226 CAHMINOW OF CAEMINOW. 



The authority which, has usually been cited for this difference 

 is the fabulous decision of the Earl Marshal's Court, which is to 

 be found related fully by Hals, the Historian, and adopted with- 

 out enquiry by Mr. Davies Gilbert, and others. But the light 

 thrown on the subject by later research directly contradicts this 

 fable, whilst it can be shown from independent and original sources 

 that the Carminows of Carminow did in fact bear these arms^ 

 without a difPerence, from the birth of Sir Eoger the crusader 

 until the close of Queen Elizabeth's reign, a period of 330 years 

 at least. The proofs are arranged in order of date. 



1. A.D. 1263. The shield of the knight's effigy at Mawgan 

 Church in Meneage retains the bend distinct, whilst no trace 

 whatever of the label can be detected. He died in 1308 (inq : 

 p. m. 2 Ed. ii), leaving a numerous family. (See pedigree.) 



Assuming that he was at least 45 years old at his death, and 

 that he bore the same arms all his life, this establishes the year 

 1263 as the approximate date to which the effigy takes us back. 



2. A.D. 1342. The seal of Sir Oliver, his son, attached to a 

 grant of this date to his own eldest son Roger, has no label ; and 

 it is remarkable that the counterpart of the same indenture, also 

 preserved at Penrose, is sealed with Roger's seal, differenced with 

 a label, as it should be, for the eldest son. Each seal is inscribed 

 with the name of its owner ; and as if to leave no room for doubt, 

 a second impression of each seal is preserved among the title deeds 

 at Penrose.* 



3. 4. A.D. 1338, 1357. Drawings in pen and ink of the seal 

 of the same Sir Oliver attached to a deed of his, dated at 

 Carminow, 1338, and exhibited in proof of Pedigrees at the 

 Visitation of 1620, and of the seal of Thomas Carminow, who 

 married Elizabeth Beaupel, are to be seen in Harl : MS. 1164, 

 each without a label. 



5. A.D. 1383. The seal of Thomas, son of the last named 

 Thomas, attached to a deed of this date preserved at the Record 

 office, has no label.f A tracing of this seal was sent to me by 

 Dr. Drake. 



6. A.D. 1580. A half -length portrait of Sir Thomas Arundel 

 of Wardour, inscribed " anno 1580, setatis suoe 20." On the 



* See plate, fig : 1.2. 



t Domestic Deeds, 7. Eic : II. No. 16. 



