Deo. 8. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



449 



ARMORIAL QUERIES. 



The names of the families to whom the follow- 

 ing arms belong 'are requested, since for some of 

 them application has been made to the Heralds' 

 College, but the Ordinaries are pronounced to be 

 so defective that the information cannot be given : 



1. ... on a chev. betw. three chaplets as many 

 cross crosslets. [These arms are in a window at 

 Coverham Church, co. of York.] 



2. Per fesse gu. and ar. in chief, 3 battle-axes, 

 in base a lion pass. Crest, an arm holding a 

 battle-axe. Initials, M. F. 



i-^ 3. Gu. on a chev. 3 roundles, a chief indented ar. 



4. Ar. a chev. gu. betw. 3 dragons. Crest, a 

 cubit arm holding a dagger. 



5. Az. a chev. betw." 3 falcons' heads, the chev. 

 charged with a roundle betw. 4 cross "crosslets. 

 The shield is supported by a single horse. Motto, 

 " Toujours en avant." 



6. Ar. a cross crosslet betw. 2 leaves. 



7. Ar, a cross pattie fitchee at the foot betw. 10 

 stars. 



8. Sa. a fesse cottised ar. betw. 3 conies. Crest, 

 a demi coney holding a rose-slip. 



9. ... 3 bars in chief, as many bells. Crest, 

 a falcon. 



10. Sa. a chev. or betw. 3 falcons' heads erased. 



11. Or. a chev. gu. betw. 3 martlets. 



12. Ar. a stag lodged holding a bough in its 

 mouth. 



13. Gu. a chev. or. betw. 3 swans. Crest, a 

 dragon issuing out of flames. 



14. Az. or a chev. ar. 3 blackamores' heads, on 

 a chief ar. a fox springing against a withered tree. 



15. ... a cross crosslet betw. 4 castles. 



16. Ar. a fesse sa. fretly of the field betw. 3 lions 

 ramp. 



17. Gu. on a chev. ar. 3 swans (?) betw. as 

 many manacles, all within a bordure engr. or. 

 Crest, a stag in a thicket. 



18. Ar. 3 bucks' heads couped, on a chief engr. 

 sa. a mascle betw. 2 griffins' heads erased. 



19. Ar. a chev. engr. gu. betw. 3 boars' heads. 

 Crest, a lion ramp, holding a laurel wreath. 



[N.B. The arms are common, but I cannot find 

 them with the crest here described.] 



20. Ar. 2 bars gu. on a canton of the last a 

 cinquefoil. Crest, a lion. [Lancaster of Rich- 

 mond, CO. of York bears these arms ; but what 

 family bears them with the crest now described ?] 



21. Az. 3 boars' heads. Initials, II. or TT. 



22. Az. a lion ramp. betw. 3 roses. Crest, a 

 lion ramp, holding a rose-slip. 



23. Or. a lion ramp, debruised by a batton 

 gobony. Crest, a garb. 



24. Ar. 2 bars gu. in chief 3 martlets. Crest, 

 a stork. 



No. 319.] 



25. Az. a chev. betw. 3 bucks' heads erased, the 

 chev. charged with 4 roses. 



26. Ar. 3 bars gu. in chief as many mullets. 

 Crest, demi antelope chniiied, &c. 



27. Sa. a saltire ar. betw. 4 butterflies. 



28. Or. a chev. gu. (charged with a fleur-de-lis) 

 betw. 3 lions ramp. Crest, a fox. Initials, R. F. 



29. Or. a griffin segreant. Crest, a demi-griffin. 



30. Gu. a spread eagle. Crest, out of a cap of 

 maintenance a demi-eagle. 



31. Erm. a chev. gu. betw. 3 bears' heads, the 

 chev. charged with 3 fleurs-de-lis. 'Crest, a swan's 

 head. 



32. Sa. 3 pheons. Crest, a cock. 



33. Vest, a dog pursuing a hare, in chief two 

 lions supporting a crown. 



34. Ar. 3 fleurs-de-lis . . . quartering Berkeley. 

 Crest, an arm holding a sword. 



35. Gu. a chev. ar. betw. 3 greyhounds. Crest, 

 a greyhound's head. 



36. Ar. a chev. vest. betw. 3 leaves. Crest, a 

 griffin segreant. 



37. Gu. a chev. ar. betw. 3 pheons reversed. 

 Crest, a pheon within a garland. 



38. Or. on a cross sa. 4 lions ramp. 



Having in vain searched the Ordinaries, and 

 made fruitless inquiries of my antiquarian friends 

 as to what families the above arms belong, I trust 

 some correspondent will supply the information, 

 and also intimate where descendants can be found 

 of the families of Lighborne of Lancaster, Pyn- 

 combe of Devonshire, Lucas of Cornwall, Mills or 

 Mylles of Berkshire, and Sutton, formerly of Sut- 

 ton House, Westminster and Framlingham. 



DbC. 



Disposal of the Bodies of poor Romans. — We 

 have detailed accounts of the manner in which 

 the bodies of the 7ich Romans were disposed of 

 after death. Is there any authentic account of 

 the obsequies of the poor ? Were their remains 

 burnt or not, before they were committed to the 

 earth ? I am inclined to believe that they were 

 not burnt, as the expense of that ceremony must 

 have been great. Varro de Ling. Lat., lib. iv., 

 derives the puticuli, in which the remains of the 

 poor were deposited, either from puteis or putere : 

 either " quia in puteis obruebantur homines," or 

 " quia putescebant ibi cadavera projecta.'.' But the 

 latter of these etymologies evidently refers to the 

 unburied ; and the former does not distinctly state, 

 whether the process of burning had first taken 

 place. His silence, however, probably implies 

 that it had not. Horace's description of the Es- 

 quiline Hill, before IMsecenas had converted it 

 into gardens (Sat. viii. 8-10.), seems to confirm 

 this opinion : for he not only speaks of it as a 



