Essex Borough Arms And the Traditional Arms of Essex And the Arms of Chelmsford
Essex Borough Arms And the Traditional Arms of Essex And the Arms of Chelmsford
W Gurney William Gurney Benham
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Even then there is nothing at all in the official record of his Visitation, where the Hons are drawn passant gardant. But it appears that in what professes to be a ' copy ' of that Visitation, by John Warburton, Somerset Herald from 1720 to 1759, there were drawings of both the seal and of the arms of Maldon with lions in each case drawn as regardant instead of gardant. In 1888 Mr. J. J. Howard, LL. D. , pubUshed a copy of this Warburton manuscript. In it an exact transcript is given of the ent...ry which appears in the official 1664 record as already printed on pages 56-7. There is scarcely any variation even in spelling. Instead of the draw- ing (in trick) which appears in the official entry, there is this verbal description of the arms, which I assume, judging by the modem spelUng, is by the editor, Dr. J. J. Howard: Arms : Azure, three lions passant-guardant in pale or ; impaling, Argent, on waves of the sea an ancient galley sable, pennon gules, and on a flag at the stern azure, three lions passant-guardant in pale or.
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