S6 Notes on the Corporation Plate and Insignia of Wiltshire. 



in colours, surrounded by the legend : — " borough of 

 CHIPPENHAM." Below this is the motto, "UNITY AND 

 loyalty, 1873." The whole surrounded by open scroll-work. 

 It was subscribed for by members of the corporation, each successive 

 mayor adding a fresh link until the chain was complete. 



The arms as given on the badge are, two shields of arms hanging 

 side by side from a tree with three large branches, the dexter shield 

 bearing the arms of Grascelyn, Or, ten billets, 4, 3, 2, 1, azure, with 

 a label of Jive points gules; the sinister, those of Husee, Argent three 

 legs in armour couped above the knee proper. 9 



Loving Out No. 1. This is a large two-handled covered cup 

 of good shape, with fluting on the lower part of the bowl. It is of 

 silver, bearing the London date-letter of 1884 and the maker's 

 mark, c. W. J. W It stands, with its cover, 12 Jin. high. 



On one side of the bowl is inscribed : — " Presented to the Corpora- 

 tion of Chippenham by the last Member for the Borough, Sir Gabriel 

 Goldney, Bart., M.P., who for twenty-one consecutive years represented 

 it in Parliament, and is a direct lineal descendant of Henry Goldney, 1 

 Esq., M.P., the first Member upon the Incorporation of the Borough 

 under the Charter of Queen Mary in 1553." 



On the opposite side of the bowl is inscribed : — " In the Mayoralty 

 of Edgar Neale, Esq., 3rd November, 1885." 



Loving Cup No. 2 is a large goblet 12Jin. high, of silver, 

 bearing the London hall-mark for 1874 and the maker's mark, 

 R. H. It is covered with florid repousse ornament. On the front 

 of the bowl are engraved the borough arms, with the motto, 



9 The two shields, which together form the town arms, are those of two families 

 notable in the history of the place— the Gascelyns, who held Sheldon, and were 

 lords of the manor of Chippenham from 1250 to 1424 ; and the Husees, who 

 held Rowdon for a hundred and forty-two years, down to 1392. Burke (General 

 Armoury, 1842) gives the tinctures of the arms somewhat differently, Azure, 

 ten billets argent, in chief a label of Jive points of the last. 



1 Henry ffarnewell als Goldney appointed first bailiff of the borough, 2nd May, 

 1554, M.P. for Chippenham, 1553, died 1573. Fifteen of his lineal descendants 

 have been bailiffs and mayors since then. Goldney, Records of Chvppenhan 

 347. 



