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On The Symbolical Character Of Medlæval Heraldry, And Its Connection With Freemasonry .
ham , the architect of New College aud Winchester , viz ., " 2 chevronels between 3 roses two and one . " We find that John Philpott , Somerset Herald , was of opinion that William of Wykeham derived his arms thus : — " If it be alleaged out of Somersetts letter that a cheveron was the arms of the Company of Carpentersand that the
, Founder ( Wykeham ) , before he was a Bishop , in respect he was a carpenter , or had good skill in Architecture , did use a seal with 2 cheverons between 3 roses , which , in his opinion , was given to the Bishop for his skill in architecture . " If the cheveron were given in arms to ye Carpenters since the Bishop gave that coate , then was it not given to
the Bishop gave that coate , then was it not given to the Bishop for his skill in architecture . " If this coate had been given to the Bishop it had dyed with him , and ought not to have been quartered with the coate armour of Sir Richard Fyennes , and offered up at the funerall by Somersett himself ; nor should it have been quartered with the Middletons' armsas in Wellesborne
, Church , Warwickshire ; neither should it have been blazoned with the difference of a younger brother , as it was in the churches of Thame , and of St . Martin , Oxford , crested sometimes with a bull ' s head , and sometimes with a mitre . " Thomas Wickham , lord of Swaelive , married the daughter and heire of William Doyley , and by her did give
one cheveron betweene 3 fower-leaved grapes , like roses ; and haply the Founder might use this seale beinge ignorant at the first what was his paternall coate , and afterward upon better knowledge he might alter his seale . " * We cannot help thinking that even so great an authority as John Philpott might have erred in his conclusion respecting this remarkable coat from his ignorance of Masonry . Is not a chevron between the three roses the acknowledged
emblem of a Master Mason ? If any M . M . doubt it , let him reverse his badge and he will find that he bears on the clothing of his calling , in blue and white , a chevron between three roses , two and
one . Moreover , going back to the passage which we have before quoted from the Book of St . Alban ' s , which asserts that " three chevronels show that the ancestour of this cote
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Symbolical Character Of Medlæval Heraldry, And Its Connection With Freemasonry .
ham , the architect of New College aud Winchester , viz ., " 2 chevronels between 3 roses two and one . " We find that John Philpott , Somerset Herald , was of opinion that William of Wykeham derived his arms thus : — " If it be alleaged out of Somersetts letter that a cheveron was the arms of the Company of Carpentersand that the
, Founder ( Wykeham ) , before he was a Bishop , in respect he was a carpenter , or had good skill in Architecture , did use a seal with 2 cheverons between 3 roses , which , in his opinion , was given to the Bishop for his skill in architecture . " If the cheveron were given in arms to ye Carpenters since the Bishop gave that coate , then was it not given to
the Bishop gave that coate , then was it not given to the Bishop for his skill in architecture . " If this coate had been given to the Bishop it had dyed with him , and ought not to have been quartered with the coate armour of Sir Richard Fyennes , and offered up at the funerall by Somersett himself ; nor should it have been quartered with the Middletons' armsas in Wellesborne
, Church , Warwickshire ; neither should it have been blazoned with the difference of a younger brother , as it was in the churches of Thame , and of St . Martin , Oxford , crested sometimes with a bull ' s head , and sometimes with a mitre . " Thomas Wickham , lord of Swaelive , married the daughter and heire of William Doyley , and by her did give
one cheveron betweene 3 fower-leaved grapes , like roses ; and haply the Founder might use this seale beinge ignorant at the first what was his paternall coate , and afterward upon better knowledge he might alter his seale . " * We cannot help thinking that even so great an authority as John Philpott might have erred in his conclusion respecting this remarkable coat from his ignorance of Masonry . Is not a chevron between the three roses the acknowledged
emblem of a Master Mason ? If any M . M . doubt it , let him reverse his badge and he will find that he bears on the clothing of his calling , in blue and white , a chevron between three roses , two and
one . Moreover , going back to the passage which we have before quoted from the Book of St . Alban ' s , which asserts that " three chevronels show that the ancestour of this cote