. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . had been suffering at home. He belonged to the Rawle family, Lords ofthe Manor of Tresparrett, a moiety of theParish of St. Juliott, in Cornwall. That familywas seated at Hennett in St. Jtiliott as early asthe reign of Edward IV. (circa 1460). Thearms we give are still affixed to the ancientmanor house at Hennett, Cornwall. The colonist, Francis Rawle, was a FirstPurchaser, under William Penn, of two thousandfive hundred acres of land in Pennsylvania, by


. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . had been suffering at home. He belonged to the Rawle family, Lords ofthe Manor of Tresparrett, a moiety of theParish of St. Juliott, in Cornwall. That familywas seated at Hennett in St. Jtiliott as early asthe reign of Edward IV. (circa 1460). Thearms we give are still affixed to the ancientmanor house at Hennett, Cornwall. The colonist, Francis Rawle, was a FirstPurchaser, under William Penn, of two thousandfive hundred acres of land in Pennsylvania, bydeeds dated March, i68i He founded the col-ony, or community, of the Plymouth Friends,and died, an aged man, in 1697. FrancisRowle, Junior, held many important offices inthe Colony, and wrote several pamphlets onleading questions of political economy. Arms : Sable, three swordsin pale, the middlemostpointed in chief, argent. Crest : An arm in armorembowed : proper—the handgauntletted, grasping a sword,argent, hilt, or. Motto : Made virtute.[Increase in valor.] BesseS Sufferings, /., 7(5?. Lysons Magna Brittania {ed. 1814), III., AMERICA HERALDICA H7 Pennsylvania Magazine of History, etc. (See Reg- Philipotts Villan Cajitiamtm, J22. istry of Arrivals), VIII., 338. Sir Bernard Burke : The General Armory of England,etc., 1884. Papworth and Morant: A71 Ordinary of British Ar-morials, The Book of Family Crests, II., 392. Halsteds History of Kent, II., igi. Irelands History of Kent, IV., 384. William Berry: Visitation of Kent {161 g). Papworth and Morant: An Ordinary of British Ar-morials, 1874. Sir Bernard Burke : The General Armory of England,etc., 1884. ITilgbman The Tilghman family of the Hermitage, KentCo., Eastern Shore of Maryland and of Phila-delphia, is descended from Richard Tilghman,or Tylgham, who owned Holloway Court inthe Parish of Snodland, Co. Kent, England,{tempo Henry .IV.], and in whose family thatestate had been as early as the reign of EdwardIII.


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