BROMERE, or BROMME, Abbey, [Hants.] gu. a sword, in pale, ar. hilt and pommel or, surmounted of two keys in saltier; the dexter of the last; the sinister of the second.

BROMHOLME Priory, [Norf.] ar. a cross, voided, sa. double cottised of the last, all within a bordure or. BROWN-BAKERS, [London; incorporated 9 June, 1621] vert, a chev. quarterly, or and gu. betw. three garbs gold; the second, on a chief, barry wavy of six, ar. and az, an anchor, lying fesseways, or, the beam and ring to the sinister; from the bottom of the chief a hand, issuing from clouds, all ppr. holding a pair of scales, which are on the chev. or.-Crest, an arm, embowed, vested quarterly or and gu. cuff ar. holding erect in the hand ppr. a garb gold.

BRUNTISLAND, Royal Burgh, [Scotland] az. a threemasted ship, with an anchor, and her sails furled, ar. BRUTON Priory, [Somers.] gu. in a maunch erm. a haud ppr. holding erect a fleur-de-lis or. Another coat, or, a

cross engr. sa.

BUCKENHAM Priory, [Norf.] ar. three escallops, two and one.

BUCKFESTRE Abbey, [Devons.] sa. a crosier, in pale, or, enfiled with a buck's head, cabossed, ar.

BUCKINGHAM, Town, [Bucks.] per pale, gu. and sa. a swan, with wings expanded, ar. ducally gorged and chained or.

BURNHAM Abbey, [Bucks.] or, on a chief ar. three lozenges gu.

BURSCOUGH Priory, [Lanc.] per fesse indented, .. and ..; in chief two crosiers betw. three annulets. BURTON UPON TRENT, Borough, [Staffs.] barry wavy of six, ar. and az.; on a chief gu. an eagle displ. betw. two fleurs-de-lis, or.

BURTON UPON TRENT Abbey, [Leic.] or, on a cross, engr. az. five mullets, pierced, ar.

BURTON LAZER, Hospital, [Leic.] gu. a lion ramp. ar. impaling, ar. a cross gu.

BURY ST. EDMUNDS, Borough, [Suff.] az. three pairs of arrows, in saltier, or, each pair enfiled with a ducal coronet of the last.-Crest, a wolf, sejant, ppr. holding betw. the fore-paws the head of a man, couped below the shoulders, of the last, ducally crowned or. BURY ST. EDMUNDS Abbey, [Suff.] az. three ducal crowns, two and one, or, each pierced with two arrows, in saltier, of the last.

BUTCHERS' COMPANY, [London. Incorporated 16 Sept. 1605] az. two slaughter-axes, endorsed in saltier, ar. handled or, betw. three bulls' heads, couped, of the second, armed of the third, viz. two in fesse, and one in base; on a chief ar. a boar's head, couped, gu. betw. two block-brushes, (viz. bunches of knee-holly) vert.Crest, a flying bull ar. wings endorsed or, armed and hoofed of the last; over the head a small circle of glory ppr. Supporters, two flying bulls ar. winged, armed, and hoofed or; over each head, a small circle of glory ppr. Motto, Omnia subjecisti sub pedibus, oves et boves. Note. The bunches of knee-holly have often been painted as garbs, by mistake.

BUTCHERS' COMPANY, [Exeter] The same arms, supporters, and motto.

BUTCHERS' COMPANY, [Newcastle upon Tyne] The same arms and crest. Motto, Sic subjecisti sub pedibus oves et boves.

BUTLEY Priory, [Suff.] or, a chief, indented, az.; over all, in bend, a crosier, the staff gu. the crook of the first. Note. These arms were also used without the crosier. CAERMARDEN, or KAERMERDIN, Priory, [Wales] az. an eagle, with wings endorsed, standing on a branch of laurel, all or.

CALCUTTA, See, gu. a crosier, in bend, or, headed ar. surmounted by an open book ppr.; on a chief, indented, erm. two palm-branches, in saltier, also ppr. surmounted of a mitre gold.

CAITHMESS, See, [Scotland] az. a crown of thorns or, betw. three saltiers ar.

CALDER Abbey, [Cumb.] ar. three escutcheons, two aud one; the first, in the dexter chief quarter, or, a fesse betw. two chev. gu.; second, gu. three lucies, haurient, ar.; the third, sa. a fret ar. CALLINGTON, Borough, [Cornw.] hath no armorial ensign. CALNE, Borough, [Wilts.] sa. a tower, towered and domed, ar. betw. two feathers of the last, each feather in a scroll or.

CAMBRIDGE, Town, [Cambr.] gu. on a fesse, arched, three towers or, all masoned sa.; in chief a fleur-de-lis betw. two roses of the second; in base a river ppr. thereon three vessels, each with one mast and yard-arm, of the third.-Crest, on a mount vert, a quadrangular castle, with four towers, domed, in front two ports, all or, masoned sa. Supporters, two sea-horses ppr. finned and maned or. CAMBRIDGE University, [allowed and confirmed in 1575] gu. on a cross erm. betw. four lions pass. guard. or, a bible, lying fesseways, of the field, clasped and garnished of the third, the clasps in base. CAMELFORD, Borough, [Cornw.] ar. a camel passing through a ford of water, all ppr.

CANARY COMPANY, [London; incorporated 17 March, 1664] ar. a cross gu.; on a chief az. a lion pass. guard. or, betw. two bunches of grapes, erect, stalked and leaved of the last.-Crest, a mountain, as representing the Peak of Teneriffe, ppr. Supporters, two falcons, with wings endorsed, or, belled of the last. CANTERBURY, City, [Kent] ar. three cornish choughs ppr.; on a chief gu. a lion pass. guard. or. CANTERBURY, See, [Archbishop and primate of all England] az. an episcopal staff, in pale, ar. ensigned with a cross pattée or, surmounted by a pall of the second, edged and fringed of the third, charged with four crosses formée fitchée sa.

CANTERBURY Deanery, az. on a cross ar, the letter X. sa. surmounted with the letter I. of the last. CARDIFF, Borough, [Glamorganshire, Wales] gu. three chev. or.

CARDIGAN, Town, [Cardiganshire] hath no armorial ensign. The Corporation Seal represents an antique castle, triple-towered and embattled; Legend, Sigillum commune burgensium Cardigan; and on the reverse is a ship under sail; Legend, Anchora spei certicæ est in te domine. CARD MAKERS' COMPANY, [Londou. Incorporated 1629] gu. on a cross ar. betw. the four ace-cards ppr. (viz. the ace of hearts and diamonds in chief, the ace of clubs and spades in base) a lion pass. guard. of the first.-Crest, an armed arm, erect, holding in the hand ppr. an ace of hearts, all ppr. Supporters, two men in armour complete ppr. garnished or; on each a sash gu.

CLARE HALL, [Cambr. Originally founded in 1326, by Richard Badew, Chancellor of Cambridge; but in 1347, he, together with Walter de Thaxsted, the then Master, resigned the foundation into the hands of Elizabeth, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, and wife of John de Burg, Earl of Ulster, who refounded it by the name of Clare-Hall] or, three chev. gu. for Clare; impaling, or, a cross gu. for Burg; both within a bordure sa. guttée d' or.

Note.--The woman's arms are here placed on the dexter side of the escutcheon, on account of her being the principal in this foundation, and agreeable to a practice, which prevailed very much in the fourteenth century, of impaling the wife's arms on the dexter side of the escutcheon, in case she was descended of a more ancient family than her husband. CLEMENT'S INN, ar. an anchor, erect, without a stock, ppr. environed on the centre with the letter C or. CLERGYMEN'S WIDOWS AND CHILDREN, Society for the relief of, [London. Arms granted 29 Nov. 1684] lozengy, ar. and sa. on a chief purp. a cross pattée or, betw. two open books of the first, garnished and clasped of the fourth.-Crest, a female figure, the emblem of Charity, standing on a wreath, vested in a loose garment sa. her head, breast, hands, and feet ppr. her hair dishevelled or, accompanied with three naked boys, one on her dexter side, the other two in her arms, all ppr. crined or.

CLIFFORD'S INN, chequy, or and az. a fesse gu.; all within a bordure of the last, charged with eight bezants. CLITHERO, Borough, [Lanc.] az. on a mount vert, a castle, embattled, with three towers, domed; on each a pennon, all or.

CLOCK MAKERS' COMPANY, [London. Incorporated 22 Aug. 1635. Arms granted 13 Jan. 1677] sa. a clock; each of the four corner pillars of the case erected on a lion couchant, and on each capital a mound, thereon a cross pattée; and on the dome of the case an imperial crown, supported by circular arches springing from the pillars, under which arches the bell appears, and on the centre of the dial-plate a double rose, all or. (The clock is drawn in the form of what is called a table clock.)— Crest, a sphere or. Supporters, dexter, an emblematical figure, representing Time; sinister, the portrait of an emperor in his robes, on his head an imperial crown, and in the sinister hand a sceptre, surmounted of a dove, all ppr. Motto, Tempus rerum imperator. CLOGHER, See, [Ireland] az. a bishop, habited in his pontificals, sitting in his chair of state, leaning on the sinister side, holding in his left hand a crosier, his right hand extended towards the dexter chief point, all or, resting his feet on a cushion gu. tasselled of the second. CLONFORT AND KILMACDUAGH, See, [Ireland] az. two crosiers, endorsed, in saltier, or.

CLOTH WORKERS' COMPANY, [London. Originally incorporated by letters patent, dated 28 April, 1482, by the style of The Fraternity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin of the Sheermen of London; which letters patent were confirmed by Henry VIII. in 1528. Queen Elizabeth reincorporated them by the name of Cloth Workers; and her charter was confirmed by King Charles I. in 1634. Arms granted by Benolt, 1530: the crest and supporters granted by Cooke, 1587; and confirmed by St. George, at his visitation of London, in 1645] sa. a chev. erm. betw. two habicks, in chief, ar. and a tezel, in base, slipped, or.-Crest, on a mount

vert, a ram, stataut, or. Supporters, two griffins or, pellettée. Motto, My trust is in God alone. Patroness, the Virgin Mary.

Note.-Cooke, in his grant, reciting the above blazon, says, that the tezel is stalked and leaved vert; but this is a mistake, for the original grant expressly blazons the whole of the tezel or. CLOYNEZ, See, [Ireland] az. a mitre, labelled, or, betw. three crosses pattée fitchee ar.

COACH MAKERS AND COACH HARNESS MAKERS' COMPANY, [London. Incorporated 31 May, 1677; and arms granted 17 July, in the same year] az. a chev. betw. three coaches, or.-Crest, on a wreath, clouds ppr.; thereon the figure of Phoebus driving the chariot of the sun or, drawn by four horses ar. barnessed, reined, and bridled of the second. Supporters, two horses ar. harnessed and bridled sa. studded or, garnished gu. housings az. fringed and purfled of the third; each horse adorned on the head with a plume of four feathers, or, ar. az. and gu. Motto, Surgit nubila Phœbus.

Note--The coach in the arms must be drawn like Pl. 11, fig. 9, and not those used in modern times.

COCKERMOUTH, Borough, [Cumb.] COLCHESTER, City, [Essex] gu. two staves raguly and couped, one in pale, surmounted by another in fesse, both ar. betw. two ducal coronets, in chief, or; the bottom part of the staff enfiled with a ducal coronet of the last.

or.

COLCHESTER Monastery, [Essex] gu. a cross or; on a bordure of the second, eight mullets of six points of the first. COLCHESTER, ST. JOHN, Monastery, [Essex] ar. a cross gu.; over all, an escarbuncle sa.; all within a bordure COLLEGE OF ARMS, or HERALDS' OFFICE, ar. a cross gu. betw. four doves, the dexter wings expanded and inverted, az.-Crest, in a ducal coronet or, a dove, rising, az. Supporters, two lions ramp. guard. ar. ducally gorged or.

Note.-The three principal officers in the college have arms of office, which they bear impaled on the dexter side, viz. Garter king of arms, ar. a cross gu.; on a chief az. a ducal coronet, encircled with a garter, betw. a lion pass. guard, on the dexter, and a fleur-de-lis on the sinister, all or. Clarencieux, ar. a cross gu.; on a chief of the second, a lion pass. guard. or, crowned of the last. Norroy, ar. a cross gu.; on a chief of the second, a lion pass. guard. crowned of the first, betw. a fleur-de-lis on the dexter, and a key on the sinister, of the last. Each of them have a coronet which they may bear over their arms.

COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, [Incorporated by Henry VIII. 1523] sa. a hand ppr. vested ar. issuing out of the clouds in chief of the second, rayonnée or, feeling the pulse of an arm, also ppr. issuing from the sinister side of the shield, vested ar.; in base, a pomegranate or, betw. five demi fleurs-de-lis, bordering the edge of the escutcheon, of the last.

COLLEGE, ROYAL. See ROYAL College. COMB MAKERS' COMPANY, [London. Incorporated 4 April, 1636] az. a lion pass. guard. betw. three combs, or.-Crest, on a mount, an elephant standing against a tree, all ppr.

COMMISSIONERS OF TRADE AND PLANTATIONS, [London] have not any armorial ensign. Seal, on a sea, two three-masted vessels, completely rigged, and under full sail, in base; on the sinister side, an island, and thereon an emblematical figure of Britannia sitting, holding up

right in her right hand an olive-branch; her left hand supporting a spear erect, surmounted with a cap of liberty, and her arm resting on a shield charged with the union cross, and near it several bales of goods lying on the ground. Over all, this legend, Trade and plantations. COOKS' COMPANY, [London. Incorporated 12 July, 1472] ar. a chev, engr. gu. betw. three columbines ppr. stalked and leaved vert.-Crest, on a mount vert, a cockpheasant ppr. Supporters, dexter, a buck ppr. attired or; sinister, a hind ppr.; each pierced in the shoulder with an arrow or. Motto, Vulnerati non victu. COOPERS' COMPANY, [London. Incorporated 1501] gyronny of eight, gu. and sa.; on a chev. betw. three annulets, or, a grose betw. two adzes, az.; on a chief vert, three lilies, slipped and leaved, ar.-Crest, a demi heath-cock, with wings expanded, az. powdered with annulets or; in the beak a lily ar. Supporters, two camels gu. bridled or, powdered with annulets of the last. Motto, Love as brethren. Sometimes they use this motto, Gaude maria virgo. COOPERS' COMPANY, [Newcastle upon Tyne] The same arms and crest.

COOPERS, [Chester] The same as of London. COOPERS AND HELLYARS, [Exeter. Incorporated 1566] gyronny of eight, gu. and sa.; on a chev. ar. a grose betw. two adzes, of the second; on a chief of the third, three lilies, slipped and leaved, az. Motto, Qui fugit molam fugit farinam.

CORDWAINERS', or SHOE MAKERS' COMPANY, [London. Incorporated 1410] az. a chev. or, betw. three goats' heads, erased, ar. attired of the second.-Crest, a goat's head, erased, ar. attired or. CORDWAINERS' COMPANY, [Newcastle on Tyne] The same arms and crest.

CORDWAINERS, [Exeter. Incorporated 1387; confirmed in 1481; and again in 1555] They bear the same arms as the Cordwainers of London. Motto, Vi nulla inver

titur ordo.

CORFE-CASTLE, [Borough, Dors.] hath no armorial ensign. The seal, which is very ancient, is on a ground diapered with martlets and fleurs-de-lis, a castle, with two towers, surmounted with a tower in the centre; over each tower, an ostrich-feather.

CORDNERS, Trade, [Edinburgh] az. a cutting-knife ppr. ensigned with a marquess's coronet or.

CORK AND Ross, See, [Ireland] ar. a cross pattée gu. charged with a crosier in pale, enfiled with a mitre, labelled, or.

CORNWALL, County, sa. fifteen bezants, five, four, three, two, and one. CORPUS-CHRISTI College, [Cambridge. Founded by the aldermen and guild of Cambridge, in 1351] quarterly; first and fourth, gu. a pelican in her piety, ar. vulning her breast ppr.; second and third, az. three lilies ar. CORPUS-CHRISTI College, [Oxford. Founded in 1516, by Richard Fox, who was successively Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester; and Lord Privy Seal to Henry VII. and VIII.] The escutcheon divided into three parts paleways, the centre division ar. thereon an escutcheon charged with the arms of the See of Winchester, ensigned with a mitre, all ppr.; the dexter side az. a pelican in her nest, with wings endorsed, feeding her young, or, vulning her breast gu. being the

arms of Richard Fox; on the sinister side, the arms of Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter, viz. sa. a chev. or, betw. three owls ar. ; on a chief of the second, as many roses gu.

COVENHAM Monastery, [Linc.] gu. a saltier ar. COVENTRY, City, [Worc.] per pale, gu. and vert, an elephant, on his back a tower triple-towered, all or.-Crest, a leopard pass. ppr.

COVERHAM Monastery, [Yorks.] or, a chief, indented, az. CRAIL, Royal Burgh, [Scotland] sa. in a sea in base ppr. a ship with one mast at anchor, ber sail furled ar. manned with seven mariners, full-faced, seen from the middle upwards, of the last; in the sinister chief point a crescent surrounded with eight etoiles, or. CRICKLADE, Borough, [Wilts.] hath not any armorial ensign. CROMARTY, Royal Burgh, [Scotland] CROWLAND, or CROILAND Abbey, [Linc.] quarterly; first and fourth, gu. three knives erect, in fesse, ar. their handles or; second and third, az. three scourges, erect, in fesse, or, with three lashes to each. CROXTON Priory, [Staffs.] or, a bend betw. six martlets,

sa.

CULLEN, Royal Burgh, [Scotland] CULROSS, Royal Burgh, [Scotland] az. a perspective view of the church of St. Servanus, shewing the south side, in which there is a gate, with a window on each side the top of the west end of the church ensigned with a passion-cross; in the west end, auother gate, and and two windows over it, and one window over the two last; a square steeple terminating the building towards the east, above the battlements of which is a cupola, ensigned with a ball on the top of a rod, all ar. masoned

sa.

CUMBERLAND, County.

or.

CUMBERMERE Monastery, [Ches.] quarterly, or and gu. a bend sa.; on the sinister quarter, a crosier of the first. CUPAR, Royal Burgh, [Scotland] CURSITOR'S INN, gu. a bordure componée, or and az. ; on a chief ar. two mullets sa. CURRIERS' COMPANY, [London; incorporated 12 June, 1605] az. a cross engr. or, betw. four pairs of curriers' shaves, in saltier, ar. handles of the second.-Crest, two arms embowed ppr. vested to the elbows ar. issuing from clouds of the first, holding in their hands a shave as in the arms. Supporters, the dexter a buck ppr. attired and hoofed or; the sinister, a goat ar. armed and hoofed Motto, Spes nostra Deus. CURRIERS' COMPANY, [Newcastle upon Tyne] The same arms, crest, and motto. CUTLERS' COMPANY, [London. Incorporated 1417. Arms and first crest granted 1476] gu. three pairs of swords, in saltier, ar. hilts and pommels or, viz. two pairs in chief, and one pair in base.-Crest, an elephant's head, couped, gu. armed or. (Another crest, an elephant ar. armed or; on his back, a castle of the last, the trappings, girts, &c. of the second; in the top of the tower, two pennons inclining to the dexter and sinister, gu.) Supporters, two elephants ar. Motto, Pour parvenir a bonne foy. DARTMOUTH, alias CLIFTON DARTMOUTH HARDN ESS Borough, [Devons.; as sent from the corporation] gu. the base wavy of six, ar. and az. thereon a bulk of a ship, in the centre of which sits a man, representing a king in the robes of majesty, ppr. crowned with an open coronet;