The Herald and genealogist . he body of the deceased in decay, lyingon a shroud and mat. On the five twisted pillars were shields of arms,which, being of brass, were stolen away, as were five others from thecanopy. In the centre of the canopy remained the atchievement of theLord Prior carved in stone, surmounted by a singular cap or helmet,above which was his crest, of a Saracens head, full-faced,i andwreathed, surrounded by mantling. In the cornice were roses andsmall shields of the cross of SaintJohn, placed alternately. The mottoof the Lord Priors of Saint John, saneBARD, seems to have been
The Herald and genealogist . he body of the deceased in decay, lyingon a shroud and mat. On the five twisted pillars were shields of arms,which, being of brass, were stolen away, as were five others from thecanopy. In the centre of the canopy remained the atchievement of theLord Prior carved in stone, surmounted by a singular cap or helmet,above which was his crest, of a Saracens head, full-faced,i andwreathed, surrounded by mantling. In the cornice were roses andsmall shields of the cross of SaintJohn, placed alternately. The mottoof the Lord Priors of Saint John, saneBARD, seems to have been corruptedin this instance to ant borg.^ Theliord Prior of Saint Johns took prece-dence as the Premier Baron of Eng-land, and this motto appears intendedto assert that privilege. The arms (which are not distinctly shown in the engraving,^) were quar-terly, 1. and 4, Ermine, on a chiefazure five bezants, for Weston; 2. and 3. Or, three camels sable, for Camell; in chief, in token of his office, Gules, a cross argent. The arms. • A Saracens head atfronte, with a band round the neck or, couped at the neckproper, wreathed about the temples argent and azure : as blasoned in Excerjita His-torica, p. 331, for the standard of Sir Richard Weston, an elder brother of Sir , —and Master of the Court of Wards. He was the builder of the fine mansionstill standing at Sutton Place near Guildford. 2 The motto is printed Ani boro for Sir Richard Weston in Excerpta Hisiorica,p. 331. (To Sir Richard it did not really belong, as it was the official motto of theLords of St. John.) It would seem to have been often misunderstood, or regardedas unintelligible. In the Gentlemans Magazine for 1755 is a letter in which awriter, after stating that he had found an ancient inscription sancte boro on one ofthe windows of the Preceptory at Dynmore in Herefordshire, proceeds at great lengthto discuss and explain those words as if they had been English. 3 We annex a cut of the same from the hall of T
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