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the tapestry, over which they were fastened and which they hid 

 completely, and that the crest in the tapestry, a hind statant 

 had been altered into the stag passant, etc., as above-mentioned, 

 by painting in a fore leg, and horns, and collar. The arms 

 underneath prove to be those of Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord 

 Chancellor in Queen Elizabeth's reign, and are the arms of 

 Hatton, quarterly of eleven (the eleven quarterings being in 

 three rows of 4, 4, and 3). They are as follows : — 



1. Azure, a chevron between three garbs or {Hatton). 



2. Argent, a cross botonne between four martlets gules 

 {Golborne). 



3. Argent, an eagle displayed sable (Bruyn). 



4. Argent, on a bend sable, three covered cups of the first 

 {Rixton). 



5. Sable, a cross engrailed ermine (Hallam). 



6. Or, a saltire sable {Helsby). 



7. Azure, on a chevron between three garbs or, a crescent 

 sable for difference {Hatton). 



8. Sable, a fesse argent, and in chief a crescent or {Bostock). 



9. Azure, five cinquefoils in cross argent {Holdcnb}'). 



10. Argent three bendlets sable, and on a canton of the last 

 a tower of the first {Carvcll). 



11. Argent, on a chief gules three fleurs de lis or 

 {IVasliingley). 



The crest, a hind statant, as already mentioned. 



These shields are repeated some seven or more times along 

 the border of the tapestry in the gallery, and also appear on 

 that in the drawing-room in more than one place. 



These arms and quarterings shew that the tapestry was un- 

 doubtedly made for Queen Elizabeth's Lord Chancellor, Sir 

 Christopher Hatton, who held that office from the 29th April, 

 1587, to his death on the 20th November, 1591. He had built 

 two large houses in Northamptonshire; Kirby, and Holdenby, or 

 Holmby, and dying unmarried, left his property to his nephew 

 (the son of his only sister). Sir William Newport (who took the 

 name of Hatton), with remainder to his godson and heir male, 



