The book of Dene, Deane, AdeaneA genealogical history . ch Reginald complains, and is referred tothe Chief Justiciary. He was patron of the church of Kelnesby inheritance from William de Dene. As Sir John was contemporary with Thomas and Reginald,it is clear that their estates in Cork were not the princelydomain of Dromore, while their arms prove them to be of thesame family. Dromore was a portion of the Geraldine country, andmay have fallen to that other great Norman family bymarriage, or may have continued in the line of somedescendant of the Denes. We hear no more about it untilthe seventee
The book of Dene, Deane, AdeaneA genealogical history . ch Reginald complains, and is referred tothe Chief Justiciary. He was patron of the church of Kelnesby inheritance from William de Dene. As Sir John was contemporary with Thomas and Reginald,it is clear that their estates in Cork were not the princelydomain of Dromore, while their arms prove them to be of thesame family. Dromore was a portion of the Geraldine country, andmay have fallen to that other great Norman family bymarriage, or may have continued in the line of somedescendant of the Denes. We hear no more about it untilthe seventeenth century, when it is once more in the posses- 11—2 84 Di Deane. Adea7ie. sion of a Deane of the old Forest family. This, if not morethan a coincidence, is an interesting one, and it seems moreprobable that a tradition which remained concerning the oldownership induced the purchase of it—if it was a purchase,and not an inheritance. The arms of Deane of Dromore, Argent 2 bars gtiles,differ from those of the Justiciary and of the Denes of Stukeley. KEEP AND BELL TOWER, SPRINGFIELD CASTLE, CO. LIMERICK. and Nethercote only in colour, and this difference, as of gules-sable, argent-or, was commonly adopted in the times when itwas necessary to distinguish between two or three of the samename, about whose relationship there was no doubt ; whereasin later days, when there were numerous branches of the stock,it was desirable to preserve the arms in their integrity as themost certain proof of a common origin. The crest of Deane of Dromore is a demi-dragon issuant Deane of Dromore. from a ducal coronet, erroneously described in some accountsas a sea-dog, or sea-otter. Its correct form, with a beastsmouth, a scaly neck, claws, and a forked tail, is carved overthe gateway of Springfield Castle. Heraldic animals haverepeatedly undergone changes of form, owing most likely tothe ignorance of workmen employed to paint or sculpturethem, and the difficulty of obtaining a life-study of a dra
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