British Armorial Bindings - falcon

Preston, Charles James (1818 - 1896) (Stamp 2)

Philip — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 20:40:15 +0000

Owner:

Preston, Charles James

Full Heraldic Description:

Crest On a ruined tower a falcon volant belled

Crest:

On a ruined tower a falcon volant belled

Heraldic Charges:

falcon

tower

Stamp Key:

IPRE002_s2

Unidentified Stamp

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:48:53 +0000

Possibilities for Identification:

The bird represented here resembles a falcon, though it is not certain. There is nothing in Fairbairn’s Crests that matches the stamp exactly. It is possible that it belongs to Stanley Williams, as the book by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams suggests, but the surname is very common and it is nearly impossible to verify with any certainty.

Height:

18mm

Width:

18mm

Full Heraldic Description:

Crest On a mount a falcon wings elevated

Crest:

On a mound a falcon wings elevated

Heraldic Charges:

falcon

mount, on a

Stamp Key:

IZZZ156_s2

Unidentified Stamp

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:48:53 +0000

Possibilities for Identification:

Height:

12mm

Width:

14mm

Full Heraldic Description:

Crest On a mount a falcon wings elevated

Crest:

on a mount a falcon wings elevated

Heraldic Charges:

falcon

mount, on a

Stamp Key:

IZZZ156_s1

Unidentified Stamp

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:48:39 +0000

Height:

15mm

Width:

14mm

Full Heraldic Description:

Crest A falcon collared

Crest:

A falcon collared

Heraldic Charges:

falcon

hawk

Stamp Key:

IZZZ116_s1

Unidentified Stamp

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:48:39 +0000

Possibilities for Identification:

Possibly the crest of a member of the Cotton family, though the evidence is slight. Fairbairn’s Crests, plate 85/2 lists Cotton as a book owner who used this crest. Also one of the books cited has a bookplate of Cotton.

Height:

17mm

Width:

17mm

Full Heraldic Description:

Crest A falcon belled wings closed

Crest:

A falcon belled wings closed

Heraldic Charges:

falcon

hawk

Stamp Key:

IZZZ114_s1

Unidentified Stamp

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:48:35 +0000

Possibilities for Identification:

This is one of a number of sets of stamps that are usually only found at Christ Church, Oxford. Paul Morgan identified this stamp as that of Sir John Tash, Sheriff of London in 1719, knighted the same year, who died in 1735 at the age of 62. This seems unlikely from the dates of the books on which they are found. As far as I have been able to discover, there is no family that uses both these crests, and at the beginning of the seventeenth century, to which the books and the bindings surely belong, it was unusual, though not quite unknown, for a family to use two crests. It is possible that what we have here are two members of Christ Church coming together to present books to their college. In which case the falcon ducally gorged probably represents a member of the St John family, of whom it is the historic crest. The greyhound courant is more widely used and I cannot offer a probable identification though Constable of Scotland does have it for a crest without the collar. [JM}

Height:

65mm

Width:

74mm

Full Heraldic Description:

Crest On a mount a falcon wings raised belled and ducally gorged

Crest:

On a mount a falcon wings raised belled and ducally gorged

Heraldic Charges:

falcon

mount, on a

Stamp Key:

IZZZ101_s2

White, Richard Samuel (1757 - 1817) (Stamp 2)

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:47:57 +0000

Owner:

White, Richard Samuel

Height:

18mm

Width:

19mm

Full Heraldic Description:

Crest A falcon wings extended ermines charged on the breast with a rose holding in its beak an escutcheon per bend indented gules and vert

Crest:

A falcon wings extended ermines charged on the breast with a rose holding in its beak an escutcheon Per bend indented gules and vert

Heraldic Charges:

Stamp Key:

IWHI002_s2

White, Richard Samuel (1757 - 1817) (Stamp 1)

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:47:57 +0000

Owner:

White, Richard Samuel

Height:

57mm

Width:

46mm

Full Heraldic Description:

Arms Erminois on a pale gules two tudor roses on a chief indented azure two leopards heads erased a label for difference Crest A falcon wings extended ermines charged on the breast with a rose holding in its beak an escutcheon per bend indented gules and vert Motto PERSEVERANDO Legend RICHARD SAMUEL WHITE ESQR.

Arms:

Erminois on a pale gules two tudor roses on a chief indented azure two leopards heads erased a label for difference

Crest:

A falcon wings extended ermines charged on the breast with a rose holding in its beak an escutcheon

Motto:

Perseverando

Legend:

Richard Samuel White Esqr.

Heraldic Charges:

Stamp Key:

IWHI002_s1

Savile, Henry, Sir (1549 - 1622) (Stamp 1)

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:46:26 +0000

Owner:

Savile, Henry

Height:

66mm

Width:

53mm

Full Heraldic Description:

Arms Quarterly 1. On a bend three owls a mullet for difference (Savile) 2. A cross patty (Golcar) 3. A bend between a falcon rising in chief and a cross crosslet in base (Riskworth) 4. A cross moline (Copley) Supporters Two falcons belled wings expanded Helmet of an Esquire Crest An owl Motto PRVDENS NON LOQVAX Initials I S

Arms:

Quarterly 1. On a bend three owls a mullet for difference (Savile) 2. A cross patty (Golcar) 3. A bend between a falcon rising in chief and a cross crosslet in base (Riskworth) 4. A cross moline (Copley)

Quarterings:

1. On a bend three owls a mullet for difference (Savile) 2. A cross patty (Golcar) 3. A bend between a falcon rising in chief and a cross crosslet in base (Riskworth) 4. A cross moline (Copley)

Crest:

An owl

Helmet:

Esquire

Supporters:

Two falcons belled wings expanded

Monogram:

I S

Initial:

I S

Motto:

Prudens non loquax