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[No. 3, 
0. R. Wilson —Dutch Monumental Inscriptions. 
On the names hitherto unidentified in four Dutch monumental inscriptions, 
—By C. R. Wilson, Esq., M.A. 
[Read June, 1904.] 
In the Proceedings of the Society for the year 1888 there is a short 
note by Beanies on the Old Dutch hatchments in Ghinsurah Church. He 
points out that in many cases they give only the initials and not the 
name of the deceased. As, however, the hatchments show the arms and. 
crests, Bearaes suggests that anyone acquainted with Dutch heraldry 
can identify the name. The task is by no means so easy as is suggested ; 
hut while I was in England last year, I took advantage of a visit to 
Holland to attempt it. 
I herewith give the results :— 
1. Obijit W.A. den 13th Augustus an° 1668. 1 Crest: a Moor’s 
head couped sable filletted or. Arms: two fleurs-de-lys gules. 
The letters W.A. most probably represent Willem Andries. The 
state records at the Hague preserve a letter from Director Mattheus van 
den Broucke of Chinsurah to the Governor-General at Batavia, in which 
mention is made of an assistant named Willem Andries. A Moor’s head 
is part of the crest of the modern families Beucker Andreae and Bothnia 
Andreae who descend from Andries Gadzeszoon, 1620-78. 
2. Obijt R.V.H. den 9 Juni anno 1665. Crest: a lion decouped gules. 
Arms: or, in chief a lion decouped gules, in base three pellets. This is 
obviously Rogier van Heyningen. The date agrees with the dates of 
his death as stated by Yalentyn, and the armorial bearings are those of 
the family. 
3. R. B. Obijt 28th Nov. a. 1733. Crest: a bear sejant sable. 
Arms: gules two bears sejant sable. Knight’s helmet. The letters R.B. 
appear to stand for Rogier Berenaart. Originally from Amsterdam: 
it appears from the state records at the Hague, that he left Holland for 
1 So Beames reads the date. In my list of Indian Monumental Inscriptions 
(Bengal) I made the year 1662. 
