. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut:. t anti(iuity ande.\tent. It was originally a splendid mansion, designed, as well for the purposes ofdefense against the excesses of a lawless age, as for the purposes of a permanentfamily residence. It is still richly ornamented with carved work, and if left toitself unassailed by the hand of violence, it will stand for ages. The familiar mottoof the family arms, borrowed from the Roman poet, is still to be seen upon thewalls of the manor-house, its bold words informing us that the familj who haveadopted it as their text of life w
. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut:. t anti(iuity ande.\tent. It was originally a splendid mansion, designed, as well for the purposes ofdefense against the excesses of a lawless age, as for the purposes of a permanentfamily residence. It is still richly ornamented with carved work, and if left toitself unassailed by the hand of violence, it will stand for ages. The familiar mottoof the family arms, borrowed from the Roman poet, is still to be seen upon thewalls of the manor-house, its bold words informing us that the familj who haveadopted it as their text of life were accustomed to swear in the words of no mas-ter {Nullinx a/ldictiisjurare in rerba niagi»lri). It is alike in keeping with the inde-pendent spirit of an English gentleman of the middle ages and with that of a Puritanof the 17th Century, who spurned the dictation of ecclesiastical domination. In relation to the Wolcott coat-of-arniit, the following is of interest to those whoare curious in matters of heraldry. John Wolcott of Wolcott, who lived in the time. olcoft< THE WOLCOTT FAMILY. 799 of Ilenry V, and who m. Matilda (dan. of Sir Richard) Cornwell of Beresford, Kent,assumed for his arms tlie three chess roolis instead of the crow with tlie fleur-de-lisborne by his ancestors. It is recorded in the old family pedigree, that, playingeat y chesse with llenrj- y Fifthe, Kinge of Englande, he gave hym y checke mattewith y rouke, whereuponc y Kinge changed his coate ofarmes, which was y crosse witli flower de luces, and gave hira y« rouke for a remembrance It seemes these Chess Rooks were first called Rooks for being in defence of all y« rest;and therefore they stande in y uttermost corners of y Chess board as Frontier Cas-tles. Kinge Wra. y Conqueror lost greate Lordships at this playe. And it mightwell become a Kinge, for therein are comprised all y Stratagems of AVarr, or plottsof Civill State. — Heralds Vintation. The register of the parish of Lidiard St. Latcrenee, a
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