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Prance : imp. Or on a cross sa. five plates, all within a bord. eng. 
purp. ; Gribble. Mr. Prance was descended from a family settled 
since 21 Edward IV. in Northam, North Devon, according to the 
family account and pedigree produced, though the pedigree or 
arms do not appear in any printed collection. The authorities 
for the arms are some old seals on family deeds more than a 
century old. 
Mr. Prance was born in 1783, and was educated for the bar, 
but did not proceed to that profession, having succeeded to an 
inheritance through his mother, a daughter of Courtenay Connell, 
Esq. In the year 1816 he married Sarah, daughter of Henry 
Gribble, Esq., of Barnstaple, banker. By this lady he had issue 
William Henry, Courtenay Connell, Charles Rooke, Emily Gribble, 
all of whom are married and have issue. He was a magistrate and 
alderman of Plymouth, and Mayor in 1842. He largely assisted 
the charitable and public institutions and companies of the town. 
He was one of the original founders (in 1832) of the Devon and 
Cornwall Bank, of which he was Chairman. He was an active 
member of the Plymouth Institution, of which he was Secretary 
and President. He died 22nd March, 1861, greatly esteemed and 
regretted. 
43. Edward Moore, Esq., m.d., f.l.s., Arg. three greyhounds 
courant sa., a fleur-de-lis of the last for dijf. Mr. Moore was the 
fifth son of Joseph Moore, Esq., of the Friary, by Elizabeth, 
daughter of John Steele, of South Milton, his wife. In 1815 he 
was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 
London, in 1827 m.d. of Edinburgh, and afterwards f.l.s. 
In his native town he filled many important offices. He was 
one of the founders, and for thirty-three years senior surgeon, of 
the Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary, and for four years after the 
resignation of Dr. Butter its physician, and discharged his duties 
with great zeal and skill. 
The Plymouth Institution also owes much to his exertions. He 
was Secretary for many years, and also occupied the President's 
chair; while its Museum is largely indebted to his donations. 
He was a magistrate for the Borough of Plymouth, and a Director 
of the Devon and Cornwall Bank, as well as of the Cemetery 
Company from its formation. He died, unmarried, at his resi- 
dence, Athenseum Terrace, 24th July, 1858. 
