. The Redmans of Levens and Harewood : a contribution to the history of the Levens family of Redman and Redmayne in many of its branches . explanationof the Redman cushions. Camden, in the essay on Surnames in his Remainsconcerning Britain, says, And so the three pillowsErmin, of Redman of Northumberland, is the coat of. .ti^tVrW ARMS OF THE KARL OF STRAFFORD. TO FACE P. 236. REDMAN ARMS. 237 Ran. de Greystock. It is true that the first Redmanwho was prominently identified with Northumberland, thefourth Sir Matthew, married Joan, widow of William,fourth Baron de Greystock ; but this connection
. The Redmans of Levens and Harewood : a contribution to the history of the Levens family of Redman and Redmayne in many of its branches . explanationof the Redman cushions. Camden, in the essay on Surnames in his Remainsconcerning Britain, says, And so the three pillowsErmin, of Redman of Northumberland, is the coat of. .ti^tVrW ARMS OF THE KARL OF STRAFFORD. TO FACE P. 236. REDMAN ARMS. 237 Ran. de Greystock. It is true that the first Redmanwho was prominently identified with Northumberland, thefourth Sir Matthew, married Joan, widow of William,fourth Baron de Greystock ; but this connection is a veryslender peg on which to hang the explanation of arm,swhich Redman knights had borne more than two centuriesbefore Matthew went to woo the Greystock widow. And yet Camdens conjecture finds some support fromno less an authority on feudal hereldry than Mr. Barron,who says, There must be some connection, feudal or inblood, between Greystock and Redmayne. Greystockscushions, however, are generally drawn square fashion. Some plausibility is lent to this suggestion by the factthat the earliest-known bearer of the Redman cushionswas the first Matthew, whose wife, Amabel, was not im-probably a Greystock; and it is conceivable that he mighthave adopted the arms of his wifes family. The question is discussed at le
Size: 1427px × 1750px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidredmansoflevensh00gree
