheram, in the countie of Yorke, xmo Maii, anno quarto (1561-2)." 1 Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, p. 148. 2 The Visitations of Yorkshire, 1584-5 and 1612, p. 170. 3 Alexander Dawson, of Spaldingholme. (Ibid., p. 184.) 4 State Papers Domestic, Eliz., xxxvi. 9. 5 1561. 6 This is the only Yorkshire entry. Richard Fit ponce - Matilda Walter de Clifford = Margaret de Tony Walter de Clifford Agnes de Cundy Walter de Clifford = Margaret I. Roger de Clifford, Sibil de Ewyas Hawise Botterel II. Roger de Clifford, Contissa de Loretto III. Roger de Clifford, d. 1282 d. 1285-6 Isabel de Vipont Anne St. John = XIII. Henry, 10th Lord, Florence Pudsey d. 1524 Margaret, dau. == XIV. Henry, 1st Earl of Margaret, dau. of of Earl of Shrewsbury Eleanor, dau. of XV. Cumberland, Earl of Northumberland Henry, 2nd Earl, Anne, dau. of Lord Dacre THE CLIFFORD FAMILY. By J. W. CLAY, F.S.A. I. ROGER DE CLIFFORD,' of Tenbury, said to be the second son of Walter de Clifford and Agnes de Cundy, attended the King in Brittany. He died 16 Hen. III. (1231), before his brother Walter, and was buried in the Abbey of Dore. M.I. He married Sybil, daughter of Robert de Ewyas, relict of Robert de Tregoz and William de Newmarch. They had issueRoger (II.) II. ROGER DE CLIFFORD, a minor at the date of his father's death, joined the insurgent barons under Montfort, and was taken prisoner. He afterwards deserted them, and was at the battle of Lewes, and fought at Evesham on the King's side. He joined the crusade under Prince Edward, 54 Hen. III. (1269-70). On the outbreak of the Welsh insurrection he was surprised by David, brother of Llewellyn, in Hawarden Castle, on Palm Sunday, 22 March, 1281-2, and taken prisoner, though not before he had been wounded. He probably died about 14 Edw. I. (1285-6). (See Dictionary of National Biography.) He is said to have married (1) Hawise or Avicia, widow of John Boterell. He had issue Roger (III.) He married (2) the Comitessa de Loretto. She died in 1301, and was buried in Worcester Cathedral. Teste 3 1230. 14 Hen. III. Sciatis quod concessimus Rogero de Clifford maritagium Hawisie, que fuit uxor Johannis de Boterellis, ad opus Rogeri de Clifford, filii ipsius Rogeri primogeniti. apud Myrebel xxx die Julii anno xiiij. (Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen. III.vol.ii.) 4 Who this lady was is not quite clear. Dugdale calls her the Countess of Lauretania, and says they were married 1 Edw. I. (1272-3), at St. George near the castle of Beaufort in France. If this date is correct the son Roger would be by the first wife. Order to 12 Apr. 6 Edw. I. (1278). cause Contissa, Countess of Lorett[o], wife of Roger de Cliff[ord], to have 12 oaks for timber of the King's gift. (Calendar of Close Rolls, 450.) 8 Jan. 7 Edw. I. (1279). cause Contesse Loretti, wife Order to of Roger |