Jun-09 Issue (Page 1) - The Heraldry Society

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THE HERALDRY
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
OF THE HERALDRY SOCIETY REGISTERED AT STATIONERS HALL
GAZETTE
THE SHIELD OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF WALES
NEW SERIES 113
September 2009
To contact the Membership Secretary, Ingrid Phillips, write to PO Box 772, Guildford, GU3 3ZX
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HM the Queen has appointed Mrs Caroline
Susan Reynolds of Leighton Hall as the High
Sheriff of Lancashire for 2009. Mrs Reynolds
worked for the BBC World Service until 1975
when she took over the management of
Leighton Hall near Carnforth, which she runs
with her husband a member of the Gillow family
of furniture fame. She is involved with several
charities and has a wide range of artistic
interests. Mrs Reynolds was sworn in on April
7th when her shield of arms illustrated on the
right was placed in the Shire Hall. The gothic
pinnacles allude to Leighton Hall. Unlike
previous ladies holding this office, there is no
indication of her husband’s armorial bearings.
Note that her arms are on a shield and not a
lozenge or cartouche. The official blazon reads:
Vert on a chevron between three doves each
supporting with the dexter foot a gothic pinnacle
or three roses gules barbed and seeded proper.
HIGH SHERIFF FOR LANCASHIRE
THE ARMS OF AN ARCHDEACON
We do not often show the arms
of an Archdeacon - in fact this
may be a first! Those illustrated
belong to The Venerable Peter
Delaney MBE, who retired in
June as Archdeacon of London.
The Bishop of London then
bestowed upon him the title of
Archdeacon Emeritus. He
continues his ministry as priestin-charge
of the church of St
Stephen Walbrook in the City of
London.
The arms were granted in June
2001, the agent being Hubert
Chesshyre. The blazon is as
follows: Argent a cross voided
throughout in dexter chief a
Rustre Gules over all in centre
point an Olive Wreath Vert
enclosing a plate charged with a
lily slipped and leaved also Vert.
For a crest: Beneath a heraldic
Dolphin embowed Vert finned
Gules a cushion Argent fretted
and tasselled Gules.
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APPOINTMENT OF GARTER
It was announced recently
that HM The Queen had been
pleased to appoint Thomas
Woodcock Esq LVO, currently
Norroy and Ulster King of
Arms, to be the successor to
Peter Gwynn Jones Esq CVO
as Garter Principal King of
Arms, when the latter retires
at the end of March 2010. Mr
Woodcock has worked in the
College of Arms since 1975
and has been Norroy and
Ulster King of Arms since
1997.
Since the third King of Arms,
Hubert Chesshyre Esq LVO
currently Clarenceux King of
Arms, is also due to retire next
year this will mean there
should be two further
appointments as territorial
Kings of Arms with effect from
2010. We look forward to the
continuance of our friendly
relations with the College
under its new senior
management team.
HERALDIC WEEKEND 2010
The Congress Committee has
great pleasure in announcing that
the Society’s next
Heraldic Congress
is to be held at
from Thursday 12th to
Sunday 15th August 2010.
Full details together with application
forms will be sent out
during December 2009.
NOTE THESE DATES IN YOUR
DIARIES NOW!
A RARE TABARD
This tabard with the arms of
Queen Anne has been
advertised for sale by a
London dealer. Anyone with a
spare £20K available?
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NEW GARTER KNIGHTS SHIELDS FOR ST GEORGE’S HALL
Society member Baz Manning has recently completed new shields for the latest three Garter
Knights. It is the tradition to add the shields of new Knights to the magnificent collection in St
George’s Hall, Windsor Castle, which consequently contains the finest collection of heraldry in
the country. These photographs were taken before the shields were delivered to Windsor Castle.
They are reproduced here by kind permission of the Royal Household, Windsor Castle.
GREATER MANCHESTER HERALDRY SOCIETY
15th ANNUAL HERALDRY DAY
HEMSLEY HALL, SALFORD
(opposite the university)
Thursday October 8th 2009
10.30am until 4.00pm
Speakers will be:
Keith Lovell FHS The art of cartography
and the herald
Peter Marshall Heraldry at Combermere
Abbey
Stephen Slater FHS An heraldic journey in
Austro-Hungary
John Titterton Lancs & Cheshire
heraldry in the Adlington Roll
Tickets are £15.00 inclusive of buffet
luncheon and secure parking.
Apply to the Society Treasurer
Mr. D. Eccles,
14, Ivy Bank Close,
Bolton BL1 7EF
(Cheques payable to GMHS please)
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A NEW DEACON
Michael and Ingrid after the Service (photo by Kitty Phillips)
On 27th June Michael Phillips was ordained as a Deacon of the Roman Catholic Church. Michael
is a previous Programme Secretary of the Society and husband of our Membership Secretary
Ingrid Phillips. The ceremony took place in the churchyard of their church of St Edward the
Confessor at Sutton Park, Guildford, on a beautiful Saturday morning, before a large gathering of
fellow-worshippers, family, and friends. The Society was represented by the Hon.Secretary and
past Chairman Dr Malcolm Golin and his wife. We offer our congratulations to Michael and wish
him well in his ministry. Similar good wishes go to Ingrid for her new role as Deacon’s wife.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE COMES HOME
A happy reunion took place in July at Kew.
The hatchment of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz, Queen Consort of King George III, was
hung in the Palace where she died nearly two
centuries ago, in 1818. Some years ago the
canvas was dumped in a skip, when
renovations were carried out in the nearby
parish church of St Anne on Kew Green. By
remarkable good fortune, it was rescued by our
member Peach Froggatt, as our picture shows.
She has now restored it to its full glory. For a
full account and a recent picture, see the latest
issue of Seaxe, from the Middlesex Heraldry
Society.
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Even more geometric are the
Arms of Sir Martin Charles
Nourse. Gules two Barrulets
Or each interlaced with a
Chevronel and a Chevronel
reversed Argent. These Arms
are in fact based on earlier
Arms of his maternal ancestry
to which of course he was not
entitled. The earlier Arms
were A Fess between two
Chevronels. You will note that
I have made a variation on
this theme which I hope you
will consider effective. The
Crest shows a millrind taken
from the Arms of Lincoln’s Inn
as an allusion to Sir Martin’s
position as Treasurer of that
Inn. It is combined not with
an ordinary leopard but with
an Asian leopard cat.
Lest you think that all Arms
are geometric, let me rectify
this with the Arms of Sir
HERALDRY OF RECENT KNIGHTS pT 3
This is the concluding part of an address given by Peter Ll Gwyn-Jones, Garter Principal King of Arms, at
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, on 6th September 2008. Previous parts were in the Gazette issues of December
2008 and March 2009.
Trevor Holdsworth which you
may consider rather more
traditional with the basic
formation of On a Fess
between ... The Fess is an
allusion to Bradford, which is
in turn a contraction of a
broad ford. The swans’ heads
provide an allusion to music -
swan song. White roses for
Yorkshire and a traditional
griffin is suitable for one who
was a chartered accountant,
mediaeval accounts of the
griffin stating that it was the
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guardian of mighty mounds of
gold. You will see that it is
holding a sword because I
suggested that this was
something of a pun on his
surname, hold sworth. I am
not sure that I can convince
myself of this; but I seem to
have convinced the grantee.
Lord King of Wartnaby, when
he was knighted, had piles to
represent his interest in
backgammon and Lord
Sterling of Plaistow, when he
received his knighthood, had
black and white checks for
chess, charged with three red
lyres to represent his interest
in music.
Sir David Seale requested
consideration be given to
include an allusion to racing,
pointing out that his racing
colours consisted of black with
red sleeves and a black cap.
He also wished to include
horseshoes or racing plates.

Obviously a metal needed to
be introduced so I changed
the red body into chevronels
on an Argent field. These
chevronels may perhaps
suggest arms coming from a
black body; but they also
provide an arrow formation
suggesting speed. The Badge
is composed of three spurs
emanating from a central
roundel.
I tried to persuade Sir David
to have a decorated border
but without success. I have
once succeeded in having a
racing border for the author
Dick Francis. Although not a
Knight, I am here including it
as unusual and probably
something which you have not
seen previously. I am sorry
that this is something of a
cheat; but I thought you
might enjoy it.
If people accuse me of
favouring flaunches, piles and
pales, I have used other
charges and for example have
turned to the pall as in the
Arms and Crest of Sir Gordon
Jackson, the pall comes from
the “Y” used for cattle
branding in the blue
mountains of Australia.
The Achievement shows that
he was also a frequent
traveller to China. The
charging of an animal Crest
with a division or ordinary is
not always satisfactory.
Although Garter Wriothesley
was particularly fond of this, I
am afraid his successor does
not favour it. I was put off
when I designed a quarterly
kangaroo in gold and black
which really did not work and
made the animal look as if it
was dressed in a rugger
jersey. Also there is a problem
as to whether you allow the
division line or ordinary to
follow the outline of the
animal or whether you treat it
in a two-dimensional manner.
Neither are satisfactory.
Places can also provide for
charges. The roses of
Lancashire and Yorkshire are
obvious, but in the Arms of Sir
Hugh Cortazzi there is
something different. These
black formations are the
prows of Venetian gondolas
showing his Venetian
ancestry. Sir Hugh had a
diplomatic career, principally
concerned with Japan hence
the chrysanthemum which
does not have the same
number of petals as the
Emperor but has twenty
petals taken from the
chrysanthemum of the Japan
Society of which he was
Chairman for ten years. The
Supporters and Badge are the
Japanese crane and what
looks like a tortoise in the
Crest is in fact another turtle.
This is Reeve’s turtle which
has a tortoise like appearance.
A device taken from a
company or society with
which the grantee is
associated is another reason
for its adoption. Here are the
Arms of Sir Martin Sorrell
showing an interplay between
east and west with a hexagon
representing a diamond and a
bear’s face for his Russian
ancestry.
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The Crest with, perhaps
inevitably, sorrel in the mouth
of a goat of India taken from
the Armorial Bearings of the
Haberdashers’ Company.
Taking something from a
company in this way is
certainly permissible but I
have to confess I was
somewhat hesitant in this case
as I do not know what a “goat
of India” is. There are plenty
of goats in India but I do not
see them being different from
goats of Europe, unless we are
talking about serows or gorals
or tahrs which are members of
the goat antelope family from
the Himalayas. The
Haberdashers’ goat seems to
have little resemblance to
these creatures. However, as
the Haberdashers had Goats
of India as Supporters, and
they were long since blazoned
as such, it was difficult to
refuse one as a Crest to Sir
Martin.
Schools, puns and business
are all combined in the Arms
of Sir David Varney. This is to
show that I do sometimes use
the fess and even purpure,
which I was informed is the
colour for Business in the
Community.
Sir David was Chairman of
the Inland Revenue, hence
the purse. The raven was
taken from his school Badge,
his wife’s family were chain
makers, he spent twenty-eight
years in the petroleum
industry, hence the benzene
rings in the form of chains. He
was a man also from Catford,
hence the wavy fess and the
cat’s faces.
I shall end with two slides,
firstly, just to show that
women have an important
part to play in heraldry. There
has been the occasional grant
to a Dame such as Dame
Margaret Seward.
It is the case that grants to
women have greatly increased
in the last fifteen or twenty
years. You may have noticed a
number of grants for Lady
Peers in the articles in The
Heraldry Gazette and The
Coat of Arms. Strangely and
somewhat inexplicably,
Dames have lagged behind
but this grant shows the small
inescutcheon to represent a
married woman. This grant
was designed by Patric
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Dickinson, Richmond Herald.
The grantee is concerned with
dentistry, hence the indented
division and the seagulls flying
seaward are a pun on the
surname.
Lastly there is Sir John
Ritblat who also had a grant
for his wife. A number of
grantees have decorated
borders and I am showing you
this elaborate grant for
husband and wife with two
Standards and a rather
charming decorated border
done by my heraldic artist
Gillian Barlow and based on a
mediaeval book of hours. This
is not a goat of India but a
chamois for skiing and
another gillyflower for Jill, his
wife’s name.

THE AUTUMN DINNER
Only once every two years is there such an occasion.
The members of the Society gather in full evening dress
with their decorations and table banners displayed, to
celebrate the boast of heraldry. The venue is candlelit,
with a fine display of heraldry of its own.
This year we shall be dining in the magnificent
Apothecaries Hall, with its Stuart panelling and display
of heraldic stained glass. Our Guest of Honour will be
Peter Gwynn Jones Esq CVO FSA to honour him as he
prepares for retirement from the post of Garter,
Principal King of Arms, at the end of March next year.
Since it is so exceptional we hope that members will
make a special effort to attend this event. A booking
form is enclosed with this issue of the Gazette. Please
complete and return it as soon as possible.
Augustus Pugin (1812-52) is
an architect and designer now
best remembered for his work
in the Gothic Revival style
particularly in churches and
the Houses of Parliament
(most notably in the chamber
of the House of Lords).
Towards the end of his short
but frenetically active life
Pugin purchased land at
Ramsgate, Kent on which he
built “The Grange” to his own
Victorian Gothic design as a
home for himself and his
family. He claimed the arms
Gules on a bend Or a Martlet
Sable through his French
PUGIN’S HERALDRY
Swiss ancestors and used this
heraldic theme throughout
“The Grange” from tiles on the
ground floor to the banner
flying from the tower.
From traces hidden behind
paneling, the wallpaper
throughout the building has
been reproduced to Pugin’s
bold heraldic design with his
motto En Avant (Forward - also
the motto of that other
designer of French origin,
I.K.Brunel) repeated in the
pattern in several colour
combinations.
In Pugin’s study where, at a
desk overlooking the sea, he
completed his designs for the
Palace of Westminster there is
a frieze of the arms associated
with his patrons and other
influences on his work.
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2010 lunch
A date for your diary! The
Anniversary Lunch next year
will be held at the RAF Club
on Thursday 18th February at
12.30 for 1 pm. A booking
form will be enclosed with the
December issue of the
Heraldry Gazette”. The Lunch
provides the opportunity to
renew old acquaintances in a
most pleasant and informal
atmosphere. It is always a
most popular event, so return
the booking form promptly if
you can come.
Pugin’s heraldry can be seen
on furniture, fireplaces,
portraits and stained glass - in
the private chapel individual
members of the family are
depicted at prayer with their
personal arms appropriately
displayed.
The house was rescued by
the Landmark Trust in 1997
and beautifully restored to its
original condition. It may be
hired for holiday occupation by
up to eight residents and is
open to visitors by
appointment on Wednesdays
and occasional weekends.
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SPEAKER LENTHALL
The following letter has been received from member Baz Manning:
William Lenthall was
descended from an Agincourt
knight and is the man who, as
Speaker Lenthall, made
political history in 1642 by
refusing King Charles I
demands in parliament by
replying “May it please your
Majesty, I have neither eyes to
see, ears to hear nor tongue to
speak in this place but as the
House is pleased to direct me,
whose servant I am here”. As
many readers will know, this
paved the way for the
independence of the Speaker
in the House of Commons.
Lenthall was called to the bar
at Lincoln's Inn in 1616 and
made a bencher in 1633. He
became an MP in 1640.
Lincoln's Inn has two stained
glass examples of his arms,
one in their chapel sable five
lozenges conjoined in bend
argent in sinister chief a
crescent for difference or
surmounted by another azure,
and one in the Great Hall sable
six lozenges conjoined in bend
or. His shield is also among
the exhaustive series of
shields on oak panels
recording the arms of all the
speakers in Speaker's House
within the Palace of
Westminster. Here it is
painted: argent on a bend
cotised sable three mullets or
pierced gules. Burke records
the same arms in the General
Armory without the piercings
for William's father stating that
the Agincourt ancestor also
used these arms. The Lincoln's
Inn Lenthall has been
confirmed to be the same man
as Speaker Lenthall.
Does any reader know the
story behind these varied
renditions and which is
correct? The Great Hall
version in Lincoln's Inn was
done in the mid-1950s by
Rupert Moore of James Powell
& Sons of Whitefriars, when
dozens of blitzed windows
were replaced. The Inns of
Court have long been a
byword amongst armorists for
the number of bogus arms
displayed but in this case it
was believed that the
hundreds of arms replaced
were all researched by the late
Arthur Cole who is said to have
taken great care over their
accuracy.
Baz Manning
NEW PRESIDENT FOR CUHAGS
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At the Accession Banquet in
June, Jacob Davis was
installed as President of
CUHAGS. Jacob is starting
his fourth year studying
maths at Trinity College,
specialising in logic and set
theory. He has been Under
Treasurer of CUHAGS, and
admits to a fascination with
Excel worksheets! In due
course he hopes to further his
studies in the USA.

ALMANAC SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 2009
Sep 16 Heraldry Society The Changing Nature of Revd Prof Peter Galloway
the UK Honours System
30 Yorkshire The Duxbury Lecture: Keith Lovell FHS
The Heraldry of Art
Oct 5 Lancashire Croston & neighbours Derrick Walkden
7 Norfolk The Heraldry of Dereham Peter Bradbury
Church - the work of
Charles Elvin.
21 Heraldry Society The Mark Elvins Lecture: Revd Fr Guy Selvester
Modern Trends in [USA]
Ecclesiastical Heraldry
28 Yorkshire Chasing Million Eyres Jackie Depelle
Nov 2 Lancashire Lancashire, the Black & John Mackie
White County
4 Norfolk How to study Norfolk heraldry Ron Fiske
18 Heraldry Society Armorial Table Carpets Keith Lovell FHS
25 Yorkshire What a Canton Can Tell John Titteron
Please check details of meetings with the appropriate Society.
Please note that other heraldic events take place. This is not an exhaustive list. If you would
like your events to appear please send details to: gazette@theheraldrysociety.com, including in
the subject line - almanac entry.
Please note that items for a particular issue should reach the Editor by the first of the
month before, ie by 1st August for the September issue for example.
MEMBERSHIP CHANGES
Welcome to the following new members:
Dr. K. James Bedfordshire
Dr. K. Wood Surrey
Mr. E. Williams Gloucestershire
Rev. E. Griffiths London
Dr. Nicholas Peter George Northamptonshire
We regret to announce the death of
member R A Humphrey.
NEW VENUE
Please remember that,
starting in September, the
Heraldry Society lectures will
be held in St George’s
German Lutheran Church,
Alie Street, London E1, two or
three minutes walk from
Aldgate East LT station.
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We are pleased to report that
at its July meeting Council
appointed a new Editor for the
“Heraldry Gazette”.
Dr Bernard Juby is a longstanding
member of the
Society with whom many will
be familiar. He has previous
experience of the commercial
production of in-house
magazines, and is used to
working with the software
which is the means of
compiling the “Gazette”. He
will start his new role with the
December issue, for which the
press date is 1st November. All
contributions will be welcome!
A NEW EDITOR FOR THE GAZETTE
THE HON. SECRETARY
Earlier in the year Melvyn Jeremiah indicated his intention to
retire from the post of Hon.Secretary at the end of 2009 when
he will have occupied the post for seven years. In the March and
June issues of the “Gazette” those interested in succeeding to
the post were asked to indicate their interest. At its July meeting
Council appointed John Tunesi
of Liongam as Melvyn’s
successor as Hon.Secretary from
the end of the year.
John will be well-known to
many members of the Society.
He and his wife Jane organised
the most successful conference
at FitzWilliam College,
Cambridge last year, and are
even now making preparations
for the next one to be held at
York in 2010. We wish John well
in his new role.
2009 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
The entry form for this year’s photographic competition is enclosed with this issue. Please note
the rules, which have changed slightly. Entries should not bear anything on the front of the mount
apart from the photograph. We look forward to receiving your entries, which should preferably
have an ironic or whimsical touch to them. If you have any questions in the meantime contact
the competition co-ordinator, Clive Alexander, on 0208-924 2975.
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Amongst the London
Guilds the Worshipful
Society of Apothecaries is
the only one to feature a
rhinoceros in its arms. In
the grant of 1617 the
blazon is:
Arms: Azure Apollo the
inventor of physic proper
with his head radiant
holding in his left hand a
bow and in his right hand
an arrow Or supplanting a
serpent Argent.
Crest: A rhinoceros
proper.
Supporters: Two
unicorns Or armed and
unguled Argent.
To my knowledge, no
one has yet found any
documentation to explain why
the rhinoceros was chosen by
the heralds to be the crest in
the Society’s coat of arms.
The rhinoceros featured in
the arms is Durer’s rhino of
1515. There is an original
engraving framed and on
display at Apothecaries Hall on
the Landing. This has a second
and much smaller horn
protruding from between its
shoulder blades on its back
which is often portrayed when
the arms are drawn. Durer had
not seen the living animal and
worked from someone else's
description of it - hence this
erroneous second horn. The
following excerpt from T H
Clarke’s book The Rhinoceros
from Durer to Stubbs 1515-
1799 (1986) is of note:”We
know that Durer shared with
many of his age in the
fascination of the exotic; and
we know of his close
relationship with the
THE APOTHECARIES ARMS
armourers of Nuremberg.
These two facts are answer
enough as to why he made the
woodcut. For the exotic, Durer
wrote in his notebook after his
journey to the Netherlands in
1520-1, where he saw for
himself a group of Mexican
works of art, that they were all
much fairer to behold than any
marvel.
Given the armoured nature
of Durer’s rhino and the fact
that heraldry originated with
armoured knights it is
tempting to conjecture that
the image may thus have
come to the notice of the
College of Arms and was then
chosen as a novelty exotic
creature. Exotic beasts and
oriental designs (eg
chinoiserie) were in vogue in
the decorative arts from the
beginning of the 16th century
onwards as a result of travels
and voyages to the then ìweird
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and wonderfulî foreign
parts of the globe. They
were frequently used in
designs for all sorts of
household and other
items such as household
furniture and clocks.
Similarly, the association
with the perceived
medicinal properties of
the rhino horn may have
influenced the herald
responsible for designing
the Society’s arms. It may
also have been felt
appropriate to blur the
distinction between rhino
horns and unicorn horns
(in truth, narwhal tusks or
teeth). This is because the
two supporters in the
Society’s armorial
bearings are unicorns, James
VI’s favoured beasts in his
Scottish royal arms which he
brought south on becoming
James I, and both types of
horns were considered useful
as drugs when finely ground.
The first live rhino to be seen
in London was at the Belle
Sauvage Inn on Ludgate Hill in
1684 - only a bow's arrow
from Apothecaries' Hall.
There is the suggestion that
Durer's rhino looks armoured
because the description he
used was of an animal that
was actually dressed in
armour, and that this is also
why there is a "second horn".
The story and this theory is
expounded in Glynis Ridley's
book entitled “Clara's Grand
Tour. Travels with a
Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-
Century Europe” (2004). The
Indian rhino in question (not
Clara, who was a different

hino altogether) "arrived in
the Tagus Estuary in May
1515", a gift from Muzafar II,
ruler of Gujarat, to Alfonso
d'Albuquerque, Governor of
Portugal's Indian territories
who in turn presented it to his
king, Manuel, who then
planned to give it to Pope Leo
X. Before he did so, "Manuel
could not resist testing the
truth of Pliny's assertion that
the rhinoceros and the
elephant were mortal
enemies."
Durer’s Rhino
When combat was arranged
Fellows
Adrian Ailes
Drusilla Armitage
Gerard Brault
Ralph Brocklebank
John Campbell-Kease
Hubert Chesshyre
John Ferguson
Stephen Friar
John George
Cecil Humphery-Smith
Anthony Ll. Jones
Keith Lovell
Kenneth Mourin
Edward Rothwell
Michael Siddons
Stephen Slater
Pete Taylor
Anthony Wood
Thomas Woodcock
the rhino failed to attack the
elephant and the elephant
retreated to a safe distance.
The rhino was then shipped
out of Lisbon in December
1515 where "its likeness had
already been sketched" and
"reports made of its
appearance on a stopover
near Marseilles". In Marseilles,
Francis I of France and his
queen also inspected it and "a
mock-battle was staged
around it for royal
entertainment, with oranges
taking the place of
cannonballs."
Ridley agrees that: "It is
generally agreed that Durer
worked from a printed account
of the animal that had found
its way into the Nuremberg
press," but suggests that
Durer's rhino "with a dorsal
horn emerging from the
clearly delineated plates of the
hide" was so drawn because it
THE SOCIETY’S FELLOWSHIP
Honorary Fellows
Rev Dr John Andrew
Sir Robert Balchin
Graham Beck
David Butterworth
Mrs Ann Buttimore
Ian Campbell
Mrs Pat Campbell-Kease
Patrick Cracroft-Brennan
Martin J Davies
Adrian de Redman
Mrs Ann Esslemont
Peter Esslemont
Peter Field
Mrs Muriel Gardner
Peter Giles
Malcolm Golin
A H Hamilton-Hopkins
Robert Harrison
Mrs Martine Hodson
"had been encased in armour
presented as part of Muzafar's
gift to Albuquerque". She
thinks that the horn could
have been part of the armour,
like a pommel, similar to suits
of horse armour from the
same period. I think this is
highly unlikely, myself, as the
animal would have been
encased for 7 months. Why
would Muzafar have arranged
this when neither he nor
Albuquerque had any
intention of making the beast
fight an elephant? And if it had
been wearing armour, why
didn't the French use
cannonballs?! In a sad twist of
fate the ship went down en
route off the Italian coast and
the rhino drowned before the
Pope set eyes on it.
Michael Holmes
Kay Holmes
David Hopkinson
David Hubber
Graeme Jebb
Bernard Juby
Darrel Kennedy
J L Kirby Junr.
David Krause
Colin Lee
David Lee
Henry Lynn Junr
James McCready
Ken Porter
Major J C Riley
Mary Rose Rogers
Mrs Nan Taylor
Adrian Turner
Derrick Walkden
Robert Watt.
Jonus Basilisk
A member has requested that a full list of the Society’s Fellows and Honorary Fellows should
be published in the “Gazette”. So here it is!
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