. The Herald and genealogist. 0, p. 102j These arms were confirmed in 1615, (not then granted, as stated by Burke,) toThomas Bright, Jr., showing that they had been in the family long before thatperiod. And we perceive that in the American Heraldic Journal, (June 1865,)p. 82, the same idea is maintained, These were confirmed in 1615 to Thomas andRobert Bright, uncles of the emigrant; and it is most probable that they had beenlong the inheritance of the family. But this latter account is entirely incorrect. Itis clear that the arms were granted to Thomas Bright of St. Edmunds Bury in 1615,by Ca
. The Herald and genealogist. 0, p. 102j These arms were confirmed in 1615, (not then granted, as stated by Burke,) toThomas Bright, Jr., showing that they had been in the family long before thatperiod. And we perceive that in the American Heraldic Journal, (June 1865,)p. 82, the same idea is maintained, These were confirmed in 1615 to Thomas andRobert Bright, uncles of the emigrant; and it is most probable that they had beenlong the inheritance of the family. But this latter account is entirely incorrect. Itis clear that the arms were granted to Thomas Bright of St. Edmunds Bury in 1615,by Camden Clarenceux ; and confirmed to Thomas Bright of Netherhall, nephew ofthe former, in 1643, by Sir John Borough. {The Brights of Suffolk, p. 66, quotingGwillims Heraldry.) Our American friends have been misled by the usual phraseologyof Grants of arms, in which it was very usual to veil an original concession underterms of confirmation. 2 Grandfather of the present John Tavlor Gordon, esq. (Burkes GeneralArmory, 1851.). THE BRIGIITS OF SUFFOLK. 329
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