LOCAL HERALDRY. 
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displays the arms of the Prince of Wales, and arg. three battle- 
axes sa., the coat of Gibbs, of Elmestone, county Kent; also on 
smaller shields the arms of Queen Victoria, the arms of Plymouth 
thrice repeated, the ostrich feathers of the Prince of Wales, and 
the arms of Exeter. We will now retrace our steps to the east end 
of the hall, where in the three windows above the gallery ignorance 
of heraldic laws and disregard for truth seem to have concentrated 
themselves for a final display of their power. Each window has a 
shield, with presumably the name of the person to whom it belongs 
below ; beneath this are four circular devices. In the first window 
we have az. on a bend sinister betw. two jieurs-de-lis or, four (appar- 
ently) vine leaves vert, in the base of the bend a crescent gu., the 
name John Kelly, mayor, 1873. In the first and fourth roundel is 
a fleur-de-lis gold on a blue ground ; on the second and third the 
same device as on the shield, minus the two fleurs-de-lis. Certainly 
any relatives, if they exist, of Mr. Kelly will not be grateful for 
such a sinister device being hooked on to their relation. In the 
second window we have or, a fesse fleury counter fleury gu. betw. 
three rooks sa., the name being Alfred Rooker, mayor, 1874. In 
the first and fourth roundel is a rook sable, standing on a wreath ; 
in the second and third roundel are the arms, minus the birds. The 
arms in the window are really those of an English family of Rooke, 
of which was Sir Giles Rooke, a judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas, as appears by their hatchments in the parish church of 
Lymington, Hants, with this difference, that in the Guildhall the 
field is gold instead of silver. That Mr. Alfred Rooker had no 
claim to the arms of the family of Rooke will appear more clearly 
still from the fact that he himself stated that he was descended 
from a Dutch family of Rucker, his ancestor having come to Eng- 
land with William of Orange. 
The third window gives a shield, arg. three oak trees each on a 
mount ppr., on a chief indented az. two lions pass, or, the name, 
William Luscombe. In the first and fourth roundel is a crest, the 
sun rising from behind a mount. In the second and third roundels 
we have, per fesse indent az. and or, in chief two lions pass, of the 
second. The arms on the shield over the name of Luscombe are 
not those of Luscombe at all, but those of Mr. Oke, the first hus- 
band of Mr. Alderman Luscombe's second wife. Mr. Luscombe 
was mayor of Plymouth in 1860-1, at which time he had on his 
carriage arg. a saltire sa. betw. four estoils gu. ; impaling the arms 
