. The Herald and genealogist. descendants ofle Admiral, Sir Richard, for we understand that he had daughters,lough not sons. NOTE ON THE ARMS OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. In a communication under the title of Notes upon the Capture ofhe Great Carrack, made several years ago to the Society of Anti-uaries, and printed in the Archaeologia, vol. xxxiii., reference islade to some letters from Sir Francis Drake to the Lord Treasurerkirghley, relating to the prize Portuguese carrack taken by theCnghsh in the year 1592. Many of these letters (the originals of/Inch are preserved in the Lansdowne MS. 70) bear
. The Herald and genealogist. descendants ofle Admiral, Sir Richard, for we understand that he had daughters,lough not sons. NOTE ON THE ARMS OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. In a communication under the title of Notes upon the Capture ofhe Great Carrack, made several years ago to the Society of Anti-uaries, and printed in the Archaeologia, vol. xxxiii., reference islade to some letters from Sir Francis Drake to the Lord Treasurerkirghley, relating to the prize Portuguese carrack taken by theCnghsh in the year 1592. Many of these letters (the originals of/Inch are preserved in the Lansdowne MS. 70) bear the impress off Sir Francis Seal, the engraving on which has, bearing on a dispute which Prince, in hisWorthies of Devon, states to have arisen betweenhe Great Navigator and Sir Bernard Drake, thehen representative of the family of that surname^hich was seated at Ashe in Musbury in theounty of Devon, touching the assumption by theormcu of the armorial bearings of the latter,rhc story related by Prince is as follows : — X 2. 308 NOTE ON THE ARMS OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. That there fell out a contest between Sir Bernard and the immortal Sir FrancisDrake; chiefly occasioned by Sir Francis his assuming Sir Bernards coat of arms,not being able to make out his descent from his family; a matter in those days, wheny* Court of Honor was in more honor, not so easily digested. The Feud hereuponencreased to that degree that Sir Bernard, being a person of a high spirit, gave SirFrancis a Box on the Ear; and that within the verge of the Court. For whichoffence he incurrd her Majestys displeasure ; and most probably it proved the occa-sion of the Queens bestowing upon Sir Francis Drake a new coat of everlastinghonor to himself and posterity for ever ; which hath relation to that glorious actionof his, the circumnavigating the world : which is thus emblazond by Guillim, Diamond, a fess wavy hetioeen two pole-stars article and antarticJc, Pearls Andwhat is more, his crest is, a ship on a globe u
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