The Haverhill Emersons . Earles of England from the conquestuntill this present year, 1640. With the Armes of the EnglishViscounts and Barons now Being: and of the Gentry of Lincoln-shire. Whereunto is annexed a briefe of all the Battels whichhave beene fought and maintained by the English since theConquest, till the yeere 1602. Collected out of the mostapproved Authours, former or moderne, by James YorkeBlack-Smith. London. Printed by Edward Griffin. poetical testimonials to the value of the work aregiven in the early pages; one of them will serve as a sample: To his friend, Jame
The Haverhill Emersons . Earles of England from the conquestuntill this present year, 1640. With the Armes of the EnglishViscounts and Barons now Being: and of the Gentry of Lincoln-shire. Whereunto is annexed a briefe of all the Battels whichhave beene fought and maintained by the English since theConquest, till the yeere 1602. Collected out of the mostapproved Authours, former or moderne, by James YorkeBlack-Smith. London. Printed by Edward Griffin. poetical testimonials to the value of the work aregiven in the early pages; one of them will serve as a sample: To his friend, James Yorke of none upbraid thee for thy skill, whereasThy Trads a Smith, thou bred in Lincolne wasA citty great (where thou didst gather this)Knowne to our nation well, as London speake thy worth, thy worke let all men see,And wrest it if they can, still Yorke shall be,But what, a Smith and Herauld? Yes, of fame:Thy pen, thy Booke doth show, as Yorke, thy name. T. Langford — Camb. Brittan. r tner J on u. azure, on a tend argtri^3 lortcanxts acr&ffsint for THE ENGLISH ANCESTRY 13 In due order among the shields of the gentry of thecounty, Yorke gives a page which we reproduce in itssimple dignity. It may be fair to those of our readers who are notfamiliar with heraldry to explain the meaning of theseterms. The shield is azure, blue; athwart its face passesa band or bend argent, silvered, on which threetorteauxes, or hemispherical roundlets, are placed;their color does not need to be mentioned because torteauxwere always painted gules, red. In the upperpart of the shield appears the cressant or crescentmoon, silver, of course, for difference or to distinguishthe shield of a second son from that which the eldestson was entitled to use. The use of the three torteauxon the shield suggests high antiquity, for it was one ofthe very earliest symbols placed on coat armor. Theform of the shield, too, is one of the simplest, notdebased by being
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